Outside Over There at Aferro
Dates:
Sat Sep 27, 2008 00:00 - Mon Sep 08, 2008
Location:
United States of America
Outside Over There
Fourth in the annual urbanism exhibition series curated by Emma Wilcox
September 27 - November 22, 2008
Opening Reception September 27, 7-10 PM
Gallery Aferro 73 Market St Newark NJ aferro.org
Alone and Together: Tintype Portrait Studio by Keliy Anderson-Staley
October 3 + 4th, 1-7 PM
Will Work for Food by KH Jeron
Bring a can of food to barter with robots. All proceeds to be donated to Newark food banks
Performance by artist October 23rd, 7 PM
Outside Over There is an exhibition, as well as a food drive and a portrait studio. It is inspired by the signals traveling in the airspace of cities worldwide, and the ability of these signals to penetrate structures, by transmissions, codings and exchanges of ideology and consumer goods, interactions real and imagined, between more and less industrialized nations, including the cargo cult and the syndication of TV programming.
"I will not show…family vacation footage, fields of moving color or the birth of anything.”
From See TV, by Susan E Evans
Artists: Keliy Anderson-Staley, Mireille Astore, Martin John Callanan, Karlos Carcamo, Margarida Correia,
Susan E. Evans, Judith Hoffman, KH Jeron, Tamara Kostianovsky, Charles Huntley Nelson, Anne Percoco,
Dorothy Schultz, Jeff Sims, Peter Tuomey Jr, Tammy Jo Wilson
The impending end of nondigital TV has evoked for some class and cultural divisions within America. By repairing TVs with reed thatch from the NJ meadowlands, Anne Percoco suggests such divisions, as well as the complexity of a globalized economy. Charles Huntley Nelson’s video, Why Not on TV questions the presentations of African Americans on television in relationship to their actual history and present realities, and is narrated by an omniscient visitor who may be a space alien.
Photographer Keliy Anderson-Staley will be operating a tintype portrait studio in the gallery on Oct 3rd and 4th. Sitters can come solo or with a loved one. The sittings are free. A print of the image is $10. Made with the wet plate collodion process, the leading mode of photography in the 1850's and 1860's, the portraits echo downtown Newark’s past density of commercial portrait studio’s, while picturing the diversity of modern urban NJ.
For more information please contact Emma Wilcox ewilcox@aferro.org
Fourth in the annual urbanism exhibition series curated by Emma Wilcox
September 27 - November 22, 2008
Opening Reception September 27, 7-10 PM
Gallery Aferro 73 Market St Newark NJ aferro.org
Alone and Together: Tintype Portrait Studio by Keliy Anderson-Staley
October 3 + 4th, 1-7 PM
Will Work for Food by KH Jeron
Bring a can of food to barter with robots. All proceeds to be donated to Newark food banks
Performance by artist October 23rd, 7 PM
Outside Over There is an exhibition, as well as a food drive and a portrait studio. It is inspired by the signals traveling in the airspace of cities worldwide, and the ability of these signals to penetrate structures, by transmissions, codings and exchanges of ideology and consumer goods, interactions real and imagined, between more and less industrialized nations, including the cargo cult and the syndication of TV programming.
"I will not show…family vacation footage, fields of moving color or the birth of anything.”
From See TV, by Susan E Evans
Artists: Keliy Anderson-Staley, Mireille Astore, Martin John Callanan, Karlos Carcamo, Margarida Correia,
Susan E. Evans, Judith Hoffman, KH Jeron, Tamara Kostianovsky, Charles Huntley Nelson, Anne Percoco,
Dorothy Schultz, Jeff Sims, Peter Tuomey Jr, Tammy Jo Wilson
The impending end of nondigital TV has evoked for some class and cultural divisions within America. By repairing TVs with reed thatch from the NJ meadowlands, Anne Percoco suggests such divisions, as well as the complexity of a globalized economy. Charles Huntley Nelson’s video, Why Not on TV questions the presentations of African Americans on television in relationship to their actual history and present realities, and is narrated by an omniscient visitor who may be a space alien.
Photographer Keliy Anderson-Staley will be operating a tintype portrait studio in the gallery on Oct 3rd and 4th. Sitters can come solo or with a loved one. The sittings are free. A print of the image is $10. Made with the wet plate collodion process, the leading mode of photography in the 1850's and 1860's, the portraits echo downtown Newark’s past density of commercial portrait studio’s, while picturing the diversity of modern urban NJ.
