Artist Opportunities
Thank you for your interest in the Queens Museum! We will not be viewing unsolicited submissions until further notice. Our biennial, Queens International, features Queens-based artists and is conducted through open call. Unfortunately, the open call for submissions for Queens International 2012, opening in February, is now closed. Please check back regularly for updates and other artist opportunities, including those for our Partnership Gallery, listed below.
Open Call for Submissions – “A Frame Apart 2: Short Films on Queens”
Postmark Deadline: March 31, 2011
There are over 118 nationalities and cultural groups living in Queens. Many are recent immigrants while others have been here for several generations. There are stories from around the world on its streets – some visible to the casual visitor, others unfolding more discreetly. Queens is both a muse and a battleground, simultaneously a node connecting world cities and a patchwork of insular neighborhoods. The advent of digital video technologies has given rise to numerous documentaries on the complex and fast-evolving cultural phenomena of this borough, as well as playful experimentations with forms and genres that come with the meeting of disparate cultures. With “A Frame Apart 2″ the Queens Museum of Art once again showcases these singular visions, which are both intimately local and inexorably intertwined with the tumultuous forces of global capital. The video program is will be publically screened as a complement to the closing celebration of the Queens Museum’s biennale of Queens-based artists, Queens International 2012: Three Points Make a Triangle in May of 2011.
QMA’s Public Events Department invites film/video-makers to submit work that is either about or set in Queens for this showcase. Works should have been made since 2009 with a maximum running time of 30 mins. All styles and genres welcome.
To submit please include:
1) DVD or miniDV (NTSC only) preview copy OR link to website where the media can be viewed (vimeo, youtube, etc)
2) Director(s) Name, Title, Synopsis, Running Time, Year, Country and Languages of Production (if in language other than English, English Subtitles required)
3) Director(s) bio, cast/crew list
4) Screening History, Awards
5) All possible screening formats available
6) Contact email, phone #, website if available
7) If above info provided on CD, please also include film stills at 300 dpi as tiff or jpeg as part of the EPK
MAIL TO:
Queens Shorts Submissions
Prerana Reddy
Director of Public Events
Queens Museum of Art
NYC Bldg., Flushing Meadows Park
Corona, NY 11368
tel: 718-592-9700 x222
Materials will be returned if prepaid from USA, self addressed envelope is provided. Acceptance Decisions will be announced by April 15, 2011.
For questions or to submit electronically email: preddy@queensmuseum.org
Made in Queens Open Call!
Calling all Queens-based designers, artisans, jewelry makers, etc.
Do you envision your creations being sold in a museum shop? If you do and you live or work in Queens, we’re looking for you!
The Queens Museum of Art is on a quest to display and sell the best items made by the talented people of our borough.
To be considered for an opportunity to be featured in our shop, send us a little something about yourself, images of your goods, and, if you have one, a link to your website, blog or whatever form of virtual display you use.
Click here to see our current artists.
Email us at jhanel@queensmuseum.org, or, if you prefer, send the above to:
Made in Queens Open Call
Queens Museum of Art
NYC Building
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Queens, NY 11368
This is a rolling open call. Let’s show the world what “Made in Queens” is all about.
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