2012 Fictional Exhibition • Call for Entries

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Contact: Enrique Fernández Cervantes
Visual Arts Coordinator/Curator
(214) 670-8723 enrique.fernandez@dallascityhall.com

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• Exhibition Dates: July 7-August 4, 2012
• Artist Registration Deadline:  Friday, May 18, 2012, 5 PM

Space is limited in this show.  Registration will be done on a first-come first-serve basis. Once all the pieces have been assigned to artists, the call for entries will be closed and no more registrations will be taken, even if the May 18 deadline has not passed.

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The Bath House Cultural Center is seeking artwork for its upcoming art exhibition, Fictional 3, a collaborative project between the Bath House gallery and the 14th Annual Festival of Independent Theatres (FIT). 

In the same spirit as FIT, which strives to celebrate the talent of local independent theatre companies, the exhibition Fictional also aims to provide a showcase for the innovative, transcendent, and thriving art created by local and regional visual artists.

Exhibition Content:

The exhibition will present artwork based on themes that loosely derive from the plot of each of the 8 one-act plays featured in the Bath House’s 2012 Festival of Independent Theatres.  Artists will choose from a list of blurbs/themes and they will create a work of art based on that selection.  Our preference is to discourage artists from studying the content of the theater plays, so as to avoid exhibiting artwork that will merely illustrate the literary works.   The list of short phrases that are being provided should be all the material that artists need in order to create personal, unique, and independent interpretations of the blurbs.

Eligibility:

Local, regional, and national artists are encouraged to submit entries. Artists from outside of Dallas should keep in mind that the shipping of artwork to and from the Bath House is their responsibility.

With the exception of video or performance art, all other media will be accepted.  Artwork should not exceed 48” in any dimension. Artists are welcome to entering artwork that was created before the publication of this call, only if it meets all the media and subject matter requirements for this show.  The artwork, however, should not be older than three years. Artwork should be ready for installation at the time of delivery. No artwork shall be removed from the exhibition before the closing date. For a copy of the Bath House's Policy for Exhibitions, please visit http://www.enriquefernandezcervantes.com/bhccpress/policy.pdf

How to participate:

There is room in the galleries for about 40 works of art.  We would like to represent all of the eight plays from the theater festival in the exhibition.  Because of that, there will be a limit of 5 artists choosing the same theme/blurb from the list below. 

To participate in the show, you should:

1. Visit this page, http://www.enriquefernandezcervantes.com/fictional  to check on the availability of the art themes (listed on the right column)
   
   
2. Choose at least TWO THEMES from the list by Friday, May 18, 2012. 
   Send an e-mail to enrique@enriquefernandezcervantes.com to register your choices.  Send your e-mail ASAP.  Registration of all 40 pieces only took two days in previous Fictional exhibitions.  The earlier you submit your entries, the better your chances are of participating in the show.
   
   
3. Wait for an e-mail confirmation that will tell you if one of your selected themes is still available.  If it is, you will be assigned that theme. You must get a confirmation before beginning to create your artwork. This web page will be updated constantly to reflect the number of themes still available and the names of the participating artists.
   
   
4. Create your artwork
   
   5. E-mail a photograph of your artwork no later than Wednesday, June 20 (if it is finished by then), along with information about its title, size, and medium to enrique@enriquefernandezcervantes.com. Some of these images will be used for publicity.

6. There will be an entry fee of $15. Please turn in your entry fee on the same day you drop off your piece.  Fees will be used to create a fund to give cash awards to artists.

Once all the 40 pieces have been assigned to artists, the call for entries will be closed and no more submissions will be taken, even if the May 18 deadline has not passed.