For more information please contact Emma Wilcox ewilcox@aferro.org
Newark New Media at City Without Walls
Deadline:
Fri Oct 31, 2008 00:00
Location:
United States of America
Three new Open Calls from City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ
cwow.org
Newark New Media ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
City Without Walls (cWOW), in collaboration with Gallery Aferro, seeks
an artist-in-residence for its residency and education program at the
intersection of new technologies and contemporary art.
description | STUDIO + TRAINING + EXHIBITION
The new media artist in residence will have use of an
1,100-square-foot private (work only) studio at Gallery Aferro for 17
weeks from February to June, 2009. The artist will also receive a
$1,200 stipend and an equipment/materials budget. In addition, five
high-school students will apprentice under the artist's supervision in
weekly two-hour training sessions to help realize a major work of new
media art. The final artwork will be presented in a high-profile
exhibition either at cWOW or another prestigious venue.
eligibility | MEMBERS ONLY
To be considered for this opportunity, you must join cWOW by October
31, 2008 as an artist member with a minimum annual donation of $35 for
individual members or $25 for students and seniors. As an artist
member, your work will be part of our registry, and will be reviewed
by every curator for every show that you select within one year of
joining. Your chances of being selected for a show are better than 50\%
(though never guaranteed, because of our independent curatorial
process). This process ensures high-quality, independent selection,
while also building our membership base, providing crucial support for
programming such as this. Your donations are tax-deductible to the
full extent of the law. Artist registry materials, including images,
videos, and more, can now be uploaded to our website after joining,
and will soon be available for public viewing. See other member
benefits and join online at www.cwow.org.
works accepted | NEW MEDIA ART ONLY
All innovative interpretations of new media art will be considered,
requiring some critical use of digital technology in the art-making
process and product.
submission process | ONLINE ONLY
After joining online, please email your proposal to info@cwow.org with
"NNM" in the subject line and upload your entry materials at
www.cWOW.org. You can submit up to twenty (20) images, five (5)
videos, urls to new media work, your proposal, statement, resume, as
well as additional registry materials.
deadline | 5PM • OCTOBER 31, 2008
Must include complete online application and receipt of membership
donation (online or by mail).
CALL FOR WORK
exhibition | AFRICA IN SUBURBIA
City Without Walls (cWOW) seeks artists and artwork for an upcoming
multi-site exhibition that opens in time for Black History Month 2009
and explores issues of difference, perception, place and diaspora.
Works will be exhibited at cWOW's main gallery as well as at Seton
Hall University School of Law.
curator | TBA
cWOW has posted an open call to curators simultaneously to this call
for artists.
eligibility | MEMBERS ONLY (unless solicited by curator)
Unless solicited directly by a project curator, artists must be
members to be considered for cWOW exhibitions. For this exhibition,
you must join cWOW by October 16, 2008 as an artist member with a
minimum annual donation of $35 for individual members or $25 for
students and seniors. As an artist member, your work will be part of
our registry, and will be reviewed by every curator for every show
that you select within one year of joining. Your chances of being
selected for a show are great, though never guaranteed because of our
independent curatorial process. This process ensures the
highest-quality independent selection, while also providing crucial
support for our exhibition, education, residency and other programs.
Your donations are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.
Artist registry materials can now be uploaded to our website after
joining, and will soon be available for public viewing. See other
member benefits and join online at www.cwow.org.
works accepted | ALL MEDIA AND SIZES
Open to all media and sizes of visual art, including 2-D, 3-D, new
media, performance art, etc., that deal with issues and ideas about
the theme.
entry materials | ONLINE OR BY MAIL
Artists can upload their submission at www.cwow.org after joining cWOW
or send by snail mail. Include resume, up to 10 images uploaded or
slides/CD/DVD, an image list (title date media dimensions), artist
statement, and SASE if you want the materials returned (otherwise,
they are kept in our registry). You can also submit additional
materials for the artist registry by indicating which are for the
exhibition and which are for the registry only. If you submit online,
please send an email to info@cwow.org with "Africa in Suburbia" in the
subject line.
deadline | 5PM • OCTOBER 16, 2008
Including receipt of membership donation and completed exhibition
application (online or by mail). This is NOT a postmark deadline.
other | GENERAL POLICIES & MISSION
Exhibition dates: January 5 - April 24, 2009 at Seton Hall University
School of Law and January 29 - March 25, 2009 at cWOW. Artworks
selected for Seton Hall Law must be delivered by artist "ready to
hang" by January 4 and removed by artist by April 25, 2009. Artworks
selected for cWOW must be delivered by artist "ready to hang" by
January 22, 2009 and removed by artist by March 28, 2009. cWOW takes a
30\% commission on all sales. Artwork at Seton Hall Law School is
insured by the School and artwork at cWOW is insured by cWOW during
exhibition. Neither cWOW nor Seton Hall is responsible for work left
after pick-up dates. cWOW is a non-profit urban gallery for emerging
art that advances the careers of artists while building the audience
for contemporary art. cWOW is New Jersey's oldest not-for-profit
alternative art space, and a three-time recipient of the NJ State
Council on the Arts "Citation of Excellence."
