Call for Artists: 2010 Windows on Main Street

Courtesy of Emma:

Windows on Main Street is a unique and exciting project entering it’s sixth year in Beacon, NY. Participants create site-specific works of art as a means to engage the community, residences, and businesses through a month-long exhibition displayed in store windows located along our mile-long Main Street.

This year’s Windows on Main Street opens August 14th and will run through September 11th 2010.

This collaborative and multidisciplinary project is intended to stimulate interaction between artists, residents, and commercial vendors to explore how art can provide cultural and social understanding, be a catalyst for economic improvement in communities, and strengthen the relationship between residents and artists.

The opening of this event will be part of Beacon’s August 2010 Second Saturday celebration, a monthly celebration of the arts in which galleries and shops are open from noon until 9:00PM for openings, performances and other events. Beacon’s Second Saturday is a project of the Beacon Arts Community Association (BACA). For more information about Second Saturday events in August, please visit: www.beaconarts.org.

CALL FOR ARTISTS:

• Artists are responsible for installing, uninstalling, and any clean up required. All artwork must be family friendly, and artists must get final approval for any installations from their assigned store owner.
• There is no application fee, but if you are interested please send me the following:
• A description of what you would like to create (it can be as brief or as involved as you think is necessary, but I must receive some sort of proposal), and the storefront you would like to install it in (please also select backup options).
• An artist's statement that will accompany your installation.
• A link to an online portfolio or website to give me a sense of the kind of work you create.
• DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS JULY 1, 2010.

Thank you so much, and please feel free to forward this along to anyone else you think might be interested.

Inquiries: katymatic@gmail.com

Click here for the map of Windows on Main Street 2009