Raised Voices: 4/11

Zygote Press is currently looking for artists for an exhibition of artists’ books responding to the title: Raised Voices: artists’ books for troubled times. Please see the curators’ statement for more details.

Only fine art books and book based work will be accepted for consideration. Dimensions, media, and materials are all the choice of the artist. We are hoping that the books can be read and handled by viewers, but some vitrine space will be available for more fragile pieces.

The exhibition is being curated by Susan Vincent and Wendy Partridge. Susan Vincent is a printmaker and book artist. She received her BFA from Kent State University in printmaking and currently works at SPACES, an alternative contemporary art gallery in Cleveland. At SPACES Vincent manages the experimental project space, SPACELab and works as the Membership and Administrative Manager. In September 2008 Vincent spent five weeks in Germany on an international residency exchange program funded by Zygote Press, the Ohio Arts Council, and the City of Dresden. Wendy Partridge is a painter and printmaker. She studied art at San Francisco State University and the California College of Arts and Crafts. During that time she apprenticed with Peter Koch at his letterpress studio in Berkeley, California and at the Press in Tuscany Alley, San Francisco. She has a graduate degree in art conservation from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University and works as a paintings conservator at the Intermuseum Conservation Association in Cleveland, Ohio. She occasionally teaches workshops on the fundamentals of letterpress printing at Zygote Press.

The deadline for submission is Saturday April 11, 2009. Zygote Press will be open from 10-5 on April 11 for drop-offs. The exhibit opens Friday May 1st and runs through June 6th, 2009.

For more information or questions, contact the either curator via email
suevince@gmail.com or wpartridge@ica-artconservation.org

ENTRY PROCEDURE
For consideration, the artist must submit the actual piece to Zygote Press along with high res digital images of previous work for PR purposes.

No other supplemental materials will be taken into consideration during the jury process.

Unaccepted work and CDs will only be returned if accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope; otherwise unaccepted work will be available for pick-up at Zygote Press on April 15th and April 18th , 2009. CDs of selected artists will be retained for use in the promotion of Raised Voices: artists’ books for troubled times.

Complete application forms must accompany all submitted work. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please see following page for the application form.