CURATORIAL OPPORTUNITY
exhibition theme | AFRICA IN SUBURBIA
City Without Walls (cWOW) seeks curatorial proposals for an upcoming
multi-site exhibition that opens in time for Black History Month 2009
and explores issues of difference, perception, place and diaspora.
Works will be exhibited at cWOW's main gallery as well as at Seton
Hall University School of Law.
details | CURATORIAL PROCESS
Curators are free to select any artists of their choosing, including
their own artwork. They are not required to select cWOW members, and
selected artists are not required to become members. However, curators
must review all member entries, and are encouraged to ask artists whom
they solicit to join. This process ensures the highest-quality
independent selection, while also providing crucial support for our
award-winning exhibition, education, and residency programs. The
exhibition is open to all media and sizes of visual art, including
2-D, 3-D, new media, performance art, etc., addressing the stated
theme. An open call for work is being posted simultaneously to this
curatorial call. Open call artist submissions are due October 16,
2008. The curator's final selection of work and completion of a brief
biography and catalog essay are due November 21, 2008. Show dates are
January 5 - April 24, 2009. There will be a public reception, catalog,
announcement cards, email blasts and other publicity for the show.
entry materials | BY EMAIL OR SNAIL MAIL
Proposals must include (a) the curator's resume, (b) a brief statement
and group exhibition concept with multiple artists, and (c) sample
images. Prospective curators are encouraged but not required to join
to be considered for this opportunity, with a minimum annual donation
of $35 for individual members ($25 for students/seniors). Donations
are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. See other member
benefits and join online at www.cwow.org. Email complete submission to
info@cwow.org with "Africa in Suburbia Curator" in the subject line,
or snail mail the same materials to City Without Walls, 6 Crawford
Street, Newark, NJ 07102.
deadline | 5PM • OCTOBER 16, 2008
Including receipt of completed application materials (online or by
mail). This is NOT a postmark deadline.
other | GENERAL POLICIES & MISSION
cWOW is a non-profit urban gallery for emerging art that advances the
careers of artists while building the audience for contemporary art.
cWOW's gallery in downtown Newark is a state-of-the-art facility with
over 1,600 square feet of exhibition space, including a main gallery,
a new-media project room, 9-foot screen, several flat-screen TVs, and
other video projection equipment (see attached floor plan). The modern
atrium at Seton Hall Law accommodates approximately 20 large
2-dimensional works. cWOW is New Jersey's oldest not-for-profit
alternative art space, founded in 1975, and a three-time recipient of
the prestigious NJ State Council on the Arts "Citation of Excellence.
cwow.org
Newark New Media ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
City Without Walls (cWOW), in collaboration with Gallery Aferro, seeks
an artist-in-residence for its residency and education program at the
intersection of new technologies and contemporary art.
description | STUDIO + TRAINING + EXHIBITION
The new media artist in residence will have use of an
1,100-square-foot private (work only) studio at Gallery Aferro for 17
weeks from February to June, 2009. The artist will also receive a
$1,200 stipend and an equipment/materials budget. In addition, five
high-school students will apprentice under the artist's supervision in
weekly two-hour training sessions to help realize a major work of new
media art. The final artwork will be presented in a high-profile
exhibition either at cWOW or another prestigious venue.
eligibility | MEMBERS ONLY
To be considered for this opportunity, you must join cWOW by October
31, 2008 as an artist member with a minimum annual donation of $35 for
individual members or $25 for students and seniors. As an artist
member, your work will be part of our registry, and will be reviewed
by every curator for every show that you select within one year of
joining. Your chances of being selected for a show are better than 50\%
(though never guaranteed, because of our independent curatorial
process). This process ensures high-quality, independent selection,
while also building our membership base, providing crucial support for
programming such as this. Your donations are tax-deductible to the
full extent of the law. Artist registry materials, including images,
videos, and more, can now be uploaded to our website after joining,
and will soon be available for public viewing. See other member
benefits and join online at www.cwow.org.
works accepted | NEW MEDIA ART ONLY
All innovative interpretations of new media art will be considered,
requiring some critical use of digital technology in the art-making
process and product.
submission process | ONLINE ONLY
After joining online, please email your proposal to info@cwow.org with
"NNM" in the subject line and upload your entry materials at
www.cWOW.org. You can submit up to twenty (20) images, five (5)
videos, urls to new media work, your proposal, statement, resume, as
well as additional registry materials.
deadline | 5PM • OCTOBER 31, 2008
Must include complete online application and receipt of membership
donation (online or by mail).
