Press RoomPhoenix Art Museum announces call for submissions by Arizona-based artists for 2019 Friends of Contemporary Art (FOCA) Artists’ Grants
Phoenix Art Museum announces call for submissions by Arizona-based artists for 2019 Friends of Contemporary Art (FOCA) Artists’ Grants
Jun, 19, 2019
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Phoenix Art Museum announces call for submissions by Arizona-based artists for 2019 Friends of Contemporary Art (FOCA) Artists’ Grants
Museum collaborates with Artlink on call; Grants recipients will be notified in September 2019 and exhibited in summer of 2020
PHOENIX (June 19, 2019) – Phoenix Art
Museum announces the opening of its annual call for the 2019 Friends of Contemporary
Art (FOCA) Artists’ Grants with the aim of providing recognition and financial
support for emerging, professional, Arizona-based artists. The Museum is
teaming up with Artlink, a Phoenix-based arts organization, to host and help
promote the call for artwork submissions, which will be open from June 24
through July 31, 2019. There is no cost to submit artwork for consideration. Up
to five grants recipients will be announced on September 30, 2019, with each receiving a $2000 grant along
with a group exhibition at Phoenix Art Museum in summer 2020.
An affiliate group
of Phoenix Art Museum, FOCA supports contemporary art exhibitions, programming,
and acquisitions, and manages the annual Artists’ Grants, which support
emerging contemporary artists based in Arizona. The grants are a continuation
of the recognition program begun by former Museum support group Contemporary
Forum, which awarded more than 180 artists’ grants over the past 32 years. Grants’ recipients are selected by a national jury
from a competitive pool of applicants, and will be invited to present new work
in a group show alongside the Museum’s 2020 Arlene and Morton Scult Artist
Award recipient, who is nominated by invitation and selected by a jury.
The
Artists’ Grants foster the creation of contemporary art by encouraging emerging
artists working in Arizona through grants and annual exhibitions as well as by providing
additional programming opportunities for artist talks with the community and
hosted at Phoenix Art Museum. The 2018
Phoenix Art Museum Artists’ Grants Recipients exhibition features works by
Taylor James, Malakai, Elliott Jamal Robbins, and Papay Solomon, while Julio César Morales:Invaders is a mid-career survey of the work of the 2018 Arlene and Morton
Scult Artist Award recipient. All 2018 award and grant recipients share a
common interest in exploring timely social and geopolitical issues that
resonate strongly in both Arizona and the greater United States and all of them
programmed in-gallery artist talks and engaged with the community about their
work
Call for 2019 Artists’ Grants Submissions
FOCA will
be accepting submissions for the 2019 Artists’ Grants from June 24, 2019
through July 31, 2019. Applications are accepted
online only and are due on July 31, 2019. A panel of judges will select the
recipients, who will be announced to the public on September 30, 2019. The
selection committee will award up to five grants of $2,000 each and each
recipient will be invited to present work in the 2020 Artists’ Grants exhibition.
There is no cost to submit to the open call.
Eligibility Requirements:
Artists must be considered emerging artists,
meeting at least one of the following criteria:
Individuals
who have recently completed degree programs;
Artists
whose work has been shown in Arizona but not extensively outside of the state;
Individuals
returning to art after a hiatus.
Artists working in all media, including
painting, sculpture, drawing, installation, new media, performance,
photography, and video, may apply.
Artists must be Arizona residents.
Artwork must have been produced within the past two
years.
Artists may
not be enrolled in a college degree program.
Previous
recipients of the Artists’ Grants are ineligible.
Artists must be registered as an Artlink
Articipant. Register as an Articipant* with Artlink here:
*Note that while Articipation with Artlink does not require payment, there
are additional benefits to paid levels. Visit artlinkphx.org
for details. Questions about Artlink? Please email info@artlinkphx.org.
Artist name, street address, email address, and
telephone number
Resume/CV
Artist statement (optional; 150 words or less)
Description of work (title, date, medium,
dimensions)
Three (3) JPEGS or three (3) videos of different
examples of your work.
Videos
exceeding three minutes will not be accepted.
Descriptions of each submitted artwork,
including title, date, medium, dimensions
Submission Deadline:
All materials
must be submitted online by midnight Pacific Standard Time on July 31, 2019. Submit applications to
the following link: http://bit.ly/FOCA2019ArtistsGrants.
Please email curatorial@phxart.org with
any questions.
About Friends
of Contemporary Art:
Friends of Contemporary Art (FOCA) is a dynamic affiliate
group whose mission is to support contemporary art development at Phoenix Art Museum.
FOCA is dedicated to promoting interest in and understanding of contemporary
art through acquisitions, exhibition sponsorship, and educational programs.
Learn more and become a FOCA Member at http://www.phxart.org/foca.
About the
Friends of Contemporary Art (FOCA) Artists’ Grants
The Phoenix Art Museum FOCA Artists’ Grants foster the
creation of contemporary art by encouraging emerging artists working in
Arizona. Artists’ Grants recipients are selected by a jury from a competitive
pool of applicants who respond to an annual open call. Up to five grants of $2,000
each are awarded every year.
About Artlink
Inc.
Artlink keeps the arts integral to the development of
our city by connecting artists, business and community. Artlink supports a
variety of community-based art events and initiatives, including complimentary
shuttles during the monthly First Friday Art Walks, The Artist Forward Fund,
Phoenix Urban Guide, and the annual Art Detour, Art d’Core Gala and Juried
Exhibition. Formed as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in 1989, Artlink is
supported by City of Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture, Downtown Phoenix Inc.,
Arizona Commission on the Arts, Park Central, Marriott International, True
North Studio, Valley Metro, Phoenix Convention Center, Reimagine Phoenix, and
works in partnership with Roosevelt Row CDC, Phoenix Warehouse District,
Central Arts District and Historic Grand Avenue. Visit artlinkphx.org.
About Phoenix
Art Museum
Phoenix Art Museum has provided access to visual arts
and educational programs in Arizona for nearly 60 years and is the largest art
museum in the southwestern United States. Critically acclaimed national and
international exhibitions are shown alongside the Museum’s permanent collection
of more than 19,000 works of American, Asian, European, Latin American, modern
and contemporary art, and fashion design. The Museum also presents festivals, a
comprehensive film program, live performances, and educational programs
designed to enlighten, entertain, and stimulate visitors of all ages. Visitors
also enjoy vibrant photography exhibitions through the Museum’s landmark
partnership with the Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona. To
learn more about Phoenix Art Museum, visit phxart.org, or
call 602.257.1880.
