Fundraising time of the year

Spring is here and several galleries are currently holding fundraisers to pull out of this dry post-P.1 spell. Right now, you can purchase a ticket from BECA Gallery for a chance to win a photograph by London based artists Maslen & Mehra; The Front is offering chances to win a drawing by Paul Chan; Good Children is currently soliciting for a "Everything Must Go" affair, opening March 14th - email Jessica@jessicabizer.com if you can donate to the cause; and Antenna is up next. All of these new places are basically operating by the sweat of many brows- yes, it gets a bit humid - so if you've been enjoying the new arts scene, please consider chipping in- we sure would appreciate it!

BECA portfolio reviews

BECA gallery + studio | New Orleans will begin portfolio reviews in February for a new Studio Space Residency to begin in April. Local and visiting artists + designers are eligible to apply. Sponsors are being sought to assist those artists + designers who need financial assistance in order to participate. Please visit http://www.becagallery.com/links.php?49889 to contact.

offer from BECA

For those artists who would like a venue to place their FLAT 2D works on paper (including photography) during Prospect .1, BECA Gallery will have a small space available via flip file for selected pieces. Please email becagalleryadmin@gmail.com a maximum of 7 jpg images (approx. size 5x7 at 72dpi of image only) of works you wish us to consider (no submission fee). Works may have a maximum size of 24"x36". If your work is accepted and sold, BECA gallery receives the standard gallery commission of 50%. If accepted, all works must be signed by the artist and delivered with a standard gallery quality crescent board buffer or similar archival backing material included. Mounted work CANNOT be accepted. Framed pieces or pieces on stretchers are not eligible. Works must be suitable to display flat within a protective sleeve in a flip file. Email us at becagalleryadmin@gmail.com if you have any submission questions. We cannot confirm receipt of your submission email. Once you send it, please assume that it is being considered. We can only contact those who have works we wish to include. No in-person inquiries, phone calls or in-person image delivery. Deadline is via email becagalleryadmin@gmail.com , Wed. Oct 22 at 8pm.

BECA Gallery call for artists

‘FOUR’

For this exhibition, BECA gallery will be enlisting the input of art enthusiasts from around the world via ‘CURATE THIS!’, an online juried event which allows anyone from anywhere in the world with an internet connection and email access to select 10 artists from the compiled selection of submitted works. From June 18-21, 2008 art enthusiasts from around the world will view the works submitted by artists from all corners of the globe and will vote to choose the top 10 artists of 2008 working in 2D and 3D mediums including, but not limited to, painting, sculpture, mixed-media, drawing, printmaking, fiber, textiles and photography. The chosen top 10 artists will have their selected works featured at www.becagallery.com and in the upcoming 2008 edition of the publication titled, ‘CURATE THIS!’.

From the top 10 artists chosen, the top 4 artists who have received the highest number of votes will have their works exhibited at ‘FOUR’, the gallery’s third international contemporary art exhibition opening August 2, 2008 at BECA gallery located at 527 Saint Joseph Street, New Orleans, LA, USA in the heart of the New Orleans warehouse arts district. The opening of the exhibit, ‘FOUR’, coincides with White Linen Night, the largest annual visual arts event in New Orleans.

Email submissions will be accepted according the guidelines listed through June 10, 2008. Physical submission receive deadline is June 12, 2008.

‘FOUR’ EXHIBITION DATES: August 2 – September 28, 2008. Complete guidelines and submission form may be downloaded from http://becagallery.typepad.com/my_weblog/call-to-artists.html

BECA gallery

527 St. Joseph Street

New Orleans, LA 70130

www.becagallery.com

becagallery@gmail.com

Space available at BECA

Dear artists,

Between June '08 - Jan. '09 we will be making an exhibit space available to artists who do not currently have a public space or gallery in New Orleans in which to exhibit their work. Since BECA gallery will be creating several group exhibition opptys. for artists through Feb. 09 this is an alternative that will allow artists a small dedicated space in the gallery in which to exhibit their own work exclusively. This wouldn't be a good fit for an artist who already has exhibit opptys. here in New Orleans.

The dedicated space measures a total of approx. 30 linear feet of wall space and 72 square feet of space. For those of you who have not see our gallery space, there are high ceilings and multiple exposed metal rafters from which to install suspended work as well. If your work is video, film, performance please know that we do not have equipment on site but there is one electrical outlet dedicated to this space for your use. Please note that all work must be contained within this dedicated space so it may or may not work well for film or performance.
In lieu of our gallery's customary 50/50 split between artist/gallery, artists will retain 100% of their sales in exchange for a space rental fee of $400/mo. plus $30-$50 for one display of exhibit lettering. This fee covers your location across the street from the Contemporary Arts Center, climate controlled exhibit space, utilities, security, fine art insurance, public accessibility and gallery staffing Wed - Sun (11am - 4pm) and 6pm-9pm on first Sat's Art Walk night with reception including food and beverage, inclusion in gallery's print, web and email promotion. Only one artist may rent and exhibit at a time. If you wish to share the space for the month with another artist, you may do so with each of you exhibiting for 1/2 month each. There will be a $200 deposit due upon your space reservation. This is refundable once you leave the space in the condition in which you found it for the next artist.

New Orleans artists will be given first priority through May 15th for an appt. to review their work for this dedicated space. We will schedule appts. in the order in which we receive your email. We will let you know during that appt. whether or not we can allocate this space for your work and what months remain available. Beginning May 16th we will begin holding appts. with artists residing outside of New Orleans for whatever time slots remain available. The following months are currently available:

June 2008
July 2008
Sept. 2008

If you're are interested, please send us an email requesting an appt. time to review your work.

Best regards,
~ Melissa + Kurt

Call to Artists - BECA

A new 'Call to Artists' has been posted at the BECA site. One artist will receive an award of a solo show to take place in Oct. 2008.
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Melissa Roberts, co-director
Kurt Schlough, co-director
BECA gallery - Bridge for Emerging Contemporary Art
527 St. Joseph Street (across from the Contemporary Arts Center)
New Orleans, LA 70130

www.becagallery.com
becagallery@gmail.com
(504) 566-8999

BECA Gallery - Call to Artists

This Call to Artists has an approaching deadline of Feb 21st and email submissions can be accepted according to downloadable submission guidelines posted here