Prospectus
63rd Annual All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition
August 10 – October 25, 2014
Representing a dynamic cross-section of our state's talent, the 63rd Annual All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition reinforces the Boca Museum's commitment to resident Floridians, provides professional exhibition opportunities for emerging artists, and reveals a provocative glimpse of the state-of-the-art today.
This Year’s Juror
The juror for the 63rd Annual All Florida is Trong Gia Nguyen, an independent curator, writer, and artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Over the last fifteen years, he has curated over 25 exhibitions in the United States and abroad. His shows have been reviewed in esteemed publications such as the New York Times, TimeOut, Village Voice, The Observer, and New Yorker Magazine. Currently Trong serves in multiple capacities –including Associate Curator– with Artist Pension Trust, a global organization with the unique goal of creating financial security for artists. From 2005-07, Trong founded and directed the Brooklyn gallery New General Catalog. He was also previously the Associate Director of Zabriskie Gallery from 2000-03. Trong has juried exhibitions at the Hunterdon Art Museum and other not-for-profit and commercial spaces, in addition to having participated on numerous talk, jury and portfolio review panels. Apart from curating, Trong was a senior editor at ArtSlant from 2009-13, where he also curated an annual exhibition. His texts and interviews have also appeared in Art:21, New York Arts Magazine, and Flavorpill. He continues to serve on the advisory boards of the Fashion in Film Festival, the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Project Space, and Florence Artist in Residence. Trong has guest-lectured at the Latvian Center for Contemporary Art, Location One, New York University School of Visual Arts, Columbia University, Icelandic Art Academy, and the Catalyst Foundation.
DEADLINE FOR ENTRY
All entries must be submitted online no later than Friday, June 6, 2014 using Juried Art Services. No materials will be accepted at the museum except for CDs of videos from video artists. All others must upload images using Juried Art Services. Video artists are to upload still shots from their videos to their Juried Art Services applications.
FEES and IMAGES
There is a non-refundable entry fee of $35 for the Boca Museum All Florida. For the $35, artists may submit 1, 2 or 3 artworks. Payment is accepted online by credit card. Enter payment information at the end of the application process.
Please read the following application instructions to the Boca Museum All Florida:
- Each artist may submit up to three artworks for the application fee of $35.00.
- 3D artists may submit two images per artwork in order to see the piece “in the round.”
- Video and time-based artists must include two still images per artwork submitted that represent the visual component of the work.
In addition, copies of the video or sound-based materials for the Boca Museum All Florida must be sent separately to:
Kelli Bodle, Assistant Registrar
Boca Raton Museum of Art
501 Plaza Real
Boca Raton, FL 33432
Work must be in readable CD or DVD format. DVDs must be playable in a standard DVD player. Video or sound materials must be arrive by Friday, June 6, 2014.
CONTACT
Address all general questions via email correspondence to Kelli Bodle, Assistant Registrar: kbodle@bocamuseum.org
Address specific questions regarding shipping and handling to Martin Hanahan, Registrar: mhanahan@bocamuseum.org
CASH AWARDS FOR THE BOCA MUSEUM ALL FLORIDA
$4,000.00 will be distributed as follows:
Best-In-Show (1): $1,500.00
Merit Awards (5): $500.00
Important Dates FOR THE BOCA MUSEUM ALL FLORIDA
Monday, March 17
JAS begins accepting online All Florida applications
FRIDAY, June 6
Deadline for entry (NO EXCEPTIONS)
THURSDAY, JUNE 12 through SUNDAY, JUNE 22
Judging of entries
MONDAY and TUESDAY, JUNE 23 & 24
Email notifications of acceptance and/or rejection
THURSDAY and FRIDAY, JULY 31 & AUGUST 1
Drop-off of works selected for exhibition
SATURDAY, AUGUST 9
Opening Reception 5-8pm
Awards presentation 6pm
SUNDAY, AUGUST 10 through SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25
Exhibition open to public
SUNDAY and MONDAY, OCTOBER 26 & 27
Pick-up of artworks