Morris Museum
(Morristown NJ)
Prospectus for Submissions
TOYING WITH ART
December 6, 2012 through March 17, 2013
at the Morris Museum
The
Morris Museum, a major New Jersey cultural institution, is seeking
artwork by established and emerging artists who live and/or work in the
New York/New Jersey region for an important, exciting, and fun
exhibition focusing on the toy as an art medium.
The exhibition
will explore the creative usage of toys and other childhood favorites as
an art medium for 2D or 3D work. We are looking for artwork created
with objects such as: LEGO® bricks, crayons, colored pencils, Rubik’s
cubes, dominos, dice, Etch-A-Sketch®, plastic figures, dolls, stuffed
animals, Lite-Brites, puzzles, toy cars, toy soldiers, construction or
building toys, board games, jacks, marbles, jump ropes, beads, plastic
baubles, sequins, building blocks, darts, action figures, toy parts, and
any other type of toy that you can make art with!
The Morris
Museum is accepting submissions for any type of artwork, including but
not limited to, mosaic, assemblage, or sculpture that focuses on the toy
as the medium or as the tool used to produce it; where commercially
produced products are transformed into something exquisite, unique, and
exciting.
For additional information or for a submission form, please contact artsubmit@morrismuseum.org
Submission Deadline
September 15, 2012
Artists will be notified of their acceptances in October 2012
Eligibility
-Artists must live and/or work in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, or Connecticut
-Work must be ready for museum installation
-Work may not exceed the following dimensions: 5 feet tall, 4 feet wide, 150 pounds
-Artist is responsible for delivery and pick up of artwork
Submission Guidelines:
Send the following to: artsubmit@morrismuseum.org
Or mail a CD to:
Morris Museum
Associate Curator – Toying with Art
6 Normandy Heights Road
Morristown, NJ 07960
1. Images of works for consideration
a. Jpeg Images (saved as “title_lastname_firstname_#.jpg”)
b. You may send up to five (5) images (150 dpi), titles of work should correspond to an annotated list (see below)
2. PDF (saved as: lastname_firstname.pdf, include all documents listed below in one file)
a. Cover page with contact information (name, email, phone, address)
b. Annotated list of titles, dates, medium, dimensions, and descriptions of work
c. Artist statement (500 words or less)
d. Resume/CV
artsubmit@morrismuseum.org
(please inlcude "Toying with Art" as the subject header)
Website: http://morrismuseum.org
