THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS

HANDS-ON JEWELRY EXHIBIT - CALL FOR ARTISTS

The Museum of Contemporary Craft invites artists to help create an interactive exhibition in a museum setting - one in which the visitor is invited to touch, try on and physically engage art jewelry. For this exhibition, artists are encouraged to explore questions of materiality, construction, design and wearability. Putting aside preciousness, makers of art jewelry are invited to create objects that give audiences the freedom to touch - and temporarily wear - these adornments.

This innovative approach to the exhibition of art jewelry will coincide with Framing · The Art of Jewelry (on view January 19 - May 11, 2008), an exhibition of selected works from the forthcoming Metalsmith: Exhibition in Print 2007, curated by Ellen Lupton. Together, the three exhibitions will provide multiple ways for audiences to consider the art jewelry object: in print, in a museum exhibition and through interaction.

Eligibility: open to international artists and designers
Media: art jewelry/mixed media
Entry fee: $15
Jurors: Rebecca Scheer, Rachelle Thiewes, Namita Gupta Wiggers
Deadline to apply: 5pm on August 15, 2007 - this is not a postmark deadline

For further information contact Kat Perez, Curatorial Assistant: kperez@contemporarycrafts.org | 503.223.2654

ARTIST APPLICATION DEADLINE AUGUST 15

ANNOUNCING THE GIRLIE SHOW SCHOLARSHIP WINNER

We have a winner! We are proud to announce that Jessica Beethe, local artist extraordinaire and just all-around cool chick, is the recipient of the first official Girlie Show $1000 scholarship!

Jessica is a senior at Oklahoma Christian University school of Art + Design as well as a partner in local design studio, Red House Studios.

Her paintings and illustrations demonstrate the depth of her conceptual thinking and ability to translate the whims of her imagination into palpable expressions of emotion and feeling. She describes her work as “a journey down the hole of humanity, focusing on the female’s inner form from a surface glance; their mysteriousness and grace coupled with nature’s animalistic turmoil.”

Jessica is a dynamic individual who is going to contribute much to the Oklahoma art scene – and we are proud to be a part of making it happen.

An exhibit of Jessica's work
will be hosted by:
Blue 7
Mayfair Shopping Center
NW 50th and May
Oklahoma City
AUGUST 4 - AUGUST 18.

Congratulations Jessica! You rock!

CALL FOR ARTISTS AND CRAFTERS!!!

Vendor application forms are now available online. Download HERE. Deadline for submittal is August 15, 2007. We can't wait to see all your wonderful fabulous creative work. Girls Rock!

THE CANVAS SHOW

Check it!
The Canvas Show is coming soon...Friday, June 1...and The Girlies are representin'. Come see and bid on our stylin' designs...cause you can never have enough shoes, right? (Okay, silly question.) There will be some way cool work there and all created on canvas Vans by 75 artists...many from The Girlie Show. So, come show some love...Proceeds benefit the Art After School Program, which is the greatest!!! See you there with bells on!!!

MINI-DOCUMENTARY

So, in case you haven't seen it yet or didn't notice the giant link in the right hand column...The Girlie Show Mini-Documentary is out in the world. Footage was taken at the show last year. It features some of our fabulous artists, gives overview shots of the crowd and has bits of narrative by The Girlies - Marilyn, Dawn and Erin. It's a lot of fun, we hope you like it...check it out here. We're so proud of our baby girl and how she's grown.

Lots of fun and exciting things are in store for the 2007 show. We will keep you advised...you won't want to miss!

ANNOUNCING THE CALL FOR ARTISTS

Applications are now available for The Girlie Show 2007. Deadline for submission is August 15. Click HERE to download an application.

Mark your calendars with the show dates - Friday and Saturday, October 12-13.