Nipissing University News Release ******************** Move over Picasso’s Guernica, outta the way Woody Guthrie, shove over Michael Moore, make room for the next wave of political artists as Nipissing University is now accepting submissions for The
Move over Picasso’s Guernica, outta the way Woody Guthrie, shove over Michael Moore, make room for the next wave of political artists as Nipissing University is now accepting submissions for The Art of Resistance, in honour of International Women’s Week (IWW) 2010.
The Art of Resistance exhibition aims to explore art as a means for activism and political resistance. IWW organizers are looking for artwork in any medium that implicitly seeks the global advancement of social, political and economic justice. The exhibition will run at the WKP Kennedy Gallery from March 4 – March 10, with a special reception on Saturday, March 6.
The deadline for submissions is Thursday, February 4, 2010, by 4:00 p.m. Submissions can be dropped off in person or mailed to: The Near North Mobile Media Lab, ATTN: Art of Resistance, 150 Main Street E., North Bay, ON, P1B 1A8.
For more information and to access the application form, please go to the web site at: www.nipissingu.ca/iww/artofresistance
“We regard our community as one voice among many, calling for integrated and thoughtful challenges to sexism, racism, imperialism, classism, capitalism, war, environmental destruction, as well as hierarchy and oppression in all its forms,” said Dr. Wendy Peters, assistant professor of Gender Equality and Social Justice at Nipissing and one of the lead organizers for IWW. “We are looking for art that decolonizes, inspires change, cultivates dissent and creates pause for thought in all areas relating to gender equality and social justice.”
This is a juried exhibition open to all media and all artists. Recent work that addresses the theme is welcome. All submissions must include: an application form; an artist’s statement; and digital images of your work. Please submit a CD-R of artwork in jpeg format, no larger than 1024 x 768 pixels and please do not embed images in PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, etc. For time-based media please submit a DVD of the work and a high quality Quicktime file or a mini DV tape. If your submission is five minutes or longer, please provide the jury with a time code at which to begin watching. Jury time is two-and-half minutes for viewing. Please ensure that this segment best reflects the theme and feel of the piece. Only submissions with a self addressed stamped envelope will be returned.
