ARTISTS CALL
Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles (BLM-LA) and the Museum of Social Justice are partnering to curate an outdoor art exhibition, "New Black City: A World Without Police" at El Pueblo Historical Monument. This call for entries invites Black artists to submit their artwork for display in the exhibition. We solicit works of art that document the Black Lives Matter movement, illustrate the themes of police abolition and police defunding, and reimagine what Los Angeles could be without policing and other carceral systems. Through this exhibition, we seek to amplify the movement’s policy demand: to reclaim the billions of dollars that systems of law enforcement drain from Black communities and invest those resources in community-driven, life-affirming systems of care and services that truly keep us safe and lead to Black flourishing. When Black people flourish, everyone can flourish. When Black people are free, everyone can be free.
Submit your paintings, photography, drawings, sculptures, existing BLM artifacts (i.e. signs, posters, photos, noisemakers, flyers, clothes, altars, etc.), digital works, and entries using other mediums to (https://gf.fan/blm/newblackcity). The exhibition is scheduled for May 2021. Entries must engage the theme, "New Black City: A World Without Police." Submissions will be open through March.
We invite Black artists to submit works of art that meets the following specifications:
•Flat artwork (paintings/drawings, photography, etc.)
•Dimensional artwork (sculptures, installations, etc.)
•Digital/Media artwork (video, still images)
Along with your art entry, the Museum will need the following information:
1) Artist(s) name(s) and name of organization (if part of or representing one)
2) Title of the art piece
3) Medium
4) Year the piece was created
5) A small description of the entry, if desired (60 words or less)
All entries will be returned to the artist at the conclusion of the exhibition. The Museum and BLM-LA will make every effort to protect the pieces from vandalism, deterioration caused by weather, and other forces. However, artists should understand that the exhibition will be displayed outdoors in a public area. An outdoor exhibition allows the general public to interact more fully with the exhibition, but it is also a less controlled environment than inside a museum or gallery. Before participating in the exhibition, artists will be required to sign a release of liability for damage to their artwork.
Please direct all questions to [email protected]. We look forward to receiving your entries!
Submit your paintings, photography, drawings, sculptures, existing BLM artifacts (i.e. signs, posters, photos, noisemakers, flyers, clothes, altars, etc.), digital works, and entries using other mediums to (https://gf.fan/blm/newblackcity). The exhibition is scheduled for May 2021. Entries must engage the theme, "New Black City: A World Without Police." Submissions will be open through March.
We invite Black artists to submit works of art that meets the following specifications:
•Flat artwork (paintings/drawings, photography, etc.)
•Dimensional artwork (sculptures, installations, etc.)
•Digital/Media artwork (video, still images)
Along with your art entry, the Museum will need the following information:
1) Artist(s) name(s) and name of organization (if part of or representing one)
2) Title of the art piece
3) Medium
4) Year the piece was created
5) A small description of the entry, if desired (60 words or less)
All entries will be returned to the artist at the conclusion of the exhibition. The Museum and BLM-LA will make every effort to protect the pieces from vandalism, deterioration caused by weather, and other forces. However, artists should understand that the exhibition will be displayed outdoors in a public area. An outdoor exhibition allows the general public to interact more fully with the exhibition, but it is also a less controlled environment than inside a museum or gallery. Before participating in the exhibition, artists will be required to sign a release of liability for damage to their artwork.
Please direct all questions to [email protected]. We look forward to receiving your entries!
Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles + Museum of Social Justice
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