2012 Open Exhibition - Deadline for Entry: February 1st, 2012
Exhibition Dates: August 4 - September 2, 2012
This is an Open Call for proposals for an exhibition in the summer of 2012. This call is open to all artists from North America working in all visual media. Proposals for exhibitions by both individuals and groups will be considered. The individual or group associated with the chosen proposal will receive a solo exhibition at the Target Gallery from August 4 - September 2, 2012. The artist/s will also receive a stipend and an exhibition catalog. Our juror's for this years Open Exhibition are Jack Rasmussen, Catriona Fraser, and David Page.
Jack Rasmussen is the Director and Curator of the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center in Washington, DC. In addition he has also taught painting, curatorial practice, and arts programming, and worked as the university’s associate director of development from 1983 to 1987.
Catriona Fraser is an international award winning photographer and the Director of the Fraser Gallery. The Fraser Gallery exhibit the work of local, national and international artists with an emphasis on contemporary realism and photography.
David Page is an award winning, South African born, Baltimore based sculptor. His work is included in The Teaching Collection at St. Mary’s College, the permanent collection at the Baltimore Museum of Art and the collection of Nelson Mandela. His work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally including The Touch Gallery at the National Gallery in Cape Town, South Africa, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts and The Baltimore Museum of Art. He currently teaches at The Corcoran College of Art and Design and is represented by Jordan Faye Contemporary since 2006.
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Click the dates to see work from out previous winners: 2011 / 2010 / 2009 / 2008 / 2007 / 2006
Push Pull Play - Deadline for Entry: February 6th, 2012
Exhibition Dates: April 12 - May 13, 2012
In celebration of VA Commission for the Arts Minds Wide Open Celebration of Children and the Arts, the gallery will host an exhibition that focuses on interactive, kinetic, toy inspired art. This is an all media show that examines the art of the toy, open to all artists nationally and internationally.
Prescott Trudeau is the full-time Curator of Children’s Museum of the Arts (CMA), a non-profit museum located in Lower Manhattan. The museum’s mission is to extend the benefits of the arts to all children and their communities and does so through a variety of programs, including professional exhibitions of both adult’s and children’s artwork. Prescott’s past exhibitions include Art Within Reach: From the WPA to the Present, an exhibition of children’s art created during the 1930s under the auspices of the WPA’s Federal Art Project alongside children’s art created in 2010 and Make Art (In) Public, an exhibition exploring the impact of the arts on building and bettering communities, with participating artists Swoon, Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Keith Haring, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Remed, Tranqui Yanqui, and Moondog. He is currently planning CMA’s next exhibition, which will feature new work by the Japanese artist Misaki Kawai.
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March Madness - Deadline for Entry: February 17th, 2012 (Local & Regional Artists Only)
Exhibition Dates: March 3 - 18, 2012 - Click Here for more information about March Madness
Description: The Target Gallery and the March of Dimes are teaming up to raise money for both organizations with the appropriate title, “March Madness.” This exhibit is open to all artists(local and regional) with the requirement that the work is created on 10x10 inch wood panels provided by the Target Gallery. The $15 entry fee guarantees entry into the exhibit, one wood panel, a chance for judges’ awards, and free entry with one drink ticket to the Art Party on March 16th. There is a limit of 3 entries per artist.
Entry Dates: Pick up your panel between January 2nd - February 17th. 2012
Upon receipt of the $15 entry fee, the gallery will provide the artist with a blank, 10” square, wood panel. The artist will need to pick the panel up at the gallery between 10am to 6pm. Completed artwork must be brought back to the gallery between February 20 - 26th, from 10am to 6pm, to be included in the exhibit. All artwork must be created on the panels provided by the gallery.
Judges’ Awards & Best of the Rest: Four awards will be given at the Art Party on March 16. Four Judges will each choose their favorite piece. The gallery will award prizes to the winners. The audience at the Art Party will have an opportunity to select their favorite piece to receive a Best of the Rest Award.
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Forged - Deadline for Entry: March 19th, 2012
Exhibition Dates: May 19th - June 24th, 2012
Description: This is a media specific sculptural exhibition that explores the contemporary approaches to forged metal work. The work can range in size with the stipulation that it incorporates forged metal elements. This is open to all artists nationally and internationally.
Juror: Twylene Moyer
Twylene Moyer, managing editor of Sculpture magazine, has published numerous articles and catalogue essays on contemporary art. She has been a featured speaker at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and at SOFA Chicago and has juried and curated several exhibitions, including “Insight Out” and “Disintegration” at the Arlington Arts Center. She is the co-editor of The New Earthwork: Art, Action, Agency, A Sculpture Reader, Conversations on Sculpture, and Landscapes for Art, all distributed by the University of Washington Press.
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Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center
105 North Union Street, Alexandria, VA 22314
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Call: 703-838-4565 x 4
Email: targetgallery@torpedofactory.org
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