Call for Entries: PATTERN RECOGNITION - Cooperative Aesthetics: Pattern, Method and Material

Curator: Casey Whittier

Application Deadline: May 26, 2024

https://www.arcgallery.org/calls-for-entry-archive/call-for-entries-pattern-recognition

The eager human brain looks for meaning everywhere. Repetition conveys it. We see the urgency of meaning when a design is repeated over and over. 

Throughout history, artists have subverted expectations by literally or metaphorically weaving contrasting messages into opulent designs. Silenced voices have found poetic pathways by creating patterns laden with rebellious (or secret) messages.  New visual art is born from playing within rigid frameworks to explore the kind of nuance only found in objects that are intimate, intricate, and beautiful.

WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY?

We invite artists to submit works that explore the aesthetics inherent in pattern, repetition, and design-based processes that creatively employ systematic methodologies to achieve unexpected outcomes. This exhibition will explore the nuances of works of art that use pattern, repetition, or a system to build expectation or familiarity.

Draw inspiration from the aesthetics of opulence, beauty, intricacy, or intimacy. Submit work that explores repetition or decoration as a symbol of experimentation. Reflect on the complexity of simultaneous harmony and conflict within dynamic interplay. Artists are encouraged to embrace a myriad of possibilities within seemingly rigid frameworks. Works best suited for this exhibition:

-Play with the idea of harmony or disharmony (may contain both harmonious and non-harmonious parts); 

-Consider contrasting messages or methods against an overarching theme; 

-Challenge viewer perception by manipulating scale or creating excessive repetition; 

-Create cohesion from distinctive individual parts; 

-Employ a systematic approach to the content or construction of the work; 

-Offer multiple experiences of viewing or interaction. 

We welcome submissions across all mediums, including but not limited to painting, sculpture, photography, digital art, performance and mixed media. Artists are encouraged to experiment with form, texture, installation method and color to convey their unique interpretation of these themes.

Deadline for Submission of Applications: Sunday, May 26 at 11:59pm CST

• Notification of Acceptance: Will go out by email on Monday, June 10, 2024




• Delivery of work to ARC: Thursday & Friday, June 27, 28, 2-6pm; Sat, June 29, 12-4pm




• Pick-Up Work at Gallery: Sat, July 27, 2:30-4pm




• Shipped Work Return Date: week of July 29th




• *Pre-Paid FedEx or UPS return label is required




• *Do not use the U.S. Postal Service

About the Curator:

Casey Whittier received her BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and MFA from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is interested in the metaphorical and philosophical power of visual art and the ways in which the ceramic material creates direct connections between the geology of the earth, basic human needs, and complex metaphysical desires. Repetitive processes and systems of reliance are often used as metaphors for interconnectedness.

Whittier teaches ceramics and social practice at the Kansas City Art Institute and works from her home studio. Whittier works with The Land Institute through their Ecosphere Studies Program cohort and as a participant in their Silphium Civic Science Community, where research into new perennial and sustainable food and oil seed production is ongoing.

Whittier was named a 2020 Emerging Artist by Ceramics Monthly Magazine. She serves as President for Artaxis.org. and more of her work can be found at www.caseywhittier.com and www.palmpetals.com.

https://www.arcgallery.org/calls-for-entry-archive/call-for-entries-pattern-recognition

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