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CoCA Collision: Past, Present, & Future Members show
In addition, CoCA accepts proposals from independent curators and artists for art exhibits at its galleries:
GEORGETOWN
Located in Suite 258, Seattle Design Center, 5701 6th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98108
Approximately 4600 square feet. Features both wall space and large open spaces for three dimensional work. Gallery hours are 9am-5pm weekdays.
The CoCA Programming Committee, led by Vice President and Curator of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences David Francis, curates the Georgetown Gallery, with an emphasis on large interactive exhibits and dynamic groups shows such as the 'CoCA Annual' Juried by Gary Hill, 'Across the Divide 3' six artists from the 'dry side', 'The Art of the CoCA Marathon Artists', '(Un)Sanctioned' 13 Pacific Northwest Contemporary Urban Artists, and this year's upcoming 'CoCA Members' Show'. The scale of the space allows for not only large installations, but big parties as well!
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BALLARD
Located inside the Shilshole Bay Beach Club at 6413 Seaview Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98118
Approximately 812 square feet. Best for flat or low-relief work, as event usage generally prohibits most 3D work. Gallery hours ar 9am-5pm weekdays.
Joseph Roberts curates the Ballard Gallery, with an emphasis on emerging solo artists and small thematically linked group shows. Recent solo artists include Stephen Rock, Kirsten Francis, Betsy Barnum, Juan Carlos Castellanos, Lynn Schirmer , Chae Tongyull, Pola Brändle, Gideon Kramer, and Kate Vrijmoet. Group shows have included 'They've Released the INTRUDER' An Exhibit of Seattle's Latest Underground Comic Art, 'The Use of Everything', contemporary drawings from Guayaquil, 'Works on Paper' featuring Wanda Pelayo and Shanti Geise, and 'Altered Photo' originality, authorship, authenticity, integrity, and attribution in the digital age, all curated by Joseph Roberts, and 'Across the Divide 2' and 'Resident Alien', curated by David Francis. The location within the Shilshole Bay Beach Club creates the opportunity for occasional panel discussion, symposia, and other events.
download drawings of the gallery (pdf)
BELLTOWN
Located on the first floor of the Avenue One Condominiums at 2721 First Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121
The gallery is viewable through the three windows on the Clay Street side, together with the high windows above, as pictured above.
Approximately 135 square feet. A very unusual place for art created by Buster Simpson and Norie Sato. Gallery hours are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Jodie Nelson curates the Belltown Gallery, with an emphasis on site-specific installations that take advantage of the unique nature of this space, and engage the urban environment and community of which this space is a part. Past shows in this spirit have included Haris Purnomo's 'Visual Poetry', Jim Neihardt's 'Hypnosis', seven sauer's 'cycle series', Derin Smith's 'Bombs and Spears', Paul D. McKee's 'Excerpts from Trophies of the American Home', Mike Naylor's 'Yellow', Robin Oliver's 'Spectacle of Improbable Creatures', David Chula Tupper's 'Food on the Table and a Roof over Head' (in cooperation with the 2008 Seattle Tattoo Expo), Holly Senn's 'Textural', and Jay Craig's "Center for Scottish Budhism'.
download drawings of the gallery (pdf)
Kunstkammer PDX
Located at Willamette Cultural Resources 623 SE Mill St, Portland, OR 97214
Approximately 2000 square feet, inside a working archaeology lab.
Gallery hours are M-F, 10am – 4pm, 503-281-4576; visitors are shown to the exhibit but not otherwise entertained.
Curated by David Francis, Kunstkammer PDX is an evolving experiment requiring flexibility on the part of artists, curators, archaeologists, and business managers. Functionally, the space consists of a main wall measuring 50’long by 10’ height, adjacent walls of smaller size, and a concrete-floor area of about 2000 sq. feet. Access is through an 8’ garage door. The space would be judged ‘raw’ by commercial standards, with temperature and humidity settings to accommodate the preferences of the business occupants.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Each exhibition will last from one to three months, depending on the gallery, the scale of the show, and how it works with the overall exhibition schedule. All calls are open to all media, with the caveats mentioned above. Selected exhibitions will receive exhibition show cards, event marketing and support in seeking individual and corporate sponsorship for exhibitions. Catalog are generally created for group shows. Solo show catalogs can be created with the artist's financial participation. Although there are CoCA curators overseeing each gallery, independent curators are welcome to submit proposals.
SUBMISSIONS
Curators and artists must submit the following to be eligible (please note we strongly prefer electronic submissions over hard copies):
- up to five digital images of each piece in jpg
file format (maximum dimension of 800 pixels in either direction).
- If the work is multi-media (film, video, electronic media, etc.), tailor your submission appropriately.
- CoCA can accept Quicktime videos that are 90 seconds or less in length and a max file size of 150mb.
- If submitting a video, please email us and let us know, we will email you a link to our FTP server.
- Do NOT send us videos via email or attempt to post them to the submission page, except as links.
- Description of the proposed exhibition or work
- Artist's/Curator's Statement
- Artist's/Curator's Bio
- Contact info (address, phone, email).
- Artist's/Curator's web site link (if available).
Center on Contemporary Art
Attn: Programming Committee
6413 Seaview Ave NW Seattle WA 98107
(206) 728-1980