The BECA Foundation is pleased to announce the implementation of the CURATE
THIS! 2010 Special
Projects component created to provide additional
opportunities for CURATE THIS! 2010 participating artists + designers + public. The
BECA Foundation is joining with organizations, directors, editors,
publishers, curators, manufacturers and other creative producers interested in
collaborating to contribute their own Special
Projects to the CURATE THIS! 2010 global event and exhibition taking place from
July 1 - December 31, 2010. The BECA Foundation has kick started
the new component with the following CURATE THIS! 2010 Special Projects:
From
July 1 - 3, 2010 art + design lovers from around the world will cast their
online vote for their favorite
CURATE THIS! 2010 Artists +
Designers.
An
International Public Vote Award of $2,500 will be awarded to the
one artist, designer, duo, group or collective who receives the highest number
of public votes on their submitted works. The TOP 15 vote receiving artists and
designers will be featured in the 2010 edition of the publication
'CURATE
THIS!'.
Helen Pheby, PhD,
Curator of Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK, will be selecting
10 - 20 CURATE THIS! 2010 Artists and their works for inclusion in a
special upcoming publication titled, 'CURATE
THIS! 2010 - NEW ART'.
Ellen Lupton, Curator
of Contemporary Design at the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt,
National Design Museum, will be selecting 10 - 20 CURATE
THIS! 2010 Designers and their works for inclusion in a special
upcoming publication titled, 'CURATE
THIS! 2010 - NEW DESIGN'.
WEAR ART is an upcoming
project of The BECA Foundation
launching this Fall 2010. One or more CURATE THIS! 2010 Artists +
Designers will be invited to have their works of art or design included in the
upcoming launch.
Those
interested in creating their own CURATE THIS! 2010 Special Projects
are encouraged to contact The BECA
Foundation at mail@thebecafoundation.org
to receive further information and discuss potential projects.
About CURATE THIS! 2010: CURATE THIS! 2010, the second
installment of the CURATE THIS!
exhibition series created by BECA: Bridge for Emerging Contemporary Art in 2008,
has evolved into a global arts, design + cultural exchange event involving multiple
venues located in multiple cities around the world. The event will take place annually from July
1 – December 31, 2010.
Through
the introduction and exhibition of works of new art + new design and related projects
by artists, designers, duos, groups and collectives around the world, The BECA
Foundation aims to facilitate an experimental, cross-pollination of new ideas
for creative innovation in diverse locations around the world. The title, ‘CURATE THIS!’ reflects a departure from the familiar large scale
exhibition model, typically curated by a singular vision with one head curator,
to an exhibition with components and related events ‘curated’ by the public as
well as by professionally affiliated and independent participants residing in
multiple cities around the world.
The
core belief system at The BECA Foundation is that “New art + new design fuels the best of what’s yet to come on this
planet.” To help mix that fuel and
kick start new possibilities, the expansion of the CURATE THIS! exhibition project will facilitate a broader exposure
of new art, new design and new ideas through both a physical and online network
of participating venues in multiple cities around the world. The aim of
building the network is to create international arts + cultural exchange
opportunities, broaden arts education opportunities and appreciation for
emerging contemporary art + design, facilitate introductions and lay the
foundation for future progress + possibility.
About The BECA
Foundation: BECA
is an acronym for Bridge for Emerging Contemporary Art. The BECA Foundation is a non-profit global
arts organization dedicated to creating public exhibition and other related
opportunities for emerging artists + designers for the benefit of artists,
designers and the public.
The
young organization has grown from an interesting idea to a rare gallery space
highlighting works by both emerging artists + designers to a global arts
organization instigating arts + cultural exchange and facilitating experimental
cross-pollination of new ideas for creative innovation in diverse locations
around the world. For further
information, please visit www.thebecafoundation.org
and www.CurateThis.org. Tax-exempt
financial contributions and in-kind donations are made possible through
Fractured Atlas, an arts service organization and The BECA Foundation's 501-c-3
fiscal sponsor. If you are interested in
making a tax-exempt contribution to The BECA Foundation, please contact: mail@thebecafoundation.org for further information.
