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Budget Gallery - Open Call For Enries
OPEN CALL FOR ENTRIES
Budget Gallery, San Francisco.
"A Love Supreme"
In conjunction with Hayes Valley Market (580 Hayes at Laguna, SF).
Saturday August 20th.
DEADLINE FOR WORK: Aug. 15th, 2005
http://www.budgetgallery.org
Please direct all questions to Annie Vought - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
**Introduction to the Budget Gallery:**
The Budget Gallery organizes gallery style art shows in the unused
public spaces found in urban areas. From empty walls to empty
buildings, the Budget Gallery uses any space that is available and
highly visible during the day. Space is often prepared with white
paint and signage so work will be as professionally presented as
possible. Pieces will be labeled with the artists name, materials
used, and asking price for the work. We host opening receptions that
are attended by hundreds of people forming a sort-of block party,
garage sale style art show right on the sidewalk.
All pieces not sold by the end of the the opening reception stay up
for the course of the week with a price and contact phone number for
interested buyers. The gallery is in co-opted public space with no
security. Any work not sold at the reception can be sold, stolen, or
vandalized during the rest of the show. Artists submit work with
these inevitabilities in mind. Most work sells at the opening, but
some is always left. The Budget Gallery encourages you to reconsider
these ideas. Vandalism can be seen as a form of artistic
collaboration, and theft is the highest honor of the Budget Gallery
**Call for entries:**
All work that meets guidelines will be accepted for the show - in
line with the Budget Gallery's belief that any art is better than the
commercial advertising which typically dominates public spaces. Work
will either be purchased, stolen, or vandalized. Artists are
encouraged to make pieces for this show with these inevitabilities in
mind. Ideal pieces should catch the eye, capture the imagination, and
invite extended viewing from passing crowds. Art that addresses the
issues of public space are especially encouraged, but again, all work
will be accepted.
Artists are encouraged to use the Budget Gallery as an opportunity to
show work they may not normally present in other venues. Masterpieces
are not required. Work in media other than the artists primary media
is encouraged, along with older pieces, works in progress, studies,
and so on.
Work should be priced to sell to the general public. All pieces not
sold at the opening will be left on the wall for 1 week, after which
they will be placed elsewhere. Those interested in your piece will be
instructed to remove it, take it home, and contact the gallery
regarding payment. Commission is arbitrary, optional, and decided by
the artist. Work will not be returned.
**The Theme:**
This theme is a guideline, not a requirement. Use the theme if it
inspires you. If it doesn't, find something that inspires you and use
that.
The theme is "A Love Supreme". You can take this in any direction,
from John Coltrane and his album "A Love Supreme," to the Supreme
Court, to Diana Ross and the Supremes, to power of love (and I don't
mean Huey Lewis & the News).
The show will be outside the Hayes Valley Market:
Located on the northeast corner of Hayes and Laguna, in downtown San
Francisco's Hayes Valley neighborhood, the Hayes Valley Market is a
brand new, transitory and experimental art space/gallery that will be
operating for about one year before the building it resides in gets
demolished to make way for senior housing. The building is rumored to
have originally been one of California's oldest Safeways, and has
continued to serve as a food and beverage market until its recent
change of ownership. July 9th marked the grand opening of HVM's brief
and unconventional new life as an avant-garde art center.
The building was recently bought by the owners of a local old-age
community, and has been temporarily leant to Albert Herter and Lisa
Rybovich Crallé, the gallery's managers, to serve as an art gallery
for the year or so that it will take to get the necessary permits
squared away. Because of the unconventional and transitory nature of
the Hayes Valley Market, many of the restrictions that most art
galleries face do not apply.
**Guidelines:**
Please read through these guidelines.
1. All work must have our entry form attached (download it from the
site).
2. Work must be able to be hung on a wall or fence.
- It must be mounted on something hard - clipped to a piece of
cardboard is ok, just no loose paper. Please, no loose paper. Again,
no loose paper.
3. Please avoid pieces larger than 40 inches by 40 inches or any
piece heavier than 10 pounds. If your piece exceeds these dimensions,
contact the Budget Gallery before submitting your work.
4. Please deliver art with your preferred mounting hardware supplied.
If no mounting hardware is supplied, work will be hung in the most
convenient way possible (Starting with wood screws, then staples,
twine, or tape).
6. Please submit a slide or digital photo of work (if possible) for
our website. This really helps a lot. You have a digital camera
right? Or know someone that does? Make your work look good for our
website.
7. If work is to be mailed, it must be received at 258 Monterey Blvd.
Apt. D, San Francisco, CA 94131 by Monday Nov 15th.
8. Work can be dropped off at the above address, on monday August
15th. It is a residence, so please make an appointment -
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
9. If neither of these arrangements work, please email
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
10. Remember that this is an outdoor show in San Francisco in August,
so your work will be in sun, maybe heat.
**Submission:**
1. Download form, fill out, and attach to piece. Go to http://
budgetgallery.org/pdfs/ to download the form.
2. Deliver work to 258 Monterey Blvd. Apt. D San Francisco CA 94131-
Please see steps 7 and 8 in the guidelines above for details.
3. Email us with any questions - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
4. Come have a great time at the show!
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Steve Lambert
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://budgetgallery.org
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