CALL FOR WORK
exhibition | AFRICA IN SUBURBIA
City Without Walls (cWOW) seeks artists and artwork for an upcoming
multi-site exhibition that opens in time for Black History Month 2009
and explores issues of difference, perception, place and diaspora.
Works will be exhibited at cWOW's main gallery as well as at Seton
Hall University School of Law.
curator | TBA
cWOW has posted an open call to curators simultaneously to this call
for artists.
eligibility | MEMBERS ONLY (unless solicited by curator)
Unless solicited directly by a project curator, artists must be
members to be considered for cWOW exhibitions. For this exhibition,
you must join cWOW by October 16, 2008 as an artist member with a
minimum annual donation of $35 for individual members or $25 for
students and seniors. As an artist member, your work will be part of
our registry, and will be reviewed by every curator for every show
that you select within one year of joining. Your chances of being
selected for a show are great, though never guaranteed because of our
independent curatorial process. This process ensures the
highest-quality independent selection, while also providing crucial
support for our exhibition, education, residency and other programs.
Your donations are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.
Artist registry materials can now be uploaded to our website after
joining, and will soon be available for public viewing. See other
member benefits and join online at www.cwow.org.
works accepted | ALL MEDIA AND SIZES
Open to all media and sizes of visual art, including 2-D, 3-D, new
media, performance art, etc., that deal with issues and ideas about
the theme.
entry materials | ONLINE OR BY MAIL
Artists can upload their submission at www.cwow.org after joining cWOW
or send by snail mail. Include resume, up to 10 images uploaded or
slides/CD/DVD, an image list (title date media dimensions), artist
statement, and SASE if you want the materials returned (otherwise,
they are kept in our registry). You can also submit additional
materials for the artist registry by indicating which are for the
exhibition and which are for the registry only. If you submit online,
please send an email to info@cwow.org with "Africa in Suburbia" in the
subject line.
deadline | 5PM • OCTOBER 16, 2008
Including receipt of membership donation and completed exhibition
application (online or by mail). This is NOT a postmark deadline.
other | GENERAL POLICIES & MISSION
Exhibition dates: January 5 - April 24, 2009 at Seton Hall University
School of Law and January 29 - March 25, 2009 at cWOW. Artworks
selected for Seton Hall Law must be delivered by artist "ready to
hang" by January 4 and removed by artist by April 25, 2009. Artworks
selected for cWOW must be delivered by artist "ready to hang" by
January 22, 2009 and removed by artist by March 28, 2009. cWOW takes a
30\% commission on all sales. Artwork at Seton Hall Law School is
insured by the School and artwork at cWOW is insured by cWOW during
exhibition. Neither cWOW nor Seton Hall is responsible for work left
after pick-up dates. cWOW is a non-profit urban gallery for emerging
art that advances the careers of artists while building the audience
for contemporary art. cWOW is New Jersey's oldest not-for-profit
alternative art space, and a three-time recipient of the NJ State
Council on the Arts "Citation of Excellence."
CURATORIAL OPPORTUNITY
exhibition theme | AFRICA IN SUBURBIA
City Without Walls (cWOW) seeks curatorial proposals for an upcoming
multi-site exhibition that opens in time for Black History Month 2009
and explores issues of difference, perception, place and diaspora.
