PROSPECTUS2021 New Jersey Arts Annual: ReVision and Respond

EXHIBITION THEME Artists play a crucial role in our society and, historically through to the present moment, have been at the forefront of change. Their creativity, resourcefulness, and vision offer nuanced perspectives on our current and future worlds. Resilient and inventive, artists help us to reimagine what we might not see clearly. Especially in times of crisis, an artist’s work can be a catalyst for personal and collective transformation.

Resourcefulness and resources are critical tools in responding to seismic changes in our world and directly inform an artist’s creative process. From newly acquired supplies to salvaged materials to found objects as well as techniques, styles, and imagery, artists have many and varied choices. Beyond these tangibles, lived experiences are an intrinsic, intangible resource at their ready disposal.

From the perspective of pandemic quarantine, economic distress, and the collective reckoning with this county’s racist and violent history, how does a drastic shift in the world influence the accessibility of these resources and impact artists’ per-spectives?

New Jersey is home to a diverse and robust artistic community. The Newark Museum of Art welcomes submissions to the 2021 New Jersey Arts Annual: ReVision and Respond. This open call invites a range of artistic practices—from traditional to abstract, from craft to new media—that explore the ReVision and Respond theme.

NEW JERSEY ARTS ANNUALThe New Jersey Arts Annual is a unique series of exhibitions highlighting the State’s visual and performing artists. In partner-ship with major museums around the state, one exhibition takes place each year, alternating between host institutions. These exhibitions are open to any artist currently living or working in New Jersey.

The Arts Annual series is sponsored by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment of the Arts.

ARTIST SUBMISSION DEADLINE January 8, 2021

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Kristen J. Owens is the Associate Curator (Programs) for Rutgers University-Newark’s Paul Robeson Galleries at Express Newark with a background as an arts administrator and archivist as well as interests in visual culture, fashion, and African American studies. She has co-created exhibitions including Performing Fashion: New York City at NYU’s 80WSE Gallery (2017) and Dressed at Rutgers University-Newark’s Paul Robeson Galleries (2018). Owens holds an MA in visual culture: costume studies and an MS in library and information science from New York University’s dual degree program with LIU Palmer. She holds a BA in fashion studies from Montclair State University.

Amy Simon Hopwood is the Museum’s Associate Curator of Decorative Arts. She has developed exhibitions including Unexpected Color: A Journey Through Glass and Four Quiltmakers, Four American Stories. She holds a BA in Fine Arts from Amherst College and a MA from the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture at the University of Delaware.

ELIGIBILITY All traditional, contemporary, new media, and craft artists over the age of 21 who either work or live in the state of New Jersey are eligible to apply.

Please see link on next page for CAFÉ application on The Newark Museum of Art website.

ABOUT THE MUSEUM The Newark Museum of Art was established by museum visionary John Cotton Dana in 1909. The Museum’s renowned collec-tion include American Art, Arts of Global Africa, Arts of Global Asia, Arts of the Americas, Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean, and Decorative Arts. As part of its commitment to broadening and diversifying arts participation, The Museum actively engag-es diverse audiences and creative voices through strategic partnerships and community engagement and works to make its exhibitions, programs, facilities, and services accessible to and for all audiences.

The Newark Museum of Art, a not-for-profit museum of art and science, receives operating support from the City of Newark, the State of New Jersey, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State (a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts), the New Jersey Cultural Trust, the Prudential Foundation, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the Victoria Foundation, the Phyllis and Sanford Bolton Estate, the Wallace Foundation, and oth-er corporations, foundations, and individuals. Funds for acquisitions and activities other than operations are provided by members and other contributors.

CATALOG An exhibition catalog that includes works and a directory of the artists represented will be published digitally. The Museum will publish the catalog as a printable PDF document, available via the website.

IMPORTANT DATES SUBMISSION ENTRY DEADLINE: January 8, 2021NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTED ARTISTS BY EMAIL: January 22, 2021DELIVERY OF ARTWORK TO TNMOA: May 24 – 28, 2021EXHIBITION OPENING & RECEPTION: June 15, 2021 EXHIBITION CLOSES: August 22, 2021 PICK UP OF ARTWORK: August 30 – September 3, 2021

WE WELCOME EVERYONE WITH INCLUSIVE EXPERIENCES THAT SPARK CURIOSITY AND FOSTER COMMUNITY.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE There is no entry fee. To submit work, artists must apply online via the CAFÉ platform. Please see link below for detailed CAFÉ prospectus and application on The Newark Museum of Art website.

SUBMISSION CHECKLIST Competed CAFÉ Entry Form

Up to 3 works per artist entry.

Up to 6 high resolution images per work or 6 high resolution videos for new media submissions, or a combination of images, video and audio of no more than 6 samples.

Artist Biography

Artist Statement document, 150 words maximum

Current Résumé

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