Call for Art | Abandoned Margins: Policing the Black Female Body
ABANDONED MARGINS: POLICING THE BLACK FEMALE BODY
EXHIBITION DATES: JANUARY 15 – FEBRUARY 25, 2016
FINAL ENTRY DEADLINE: OCTOBER 15, 2015
NOTIFICATIONS: NOVEMBER 11, 2015
SUBMISSIONS: CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT WORK TO THIS CALL FOR ART
Exhibition conceived and selections curated by: Janice Bond, multimedia artist, curator, and arts advocate.
Exhibition Description: “He grabbed me, twisted my arm on my back and shoved me in the grass and starting pulling the back of my braids. I was telling him to get off me because my back was hurting bad,” said 15 year old Dajerria Becton of her attempted arrest at a pool party.
“I will light you up! Get out! Now!” said the officer as he drew a stun gun and pointed it at 28 year old Sandra Bland after she refused to leave her car following the receipt of her ticket.
Representations of black women in US popular culture and public discourse frequently depict them stereotypically as overweight and asexual or hypersexualized and in need of less protection, but more policing for moral failures. The black female body then becomes an object in the faces of power, brutality, and fetishism– detached from the name and identity it belongs to. Abandoned Margins will feature works of art that seek to create a new and empowering visual language that challenges the supremacist systems under which black female bodies are marginalized and lack agency.
Curator Bio: Janice Bond is a communications, programs, and business development strategist specializing in arts and culture. Over the past decade, Bond has orchestrated a range of curatorial projects and programs, interactive, and creative marketing campaigns. In the community, she lends her time to multiple organizations and institutions as a gracious speaker, board member, volunteer, and mentor. In 2013, she was appointed Director of Arts and Culture at IMAN with a focus of using art as a tool for social justice and restorative healing on Chicago’s Southwest Side and beyond. Janice opened Gallery Oni in 2014, a contemporary art gallery and cultural space located in Chicago, Illinois. As a visual/multimedia artist, her original paintings, installations, and collective soundscapes focus on human perspective, sacred geometry, identity, sound frequencies, and indigenous fractal patterns found in various cultures and urban landscapes.
The application fee for juried exhibitions is $30 for up to three images of works, including details. A limited number of artists who experience financial hardship may be exempt from paying the entry fee; please send us an email to request a fee waiver: gallery@womanmade.org. All applicants should submit an artist's statement explaining how their work relates to the exhibition's themes. Accepted artworks must not exceed 72" horizontally and must not have been previously shown at WMG. For questions contact Gallery Coordinator Melanie Demos: melanie@womanmade.org.
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