CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:
Just Another June
Curated by Victoria Cheng, Chase Irvin, Josie Licavoli, Maya Salcido White, and Lonnie Taylor.
Root Division invites artists working in all media to submit work for Just Another June, to be presented at Root Division in June 2024.
Taking inspiration from the Bell Hooks quote: “Queer’ not as being about who you’re having sex with (that can be a dimension of it); but ‘queer’ as being about the self that is at odds with everything around it and that has to invent and create and find a place to speak and to thrive and to live.”
This show invites artists who explore the day-to-day of queerness– queerness in the mundane, queerness in the ordinary, queerness in mere existence, expansive queerness, quiet queerness, and beyond. The curatorial vision for the exhibition is to shift the focus away from heteronormative displays of queer lifestyles, and highlight a more nuanced yet familiar themes such as: platonic intimacy, chosen family, polyamorous parenthood, everyday subversive acts, and the relationship (and lack thereof) between gender expression and sexual preference. This is a celebration of just “being”.
The curators welcome all forms of art. Artists can use this call as a chance to experiment; multimedia, archival, immersive and spatially playful pieces are highly encouraged.
Priority Deadline: Friday, May 3, 2024, 11:59 pm
Exhibition dates: June 5 – 26, 2024
2nd Saturday Opening Reception: June 8, 2024
Artists will be notified if they were accepted within two weeks of the deadline.
HOW TO APPLY
Submissions are accepted through a Digital Application Form.
What to include in your application:
- Email Address
- Full Name, Artist Name (if different than full name) and Pronouns
- Mailing address
- Phone number
- Website and social media handle (if you have one)
- Support material: up to 4 images, including the work intended for the exhibition and if you like, images of previous work. Please know that total images are 4 regardless of combinations of previous work with intended works. All images must be labeled with artwork title, image description, media/materials (example paint on canvas), dimensions of the work listed as Height x Width ( x Depth if applicable) in inches, and year. You may submit a link to a 3-minute section of video or audio.
- Resume up to 2 pages
- Artist Statement up to 1 page
ABOUT ROOT DIVISION
Root Division is a visual arts non-profit located in San Francisco’s Mid-Market/SoMA District. Root Division’s mission is to empower artists, promote community service, inspire youth, and enrich the Bay Area through engagement in the visual arts.
Root Division’s 2nd Saturday Exhibition Series showcases high caliber work with an emphasis on Bay Area emerging artists reflecting contemporary artistic ideas and current social concerns, in a variety of artistic disciplines, aesthetic sensibilities, and forms of cultural expression. Exhibiting over 350 artists and hosting over 6,000 visitors to the gallery yearly through receptions, gallery hours, artist panels, online exhibitions, and digital programming, this dynamic program continues to grow in its relevance and importance in the careers of Bay Area artists and curators.