Call for Exhibition Proposals 2017 for Westbeth Gallery

Correspondence Show 2015, curator Steve Clorfeine. Photo Christina Maile

Background
The Westbeth Gallery is a nonprofit fine arts gallery located within Westbeth Artist Housing in the West Village in Manhattan. The mission of the gallery is to offer the opportunity for the general public to see the work of the residents of Westbeth and to serve the larger community by presenting work of emerging artists, work of mid-career or senior artists, work that is under-represented in commercial galleries or curated shows that present work in new and interesting ways. The gallery is operated by the Westbeth Artists Residents Council which is a volunteer organization elected by the residents of the building. As such, exhibitors are given latitude in the content and arrangement of their work once it is selected and are expected to work independently to curate, promote and install their exhibition professionally.

The gallery is seeking proposals from institutions, curators or individual artists for public exhibitions in 2017. Each exhibition is approximately three weeks in length and must use all four rooms of our 2900 square foot gallery. Preference is given to proposals that highlight under-served artistic communities; which frame traditional artistic forms in new ways or which contextualize some aspect of Westbeth’s artistic or architectural history. Preference is also given to resident artists for at least half of the exhibition slots each season. Proposed exhibitions should be composed of artwork that is the product of professional artists. Student or community-made artwork is not being presented by Westbeth Gallery at this time.

Application Requirements
Please submit the following:
• 500 word statement of your proposed exhibition including title
• A C.V. of the curator and/or featured artist(s)
• Any visual support materials you feel are relevant
• Submission must be sent by June 30th, 2016

Gallery Information
Guidelines for the gallery and floor plans can be found at www.westbeth.org under About/Westbeth Gallery.

Selection Process
Once we have received your application, it will be reviewed members of the Visual Arts Selection Sub-Committee. Proposals that are accepted will be notified by August 31st.

EXHIBITION PROPOSAL COVER SHEET

Name of Featured Artist(s) and/or Institution: ___________________________________

Contact Name: ____________________________________________________________

Contact Email Address: _____________________________________________________

Contact Phone Number: ____________________________________________________

Proposed Title: ___________________________________________________________

Medium(s) (sculpture, mixed-media, painting, video, etc): ___________________________

Expected total number of works: __________

Size of works (range): ________________

Special Requirements for the Exhibition: __________________________________

Number of Participating Artists: ___________

Are your artists from New York City? Tri-State Area? International? ___________

Do you plan on hosting artist talks or other special events during your exhibit? Please describe:

___________________________________________________________________________

Please submit this application cover sheet along with:
• 500 word statement of your proposed exhibition including title
• A C.V. of the curator and/or featured artist(s)
• Any visual support materials you feel are relevant. Up to ten 72dpi jpegs or printout or up to two URLs. Support materials will not be returned.

SUBMIT IN ONE OF THREE WAYS:
• Email your proposal to westbethgallery@gmail.com
• Mail it to Westbeth Gallery, 55 Bethune Street, New York, NY 10014