Crisis Mode: An Open Call for Art for an Online Exhibition





Covid, cops, cabin fever, eco-catastrophe, and sexual politics --- in the art of our moment. Beyond the headlines, there is heroism and humor. In Crisis Mode, artists create individual expressions of shared experiences, fears and fantasies. Behind public events, private sorrows. Crisis Mode memorializes the present tense --- and points to tomorrow. It's personal now. It's time to write the history of the future.



Don't flinch. Open to all artists in all media, including painting, drawing, collage, photography, video, installation art, sculpture, ceramics, fashion, and craft.



A poster with all the artist’s names will be made available. There will be an online Zoom reception, and an artists’ roundtable discussion.

Juror: Lucia Olubunmi Momoh, Curatorial Assistant UC Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive Lucia Olubunmi Momoh joined BAMPFA in January 2019. She has since supported several exhibitions, including Ron Nagle: Handsome Drifter, Rosie Lee Tompkins: A Retropective, and Sylvia Fein / MATRIX 275. She performed as lead curator for Peace Now! and the 2019 art installation at University House for Chancellor Carol Christ. Lucia was a recipient of the 2019 American Association of Museum Curators Conference Travel Fellowship for Junior Curators. She previously worked as a curatorial fellow at the New Orleans Museum of Art and is a contributing writer for The Iron Lattice. Her research explores the role of early American portraits, especially those depicting Americans of African descent, and the formation of national identities. Deadline to enter: Oct 15 2020 Notification of acceptance: October 25, 2020. Online Exhibition Dates: Nov 1 2020 thru Dec 31 2020 All media/mediums welcome.



Entry Fees: Can enter from 1 to 5 pieces

1 for $10

2 for $18

3 for $27

4 for $36

5 for $45 ENTER HERE Car Culture Exhibition runs from February 6 through March 20, 2021*



Artists’ Reception: February 6, 2021



Deadline to Enter: December 30, 2020



Notification of acceptance: January 11, 2021



Drop off and delivery dates: January 28, 29, 30, 31 12-5pm



Pickup of work: March 20, 5-7 pm, March 21, 12-3 pm *Note, due to COVID-19 this exhibit has been moved to next year 2021 ENTRY FEE:

Minimum: $45.00 for up to three JPGs. $90.00 for six JPGs.

Maximum allowed: nine JPGs for $100.00. (A savings of $35.00) (All entry fees help support OCCCA, an artist-run, non-profit arts organization, serving the community since 1980.) OCCCA invites artists to drive us crazy with art works exploring our culture’s obsession with cars. The automobile affects all aspects of modern life, where we live, work and play. People are not bashful about their extreme enthusiasm for cars, especially in Southern California where the Finish Fetish trend of highly polished surfaces in art first emerged, influenced by custom cars. Hot rod innovator Ed “Big Daddy” Roth and his bug-eyed mascot Rat Fink are the forerunners of Low Brow art. Several automotive design studios are strategically positioned in Southern California. OCCCA is located in a former Packard automobile showroom, now Orange County’s favorite artist-run alternative space. OCCCA invites creators of paintings, drawings, illustrations, sculptures, photographs, videos, installations, fashion, craft, and even actual vehicles, to exhibit in Car Culture: An Open Call for Art. Start your engines. Pedal to the metal. You’ll be in fast company. Car Culture: An Open Call for Art pays homage to the hot-rodders and the low-riders, to the pin-stripers and the skate-boarders, to devisers of trick bicycles, to fabricators of custom motorcycles. Car Culture celebrates tail fins, roadside attractions, smog-choked freeways — the good, the bad and the beautiful. Everyone has a car story. Alas, it will be hard to kick the habit of motoring. Car Culture: An Open Call for Art is a madcap elegy for the rapture of the ride. Cars and motorcycles have become icons of our age, seen in famous works by Salvador Dali, Andy Warhol, Ed Ruscha, Chris Burden, Carlos Almaraz, and Robert Williams. The car has been the subject of many avant-garde masterpieces. Hit the road with Car Culture: An Open Call for Art from OCCCA. All media welcome.



Juror: Bryan Barcena, Assistant Curator, MOCA ENTER HERE

Entry Instructions:



Open calls for art are open to all artists without regional restrictions.



OPEN CALL FOR ART TERMS OF AGREEMENT



ORANGE COUNTY CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (OCCCA)

117 N. Sycamore Street, Santa Ana, CA 92701 715-667-1517

info.OCCCA@gmail.com ENTRY METHOD:

Online only via the EntryThingy website.

Images:

1. Any size up to 1,000 mb* (best to keep file size under 10 megs)

2. Uploaded in .jpg format only.

4. You can upload up to 3 additional images per piece for installations or other 3D work or to include a detail view.



*Note images uploaded may be used for PR, so it is in your best interest to include a press ready hi-res jpeg image (300dpi)





Video entries:

1. must be no larger than 1000mb,

2. uploaded in mp3, mov, mp4 and wmv formats only. Or include a link to dowloadable file. For video entries, upload in mp3, mov, mp4 and wmv formats only. If selected, the artist must send either a media player (Micca) with the video on a thumbdrive or a self-looping DVD of the video, to enable OCCCA to easily display it during the exhibition. SELECTION NOTIFICATION:

Notification to the artists of the selected artworks will be via email from alerts@EntryThingy.com. Be sure to check your spam folder.

INSURANCE:

Participating artists are responsible for their own insurance. OCCCA does not provide

insurance. OCCCA shall not be responsible for damage or loss to artwork from any cause at OCCCA, or during shipping. SALES:

OCCCA will retain a 40% commission on all sales. PHOTOGRAPHY:

All artwork may be photographed for promotional and other purposes.

HAND DELIVERY and PICKUP:

Artwork may be hand delivered only on the days and during the hours specified. PACKING AND SHIPPING YOUR WORK:* Artist shall include a pre-paid, return-shipping label for the return of their artwork. This is a bar-coded label purchased at the time of shipment, and shall be included inside the package, or attached to the exterior in a sleeve.

Please Read: *Shipping and Packing information

Thank you for your entry!

Please download and fill out the entry tag and attach to your artwork. Participating artists hereby release OCCCA, its members, agents and officers from all liability, damages, or injury while on OCCCA premises.

