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3rd Floor Emerging Artist Series at the Rochester Art Center
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The Rochester Art Center continually strives to engage community members of all ages in the creation, contemplation, and appreciation of the visual arts. As a non-collecting institution, the Art Center focuses it efforts on presenting temporary exhibitions throughout the year featuring established local, national and international artists, as well as emerging artists from diverse backgrounds working in a variety of media.
In 2004, the Rochester Art Center initiated the 3rd Floor Emerging Artist Series—an exhibition program dedicated to promising young artists working in the state of Minnesota. Since its inception, the series has reflected shifting trends in contemporary artistic practice and production, and has helped to facilitate the creation of new bodies of work in a variety of media including photography, installation, sound, painting, drawing, sculpture and film. Now entering our fourth year, the 3rd Floor Emerging Artist Series continues to support emerging artists and to provide a dedicated forum for the exhibition of exciting new work.
Each exhibition is on view for a period of roughly eight weeks, and includes a full-color fold-out brochure with text content focused on the concepts, history, methodology, and production of the artists work, as well images from the artists portfolio. These extended gallery guides will provide documentation of all of the exhibitions included in the 3rd Floor: Emerging Artist Series, and will aid the artist in developing a portfolio of critical/scholarly writing pertaining to their work. In addition, each artist will deliver an opening-night lecture to discuss his or her concepts and practices.
Applications are accepted from August 15 - September 30, 2008 and are reviewed in October by the Chief Curator and the review panel, composed of working artists, curators, teachers, and arts professionals. From this review, a schedule for the next season of four exhibitions, each roughly seven-weeks long, is determined. Completion of the entire process can take up to two months, with artists being notified by the end of November. Rochester Art Center furnishes publicity, an opening reception, and the printing and mailing of gallery guides for each exhibition.
Eligibility:
Applicants must be at least 18 years of age, a Minnesota resident, and cannot be currently enrolled in a degree or certificate program at the time of the application deadline.
Major sponsorship for the 3rd Floor Emerging Artist Series is provided by the Jerome Foundation
Application:
Proposals should include the following materials postmarked by September 30, 2008. Written and visual documentation MUST be submitted in the following format for consideration.
Please include the following saved in either Word or PDF formats.
A one page description of the artist’s work describing themes, concepts, and methodologies.
A statement describing the proposed exhibition
A current résumé
A image list including (for each image) the name of the artist, title, date, and media for each image
Documentation
10 images, audio clips or videos documenting work completed within the last two years. Images must be formated digitally to the following specifications.
JPEG format saved as RGB colorspace at 96 dpi
The longest dimension of the image should not exceed 1024 pixels
Label each file with only a number as title. The number signifys the order in which you want the slides presented. (For example, 01.jpg, 02.jpg, 03.jpg.).
Audio files should be saved as MP3’s and not exceed 8 minutes in length
Video files should be saved as Quicktime clips and not exceed 20 MB or 5 minutes in length
Create a folder with your full name and place digital copies of your statement, resume, proposal, images list and documention inside the folder and burn a CD. Application materials will not be returned. If you have any questions please contact program curator Kris Douglas at 507.424.3306 or kdouglas@rochesterartcenter.org.
Proposals should be mailed to:
3rd Floor Emerging Artist Series
Attn: Kris Douglas
Rochester Art Center
40 Civic Center Drive SE
Rochester, MN 55904
Southeast Minnesota Artist Exhibition Series at the Rochester Art Center
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To fully serve our mission and support artists working within the region, RAC has dedicated an exhibition series to artists who are producing new work that currently reside in any of the eleven counties of Southeastern Minnesota (counties include Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha, and Winona). This series is designed to focus on emerging, mid-career, or established artists working in the SE Minnesota region. Scheduled to run in the second-floor Accent Gallery, this exhibition program provides audience members with dedicated regional programming. Southeast Minnesota Artists Exhibition Series
Any artist residing in the aforementioned counties is eligible to be considered for the Southeast Minnesota Artists Exhibition Series. RAC selects artists for inclusion based on the review of applications by the Program Director and the revolving SEMAS exhibtion panel. Selection is based on demonstrated quality, innovation, and excellence in the artists’ work. Other criteria include: a compatibility of the artists work to the overall themes and goals of the exhibition series; ability to work within the parameters of the exhibition schedule; the quality of the exhibition proposal; and compatibility of the artists work to the dedicated gallery space.
Applications are accepted from August 15 – September 30, and are reviewed in October by the program director and the SEMAES exhibition committee, composed of curators, arts professionals, and working artists. From this review, artists will be selected for the 2009 exhibition schedule. Completion of the entire process can take up to two months, with artists being notified by the end of November. RAC furnishes publicity, an opening reception, and the printing and mailing of gallery guides for each exhibition.
If you have any questions concerning eligibility or application please contact program director Kris Douglas at 507.424.3306 or kdouglas@rochesterartcenter.org
Application:
Proposals should include the following materials postmarked by September 30, 2007. Written and visual documentation MUST be submitted in the following format for consideration.
Please include the following saved as a Word or PDF document.
A one page description of the artist’s work, describing themes, concepts, and methodologies.
A statement describing the proposed exhibition
A current résumé
A image list including (for each image) the name of the artist, title, date, and media for each image
Documentation
10 images, audio clips or videos documenting work completed within the last two years. Images must be formated digitally to the following specifications.
JPEG format saved as RGB colorspace at 96 dpi
The longest dimension of the image should not exceed 1024 pixels
Label each file with only a number as title. The number signifys the order in which you want the slides presented. (For example, 01.jpg, 02.jpg, 03.jpg.).
Audio files should be saved as MP3’s and not exceed 8 minutes in length
Video files should be saved as Quicktime clips and not exceed 20 MB or 5 minutes in length
Create a folder with your full name and place digital copies of your statement, resume, proposal, images list and documention inside the folder and burn a CD. Application materials will not be returned.
Proposals should be mailed to:
SEMAES
Attn: Kris Douglas
Rochester Art Center
40 Civic Center Drive SE
Rochester, MN 55904
Rochester Art Center Portfolio/Slide Review General Guidelines
The majority of the Rochester Art Center’s exhibition program are organized by curatorial staff, and not developed via unsolicited submissions. The Rochester Art Center does accept proposals for two exhibition programs at specific times during the calendar year: our 3rd Floor Emerging Artist Series and the Southeast Minnesota Artist Exhibition Series. Artists are welcome to submit images of their work unrelated to these programs, but note that these submissions will be reviewed on a periodic basis and are for evaluative purposes only. Artists may or may not be contacted after these portfolios are received/reviewed.
If you choose to submit images of your work at unspecified times, please include the following:
- Images of your work: Documentation can be in 35mm slide form (15 max) or other photographic material no larger than 8 x 10 inches. Video (NTSC format), DVDs, or CD-ROM will also be accepted (save images in jpeg format). Please do not send original work. The Rochester Art Center will not be responsible for damaged or misrouted submissions. Please label the front of your envelope “Portfolio/Slide Review.” Each image should include the artist’s name, title of work, date, medium, & dimensions.
- Current resume
- Brief artist statement
- Self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE): the Rochester Art Center will not return submissions without a SASE.
Due to the number of submissions, the Rochester Art Center may not contact all applicants. Please do not call regarding your materials. Submissions may be kept for up to 8 months from the time received.