Artists Call

Sacred Space for the City Art Exhibition

Submit Samples Via Dropbox! The Servant Leadership School of Greensboro (SLS) has conducted classes and programs on servant leadership and spiritual practice for over twenty years on the campus of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church as well as Greensboro Urban Ministry and other locations. “Co-Creation 2012” is the first annual conference and collection of cultural events hosted by the new merger of the Institute of Servant Leadership and The Servant Leadership School of Greensboro. Offered April 12 – 15, 2012, this ground-breaking event reaches out to a national audience with prominent, internationally known speakers and engaging workshops. Co-Creation 2012 activities also include concerts by local musicians, labyrinth walks, and the ‘Sacred Space for the City’ art exhibition.

The Co-Creation 2012 theme is “Servant Leadership and the Great Emergence: The Spirit’s Call to Evolve”. It asks conference attendees and the wider community to consider how we, as people of faith, tap into our collective wisdom and respond to the challenges of our time. The art, music and labyrinth walks add creative energy to these discussions and help express the theme.

Conference partners include Holy Trinity Episcopal Church and First Presbyterian Church, located in Fisher Park in downtown Greensboro. Learn more about the Servant Leadership School, the Co-Creation 2012 conference and register online.

Art exhibition theme: “The Spirit’s Call to Evolve”

The art exhibition held in conjunction with the conference is called ‘Sacred Space for the City’. This multi-site art walk, with locations at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, First Presbyterian Church, Temple Emanuel on Greene Street and FaithAction International House, will also include two outdoor sites for sculpture. The theme for the art exhibition is “The Spirit’s Call to Evolve”, echoing the theme of the conference and other cultural activities of Co-Creation 2012. Sacred Space for the City is offered free of charge to conference attendees and the general public and will take place Thursday, April 12 – Sunday, April 15, 2012.

Artists living in Guilford County in 2012 are eligible to submit work for consideration in the open call to artists. The exhibition will also include works by artists specifically invited by the committee. These artists will be noted on the Co-Creation 2012 website www.servleader.org as their work is confirmed for the show.

Entries submitted through the call to artists will be juried by two professional artists in a blind jury format. Art will be juried based on the aesthetic considerations that guide the Co-Creation 2012 conference and the artwork’s ability to express the conference theme. Due to property and budget parameters, outdoor sculpture will be by invitation only. Smaller, three-dimensional indoor sculptures are welcome for consideration in the open call to artists.

Jurors

Todd Drake is an internationally exhibiting painter and photographer, creating art that is shaped by community. He is currently Artist In Residence at UNC Chapel Hill’s Center for Global Initiatives. www.todddrake.info

Trena McNabb is a painter and community art advocate. She has served in a variety of positions for regional art groups, including Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, Sawtooth Center for Visual Arts and Wake Forest University. www.tmcnabb.com

Exhibition Coordinator, Kathryn Schnabel: windygardenstudio@gmail.com

Media and Sales

Artists may submit images of two and three-dimensional works of art and fine craft, including oil, acrylic and watercolor paintings, collage, photography, mixed media, fiber, metal and clay. Artwork that is accepted must be exhibition ready with appropriate framing and wiring, and accurately depicted in the images submitted. Artists may offer their work for sale, although they are not required to. Buyers who are interested in purchasing artwork will be directed to contact the artist. Co-Creation 2012 will not take commission from artwork sales. Artwork must remain in the exhibition until the close of the show.

Submission Procedure

Artists are allowed up to three separate submissions and must submit digital entries via the drop box on this artist call page. There is no entry fee. Only .jpg or .tif files will be accepted and are not to exceed 2MB. Resolution must be at least 72 ppi (at 5 x 7 inches or 7 x 5 inches approximate dimensions). Images must be correctly oriented.

Image files
Files must be submitted under the artist’s name as shown in the example:
john_doe.jpg
Should an artist choose to submit more than one entry, each file must be numbered in sequence:
john_doe_1.jpg
john_doe_2.jpg

Text files
In addition to image files, artists must submit a Word document that includes:
a) Title of artwork, date, medium and dimensions. Please number to correspond with correct image.
b) Current mailing address, phone number, email address and web address if applicable.
c) Three sentence artist statement describing how the images submitted speak to the exhibition theme “The Spirit’s Call to Evolve”. (Note: Please approach this from your personal viewpoint. Is your work about the quiet, open place where you hear the call of Spirit? Or, does your work express the change that is implied by the word ‘evolve’? Something that has evolved has a new way of being – is your work recycled or repurposed?)
d) Artist bio or resume.
Incomplete submissions will not be considered.

Timeframe

Delivery, Insurance and Pick-up

Artists who have work accepted into the exhibition will be given an Artist Agreement with specific instructions on where and when to deliver the artwork. Co-Creation 2012 has limited insurance for damage or theft of artwork, and artists are encouraged to secure their own insurance for full retail value of the artwork if they desire.

Artists who desire to release their artwork to a designated person other than the artist must notify the Exhibition Coordinator or committee member and identification will be requested. Co-Creation 2012 is not responsible for artworks that are not retrieved on the agreed upon date.