call for submissions

Hello Art and Art History Faculty,

I am writing you to solicit student art work from your classes. I am currently working on a small installation piece in conjunction with the Blackwood Gallery for an event entitled “Art’s Birthday” taking place at the Erin Meadows Community Centre on Jan 16^th from noon - 5pm.

The work is called “Purposeful Purposelessness” and based on the work of Arman, a Neo- Dadaist French sculptor. In the spirit of his accumulation pieces, I would like to invite students to submit unfinished or abandoned work or research for the show. The purpose of this installation is to showcase the art that will never be showcased, art that has been considered a failure or incomplete or abandoned. Research is welcomed as well.

Multimedia art such video or audio art pieces will also be included in this installation.

Students must submit all work with their names clearly marked on the piece. Should any student submit video work, it should be placed on a CD in a .mov format or sent to the following e-mail address, Shell.c.johnson@gmail.com. Work should be dropped off by January 14^th by 5 pm at the latest at a location designated by faculty. There is some risk that work may be damaged in the process of installation, as in the nature of Arman’s work, the small display case will jammed full of all the submitted work. We will attempt to return work to students. All participants will have their names included in the exhibition labeling.

I thank you for your time,

In conjunction with the Blackwood Gallery,

Michelle Johnson

M.A. candidate in Modern Art: Critical and Curatorial Studies

Columbia University