Call for Entry

We are happy to announce that we will be curating a show this summer! Please see below for information on how you can participate.

The Politics of Being Ugly  

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 

ABOUT THE SHOW –  

BOOK LAUNCH + ART SHOW:  

Pairing a literary book-launch with a collective art show, Megan A. Skyvington and Tara Lee Towers of Woman King Collective have partnered with author Kayla Altman to curate “The Politics of Being Ugly”. Together, Kayla and Woman King will create a space that honours the fundamentally human link between the visual and the narrative; this exhibition will be an opportunity for artists across multiple disciplines to exhibit and reclaim their own accounts of the uncanny. This show will not only be a traditional art show but will be presented in conjunction with the launch of Kayla’s first book of prose (which inspired the title and theme of this show).  

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:  

Artists, designers and craftspeople are invited to participate in the latest group show presented by Woman King Collective in partnership with author, Kayla Altman. The Politics of Being Ugly will focus on handmade, theme driven work that looks at the imperfect, the uncomfortable, the hilarious and the magic that is human (and maybe not so human) imperfection in all forms. This work will ask questions and invite open discussion. As always, Woman King Collective is committed to showcasing emerging work that confronts the implications of its making. 

WHO WE ARE:  

About Woman King Collective –  

Formed in 2010 Woman King is a collective of female multidisciplinary artists and designers working in Toronto. Founded by women and committed to art as a communal practice, Megan A Skyvington and Tara Lee Towers bring an unapologetically empowered female voice to Canadian art and design. Woman King’s work speaks to the construction of identity and female persona versus the reality of lived experience through installations, objects, and mixed media work that invites the viewer to reflect on individual experience, both dark and lovely. 

About Kayla Altman’s work, The Politics of Being Ugly –  

A forthcoming publication from Guernica Editions and lucky number 13 in their First Poet Series, “The Politics of Being Ugly” is a collection of short prose narratives and micro-stories. Building upon the narratives whispered throughout the book, the exhibition will be curated around the following themes and ideas:  

Take a bit of grim, a pinch of wit, and a heap of whimsy…With simultaneously grotesque and loveable losers, these tales will take you through the mythical and the everyday to a place of harsh, hilarious and uncanny reality.  

Your Politics application must include*: 

1. Cover page including: Name, Address, City, Postal/Zip Code, Country, Telephone, Email, Website, Project Title, and 25-word synopsis of project**  

2, Between 5 and 10 images of your previous work following these guidelines: Digital images: - JPEG format - Maximum of 1MB file size (each) - Maximum resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels - RGB or greyscale colour mode only  

File names must be in the following format: 01FirstnameLastname.jpg (Image number, Artists First and Last name). The image numbers must correspond to the ones in your image list. 3. Curriculum vitae & artist statement of no more than 4 standard (8.5" x 11") pages ** 

 4. A proposal of no more than 750 words describing what you intend to do or, if the work is already produced, how it fits the theme of The Politics of Being Ugly**  

5. Detailed technical requirements for your project (i.e. services, equipment necessary for your project including maintenance, electrical specifications, installation) ** 

*please do not submit more than is requested ** files must be submitted in either .doc or .pdf format 

All applications must be received by midnight on Monday, July, 28thth 2014 to womankingcollective@gmail.com. The show will run from Tuesday, September 23rd until Tuesday, September 30th at Norman Felix Gallery (which is located at 445 Adelaide Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5V 1T1).  Opening reception date TBD.  

Selected artists will be notified within two weeks of the application deadline. Please note there will be a $75.00 participants’ fee for those who are chosen by the jury. This cost will cover incidental costs related to the gallery rental and advertising of the show.  

As a group with a focus on equity and equality Woman King encourages applications from women, Aboriginal peoples, visible minorities, persons with disabilities, and persons of all sexual orientation or gender identity.