Nave Gallery Call to Artists

CALL TO ARTISTS THE NAVE GALLERY is a nonprofit art space located in the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church near Tufts University run by ARTSomerville in collaboration with CHPC. Artists shown to date have been local, national and international, emerging and established. The gallery itself is completely volunteer run. A minimal commission of 20% is taken for all sales. Participating artists are encouraged (but not required) to volunteer to gallery sit for at least one two-hour shift during their exhibit, and to help recruit other volunteers. View past exhibits \|\| View past events QUESTIONS info@navegallery.org Susan Berstler: Detail, Untitled (2012) Recycled plastic bags, crocheted Threads Bared November 10-December 16, 2012 The Nave Gallery Curated by Tori Costa tori(dot)costa(at)gmail(dot)com SUBMISSION DEADLINE: August 17, 2012 From grass to bamboo to wool and silk, and yes, even to plastic, fiber is an essential part of our lives, keeping us clothed, warm, holding our food, and decorating our homes. "Threads Bare" is an exploration of the tactile wonder of fiber. Using traditional and non-traditional methods and materials, fiber artists will unravel, piece together, and bare the very threads that make up our lives. Playful, patterned, colorful, and flat-out crazy, all themes will be considered, and experimental pieces are highly encouraged. "Threads Bared" is part of The Wrap Around Project, and will be held in conjunction with Wrap Around, a sale of handmade knitted, crocheted, and sewn goods to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition. Fiber artists working in all 2-D and 3-D media (including video and installation) are invited to submit work. Applicants must submit: Up to four (4) images of work relating to this theme submitted as jpg files on a CD-Rom (300 dpi) Images must be original and of actual pieces. Installation entries may be representative, documenting past installations, with a new proposal for the Nave Gallery space An image list including title, dimension, media, and date for each work submitted. For digital submissions, please label each file (artistname)(title).jpg. All disks must be labeled with the artist's name, title, dimension and medium A short statement describing your work with telephone and email contact information A current artist's CV $15 entry fee payable to The Nave Gallery (NOT refundable) Self-addressed stamped envelope with adequate postage for return of materials Mail entries to: The Nave Gallery Attention: Tori Costa 155 Powderhouse Blvd. Somerville, MA 02144 Calendar August 17, 2012: Entries Due September 15, 2012: Notification of Acceptance November 2-4, 2012: Delivery of artwork November 10-December 16, 2012: Exhibition will be on display TBD: Opening Reception Dec 22-31, 2012: Return of Artwork Pearl K. Nit: Perry Park, Untitled (2012) Yarn Storm Perry Park Washington St, Somerville, Massachusetts Sponsored by ARTSomerville & the Nave Gallery August 25-November 18, 2012 Organized by Margaret Ryan, aka 'Pearl K. Nit' margaret@rcn(dot)com Subject line: Yarn Storm Perry Park, between Dane Street and Leland Streets, outside of Union Square, closer to Beacon Street, will be YARN STORMED by artists young and old who enjoy knitting, crocheting and livening up a public space with yarn-based designs and patterns. Participants of the monthly Nave Knit and Sip Crochet Soiree have begun to create colorful items to decorate trees, chain link fences, bollard lights, bike rack, light poles, and more. Join us in this joyous celebration. Create on your own or at one of the monthly Soiree Meet-ups. Give yourself a YARN STORMING 'Tag' name and be part of the creation and or installation team. This event was inspired by and in support of Wrap Around, the Nave Gallery's annual fundraiser for the Somerville Homeless Coalition. Early Drop Off Available If you are not able to install your creation, it can be dropped off before August 25th at The Nave Gallery, 155 Powderhouse Blvd., Somerville Calendar Create Yarn Storm items now until installation August 25, 2012: 9:30 AM at Perry Park, Installation November 18, 2012: Removal of Art The BIG BAD October 6–28, 2012 The Nave Gallery Curated by Jenn Harrington SUBMISSION DEADLINE: August 25 The most wicked adversaries of our imagination return again and again—Buffy the Vampire Slayer's The Master, Mayor Richard Wilkins III, Glory, The First; Dr. Who's the Daleks, the Cybermen, Bad Wolf; Harry Potter's He Who Must Not Be Named; and Battlestar Galactica's "all this has happened before, and all this will happen again." Never mind the classic agents of nightmares—the Devil, the Grim Reaper, the Undead, and untold more. And while our mayor may not ascend into an actual enormous snake, and our lovers do not usually turn to soulless vampires bent on destroying the world via demon-resurrection, and our best friend's eyes don't normally flick to black due to dark magic, there is some authenticity in those images. In a land not so far away, where everything seems quite big and terribly bad, The Nave Gallery asks artists to submit work that mirrors their vision of The BIG BAD. Whether it be the repo man, banks, politicians, the ex, the evil step-parent, the monster in the closet, the tick-tock of a bad heart—we are looking for true representations of the foes that wreck our homes, our health, our families, our childhoods. The bump in the dark of night, the shadow lurking in the corner of your eye, those things that haunt us even if we've buried it four times over, The BIG BAD aspires to show that the real-world adversaries threatening our ruin are close companions to the phantoms locked in our imaginations. Visual artists working in all 2-D and 3-D media (including video and installation) are invited to submit work. Applicants must submit: Up to four (4) images of work relating to this theme submitted as jpeg files on a CD-Rom (300 dpi) An image list including title, dimension, media, and date for each work submitted. For digital submissions, please label each file (artistname)(title).jpeg. All disks must be labeled with the artistís name, title, dimension and medium One paragraph describing your interpretation of how your piece represents the theme of this show A current artist's CV $15 entry fee payable to The Nave Gallery (NOT refundable) Self-addressed stamped envelope with adequate postage for return of materials Mail entries to: The Nave Gallery Attn: Jenn Harrington 155 Powderhouse Blvd. Somerville, MA 02144 Calendar August 25: Entries due September 1: Notification of acceptance September 26: Delivery of artwork October–28: Exhibition will be on display October 6: Opening Reception November 3: Return of artwork