Works will be exhibited at cWOW's main gallery as well as at Seton
Hall University School of Law.
details | CURATORIAL PROCESS
Curators are free to select any artists of their choosing, including
their own artwork. They are not required to select cWOW members, and
selected artists are not required to become members. However, curators
must review all member entries, and are encouraged to ask artists whom
they solicit to join. This process ensures the highest-quality
independent selection, while also providing crucial support for our
award-winning exhibition, education, and residency programs. The
exhibition is open to all media and sizes of visual art, including
2-D, 3-D, new media, performance art, etc., addressing the stated
theme. An open call for work is being posted simultaneously to this
curatorial call. Open call artist submissions are due October 16,
2008. The curator's final selection of work and completion of a brief
biography and catalog essay are due November 21, 2008. Show dates are
January 5 - April 24, 2009. There will be a public reception, catalog,
announcement cards, email blasts and other publicity for the show.
entry materials | BY EMAIL OR SNAIL MAIL
Proposals must include (a) the curator's resume, (b) a brief statement
and group exhibition concept with multiple artists, and (c) sample
images. Prospective curators are encouraged but not required to join
to be considered for this opportunity, with a minimum annual donation
of $35 for individual members ($25 for students/seniors). Donations
are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. See other member
benefits and join online at www.cwow.org. Email complete submission to
info@cwow.org with "Africa in Suburbia Curator" in the subject line,
or snail mail the same materials to City Without Walls, 6 Crawford
Street, Newark, NJ 07102.
deadline | 5PM • OCTOBER 16, 2008
Including receipt of completed application materials (online or by
mail). This is NOT a postmark deadline.
other | GENERAL POLICIES & MISSION
cWOW is a non-profit urban gallery for emerging art that advances the
careers of artists while building the audience for contemporary art.
cWOW's gallery in downtown Newark is a state-of-the-art facility with
over 1,600 square feet of exhibition space, including a main gallery,
a new-media project room, 9-foot screen, several flat-screen TVs, and
other video projection equipment (see attached floor plan). The modern
atrium at Seton Hall Law accommodates approximately 20 large
2-dimensional works. cWOW is New Jersey's oldest not-for-profit
alternative art space, founded in 1975, and a three-time recipient of
the prestigious NJ State Council on the Arts "Citation of Excellence.
Outside Over There
Dates:
Sat Sep 27, 2008 00:00 - Fri Sep 05, 2008
Location:
United States of America
Outside Over There
Fourth in the annual urbanism exhibition series curated by Emma Wilcox
September 27 - November 22, 2008
Opening Reception September 27, 7-10 PM
Gallery Aferro 73 Market St Newark NJ aferro.org
Alone and Together: Tintype Portrait Studio by Keliy Anderson-Staley
October 3 + 4th, 1-7 PM
Will Work for Food by KH Jeron
Bring a can of food to barter with robots. All proceeds to be donated to Newark food banks
Performance by artist October 23rd, 7 PM
Outside Over There is an exhibition, as well as a food drive and a portrait studio. It is inspired by the signals traveling in the airspace of cities worldwide, and the ability of these signals to penetrate structures, by transmissions, codings and exchanges of ideology and consumer goods, interactions real and imagined, between more and less industrialized nations, including the cargo cult and the syndication of TV programming.
"I will not show…family vacation footage, fields of moving color or the birth of anything.”
From See TV, by Susan E Evans
Artists: Keliy Anderson-Staley, Mireille Astore, Martin John Callanan, Karlos Carcamo, Margarida Correia,
Susan E. Evans, Judith Hoffman, KH Jeron, Tamara Kostianovsky, Charles Huntley Nelson, Anne Percoco,
Dorothy Schultz, Jeff Sims, Peter Tuomey Jr, Tammy Jo Wilson
The impending end of nondigital TV has evoked for some class and cultural divisions within America. By repairing TVs with reed thatch from the NJ meadowlands, Anne Percoco suggests such divisions, as well as the complexity of a globalized economy. Charles Huntley Nelson’s video, Why Not on TV questions the presentations of African Americans on television in relationship to their actual history and present realities, and is narrated by an omniscient visitor who may be a space alien.
Photographer Keliy Anderson-Staley will be operating a tintype portrait studio in the gallery on Oct 3rd and 4th. Sitters can come solo or with a loved one. The sittings are free. A print of the image is $10. Made with the wet plate collodion process, the leading mode of photography in the 1850's and 1860's, the portraits echo downtown Newark’s past density of commercial portrait studio’s, while picturing the diversity of modern urban NJ.
For more information please contact Emma Wilcox ewilcox@aferro.org
Fourth in the annual urbanism exhibition series curated by Emma Wilcox
September 27 - November 22, 2008
Opening Reception September 27, 7-10 PM
Gallery Aferro 73 Market St Newark NJ aferro.org
Alone and Together: Tintype Portrait Studio by Keliy Anderson-Staley
October 3 + 4th, 1-7 PM
Will Work for Food by KH Jeron
Bring a can of food to barter with robots. All proceeds to be donated to Newark food banks
Performance by artist October 23rd, 7 PM
Outside Over There is an exhibition, as well as a food drive and a portrait studio. It is inspired by the signals traveling in the airspace of cities worldwide, and the ability of these signals to penetrate structures, by transmissions, codings and exchanges of ideology and consumer goods, interactions real and imagined, between more and less industrialized nations, including the cargo cult and the syndication of TV programming.
