Open Call for Submissions - "Open Book, An exploration of books as art"

I am a member of Whitestone Gallery, and Rebecca Erickson and I are co-curating a book exhibit at Whitestone Gallery for March 2012...on books....
The exhibit is called "Open Book - An Exploration of Books as Art"....here below are the details on the Call for Submissions...we would love to receive all submissions related to books as art...see below for more details...

Open Call for Submissions

Open Book - An Exploration of Books as Art

DESCRIPTION:

We love books! We like reading, holding, storing, annotating, stacking and altering books. As artists we are interested in the book as objects and as ideas. The phrase Open Book can be interpreted in many ways.  For this exhibition the curators will be looking for submissions that expand on this idea and definition of book and will include art works in a variety of mediums.

Types of works we are most interested in receiving include (but are not limited to):

●      work about books, on books, built with books

●      painting – all mediums

●      mixed media and found materials

●      assemblage and three-dimensional

●      sculpture

●      photographs

●      paper

●      print

CURATORS:

Rebecca Erickson is a visual artist interested in collaborative work. She is working on a project with books at www.waxedbook.ca

Supria Karmakar is a visual artist who uses encaustic mixed media and altered book mediums within her artwork. She will be teaching “The Altered Book” at the 6^th Annual International Encaustic Conference in Mass., USA in June 2012. http://encausticconference.blogspot.com/

DEADLINE:  Friday January 13^th, 2012 (post-marked by midnight); there is no fee to enter

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

●      3-5 images, 300 dpi, jpeg, maximum 1.8 MB each, on a CD mailed to: Whitestone Gallery, 80 Norfolk Street, Guelph, ON. N1H 4J2.  Marked Attention: “Open Book – An Exploration of Books as Art”; your CD will not be returned

●      An image list with title, medium, size (height, width, & depth)

●      Please label your images in the following manner:  number- title – name of artist. i.e.:  01-Flowers in the wind-JaneDoe.jpg

●      A brief paragraph of your background and experience related to art (short bio.)

●      Contact information: Name, mailing address, email, website, and phone number(s)

●      Artist will be contacted by email the week of January 22, 2012 about successful submissions

●      All accepted artwork for the exhibit must be installation ready, clearly labelled and with clear directions on any special installation requirements and delivered by 18 February 2012.  If mailed, sufficient postage for return mail must be provided. 

●      Please note that Whitestone Gallery does not insure art work in the gallery.

●      All work sold will be subject to a 25% commission fee.

●      For more information contact whitestonecollective@gmail.com

Beyond the Cover - Some Photos to share of our time together this summer....

Creating beautiful niches and window pages in their books....

Wonderful drawers to hold treasures and trinkets....

Beautiful properties of mica.....

A beautiful cover in the making...

Silverfish Studios...ready to go for three glorious days...

A goodie box ......

Students loved using the glorious crack effect encaustic medium on their books...

...from EVANS Encaustic.....

Some finished examples....

Another Example of what can be created at this fantastic three day art play shop in July.....

Above: "Ponder" an assemblage encaustic mixed media piece using altered book cover, text, organics bottles, ....each piece can tell a story....

Below: Front cover open...

Detail of Pat's mica inserted page in her altered book...with images between....

Mica is a natural forming mineral that has many interesting properties. It is extremely heat resistant, very shiny, transparent and translucent, can be found in a variety of luminous colours from brown to pink, and can be split into thin layers.

I have used mica extensively in making jewellery, in collage work, and to create window “sandwiches” in altered books. The layers are peeled apart, a 2-dimensional treasure is put between the sheets of mica, and then secured into the altered book, either in the cover or between altered pages. Drawings, words, gold leaf, skeleton leaves, the list of items that can be captured is endless. ~ by Pat Baker 

Register by the end of April for savings....few spots remain for the first session

Here is an example of a MICA PAGE created as an insert by Pat Baker.

Where: Silverfish Studios

15 Grandview Avenue, Fergus, ON. 

When: Two Sessions

Session 1: Thursday July 21st, 2 p.m. arrival to Sunday July 24th noon departure

Session 2:  Monday July 25th 2 p.m. arrival to Thursday July 28th noon departure

Cost: Instruction and four vegetarian meals $320.00; Materials $75.00 

Total cost $395 (includes HST).  

OR $285 for early registrations plus the material fee of $75.00 received before April 

30th, 2011

Total cost: $360 for early registrations received before April 30th, 2011.  

A deposit of $100 with registration form will hold your spot.

Food prepared by Resa Lent, Chef and Owner of Desert Rose, in Elora, recently

awarded the Gourmand World Cookbook Award,  for Best Vegetarian Cuisine Book

2010

Email: info@supriasdesigns.com

$75 for materials includes: encaustic medium, oil paints, collage materials, mica,

findings, books, use of all tools;  everything to complete your project.  

Silverfish Studios and Supria's Designs Studios collaborate in an encaustic intensive summer play shop....learn more here...

Beyond the Cover: Beeswax Meets Mica, 

An Altered Book Assemblage

An encaustic intensive class

Session 1: Thurs. July 21st, 2 p.m. to Sunday July 24th, Noon

Session 2: Monday July 25th, 2 pm. to Thurs. July 28th, Noon

Using the luminous elements of beeswax, the organic shimmery properties of mica and the vintage layers of a book, a new structure is birthed in a unique personal assemblage.

en·caus·tic:

A medium consisting of beeswax, resin and oil paints, applied in molten form and then fixed with heat after its application

mica: 

A heat resistant group of minerals that can be split easily into thin, transparent sheets

altered book:

A form of mixed media art that changes a book from its original form into a different form, altering its appearance and/or meaning

assemblage (art):

An artistic process in which a three-dimensional artistic composition is made from putting together a variety of objects

Together, Patrice Baker and Supria Karmakar will be altering books with you to create a unique piece of personal art. We will build spaces in the book to fill with your treasures and trinkets. We will also use transparent mica to create a window in the front cover as well as a page within the book. You will be able to layer ephemera between the sheets of mica for a fascinating effect.  Pulling the whole book together with the luscious quality of encaustic.  

No experience is necessary.

Cost:  $320 for 3 days of hands on fun, $75 supply fee; includes 2 Vegetarian lunches and 2 Vegetarian dinners by the fabulously talented, Resa Lent, chef and owner of Desert Rose in Elora.

Give yourself a creative retreat for three whole days - limited spots. To save your spot in this exciting summer creative session, or for a complete brochure for more information email:info@supriasdesigns.com