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  1. Call to Artists Wednesday, August 13, 2008

    The Maryville Civic Arts Center
    Project Description
    A new, 47-million dollar cultural center is currently being constructed on the campus of Maryville College, located in Maryville, Tennessee. The new Civic Arts Center will be a destination for the arts for Eastern Tennessee and the region, and will include a 1200 seat theater and 250-seat recital hall, a 200-seat flexible theater, three exhibition spaces, workshops, classrooms and offices.  The majestic entry lobby, as well as the Center’s exterior arts plaza, will be the focal point for a myriad of corporate, community and college events. 
    Information about the Civic Arts Center can be found at the website http://www.civicartscenter.org, and includes updates on the progress of construction as well as information about the site plan, donors and Maryville College.
    There will be a significant fine arts component to the new cultural center. This part of the project is open to established, professional artists living in the United States and abroad. The aim is to acquire works of the highest quality, and will include both regional artists and those artists living and working internationally. The primary criteria will be the level of expertise and quality of past work exhibited by each artist, as well as suitability of that work for the site.
    Art Locations
    Fine artwork is being sought for a variety of areas within the building and in exterior locations. These works may include sculpture, painting, photography and video art, installation/environmental art, textile design, glass, ceramic art, and wood. Appropriate artworks may include two dimensional paintings for interior wall surfaces, exterior free standing sculpture or relief sculpture; pedestal-sized sculpture; and possibly the design of the theater curtain and prominent entrance doors. 
    Criteria
    All artists wishing to be considered must be proficient in their stated media, with a strong exhibition history and demonstrated expertise in their field. Submissions must take the form of no more than five (5) digital images of the artist’s most recent work, in jpeg format only, and include:
    • The title, size, media and an explanation of each work depicted, including location.
    • A CV or resume detailing exhibitions and other accomplishments. 
    • Price range of past works, including commissions, if applicable. 
    • Team members, if appropriate, if the artist typically employs structural engineers, fabricators or other subcontractors;
    • Contractual relationships with galleries or private art dealers;
    • Artist’s full contact information, including day and evening phone numbers, address and email. 
    All submissions will be accepted via CD-Rom or flash drives only. Each individual CD Rom or flash drive must be clearly labeled with the artist’s name. CD Rom disks and flash drives will not be returned.  These should be forwarded to the Civic Arts Center’s architect, McCarty Holsaple McCarty.  Make sure the envelope is marked Fine Arts Program and forward to:
    Jeff Johnson
    McCarty Holsaple McCarty, Inc. 
    550 W. Main Street, Suite 300  
    Knoxville, TN 37902
    Deadlines
    Submission deadline is September 30, 2008. Submissions will be reviewed in October, with a short list presented to the Fine Arts Committee of the Maryville College Civic Arts Center by the end of the month.  Final decisions on artists to be considered for commissions or acquisitions of non-commissioned works will be made by the Fine Arts Committee. Artists will be notified via email.  It is the policy of Maryville College and the Civic Arts Center not to discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, color, national origin or disability in its hiring and employment practices. No person shall be excluded from participation in or be discriminated against in treatment or employment on the grounds of handicap and/or disability, age, race, color, religion, gender, or national origin.

    Posted by Administrator in Collective Rethink