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1440 Minutes: Call for Proposals

The Gallery of Contemporary Art at UCCS and IDEA @ Colorado College, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, are excited to announce a joint public program supporting Colorado contemporary artists. 1440 Minutes is a twenty-four hour art installation and exhibition event, curated around the theme of “Social Spaces”. Simultaneous installations and performances will be completed in the Gallery of Contemporary Art and Colorado College’s Coburn Gallery, as well as on a shuttle bus transporting visitors between the two sites. Receptions for all installations will be held on Friday, April 11, 2008, 5-8 p.m. A shuttle bus featuring an artist installation/performance will connect the two sites throughout the evening.

Submissions from individual artists and collectives are now being taken to participate in one of the six spaces. Works should be site-specific, installation and/or performance-based, and participatory. GoCA, UCCS and IDEA have conceived of the project as a way to open an ongoing dialogue among art, artists, and gallery audiences, as well as a way to link two vibrant contemporary art spaces in Colorado Springs.

Artworks must be able to be fully installed in under 24 hours. Installations will begin at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 10th and must be completed by 5 p.m. on Friday, April 11, 2008. Finally, artworks must be able to be de-installed and completely removed within 24 hours after the reception.

Accepted artist projects will receive $500 per project. For collectives, payment will be divided by the number of artists involved in the project.

Application and Review Process

Proposals will be reviewed by curators of GoCA, UCCS and IDEA @ Colorado College, Christopher Lynn and Jessica Hunter-Larsen.

Rules

Artist(s) must be 18 years or older. Participation is open to regional artists; any transportation and lodging costs will be the responsibility of the artist(s). Submissions must be complete and received by the deadline in order to be considered. Materials will only be returned if a S.A.S.E. with adequate postage is provided by artist(s).

Please submit the following via email or postal mail by March 1, 2008:

• Proposal form, completed.
• Resume/CV, artist biography and statement.
• Up to 3 digital images to support your proposal:
  • Jpeg format.
  • Up to 3 MB size if emailing.
  • Please save files as follows: firstnamelastname1.jpg
  • Include a numbered image list with title, medium, and dimensions,
  • corresponding to the numbers in the file names.
• Up to one video, no more than 6 minutes in length, to support your proposal, delivered one of two ways listed below:
  • DVD-R (if appropriate), mailed or
  • Link to a hosted video. Submissions should be no smaller than 800 x 600 ppi (W x H) and of a good quality (not pixilated).
  • Please, do not email video files.

Send all materials to:
Colorado College
Art Department
ATTN: Daisy McConnell
14 E Cache La Poudre St.
Colorado Springs, CO. 80903

Email submissions to: dmcconnell (at) coloradocollege (dot) edu

Submission Checklist

• Completed Proposal form.
• Artist CV/Resume, bio and statement (if emailing, save as firstnamelastnamecv or resume or bio or statement.doc).
• Up to three jpegs, accompanied by numbered image list.
• Up to one video.
• S.A.S.E. with adequate postage (if you would like materials returned).

Proposal Form

1440 Minutes Proposal Form (Adobe Acrobat or similar PDF reader required)

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