V8 Call to Artists!
INNOV8: BREAK THE PARADIGM
Voices from the Warehouse District: V8 Issues Call to Artists to Submit Artwork
DUBUQUE, IA – (February 17, 2012) Celebrating its 8th year, Voices from the Warehouse District is issuing a call for artists 18 years and over to submit images for jury selection to be included in this year’s exhibition which will run Saturday, September 8, 2012 through Friday, October 5, 2012. This year’s theme is INNOV8: Break the Paradigm. The entry deadline for artists’ submissions is April 1, 2012 with notification of selected works for the exhibition on April 15, 2012. The deadline for delivery of accepted work is August 1, 2012.
Located at 10th & Jackson Streets in the heart of Dubuque’s Historic Millwork District with 15,000 square feet of warehouse space, Voices offers artists an opportunity to explore content and exhibit in scale and mediums uninhibited by the conventions of traditional gallery or museum space. Fields of interest include: large and small scale installation, painting, photograph, works on paper, sculpture, and video.
For an artist’s application and exhibition details, please visit Artists Page.
Voices from the Warehouse District is an affiliate of The Dubuque County Fine Arts Society (DCFAS), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1976. Its mission is to offer arts and cultural programming to the entire Tri-State region.
For More Information Contact:
Holly Flood
Voices from the Warehouse District Exhibition Coordinator
artists@voicesgallery.org
Jim Avery
From the artist:
One tends to expand on what one has already known or experienced. My background is in machines, electronics, and computers, but I also study the movement of biological counterparts for their smooth organic curves and movement. Mechanical movements are rapidly becoming a lost art, mostly because of the technology of electronics.
I like to expose people to the inner workings of machines, simply to try to build an appreciation for the visual aspects of the art. Da Vinci’s notebooks have inspired me to the mechanical art form, and I’ve also been influenced by pictures of a section of the Babbage computer.
Dimensional, sculptural, and kinetic or interactive mechanical movement is always intriguing to me. I am not always locked into one style or another but almost always work in metal. I’m elated if people walk away with just one provoked neuron fired off by some aspect of my work.
