Welcome to The Look of Love: Art as a Love Language
Deadline for entries: 12 January 2024
This show will run 2 February 2024- 7 April 2024.
Please read these instructions fully AND read through our general submission guidelines at https://metchosinartpod.ca/sub... as these go over important general information about copyright and originality, as well as where and when works can have previously been shown and other general information.
SHOW INTENTIONS: The Look of Love
In this show, artists are tasked with making love visible.
Love is everywhere. Sometimes it is grandiose, obvious, visible; other times, love is tiny, nearly invisible, implied, elusive, or unrequited. Sometimes it seems altogether lost. So what does it look like?
It is said that love starts with the self and only then can move outwards, so love reveals inner values and softness, hurts and connections. Love shares what is important. Ask yourself: Is Art truly a “love language”? If so, then in what ways is this language expressed? How would you represent or portray love? If you were writing a letter about the things that move you the most, but did not have words, what would that look like?
Think beyond the obvious of pink hearts and red lace. Think of the skip of a heartbeat when hearing a favourite piece of music… the held breath at the sight of the curve of a loved one’s cheek… the whole-body tingle watching a vista unfold at daybreak. That feeling of connection and “zing!” In this show, we are interested in exploring all manifestations of love: for and between people, for places, for objects, for activities, for concepts monumental and microscopic... As our world dances along knife edges, share with us your zing! Let your art be your message of love to the world, It might be what saves us all.
The juror for this show is collage artist Wilma Millette . Check out her lovely work: on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crea...
Let the beauty of what you love be what you do. -Rumi
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
For this show we are adding an audio component and are creating a playlist of songs that are linked to the pieces on display. Your participation is entirely optional and the juror will not see your choice nor description of why you chose it. We hope to make the playlist available through regular music-streaming platforms
The artist statement that is on your personal data page (email, phone number..) is just a short information statement about you as an artist. This section only allows 300 characters. It is designed to say something about yourself. There is an opportunity in the submissions form to talk about what inspired you to create your individual submissions.
For any sections that allow longer text we suggest doing it in a word document then cut and paste into ArtCall as the website times out in one hour and it's surprising how fast that can happen! Alternatively, be sure to update the submission frequently.
We charge a $10 submission fee per art piece. Artists are allowed to submit up to 3 pieces. If you are accepted to the show, there is an additional $10.00 per piece hanging fee which ArtCall calls the 'booth' fee, and which you will have to pay to be entered properly in the show. Please use the drop down menu and request a 1x1x1 booth on the submission form.
We charge 30% commission on art pieces sold.
There will be an in-person Opening Celebration on Saturday 3 February, 2pm - 4pm which is open to all, and especially to participating artists who are invited to briefly speak about their pieces which got accepted into the show.
Here is a quick tutorial for you to watch to help you with the submission process.
