Local Art in the Age of the 2020 Global Pandemic

A Reece Museum Special Collection Initiative in partnership with the Mary B. Martin School of the Arts and community supporters

Local Art in the Age of the 2020 Global Pandemic Collection is comprised of juried, purchased artwork by artists living or working in Tennessee's First Congressional District in 2020. The collection provides an emotive snapshot of artistic expression during the age of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19, an abbreviation of COronaVIrus Disease-2019) pandemic, and is part of the permanent collection of the Reece Museum at East Tennessee State University.

• Prospectus

  Eligibility
  
  ·         Anyone over the age of eighteen (18) years of age; who describes themselves as a working artist; and who lives and/or works in Tennessee's First Congressional District in 2020.
  
  
  
  
  Media Criteria
  
  ·         2-D or 3-D artwork is welcome.
  
  ·         Work must have been made in either 2019 or 2020.
  
  ·         Artists will note how submissions relate to contemporary society generally, and to the “age of the 2020 global pandemic,” specifically.
  
  ·         Due to space and logistical considerations, large-scale and/or complicated installation work is not encouraged. Work using materials that are hazardous to the health and safety of the public will be disqualified from consideration.
  
  
  
  
  Submission
  
  ·         Complete the free online submission form below or click here.
  
  ·         Only one (artwork) submission per artist.
  
  ·         Work should be original and the sole copyright of the Artist/s.
  
  ·         Only one image per 2D entry; 3D work may include up to three detail shots.
  
  ·         Artists will be notified once their submission is received.
  
  
  
  
  Jurying Process
  
  ·         A jurying committee will be identified, but will include a representative from the Reece Museum staff; a representative from the Mary B. Martin School of the Arts; and at least two community supporters.
  
  ·         All submissions entered will be reviewed and either accepted or denied.
  
  ·         To maintain transparency, ensure accountability, and protect against biases in the selection of artwork for the Local Art in the Age of the 2020 Global Pandemic Collection, the artist’s name will be removed from their work before jurying begins. Jurors will have access to the artwork image, title, dimensions, materials, and an artist statement on how the submitted art relates to this age of the 2020 global pandemic, but not the artist’s name.
  
  ·         Artists will be notified once their submission is either accepted or denied into the Local Art in the Age of the 2020 Global Pandemic Collection.
  
  ·         NOTE: Selected work will be disqualified if the digital representation on which jurying was based differs from the actual work delivered to the museum.
  
  
  
  
  Award
  
  ·         Each artist juried into the Local Art in the Age of the 2020 Global Pandemic Collection  will be paid by check from the Local Art in the Age of the 2020 Global Pandemic Foundation account.
  
  ·         Each artist juried into the Local Art in the Age of the 2020 Global Pandemic Collection will receive the same amount of financial compensation of at least two hundred dollars ($200.00), regardless of artwork dimensions or materials
  
  ·         Payment will be determined by dividing the total number of artists juried into the Local Art in the Age of the 2020 Global Pandemic Collection by the “Local Art in the Age of the 2020 Global Pandemic” Foundation account on June 30, 2020.
  
  ·         Artists whose submitted work is juried into the Local Art in the Age of the 2020 Global Pandemic Collection may decline the invitation to participate if the compensation formula above does not meet their financial expectations for the submitted work.
  
  ·         Each artist will complete paperwork required by Foundation Accounting before their check is processed.
  
  ·         Each artist will complete paperwork required by the Reece Museum Collections Manager before their work is accepted into the Local Art in the Age of the 2020 Global Pandemic Collection.
  
  
  
  
  Timeline & Deadlines
  
  ·         Submissions due date: June 19, 2020.
  
  ·         Artists will be notified if work is accepted or denied once jurying is complete.
  
  ·         Once the Reece Museum reopens, artists whose work has been juried into the Local Art in the Age of the 2020 Global Pandemic Collection will be contacted to arrange delivery of their work to the museum.
  
  ·         An exhibition featuring the Local Art in the Age of the 2020 Global Pandemic Collection will be displayed at the Reece Museum at a future date.

•  Submission

   Submit your work here.

• Support

  Please click here to financially support the Local Art in the Age of the 2020 Global Pandemic Initiative.