CinC15-Submission Form

Calligraphies in Conversation 2015

Second International Exhibition

CALL TO CALLIGRAPHY ARTWORKS

Submission Deadline: September 26, 2015

Exhibition Date: November 7 – December 12, 2015

Place: Multiple locations across San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA including Oakland Main Public Library, Oakland Asian Cultural Center (OACC), Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California (ICCNC), and Online Exhibition at the Website of Ziya Art Center

Download "Call To Submissions" and terms and conditions:

(This is available to read at the bottom of this page as well)

ENGLISH VERSION.pdf

OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND

“Calligraphies in Conversation” encompasses an annual group exhibition and a series of public venues including calligraphy demonstrations, workshops, masterclasses, and calligraphers’ talks and presentations focusing on endorsing the appreciation of traditional calligraphy in hands-on and tangible manner. The emphasis of this program is initiating a meaningful conversation between different calligraphy traditions especially between the Middle Eastern/ Islamic calligraphy and other calligraphy scripts, traditions, and languages.

This program builds on the success of our inaugural Calligraphies in Conversation exhibition that Ziya Art Center led in partnership with Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California (ICCNC) and Oakland Asian Cultural Center (OACC) in Spring 2014, where over 80 artworks were exhibited at these two locations near downtown Oakland, California, USA. A range of diverse traditions and styles were exhibited, with an array of Chinese, Japanese, Tibetan, Arabic, Persian, and Turkish traditional calligraphy artworks as well as manifestations of calligraphy in some contemporary and abstract art pieces.

SUBMISSION DETAILS

Calligraphers and artists in all levels with any style, script, and language may submit calligraphy pieces and participate. We accept artwork in two main categories:

Calligraphy: The design and execution of lettering with a calligraphy pen or a broad tip instrument or brush in one stroke as opposed to build up lettering, in which the letters are drawn. In this section, works on paper is preferred, canvas is accepted but not recommended.
Related Disciplines: The art of giving form to signs and letters in an expressive, harmonious and skillful manner with any medium including painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, glass, textile art, typography, digital art, and mixed media.

Deadline for submitting artworks are on September 26, 2015 and are available online below. Please follow these steps and rules for submissions:

Pay the $15 submission fee online. The fee will help us offset the exhibition costs. No one will be turn away for the lack of fund.
Fill out the online Submission Form. The Submission Form asks for artist’s information, short artist biography (max 100 words) and artwork specifications (title, actual size, medium, and price in US Dollars, if for sale).
Upload the digital image of up to four artworks you want to participate in the physical exhibition. The name of the image of your artwork should be your first name and the title of the artwork (example: James Smith-Sunset) corresponding exactly with its title on the Submission Form. The image of the artwork should not include frame and glass and should be of a good quality that is representable on the digital exhibition (preferably a minimum of 2000pixel in the longest side, 300dpi quality). We only accept jpeg and jpg formats and files under 2 MG.

Special Considerations:

1- Calligraphy Donation: We want to encourage calligraphers and artists to kindly consider donating their artwork to us to be participated in our community fundraiser for this exhibition (details TBA). Calligraphers/ artists who donate their artwork will be exempt from paying submission fee and also will be invited to our fundraiser ceremony and can get a table for demonstration and selling artworks.

2- “Islamic Calligraphy Now” International Digital Exhibition: We are curating Islamic calligraphy artworks for “Islamic Calligraphy Now” exhibition to be held in January 2016 in San Francisco (details TBA). At this exhibition a digital representation of artworks will be displayed so there is no need to post the actual artwork. Islamic calligraphers/ artists with any ethnicity, language, and style can participate in this section at no additional charge. If you want to participate in this section you may upload image of up to 5 additional artworks.

3- Promotion: We will actively promote the submitted and selected artworks in the course of the exhibition and beyond through various methods including but not limited to representing the image of the artworks through email lists, social media, multiple websites, apps, and exhibition catalog to make sure several thousands of audiences will view the arts globally.

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EXHIBITION DETAILS AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS

No reproductions or prints are accepted for physical exhibition unless the work is created digitally. Maximum acceptable size for 2D work is 30" on the shortest side and 60" on the longest side. Artwork should weigh less than 5lbs.

Selected artists will be notified by October 3, 2015. Selected artists may hand-deliver their artwork to our location at ICCNC at 1433 Madison St., Oakland, CA 94612 on October 30 and 31, 2015 from 12 pm – 5 pm. at no charge. Selected artists can mail their artwork to the same location, to be received before October 30 with the return label included and with a $25 (USD) handling fee paid by check to Ziya Inc or cash. Artists may mail the artwork with no framing included and we do the simple framing at the exhibition; in this case artists should include $50 (USD) framing fee paid by check to Ziya Inc or cash. Late arrivals are not accepted to the exhibition. We will not be responsible to return the posted artwork that does not have return label.

After the exhibition, the days for pick-up hand delivered work from ICCNC at 1433 Madison St, Oakland, CA 94612 are December 18 – 19, 2015 from 12 pm – 5 pm. We will return the posted artwork within the same timeframe. Any artwork that is not picked up after December 19, 2015 or is returned from post office or international custom will be discarded or remained as the property of our organization and might be discarded or used at our community fundraisers.

SALES
Artists are encouraged to have their work for sell (physical, digital, and reproductions). Price is determined by the artist. We will retain 35% commission on all sales. Artists are responsible for the packaging, shipment, and insurance of their artwork to the buyers. So, please estimate all the costs associated and then determine the price of your artwork. The price cannot be changed after submitting the Submission Form.

LIABILITY

The artwork will be displayed in a safe and secure location within the hosting organizations, and the exhibition organizers will handle the artwork with care. However, the artwork will not be insured by us and the artist understands that the artwork is loaned at risk of the artist and neither the organizer nor the hosting organizations bear any liability in this regard. Images of artwork submitted may be used in printed and digital formats (including but not limited to the exhibit book, posters and flyers, and online/ digital representations) by the organizations leading the exhibition.

AGREEMENT
Submitting artwork to this exhibition acknowledges agreement set forth in this Call to Artists. The organizations leading the exhibition may rescind the right of displaying any art misrepresented or unsuitably presented and may change the conditions if necessary.

TIMELINE

September 26, 2015: Deadline for calligraphy artwork submissions
October 3, 2015: Announcing accepted calligraphy artworks and artists
October 30 and 31, 2015 from 12 pm – 5 pm: Hand delivery of accepted artworks to ICCNC at 1433 Madison St., Oakland, CA 94612; Artwork that is posted to this location should be received no later than October 31, 2015.
November 7 – December 12, 2015: Exhibition (physical and online)
December 18 – 19, 2015 from 12 pm – 5 pm: Artworks pick up at ICCNC at 1433 Madison St., Oakland, CA 94612; Artworks that are posted will be returned within the same time frame.

CONTACT: For any questions or info, please email to ziya.art.studio.com and include the word “QUESTION” in the subject line of your email.

PARTNERS AND SPONSORS

Ziya Art Center in partnership with Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California (ICCNC), Oakland Asian Cultural Center (OACC), SAMENA Circle, Persian Arts Revival (PAR), and California School of Traditional Arts, are leading the 2015 program. This program is made possible by a grant from the Alliance for California Traditional Arts, in partnership with Walter and Elise Haas Fund, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Surdna Foundation.