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Sunday, June 14, 2015

RICKSHAW ARTISTS CALL



Deadline: 10h00 to 15h00 on June 19, 2015

The Rickshaw invites art students and young established artists to partake in an exhibition surrounding the theme of Fixations, Obsessions and Preoccupations which will run from June 25 to July 2.

Fixations, Obsessions and Preoccupations explores and focuses on the psychological or physical manic obsession or fascination with an object or subject. Artists are encouraged to broadly explore the theme. There are no restrictions regarding size or choice of medium. Artists may submit new or pre-existing work.

Artworks must be submitted for selection by June 19, 2015, from 10h00 to 15h00 at Rickshaw.

Each artist may submit two works for selection. Work must be labelled clearly with the artist’s name and contact details as well as necessary details pertaining to the artwork, including pricing (optional). All artworks must be ready for hanging. Any equipment required in the displaying of the work must be provided by the artist.

Artists will be notified by email on June 20 if their work has been selected. Artworks not chosen will need to be collected before 15h00 on June 22.

The artworks selected will be shown in the exhibition on opening night June 25 at 18h30.

Fixations, Obsessions and Preoccupations runs from June 25 until July 2 at The Rickshaw, 106 Williams Road, Umbilo. For more information contact Ashleigh Ruiters on 071 3511 971; Kirsty Meek on 074 5452 018 or Brooke Schafer on 084 4952 842.