CURATE THIS! 2010
A Global Exhibition
of Emerging Contemporary Art + Design…An Experimental, Cross-Pollination of New Ideas for Progress
+ Possibility
Global Call
to Artists + Designers
**Artists + Designer submission receive deadline is June 15, 2010 but please note that Artist + Designer information uploads to: http://www.curatethis.org/participating-artists-and-designers.php are uploaded in the order in which completed submissions are received in accordance with the submission guidelines which may be downloaded below. They remain viewable for 1 year from the date of upload for the benefit of artists, designers and the public as well as those Venues and Special Projects who have already begun planning for next year's 2011 CURATE THIS! exhibition.
An International Public Vote Award of $2,500 will be awarded to the artist, designer, duo, group or collective who receives the highest number of public votes for their submitted works. The top 15 artists and designers who receive the highest number of votes will have their work published in the 2010 edition of the publication, ‘CURATE THIS!’. Artists + designers will have their works reviewed by thousands of collectors, curators, design directors and gallerists from around the world via various methods of both physical and online global content delivery. In an effort to broaden available opportunities, both artists + designers will have a variety of their works considered for exhibition and related projects, productions and events being held at multiple venues in multiple cities simultaneously around the world from July 1 – December 31, 2010. A series of Special Projects have also been developed for participating artists + designers: http://www.curatethis.org/special-projects.php
The BECA Foundation is pleased to present CURATE THIS! 2010, the second chapter in the evolution of the CURATE THIS! exhibition series. The now global exhibition is one of the most exciting events and opportunities slated during 2010 for both emerging artists + designers and exhibiting venues as well as for the participating public – those on the ground and online around the world.
Through the exhibition of works of art + design by emerging 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 and professional and independent participants residing in multiple cities around the world. The first ‘CURATE THIS!’ experiment took place in early 2008 and led artists and directors, Melissa Roberts and Kurt Schlough to begin brainstorming the expansion of the experiment to bring about greater benefits to a larger number of participants.
BECA is an acronym for Bridge for Emerging Contemporary Art and 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 foundations for future innovation, progress + possibility. Global online content delivery of exhibition events and related special projects will enable global participation by millions around the world. For CURATE THIS! 2010, we are pleased to welcome the participation of Helen Pheby, PhD, Curator of Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK whose research and curatorial work spans the globe including the US and Iraq and Ellen Lupton, legendary design educator and Curator of Contemporary Design at the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Each has a unique insight which will add further depth and diversity to CURATE THIS! 2010.
Upcoming participating venues in Boston, New Orleans, Miami, Denver, Los Angeles, Santa Fe, New York and London have been the first locations to sign on. Venue participation proposals have also been submitted by exclusively online communities.
Before paying your submission fee below, please download and read the complete Call to Artists + Designers here: Download Call to A+D_CURATE THIS
Once you have downloaded and read the Call to Artists + Designers above, you may proceed with your online registration by clicking onto the Submission Fee button below and follow the guidelines provided in the Call to Artists + Designers. (For those interested in offering to complete volunteer hours in lieu of paying the submission fee, - hours can be completed in the city in which you reside - you must still download and read the Call to A+D above and then you may send an email with your volunteer request here.)