"I will not show…family vacation footage, fields of moving color or the birth of anything.”
From See TV, by Susan E Evans
Artists: Keliy Anderson-Staley, Mireille Astore, Martin John Callanan, Karlos Carcamo, Margarida Correia,
Susan E. Evans, Judith Hoffman, KH Jeron, Tamara Kostianovsky, Charles Huntley Nelson, Anne Percoco,
Dorothy Schultz, Jeff Sims, Peter Tuomey Jr, Tammy Jo Wilson
The impending end of nondigital TV has evoked for some class and cultural divisions within America. By repairing TVs with reed thatch from the NJ meadowlands, Anne Percoco suggests such divisions, as well as the complexity of a globalized economy. Charles Huntley Nelson’s video, Why Not on TV questions the presentations of African Americans on television in relationship to their actual history and present realities, and is narrated by an omniscient visitor who may be a space alien.
Photographer Keliy Anderson-Staley will be operating a tintype portrait studio in the gallery on Oct 3rd and 4th. Sitters can come solo or with a loved one. The sittings are free. A print of the image is $10. Made with the wet plate collodion process, the leading mode of photography in the 1850's and 1860's, the portraits echo downtown Newark’s past density of commercial portrait studio’s, while picturing the diversity of modern urban NJ.
For more information please contact Emma Wilcox ewilcox@aferro.org
Aferro Studio Residency for 2009
Deadline:
Mon Dec 15, 2008 00:00
Aferro Studio Residency
Now Accepting applications for 2009 artists in residence
Due December 15, 2008 (not postmark)
www.aferro.org
About Gallery Aferro:
Gallery Aferro is an artist owned and operated alternative space
founded in 2003 by Evonne M. Davis and Emma Wilcox. The mission of
Gallery Aferro is to bring cultural education and esthetic engagement
with contemporary issues to all people equally, and to create an
environment where artists can gather and share physical and
intellectual resources. We are working towards an arts community that
is available to everyone, without sacrificing quality of experience.
Founded in a converted factory building in the Ironbound, Gallery
Aferro was planned as a pilot project to be recreated in different
architectural forms, in multiple American cities.
The gallery is currently being run out of a donated 4 story building
in downtown Newark, NJ. We offer 12 exhibitions a year, featuring
local, national and international artists, a wide variety of events
such as
interactive public art projects, performances, talks, film screenings,
portfolio reviews and public usage based on the stated needs of the
community. We launched our residency program in 2006 and were one of
four nationwide recipients of a 2007 New York State Workspace
Consortium grant to improve it. A publishing line has been launched,
consisting of exhibition catalogs, original essays, and artist books.
About the Residency:
Several of the 06-07 Aferro Studio residents have commented that the
chance for informal networking with peers afforded by residency in the
building was one of the best aspects of their experience. Also
mentioned by residents consistently as a unique and valuable aspect of
the program was temporary ownership of a platform to interact with the
public.
Residents will be awarded a 1200-2000 sq ft studio for 6 months, with
24 hr access, access to visiting curators and other gallery directors,
a solo exhibition in our project space, and inclusion in an
end-of-program catalog highlighting their work over the length of the
residency. The current Aferro building can accommodate up to 5 artists
at a time. Artists will be selected on the basis of quality of work,
commitment to their field, and ability to interact positively with the
community at large. The program will aim for a mix of Newark and
non-Newark residents.
The Studios
Studios range in size from 1200 to 2000 square feet. The studios are
strictly work only spaces. The studios are raw spaces with minimal
amenities. Artists who are accepted into the program must be prepared
to actively use their studio. 6-month slots are available beginning
Feb 23, 2009.
Artist Responsibilities
$200 a month per studio covers all utilities.
Eligibility
There is no residency restriction for applicants. Artists in any
media may apply. The building is not appropriate for welding and
other open flame activities. Please contact us with any questions
about your application, our space or what you might want to do with
your time at Aferro.
