DEADLINE:
December 4, 2013
EXHIBITION DATES:
January 10-26, 2014
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Jef Czekaj
The Nave Gallery Annex (Somerville, MA) invites artists to participate in the juried exhibition Doodle.
First used in the Middle Ages to describe the sketching of a subject for a piece of art, cartooning has evolved over time to serve a number of purposes–from entertainment to advertising to political and social commentary. Doodle is a show on cartoons in all of its forms. Themes of all types will be considered, and formats of all kinds including, but not limited to, animation, comics, graphic novels, illustrations, storyboards, etc., will be accepted.
GUIDELINES:
There is a $15 entry fee payable through PayPal.
A maximum of 3 pieces may be entered for consideration.
Submissions will be accepted through December 4, 2013.
The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold.
Artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery.
You do not need to be a Somerville resident to apply.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
Please send up to three artwork submissions as .jpg files to info[at]navegallery[dot]org.
Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “#_NAME.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name.
Include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process and year, as well as a brief artist bio and statement.
There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal or with check. Paypal is available here. Please include “Doodle” in the memo. Checks should be sent to: 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA 02144.
Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery Annex located in Davis Square (53 Chester St, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Notification: Saturday, December 14, 2013
Artwork drop off: TBD
Exhibition dates: January 10-26, 2014
Opening Reception: Friday, January 10, 2014
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Jef Czekaj is a cartoonist, children’s book author and illustrator, and musician.
He has illustrated 4 books, and written and illustrated 5 picture books and one graphic novel. His books, Hip and Hop, Don’t Stop!, Cat Secrets, The Circulatory Story, and Yes, Yes, Yaul!, were all chosen as Junior Library Guild selections. Cat Secrets was a finalist in GoodReads Best Books of 2011 and A Call for a New Alphabet was named a “Must-Read” book by the Massachusetts Center for the Book.
His comic, Grampa and Julie: Shark Hunters, ran in Nickelodeon Magazine for more than 10 years. A collection of the first three years of the comic was published with the help of a Xeric Foundation Grant and distributed by Top Shelf.
He DJs for an award-winning hip-hop group under an assumed name.
Jef lives and works in Somerville, MA.
BTW, Czekaj is pronounced “check-eye“!
