Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts is now taking submissions and proposals

Beacons: An Exhibition of Luminous Art

Call for Proposals
Applications due by 12/16/10

Winter in West Michigan is a season of shortened days, grey skies and long, dark
nights. For its forthcoming exhibition Beacons, the UICA will embrace winter’s
darkness in order to showcase the light that artists can bring to bear upon this
often bleak time of year. Lighting throughout the facility will be dramatically
reduced in order to accommodate works that provide their own luminosity,
including but not limited to: film and video projections, light installations,
sound installations, images or objects capable of generating their own
luminosity.

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Scene Metrospace is now taking submissions and proposals

The Private & the Public

(SCENE) Metrospace is now taking submissions and proposals for The Private & the Public. There are no media restrictions. All work should address and/or explore the public and private lives of the self, or the public and private nature of the lives of others. How do we, as individuals, appear to our loved ones, our friends, our co-workers, our neighbors, etc.? What do we hide? Where does the line between the private and public begin and end? How are the private and public lives of the famous different from the private and public lives of the masses? How do we, as Americans, appear to the rest of the world? How would we like to appear to the rest of the world? Does the image of who we think we are, and who we dream of being, distort and blur the image of who we really are? These are just some of the questions artists might ask when considering the theme of this show.

Please email submissions to scenemetrospace@gmail.com. Include a brief bio and/or resume, as well as a statement or brief description of your work. Also be sure to attach jpegs of the work with your email.

If you prefer to send a CD with files of your bio/resume/description/statement and images of your work, please send CDs to the following address:

(SCENE) Metrospace
c/o East Lansing City Hall
410 Abbot Road
East Lansing, MI 48823

EARLY SUBMISSIONS ARE ENCOURAGED. THE DEADLINE FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS IS AS FOLLOWS: FEBRUARY 18TH, 2011. ARTISTS WILL BE NOTIFIED PROMPTLY.

Delivery for this exhibit would be during the week of February 27th.

The opening of The Private & the Public will be on Friday, March 11th, 2011.

The exhibit will close on Sunday, April 17th, 2011, at 4:00 p.m.

Please address all questions to Tim Lane at scenemetrospace@gmail.com.