Materials for Application
A CV\Resume
Artist Statement
A proposal for what you would like to do with your residency/statement of need
Contact Information
Work samples: DVD (NTSC) or CD (any form of digital file we can read from a Mac)
Gallery Aferro
c/o Evonne M. Davis + Emma Wilcox
248 Sherman Ave #43
NY NY 10034 USA
www.aferro.org
info.aferro@gmail.com
Now Accepting applications for 2009 artists in residence
Due December 15, 2008 (not postmark)
www.aferro.org
About Gallery Aferro:
Gallery Aferro is an artist owned and operated alternative space
founded in 2003 by Evonne M. Davis and Emma Wilcox. The mission of
Gallery Aferro is to bring cultural education and esthetic engagement
with contemporary issues to all people equally, and to create an
environment where artists can gather and share physical and
intellectual resources. We are working towards an arts community that
is available to everyone, without sacrificing quality of experience.
Founded in a converted factory building in the Ironbound, Gallery
Aferro was planned as a pilot project to be recreated in different
architectural forms, in multiple American cities.
The gallery is currently being run out of a donated 4 story building
in downtown Newark, NJ. We offer 12 exhibitions a year, featuring
local, national and international artists, a wide variety of events
such as
interactive public art projects, performances, talks, film screenings,
portfolio reviews and public usage based on the stated needs of the
community. We launched our residency program in 2006 and were one of
four nationwide recipients of a 2007 New York State Workspace
Consortium grant to improve it. A publishing line has been launched,
consisting of exhibition catalogs, original essays, and artist books.
About the Residency:
Several of the 06-07 Aferro Studio residents have commented that the
chance for informal networking with peers afforded by residency in the
building was one of the best aspects of their experience. Also
mentioned by residents consistently as a unique and valuable aspect of
the program was temporary ownership of a platform to interact with the
public.
Residents will be awarded a 1200-2000 sq ft studio for 6 months, with
24 hr access, access to visiting curators and other gallery directors,
a solo exhibition in our project space, and inclusion in an
end-of-program catalog highlighting their work over the length of the
residency. The current Aferro building can accommodate up to 5 artists
at a time. Artists will be selected on the basis of quality of work,
commitment to their field, and ability to interact positively with the
community at large. The program will aim for a mix of Newark and
non-Newark residents.
The Studios
Studios range in size from 1200 to 2000 square feet. The studios are
strictly work only spaces. The studios are raw spaces with minimal
amenities. Artists who are accepted into the program must be prepared
to actively use their studio. 6-month slots are available beginning
Feb 23, 2009.
Artist Responsibilities
$200 a month per studio covers all utilities.
Eligibility
There is no residency restriction for applicants. Artists in any
media may apply. The building is not appropriate for welding and
other open flame activities. Please contact us with any questions
about your application, our space or what you might want to do with
your time at Aferro.
Materials for Application
A CV\Resume
Artist Statement
A proposal for what you would like to do with your residency/statement of need
Contact Information
Work samples: DVD (NTSC) or CD (any form of digital file we can read from a Mac)
Gallery Aferro
c/o Evonne M. Davis + Emma Wilcox
248 Sherman Ave #43
NY NY 10034 USA
www.aferro.org
info.aferro@gmail.com
Biological Imperative at Gallery Aferro
Dates:
Sat Jun 14, 2008 00:00 - Tue May 27, 2008
Location:
United States of America
Biological Imperative
Curated by Emma Wilcox
With full color catalog
June 14-May 17, 2008
Opening Reception June 14, 7-10 PM
Screening July 12, 3 PM
WAX, or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees
Structured around what the Tissue Culture and Art Project has called “cultural perceptions of life,” Biological Imperative freely mixes ideas of partial personhood, the possibilities of regeneration, multiples, fecundity, the semi-living, and the undead (things that just won’t die.) The exhibition posits linkage between disparate references such as (but not limited to) the undying popularity of the zombie genre, rabbit imagery, pirate radio and bioethical quandaries.
Elio Cacavalle’s MyBio Dolls are educational dolls informed by consultation with bioethicists, symbolizing possible biofutures, and allowing children to imagine narratives for scenarios such as human/animal organ transplants. Brandon Ballengee’s drawings of deformed frog specimens collected throughout the world also create a sense of the unfamiliar: some frogs have too many limbs, some too few.
In Jillian McDonald’s two-channel installation in the new media room, Zombie Loop, zombie and survivor are somehow the same, referencing the genre's implied life cycle. The endurance of radio signals in the atmosphere links Charlesworth, Lewandowski & Mann’s video work, Radio City to the theme of the undying. The piece is a record of journey via boat to an abandoned sea fort used by pirate radio transmissions in the 60’s. After an altercation that left one broadcaster dead, his wife rowed to sea and played “Strangers in the Night” as a memorial. CLM mimicked this action in 2006, playing the same song at high volume over the open water.
