Call For Entries: Pilgrimage Through the Centuries

Pilgrimage Through the Centuries
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September 16 – November 15, 2009
OSU Newark LeFevre Art Gallery

Contact: Jack Richardson richardson.256@osu.edu with questions and more information

Exhibition: Pilgrimage Through the Centuries is an exhibition intended to integrate contemporary interpretations of “pilgrimage” with traditional and historical ones. Artists are encouraged to submit work that speaks to and exemplifies the concept/practice of pilgrimage in their own lives. The scope of the exhibition is intentionally broad embracing the most traditional interpretation of this idea as well as the most abstract. Themes of the work could include, but are not limited to: personal journeys, the relevance of pilgrimage in contemporary life, historical accounts of pilgrimage, reflections on historical and/or personal pilgrimage sites…

Artwork submissions now being accepted for an exhibition titled, Pilgrimage Through the Centuries, at the LeFevre Art Gallery on the OSU-Newark Campus. The exhibition is being planned in conjunction with the activities surrounding Newark Earthworks Day 2009 in Newark, Ohio.

Newark Earthworks Day is public educational event celebrating Native American culture, art, and music. This year’s theme, “Newark Earthworks: A Place of Pilgrimage,” addresses the notion of the journey as it relates to the geographic and social history of the Newark Earthworks. This year’s event includes a “Walk with the Ancients” in which participants will trace the 60 mile path of the Great Hopewell Road that linked earthworks in Chillicothe and Newark. The walk will begin in Chillicothe on October 10 and will finish in Newark on October 16. More information about events associated with Earthworks Day 2009 can be found at: http://www.octagonmoonrise.org/EVENTindex.html

Submission Guidelines: All images of work should be submitted in digital format. All media and format will be considered. Artists can submit images of up to 5 works (from which up to 2 works may be chosen for the exhibition). All submissions must be accompanied by a 250 artist statement linking the work to the exhibition theme. Already completed work and work previously exhibited work will be considered if its relevance to this topic can be demonstrated. All work should be submitted in digital format.

Electronic submissions are encouraged. Please submit images and artist statement to: richardson.256@osu.edu

By mail - Send CDs or DVDs to:

Jack Richardson
LeFevre Gallery curator
1179 University Dr.
Newark, OH 43055

Deadline: All work should be submitted by Friday, September 4. Notification of acceptance will be sent by email (please include an email address) unless otherwise specified by the artist. Submitted digital media will not be returned, unless a self-addressed stamped envelope is included.