East State Tennessee University Fletcher Gallery Reece Art Museum
eighth Annual International Juried 2020 FL3TCH3R Showroom: Socially and Politically Engaged Fine art
Borderline- Baronial 23, 2020
Extended Deadline- August 24-31, 2020
The international "FL3TCH3R Exhibit: Social & Politically Engaged Art" at East Tennessee State University's Reece Museum never fails to reflect the social and political milieu and zeitgeist of the state and world. The 2020 exhibition, which runs Oct. 5-Dec. 11, will follow suit, with virtual, as well equally on-ground, programming and a special honour to an artist whose work reflects the Blackness Lives Matter motion. The 2020 juror volition be Carlton Wilkinson, a Nashville-based photographer & former Dept. Fine Arts faculty at Vanderbilt University/UNC, Wilmington/Fisk University and proprietor of Wilkinson Arts.
"In that location will be no general theme for entries except social and politically engaged artworks," say co-directors Barb, Wayne and Carrie Dyer, who established the exhibition in memory of Fletcher Dyer, senior ETSU Art & Blueprint pupil who was in a fatal motorbike accident in 2009. "Just this year'due south showroom will honor Blackness Lives Matter."
The directors of the 2020 exhibit take issued their Call for Entries to artists through Aug. 23, 2020, with an extended deadline of Aug. 31 for an boosted fee. A non-refundable fee of $twoscore is required for submission of up to 3 entries, with an additional $10 fee per artwork/championship over three.
Artists should submit entries online or consult the prospectus, which tin be found at world wide web.FL3TCH3Rexhibit.com/downloads/prospectus.pdf.
A portion of the entry fees funds the Fletcher Hancock Dyer BFA Graphic Pattern Scholarship Award given annually to an ETSU Art & Design student. "As an artist and graphic designer, Fletcher's passion for art was a vehicle that immune him to mirror his passion and marry it to his concern for social and political issues through visual means," says Fletcher'southward mother Barb Dyer, a children's advocacy attorney. "Fletcher was ever curious and aware of current events. He experimented in innovative means to create works that investigate contemporary social problems.
"The 'FL3TCH3R Showroom' aspires to honor Fletcher'south legacy by providing a venue for artists to showroom artworks that keep the dialogue."
Work submitted, the website says, should reflect current issues that touch on contemporary culture and investigate societal and political concerns. Submissions volition exist accustomed from the post-obit categories: audio/sound, ceramics, digital, cobweb, glass, graphic design, jewelry/metals, mixed media (second), mixed media (3D), painting, functioning/installation (via video), photography, printmaking, sculpture, video/motion-picture show, medical/health care and other.
In response to recent events worldwide, the Dyers have added an honor for artwork focusing on Black Lives Thing. "The 'FL3TCH3R Exhibit' is dedicated to supporting people of color later on 401 years of systematic racism," says co-managing director Carrie Dyer, a graphic pattern faculty member at Loftier Bespeak Academy in Due north Carolina. "The co-directors of the exhibit denounce racist structures, constructs and daily hidden oppression. We are working and committed to a lifelong pursuit of learning about racism and working to dismantle these systems."
Other awards, include the all-time-in-show awards and memorial awards, established in retentivity of one-time ETSU Art & Design Chair Jack Schrader; one-time ETSU Vice President of Academic Affairs and arts supporter Robert J. Alfonso; and Dorothy Carson, mother of graphic designer David Carson. Additional annual 'FL3TCH3R' awards include the Sammie L. Nicely Appalachian Award and the Avery Healthcare and the Arts Accolade.
The exhibit'southward more than $1,500 in awards will be announced and presented at the exhibition reception and juror talk at ETSU's Reece Museum, on a date still to be determined, says Fletcher'south begetter and retired ETSU Fine art & Blueprint faculty member Wayne Dyer, exhibit co-director.
Every bit a result of continuing COVID-19 concerns, ETSU'southward Reece Museum will be welcoming the public, only assuasive no more than 10 people in a gallery at a time, requesting use of masks and social distancing, says Exhibition Coordinator Spenser Brenner. The 'FL3TCH3R' awards anniversary and juror talk will take limited seating in the museum but volition be shared online in some course, Brenner says.
Special programming for the 2020 exhibit will include virtual online tours of the exhibition, possible Zoom tours, online interviews with artists and social media posts, as well as a possible roundtable discussion on Black Lives Matter problems.
"The Reece Museum looks forward to collaborating with the 'FL3TCH3R Exhibit' and the ETSU campus community to bring a wide variety of virtual programming to those who might be unable to visit the 2020 FL3TCH3R 'Exhibit,' " Brenner says.
A positive and exciting attribute of "the first virtual 'FL3TCH3R,' " Affront Dyer says, "might be that more than people and artists, who cannot normally travel here for events such as the reception and awards or discussions during the exhibition, will be able to join and participate online in numerous ways."
For more information about Fletcher Dyer, visit http://fletcherdyer.com/about.html.
For more information about the showroom and submissions, visit http://www.FL3TCH3Rexhibit.com.
For more on Reece Museum, visit www.etsu.edu/reece or phone call 423-439-4392.
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Deadline- August 23, 2020
Extended Deadline- August 24-31, 2020
A non-refundable fee of $40 is required past August 23, 2020 for submission of up to three entries, with an additional $10 fee per artwork/title over 3. Artists should submit entries online or consult the prospectus, which can be plant at www.FL3TCH3Rexhibit.com/downloads/prospectus.pdf. The extended deadline, with an additional fee, is Aug. 31, 2020.
All 2D, 3D, performance/installation (via video), audio/audio, and film/video fine art are eligible. Specific categories include: Ceramics, Digital, Cobweb, Glass, Graphic Blueprint, Jewelry/ Metals, Mixed Media (2d), Mixed Media (3D), Painting (All), Performance/Installation (via video), Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Sound/Sound, Video/Film, Medical/ Healthcare Professionals' submissions in any category, & other. Due to space and logistical considerations, large-scale and complicated installation is non encouraged. Piece of work using materials that are hazardous to the health and rubber of the public will be disqualified. Work must not exceed vi ft. in any direction and must preferably counterbalance under 30 lbs. Delight state dimensions in Height (inches) ten Width (inches) 10 Depth (inches) OR H" ten Due west" x D".
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