The fecundity or productivity of animals, namely rabbits and bees, inspired other works in the exhibition, such as those by Aganetha Dyck with Richard Dyck, and David Blair. Dyck’s Hive Scans are large-scale color prints made in collaboration with bees, via a scanner introduced into a beehive. David Blair’s full-length film WAX was created over 6 years with footage shot on site at actual nuclear testing facilities in the US, flight simulation software and archival footage. The convoluted story concerns a beekeeper’s transformation upon discovering that his bees communicate between the living and the dead, and raises questions as to the collective and individual value of life.
Artists: Andrea Aimi, Brandon Ballengée, Michael Betancourt, Ana Black, David Blair, William Brovelli, Charlesworth, Lewandowski & Mann, Elio Caccavale, Sean Capone, Steven Dressler, Eva Drangsholt, Tagny Duff, Aganetha & Richard Dyck, Lucia Fabio, Asha Ganpat, Daphne Gerou, Nora Herting,
Verena Kaminiarz, Jennifer Mazza, Jillian McDonald, Stephanie Metz, Lydia Moyer, Roger Sayre,
David Sherry, Laura Splan, Brian Spolans, Ajla R. Steinvåg, Naoe Suzuki, Delmira Valladares,
Maria Wallace
25% of artworks in the exhibition contain rabbit content.
For more information, please contact Emma Wilcox at ewilcox@aferro.org
Curated by Emma Wilcox
With full color catalog
June 14-May 17, 2008
Opening Reception June 14, 7-10 PM
Screening July 12, 3 PM
WAX, or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees
Structured around what the Tissue Culture and Art Project has called “cultural perceptions of life,” Biological Imperative freely mixes ideas of partial personhood, the possibilities of regeneration, multiples, fecundity, the semi-living, and the undead (things that just won’t die.) The exhibition posits linkage between disparate references such as (but not limited to) the undying popularity of the zombie genre, rabbit imagery, pirate radio and bioethical quandaries.
Elio Cacavalle’s MyBio Dolls are educational dolls informed by consultation with bioethicists, symbolizing possible biofutures, and allowing children to imagine narratives for scenarios such as human/animal organ transplants. Brandon Ballengee’s drawings of deformed frog specimens collected throughout the world also create a sense of the unfamiliar: some frogs have too many limbs, some too few.
In Jillian McDonald’s two-channel installation in the new media room, Zombie Loop, zombie and survivor are somehow the same, referencing the genre's implied life cycle. The endurance of radio signals in the atmosphere links Charlesworth, Lewandowski & Mann’s video work, Radio City to the theme of the undying. The piece is a record of journey via boat to an abandoned sea fort used by pirate radio transmissions in the 60’s. After an altercation that left one broadcaster dead, his wife rowed to sea and played “Strangers in the Night” as a memorial. CLM mimicked this action in 2006, playing the same song at high volume over the open water.
The fecundity or productivity of animals, namely rabbits and bees, inspired other works in the exhibition, such as those by Aganetha Dyck with Richard Dyck, and David Blair. Dyck’s Hive Scans are large-scale color prints made in collaboration with bees, via a scanner introduced into a beehive. David Blair’s full-length film WAX was created over 6 years with footage shot on site at actual nuclear testing facilities in the US, flight simulation software and archival footage. The convoluted story concerns a beekeeper’s transformation upon discovering that his bees communicate between the living and the dead, and raises questions as to the collective and individual value of life.
Artists: Andrea Aimi, Brandon Ballengée, Michael Betancourt, Ana Black, David Blair, William Brovelli, Charlesworth, Lewandowski & Mann, Elio Caccavale, Sean Capone, Steven Dressler, Eva Drangsholt, Tagny Duff, Aganetha & Richard Dyck, Lucia Fabio, Asha Ganpat, Daphne Gerou, Nora Herting,
Verena Kaminiarz, Jennifer Mazza, Jillian McDonald, Stephanie Metz, Lydia Moyer, Roger Sayre,
David Sherry, Laura Splan, Brian Spolans, Ajla R. Steinvåg, Naoe Suzuki, Delmira Valladares,
Maria Wallace
25% of artworks in the exhibition contain rabbit content.
For more information, please contact Emma Wilcox at ewilcox@aferro.org
