Open Call to all DVAA Members and the Public
Deadline to Submit: May 17th, 11:59pm
"That shadow, my likeness, that goes to and fro, seeking a livelihood, chattering, chaffering; How often I find myself standing and looking at it where it flits;How often I question and doubt whether that is really me; —But in these, and among my lovers, and caroling my songs, O I never doubt whether that is really me."
-Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass
Casa de Duende in Collaboration with Da Vinci Art Alliance present Encounters with Whitman, a two part photography and video exhibition in celebration of the Whitman Bicentennial.
Call for video issued separately here:
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Photography was a medium of fascination and importance to Whitman, in particular portraiture and landscape. The significance of these two themes are also reflected in his own literary work. Whitman's voice in part shaped the American psyche through the portrayal of the American landscape and its peoples. This exhibition will explore the contemporary landscape and portraiture that now defines our American experience. Though Whitman's reflections on America were often problematic, his contributions to modern literature caused cultural shifts worth investigation.
ABOUT THE JURORS:
Stuart Rome has exhibited extensively over the years in solo and group exhibitions - in galleries and museums. Amongst his publications are: Maya, Treasures of an Ancient Civilization, Abrams, 1985; Forest, a monograph, Nazraeli Press, 2005; Signs and Wonders, The Southeast Museum of Photography, 2011. The John Simon Guggenheim fellowship was awarded in 2015 for his most recent work, "Oculus ", photographs from within giant redwoods and sequoias. His interests in anthropology led to projects photographing antiquities in Latin America and Asia as well as recording remnants of these expressions found in the rituals of trance. This documentary work led to landscape photographs of forests as a manifestation of pantheistic energy. In 1985 Stuart Rome was hired to design and build a new Photography Program at Drexel University in Philadelphia, where he continues to teach.
Paul Cava is a photo-based artist who is known for his sensual and emotionally driven collage work. Concentrating on the figure, Cava’s work speaks to the most intrinsic of human concerns. His work has been featured in many publications including Eyemazing Magazine and Das Magazin. Cava was a recipient of Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grants in 1981 and 1999. In 2005, the German publisher Galerie Vevais, published Walt Whitman / Paul Cava, Children of Adam from Leaves of Grass — a bold union of Whitman’s erotic poems and Cava’s art work.Paul Cava has exhibited paintings, drawings and photo-based works from 1976 to the present in galleries and museums in the United States and Europe, and his work has been collected by a broad range of private and public institutions, including The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Princeton University Museum of Art, and The Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.
RULES FOR ENTRY:
You may submit 2 artworks
Label the back of your work with your name and title of artwork
All artwork must be ready to display. Wall hanging pieces must be wired. If your work requires any additional apparatus to be shown, it must be provided.
ENTRY FEE:
DVAA Members: $20
Non-Members: $35
TO SUBMIT:
Simply fill out the fields below, attach an image of your artwork, and click submit. You will then be automatically redirected to another DVAA webpage to pay the entry fee. And that’s it, you’re done!
PRIZES:
1st prize - $150 cash
2nd prize - 1 year Premium Membership ($125 value)
3rd prize - 1 year General Membership ($75 value)
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
Submission Deadline: May 17, 11:59pm
Artist Notification: May 24
Artwork Delivery: May 31, 2-4pm & June 2, 12-2pm
Opening Reception: June 7, 6-8pm
Run Dates: June 7 - 16
Artwork Pick Up: June 16, 5-7pm & June 20, 12-2pm
DVAA POLICY:
DVAA is responsible for all press releases, listings, price lists, and gallery labels. Your participation is permission to include images of artwork in promotion. Artwork will be handled with great care, but DVAA is not responsible for loss or damage. Insurance is the responsibility of the artist.
When the work is delivered the exhibitions director reserves the right to refuse works that are not ready to be shown because of improper framing, fragility, damage or low quality.
DVAA members receive 80% commission on artwork and Non-Members receive 70% sold from the exhibition and as a result of contacts made through the DVAA. Payment to the artist will be sent within 30 days.
All artwork must be retrieved during the designated Pick Up times above and cannot leave the gallery early. Artworks left unattended becomes property of the gallery and may be discarded due to very limited storage space.
For any questions please contact bryant@davinciartalliance.org.