Last Day To Apply! Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum Call for EotR Artist Submissions
After submitting sample works by the deadline, artists and crafters who do not have professional photos, will have works and a headshot professionally photographed by a Smithsonian photographer at an appointed time.
Call for Artist Submissions
Citified
(the Online Exhibition)
By the
Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Online beginning April 1, 2012
Call & Response: Community and Creativity
is an Anacostia Community Museum arts initiative that explores themes of creativity, identity, and community. Citified, an online exhibition and component of the larger Call & Response project, seeks to give the audience a glimpse inside the daily creativity of the Anacostia community—through the lens of visual art and crafts—while introducing individuals to the creativity found within Ward 7 and Ward 8.
Visual artists and craftspeople are asked to submit an example of their works of art, craft, or other creations. Please see “Submission Guidelines”’ below. You may photograph your work via digital camera (72dpi) or camera phone, or send in printed photos of your creations via postal mail.
Please submit materials via e-mail to Tanekeya Word, wordts@si.edu, with “Citified Submission” as the subject, or via postal mail at the address listed below. Upon receipt and review of your work you will receive an e-mail confirmation with further instructions.
Deadline for submissions: July 12, 2011
Exhibition dates:
April 1, 2012–August 5, 2012
April 1, 2012–August 5, 2012
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Eligibility:
We are seeking creative works from visual artists and craftspeople located in Wards 7 and 8 in Washington, DC. Examples of work eligible for submission include: visual art (i.e., painting, photography, illustration, sculpture, tattoos [tattoo artists must submit photographs of work or designs]) and crafts (quilts, dolls, basket weaving, and more).
For more information or questions, contact Tanekeya Word, Intern Curator, at 202-633-4834 or wordts@si.edu. Please consult themuseum’s website at http://anacostia.si.edu/
MAILING ADDRESS
Attn: Tanekeya Word (“Citified”) Anacostia Community Museum
1901 Fort Place, SE
Washington, DC 20020
1901 Fort Place, SE
Washington, DC 20020