JAN 2025 / OPEN CALL: African Americans and Labor

Exhibition: Feb 8 - 28, 2025
Deadline: Jan 25
Reception: Feb 16 / 3-5pm
Guest Curator: Faith Evans

The Black History Month theme for 2025, African Americans and Labor, according to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH®), focuses on the "various and profound ways that work and working of all kinds - free and unfree, skilled, and unskilled, vocational and voluntary, intersect with the collective experiences of Black people."

Islip Arts Council invites Black creatives to contemplate how work of all kinds influenced Black history and culture in their daily lives. From the historical agricultural labor of enslaved African Americans to entrepreneurship in Black communities, Black people's work has been transformational throughout the U.S., Africa, and the Diaspora.

All media will be considered. Works must not exceed 70x70 inches and must be ready to hang or be displayed on a pedestal.

SEE PROSPECTUS HERE
COMPLETE ENTRY FORM HERE

EXHIBITION ENTRY FEES:
IAC Members $25.00
Non-Members $35.00

ABOUT THE CURATOR

Faith Evans was born and raised in Eastern Long Island. She had a passion for the arts since the age of 5, however, her dream of going to art school was not an option when she graduated high school. She left New York for LA to get her college degree in Radio, TV and Film where she worked behind the cameras and in radio & TV advertising for many years.

After coming back to NY, the memory of her love for art returned. Faith is now a pencil artist and continues to dive into her art with commissions, illustrating, and selling her work. Recently, Faith has found a new passion for curating art shows. Faith curated for The Center in Bridgehampton’s first art show for their annual Bridgehampton day in 2024. Six Black artists from Long Island exhibited their work. Her latest curated show took place in December 2024, highlighting Black Men, also in Bridgehampton.

For Faith, the process of curating and combining talents to transform a space is magical and rewarding.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURES
Artists may submit up to 3 works in .jpg format through our GOOGLE ENTRY FORM FOUND HERE. All work MUST be wired and ready to hang. No work previously shown at the Gallery will be accepted.

ENTRY FEE: $25 Members / $35 Non-members

DEADLINE Jan 25, 2025, 11:59pm

ARTIST NOTIFICATION Jan 29 EOD

DELIVERY & PICK-UP OF WORK
Accepted artists may drop off Jan 31 & Feb 1, 2025, from 11am-4pm.
Artists will pick up their work on March 1, 2025 11am-4pm.

IF DROP OFF OR PICK UP dates do not work for artists, special arrangements must be made prior to drop off by calling 631-888-3525.

Any work left by the artist at the Gallery beyond the assigned pick-up date will be charged a warehousing fee of $2.00 per day. A 25% donation from sold artwork will be accepted by Islip Arts Council.

Submitted work is juried for acceptance by the Guest Curator for Islip Arts Council, and all decisions are final. Submitting a work of art implies agreement on the part of the artist with all conditions set forth in this prospectus. IAC will take reasonable care of submitted works but are not responsible for any loss or damage to said work.