2011 NATIONAL WCA CALL FOR ART! “HIDDEN CITIES”
Juried by: Lisa Phillips, Director
New Museum, NYC
Exhibition Venue:
New Century Artists Gallery
530 West 25th Street
New York, NY 10001
Show Dates: February 1 to February 12, 2011
Women’s Caucus for Art Reception with the artists:
Friday, February 12, 2011
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Prospectus:"Hidden Cities" - No matter our place in society, we all have our Hidden City , a place of refuge from gender, race, class and sexual exclusions, a place that shapes the feminist viewpoint. Some cities, like
wrapped boxes, conceal unexpected gifts, others are riddles and lyrical abstractions. These are
performative spaces where we may imagine retribution for injustices, righting wrongs or conversely,
delving into the dark side. Artists are invited to explore their idea of their Hidden City, real or imagined, in
an array of media. The theme may be broadly interpreted from an activist, political or personal context.
Convince the viewer of its viability, a live space filled with passion and imagination.
Eligibility: Open to all US women artists. Work must not have been previously exhibited in any exhibition sponsored by National WCA.
Entry Deadline: Friday, November 19th, uploaded by 11:59 PM PST.
Submissions: All 2D and 3D submissions are to be made online at: www.nationalwca.org Artists
may submit up to three pieces of work.
Video submissions to be BOTH uploaded at above website and sent via CD to:
Hidden Cities Exhibit/WCA
P.O. Box 1498, Canal Street Station
New York, NY 10013-1498
ABOUT THE JUROR: Lisa Phillips, Director of the New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC
Lisa Phillips was appointed Director of the New Museum in December 1998, and arrived in April 1999.
She is the second person to occupy that post in the museum’s 30 year history. Since it’s founding in
1977, the New Museum has had a unique role in the New York art world as a leading destination for new
art and new ideas and is Manhattan 's only dedicated contemporary art museum. She lectures on
contemporary art at museums throughout the world and has served as a Visiting Critic at Yale University
and as a panelist and juror for the National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Public Art
Commission, and the Fulbright Fellowship Review Committee.
Under Ms. Phillips direction, it is respected internationally for the adventurousness and global scope of
its curatorial program. In 2003, with the Board, she initiated a major capital campaign to fund a new
building project that resulted in a 60,000 square foot new world class cultural destination which opened
in 2007 designed by the cutting edge firm, SANAA. In late 2007, the New Museum opened on the
Bowery, having raised over $64 million and having established an endowment for the first time in the
Museum’s history. She has more than doubled the New Museum’s income and membership; increased
profile and visibility through higher quality programming, rebranding, and marketing initiatives; expanded
Board from fifteen to thirty-eight members; developed long term partnerships with corporations like
Target, Altoids, and Bloomberg LP; dramatically expanded education and youth programs; and took on
Rhizome, a new media organization as an affiliate.
Prior to joining the New Museum , Phillips, was a curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art. She
organized such landmark exhibitions as “The American Century Part II: Art and Culture” (1999), “Beat
Culture and the New America: 1950-1965” (1995), “Frederick Kiesler” (1989), and “Image World: Art and
Media Culture” (1989). She presided over mid-career surveys of Richard Prince (1992), Terry Winters
(1992), and Cindy Sherman (1987), in addition to overseeing the 1997 Biennial Exhibition and serving on
the curatorial team for each Biennial between 1985 and 1993.
SELECTION OF WORK
The juror will select works that will be on display at New Century Artists Gallery (NCAG) on 530 W 25
Street, New York, NY. These works will also be in the exhibition catalog. Additionally, the juror will select
works that will be in the catalog only. This allows for more works to be seen beyond the physical
limitation of the gallery.
Specifications:
- Work must be available for duration of exhibit.
-Artists must submit detailed descriptions of any wall-hung artworks with alternative hanging
methods, showing in detail how these pieces will hang.
-Size limit for 2-D work: 72” in any direction; weight limit: 50lbs.
-3D work- Artwork can occupy no more than 6' of floor installation space. New Century Artists
Gallery will install. The artist must install artwork requiring complex installation (to be determined
by curator and gallery).
-Video: Artist must supply ALL own equipment.
-Wall-hung work must be suitably framed or in an alternative presentation form and ready to hang.
-All framed artworks must be firmly wired for hanging – no clip frames or saw-tooth hangers. Work
without an appropriate hanging apparatus will be disqualified.
-Entries that do not comply with the rules will be disqualified.
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AGREEMENT & RELEASE
By submitting this application and Paypal payment, the Artist confirms he or she has read and
agrees to the conditions set forth in this prospectus for 'Hidden Cities.' Permission is granted to
WCA to use images of artwork accepted into the exhibition for publicity purposes. One or more
artworks may be chosen for the cover design of invitation for the exhibition. They will also be
featured on www.nationalwca.org. Artists agree to allow reproduction of their digital files and/or
photographs taken of their art for educational, publicity, and archival purposes. The Artist hereby
releases and discharges representatives, employees and volunteers of National Women's Caucus
for Art and New Century Artists Gallery from any and all claims occasioned by loss or damages
of said work while in the possession of New Century Artists Gallery.
