Call for submissions: Unfinished: Show Us What You're Made Of, a group exhibition part of LiP (Life in Progress) an art series

Call For Artists:
Unfinished: Show Us What You're Made Of!
A Curated Group Exhibition

"Unfinished: Show Us What You're Made Of!" is part of  LIP (Life in Progress), an art series examining "progress" organized by AnySquared Projects.

LIP was selected to be one of 12 Featured Program Series highlighted for Chicago Artists Month.

http://www.chicagoartistsmonth.org/lip-life-in-progress/

"Unfinished" is seeking works showcasing the unique process of creation: both through "finished" or "unfinished" works. The "finished" works should be accompanied by sketches, photos, layers, writings, materials and inspirations that reveal the process of making the work. The "unfinished"/works-in-progress should be works at a stand-still, waiting for an inspiration to complete, or merely not done (unfinished work can also be accompanied by materials that reveal the process). The exhibition intends to demystify the process of art-making by revealing how works-in-progress develop: How do you do what you do?  Show us what your art is made of!

All medium will be accepted, but must be able to hang on a wall.

(If you are a video artist, we are curating a film night. Please email projects@anysquared.com and we will send you the Film/Video Screening application.)

To Submit work to "Unfinished" email Projects@AnySquared.com, write "LIP: Unfinished" in subject line and include:
1) Your name
2) email
3) website
4) phone number
5) a description of how you do what you do or why your work is unfinished (up to 200 words)
6) Submit up to 3 works/work-in-progress:
Include sketches, photos, layers, writings, materials and inspirations that reveal the process of making the work. Email 1-3 jpgs of each work and support materials revealing its process. JPGs should be approx 8X10 at 144ppi or 1152 pixels X 1449 pixels.

Deadline for submissions September 20.
Each selected artist will be notified by September 23

Exhibition on display October 8 through November 7, 2010
October 8, 6-10-pm Opening Reception event
New Wave Coffee, 2557 N. Milwaukee Avenue

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LIP (Life in Progress): LIP asks local artists to explore definitions of progress, visions of progress, or critiques of "progress", as well as how we progress  (in our work, in our art, in our communities, as human beings, in the world, in the city, etc.). During Chicago Artists Month, LIP is showcasing the answers through curated group exhibitions of visual art, a screening of video/film and a public open studio/art-making day (we invite the public into the process of making art with us). The selected venues for LIP are also part of the current everyday landscape of Logan Square, i.e regular places, bars, cafes, empty storefronts and not a traditional gallery settings.

AnySquared is an artist collaborative: participating members are Thomas Berbas, Tracy Kostenbader, Maria Hummel, Mendy Newman, Iris Iris Pasic, Julia Rochholz, Ryan Scheidt, Brett Swinney and others. For more information about AnySquared, visit www.AnySquared.com or email projects@anysquared.com. 

LIP (Life in Progress) is part of Chicago Artists Month 2010, the fifteenth annual celebration of Chicago’s vibrant visual art community. In October, more than 200 exhibitions of emerging and established artists, openings, demonstrations, tours, open studios and neighborhood art walks take place at galleries, cultural centers and arts buildings throughout the city. LIP was selected to be one of 12 Featured Programs highlighted for Chicago Artists Month. Chicago Artists Month is coordinated by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. For more information, visit www.chicagoartistsmonth.org.