Barrett Art Exhibit - Call for Artwork

Attention ALL Barrett Students!

Looking for an opportunity to showcase your creative talent? Your artistic flair?

Apply now!

Application Deadline: Friday, February 5th at 5 p.m.

We are looking for “ready-to-hang” artwork (paintings, drawings, photography, collages, select sculptures) from current Barrett students to display in our Barrett Downtown Art Space.
(You do not need to be an art student to qualify—all majors are welcome to participate!)

With two installations per year, this year-round exhibit space is located on the ground floor of the University Center building at the ASU Downtown Phoenix campus. Various students, faculty, local community members, and visitors pass by this space on a daily basis and enjoy the artwork. Take advantage of this opportunity to display your artwork and represent Barrett, The Honors College.

Our next installation will extend from March 16, 2010 through August 4, 2010, and it will include a public viewing on Friday, April 2, 2010 in conjunction with Artlink’s First Fridays and the university’s Fifth Urban Gallery Exhibition.

Requirements:

· Artist must be able to attend the Urban Gallery Exhibition - Friday, April 2, from 5 to 9 p.m.

· All artwork must be submitted in-person to the Barrett Downtown offices by March 12, 2010.

· All artwork must be framed and ready-to-hang. (i.e. should have a wire or similar hanging mechanism on the back side of the piece.)

· Artists must arrange for work to be collected on August 4, 2010

TO APPLY…

E-mail Jennifer.Kitson@asu.eduwith the following information by 5 p.m. Friday, February 5^th:

1. Name, ASU ID

2. E-mail address

3. Phone number

4. Major, year/status

5. Artist Statement: 75-100 word statement (e.g., about the artist(s), the artistic process and/or the artwork)

6. Genre (i.e., painting, photography, collage, etc.) NOTE: Artwork MUST be framed and ready-to-hang

7. Title of work

8. Description (i.e., dimensions/materials)

9. For sale? Y/N

10. Photo: Attach a high-resolution digital photograph of artwork to e-mail

IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES

· Friday, Feb. 5 at 5 p.m. – Application Deadline for Spring-Summer Installation (March 16, 2010 – August 4, 2010) in the Barrett Downtown Art Space

· March 1 – Selection and notification of acceptance to Fall-Winter Installation

· March 16, 10 a.m. to noon – Deliver and install artwork, University Center Building, Downtown Phoenix campus

· March 16 through August 4 – Artwork on display

· Friday, April 2 – Urban Gallery Exhibition & First Fridays Artwalk, 5 to 9 p.m.

· August 4, 10 a.m. to noon – Students arrange to collect artwork, UCENT

General Rules & Regs:

Eligibility. This invitational is open to students who are enrolled in Barrett, The Honors College, on any of the four ASU campuses. Submissions depicting/referencing illegal activities cannot be considered; and all artwork must be approved by the DPc Vice President’s office prior to display.

Restrictions. Image size and number is limited by the space that Barrett has been allocated for the exhibition. Any single artist may submit a maximum of four works. A ”storyboard” will accompany each work/installation to support educational engagement and offer context; therefore, any submissions that do not include the 75-100 word statement will not be accepted.

Sales. Artists may sell their work; ASU does not require any percent of the proceeds of sales occurring through the Exhibition; artists determine the distribution of 100 percent of the proceeds from sales.

Insurance & Liability: Neither ASU, nor Barrett, The Honors College, assumes liability for any damage to pieces on loan and the artist should self-insure art as appropriate. Artists must sign a liability waiver upon delivery of their artwork.

QUESTIONS?

E-mail Jennifer.Kitson@asu.edu.

Fall 2009 Semester Survey

To better meet the needs of our students, we want to hear from you about your experience with Barrett Downtown this semester. What kinds of programs are valuable to you? When are you available to attend information sessions?

Help us out by taking this quick survey before Friday, January 8th.

Need an incentive? How about… TWO FREE AMC Movie Passes!

All you have to do is lend us five quick minutes of your time. And, in return, we’ll put your name in a drawing for two AMC Movie Passes!

Click here to take survey

BLAST'D meeting - Friday September 4th!

The Barrett Leadership and Service Team at the ASU Downtown Phoenix campus (BLAST'D), the student organization for Barrett Downtown, are having their first meeting of the 2009-2010 academic year this Friday, September 4th. It will be in the Cronkite/8 building (555 N Central Ave), classroom 121, from 12.30-1.30pm.

The agenda is online for review and comment at http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcbnz9b2_85fbprpsd4. Please note that the agenda is subject to change.

We hope to see you there!

Welcome to the Fall 2009 semester!

Dear fellow Barrett Downtown students:

On behalf of the entire Barrett Downtown community, I welcome you to the Fall 2009 semester and the 2009-2010 academic year. With the hard work and dedication of Jill Johnson, Dr. Laura Peck, and numerous Barrett Downtown students, Barrett’s inaugural year on the Downtown Phoenix campus far exceeded everyone’s expectations. True to Barrett fashion, however, we are not going to rest on these laurels: we are going to have an even better year this year.

We are delighted to welcome to the Barrett Downtown community students from programs that have recently moved to our campus. We are excited to have you here and we look forward to working with you in this and future semesters. You join a community of scholars who have embedded themselves into this vibrant urban laboratory that is Downtown Phoenix. The programs that are here on our campus share professional counterparts within a mile’s radius from the campus and you may take an internship with one of these organizations.

As both Jill and Dr. Peck mentioned in their letters, there are several Barrett-associated student organizations here on this campus. All clubs share a common purpose: to foster a sense of community among those in Barrett Downtown. From the Book Club to B-Town D-Town (our residential college), these clubs are great ways to meet people who share common interests and passions in a unique setting. And if there is a club that you want to create, I remind you that it takes three students and a faculty/staff advisor to create and register a club here at ASU and the Downtown Phoenix campus.

This leads me to the club I help to run, the Barrett Leadership and Service Team at the ASU Downtown Phoenix campus, or BLAST’D. For this semester, we are planning several signature events, including a social in the A.E. England building at the Civic Space Park, a light rail progressive dinner with our Tempe campus friends, and other unique events. We are also in the process of partnering with various nonprofit and nongovernmental agencies to provide opportunities for you to help make our shared community a better place.

BLAST’D’s meetings will be on the first Friday of each month. While we are still figuring out the exact time and place of our meetings, we do know this: we want you to join us! Do you want to help plan our events or service opportunities? Do you have ideas for events that we’ve overlooked? We are a small program here on a small campus, and so we want to hear from you. I strongly encourage you to join us at our meetings and in our work.

So once again, welcome to this new year. We have a lot of activities planned and we’re excited for what is to come. And as always, if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Jill Johnson, Dr. Peck, or me.

With all best wishes for a fantastic semester and year–

Edward C.H. Jensen
President, Barrett Leadership and Service Team at the ASU Downtown Phoenix campus
echj [at] asu [dot] edu, edwardjensen.net, facebook.com/edwardjensen

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