Call for Entries: MAGDALENA
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO NOVEMBER 6
For this call, International House, in collaboration with PhotoNOLA, invites photographers and mixed-media artists whose work incorporates photography, to submit images that imagine or reimagine Mary Magdalene. Entries are due October 31, 2013. All photographic processes are welcome, i.e.: print, image transfer, emulsion transfer, encaustic, black and white, color, etc., and but for the few rules stated in this invitation, the lone limit is imagination.
Jennifer Hudson – Flora One, selection from 2013 MAGDALENA exhibition
IDEA
We know her as Mapia. Maria. Miriam. Mandala. Migdal. Magdala. Magdalena, Mary of Magdala and Mary Magdalene. But who was she? Why was she? On one hand portrayed as Jesus’ closest confidant, Apostle to the apostles, friend, lover and soul mate. By others, the bad girl of the Bible, a repentant prostitute and demon-possessed crazy woman. And to some, she did it all, and she did it all well. No one in the Christian pantheon except Jesus, Mary his mother or perhaps “John the Baptist” has inspired artists more than Mary Magdalene. Her themes remain remarkably vivid today in a global conversation about women, female power, participation and sexuality. JURORS
Mary Schippers – Professor of Gender Studies, Tulane University
Genevieve Fussell – Senior Photo Editor, The New Yorker
Alexa Arroyo – Art Historian
EXHIBITION
From the submissions, twelve (12) artists will be invited to participate in the second annual MAGDALENA exhibition. Their 12 works of art will be a on display from December 06, 2014 – January 06, 2015 and offered for sale at prices established by each artist. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Alliance for International Women’s Rights.
This exhibition is part of Prospect 03+.
A limited edition exhibition catalog will be available through the hotel.
A reception and awards ceremony will take pace Friday, December 12, 2014 | 8-11P. Awards will be announced at 9:30 P.
The full complement of submissions will be projected in the hotel’s lobby via continuous digital loop during the reception and shall be displayed in the online-gallery of our MAGDALENA site.
APPLY HERE: www.whoismagdalena.com
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
International House has contributed $4500 for Purchase Awards. Jurors will, thus, bestow at least three purchase awards, with First, Second and Third place recognition. While scoring is subjective, we seek not merely the literal but art capable of informing the conversation about this important woman and sustaining a broader conversation about women.
Purchased art will be placed on permanent display in International House’s newly created magdalena gallery,a public space which pays tribute to extraordinary women and honors the divine feminine.
ELIGIBILITY
This Call for Entries is open worldwide to both amateur and professional photographers as well as mixed-media artists, whose work incorporates photography, working in all medium and styles. Experimental and mixed techniques are welcome. However, 3-D work is not eligible, and 2-D work must be no larger than 42” x 42” and no smaller than 20” x 30”.
ENTRY FEE
The entry fee is $30 for up to three images. Additional images may be submitted for $10 per image.
