Call to Artists from Miami’s Independent Thinkers
Miami’s Independent Thinkers is an organization dedicated to the unity, development and promotion of Miami’s flourishing art community. Our assemblage embraces established, emerging and young artists, visionaries and intellectuals.
Their mission is to provide a sustainable support base for Miami’s creative community, including: painters, photographers, filmmakers, sculptors, animators, writers, musicians, performance and new media artists.
Submit works online. Details below.
http://www.miamithinkers.com/submissions.php
ELIGIBILITY: The competition is open to all artists living or working in South Florida. All forms of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, animation, installation art, digital, film and performance artists are eligible.
Entrants must be 18 years of age or older to apply.
INSTALLATION DETAILS & RESTRICTIONS: Wall mounted works must not be taller than 96” and no wider than 120”. Sculptural works must fit through a standard entry door. Installations can be larger than this but must be able to fit through the door. If the artwork is larger than the specs provided, please contact us.
IMAGE PRESENTATION: Artwork is accepted via online submission in the form below. Please adhere to the following format for uploading images: 72 DPI, .jpg format, no larger than 1MB each. Submissions larger than 1MB may be rejected. PLEASE NAME FILES AS FOLLOWS: yourname_artworkname_1.jpg, yourname_artworkname_2.jpg etc…
FILM SUBMISSIONS: Films may be up to 15 minutes in length. We accept experimental films, documentaries, music videos and narratives. Format must be either .avi or .mov, at least 720 DPI provided via downloadable link. Please copy links into the ‘Artist Statement’ field of the submission form.
ANIMATION SUBMISSIONS: Animations may be up to 15 minutes in length. Format must be either .avi or .mov, at least 720 DPI provided via downloadable link. Please copy links into the ‘Artist Statement’ field of the submission form.
PERFORMANCE SUBMISSIONS: Performance pieces must be submitted via Word document in a proposal format. Please describe concept, duration, company members and basic technical requirements.
ENTRY FEE: There is a $20 entry fee for up to four images, $5 for each additional image. $20 entry fee for film, animation and performance submissions. Payment is accepted via PayPal. Cash may be accepted but must be handled in person.
DEADLINE: The final deadline for submissions is November 20th, 2011 at midnight.
NOTIFICATION: FIRST ROUND of accepted artists will be notified by November 1st, 2011. The FINAL ROUND of acceptance or non-acceptance will be no later than November 22th, 2011 by email.
COMMISSION: There will be a 50% commission on any sales made during the exhibition. Please price accordingly. Fair staff will handle all sales.
SUBMISSIONS: http://www.miamithinkers.com/submissions.php
***Artists will be responsible for drop-off and pickup of artwork.
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