The Artist Welcoming Committee: New York City Branch seeks guests of honor for Welcome to New York! the first in a series of celebrations intended as a hail and welcome for a promising batch of artists new to New York City's arts community.
To be considered please submit 5 jpg images of recent work, a short artist statement, and a paragraph or two letting us know a bit about you — why you decided to move to NYC, what your plans are, and why we should choose you to be honored. We more interested in seeing your shining personality and creative potential than hearing a laundry list of past accomplishments.
To be eligible to apply you must have relocated to New York City in the last 3 months or are planning to relocate here in time for the event. Recent graduates are encouraged to apply, but students currently enrolled are not eligible.
Please send all submissions via e-mail to mailto:welcomeartists@gmail.com to be reviewed by the committee.
Submission DEADLINE: February 6th, 2011
Event Date: Thursday, February 24th, 2011
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Welcome to New York! is a roving celebration hosted by the Artist Welcoming Committee: New York City Branch. The events will be held a few times a year at various New York City art galleries and institutions to celebrate, welcome, and promote new artists to the city by kick-starting their professional creative networks here.
About:
The Artist Welcoming Committee invites artists who are new to New York City to join local curators, gallery directors, more established artists, and a variety of arts professionals as the guests of honor for a convivial “Hail & Welcome” toast and introduction. A limited number of artists who have recently moved to NYC will be selected by the committee through open call submissions process and review of images of recent work as well as a short written statement to be welcomed as Bright New Prospects in the New York art world.
Selected Artists will be honored with a public reception featuring introductions by guest arts professionals, take-away promotional material, and artists' resource packets. The atmosphere of these events will be festive- although this event is certainly intended as a useful networking opportunity for the new artists, it is above all a celebration and will look and act the part of one!
There will sparkling wine to toast the guests of honor and welcome their arrival to the New York arts community. There will also be a (spiked) punch bowl, snacks, music, confetti, noisemakers, banners and balloons- think over the top surprise birthday party vibe.
Where:
The inaugural Welcome to New York! event will occur on Wednesday, February 23 from 7pm- 9pm in conjunction with the exhibition "I Like the Art World and the Art World Likes Me" curated by Eric Doeringer at EFA Project Space, a program of the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts.
Why:
Let’s face it- While New York is a place filled with excitement and opportunity for artists and all alike, it is not always the most welcoming or possible to navigate without “a little help from your friends.” We at the Artist Welcoming Committee want to provide a chance for a few deserving, hard working, and talented new creative transplants to experience our community for what (we hope) it truly is: human and attainable.
