Juried Open Call with Robert Shane: The Vision of Care
Main Gallery
April 9 – May 23, 2021

JURORS: Robert Shane – art historian, critic, and writer for the Brooklyn Rail. Associate Professor of Art History at the College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY.
SUBMIT ONLINE: Jan 10 – Feb 15, 2021
NOTIFICATION via email Mar. 7
SUBMISSION FORMAT: Artists will submit 4-10 jpgs/pngs/mp3/mov files of works for the juror’s consideration.
OPEN TO ARTISTS WITHIN 50 MILES OF WOODSTOCK
FEE: $20 fee/members free, all media welcome but must be able to deliver the work to WAAM (if tech is utilized, artist must provide setup & equipment), open to artists within 50 miles of Woodstock, NY

DROP OFF: March 31st and April 1st from 10 am-4 pm
PICKUP: Tuesdays and Thursdays after May 23rd

The Vision of Care

Posed as a visual complement to psychologist Carol Gilligan’s notion of “the voice of care”, this call for entries welcomes artwork in any media that touches on themes of care and related topics, for example: mothering/parenting/childcare, caring for the environment, self-care, empathy, tenderness, reciprocity, need, healing, vulnerability. This artwork might provoke questions about care: What relationships exist between the practice of care and the practice of art making? How do artists bear witness to care giving and care receiving? Through either their images or processes, what new visionary models of care do artists offer that viewers can in turn practice in the world outside the gallery? How can artistic visions help us to be responsive to difference so we can see the needs of others without “othering” them? What is art’s relationship to the time of care, as in art that cares for or commemorates the past or recalls memories of being cared for; art that cares for the present moment, as in contemplative arts traditions; or even art that begins to care for the future? The Vision of Care seeks to highlight the role art plays, to use the words of care theorists Joan C. Tronto and Bernice Fisher, “in maintaining and repairing our world so that we can live in it as well as possible.”

About the Juror

Robert Shane – art historian, critic, and writer for the Brooklyn Rail. Associate Professor of Art History at the College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY.

Thursday, February 4th
@ 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Free
A Members Only Event!

Join your fellow WAAM Members once again for a casual conversation and opportunity to share your recent artwork! We will break out into small groups for an intimate discussion. Feel free to hold up your artwork directly to the screen or use Zoom’s Share Screen feature to display a slideshow. View a tutorial here.

Please RSVP to Kellnersuzannah@gmail.com to receive the Zoom link.