National Juried Art Show in NYC: Color

National Deadline: May 19, 2014, June 2, 2014 - The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC) invites artists from all over the USA for a juried exhibit, “Color,” in our gallery - an 8,000 sf Civil War-era warehouse on the Red Hook waterfront. With its trendy restaurants, bars, boutiques and billion dollar view of the Statue of Liberty and New York Harbor, it’s an exciting place to visit and exhibit. The enormous space of the gallery affords us the opportunity to exhibit really huge work, and we welcome it.

Open to all US residents 18 years or older working in all traditional and non-traditional 2D and 3D media, including film/video when part of an installation. All artwork must be original in concept, design and execution.

JUROR: Lauren Hinkson, Assistant Curator at Solomon Guggenheim Museum

We are fortunate to be joined by a prestigious juror – Lauren Hinkson, Assistant Curator at Solomon Guggenheim Museum. With her experience, expect an exceptionally exciting exhibition!

Lauren Hinkson conducts permanent collection research with a focus on contemporary and time-based art. She also works closely with the museum’s acquisition committees and organizes presentations of works from the Guggenheim collection for venues worldwide. In addition to her research work, she has curated Il Guggenheim: l'Avanguardia americana, 1945–1980 at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome and Lasting Images at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Hinkson has also cocurated several collections-based exhibitions at the Guggenheim Museum in New York including Now’s the Time: Recent Acquisitions; Surface, Support, Process: The 1960s Monochrome in the Guggenheim Collection; Pop Objects and Icons from the Guggenheim Collection and Paired, Gold: Felix Gonzalez-Torres and Roni Horn. Prior to joining the Guggenheim in 2008, she worked in the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

AWARDS
$3000 IN cash awards.

• Best of Show Gold: $1000 At the Opening Reception, the artist whose work is juried as ‘Best of Show’ by Lauren Hinkson will receive a $1000 cash prize.
• Best of Show Silver: $500 At the Opening Reception, the artist whose work is juried ‘Best of Show Silver’ Lauren Hinkson will receive a $500 cash prize.
• Peoples' Choice: $250: The artist whose work is voted ‘Best’ by attendees during the course of the show will receive a $250 cash prize.
• Curators’ Choice: $250: The artist whose work the Show Curators choose for excellence will receive a $250 cash prize.
• Certificate of Recognition: $1000 $100 each for ten winners. All selections will be made by the juror, Lauren Hinkson.

CALENDAR
- Early Bird Discounted Deadline: May 19, 2014
- Final Submission Deadline: June 2, 2014
- Gallery Exhibition Dates: July 26-Aug 17, 2014 weekends 2-6PM
- Opening Reception: Saturday, July 26, 2014 from 2-6PM

APPLY ONLINE:
Visit BWAC for Prospectus and easy online entry.

About:
The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition is a 501.c.3 non-profit corporation. Organized in 1978, BWAC's 25,000 square foot gallery enjoys a vista that overlooks New York Harbor, the Statue of Liberty to the Verrazano Bridge. For over 30 years, BWAC has been exhibiting the artwork of contemporary visual arts from the traditional to the experimental cutting edge. We have two synergistic missions: to assist emerging artists in advancing their artistic careers; and to present the art-of-today in an easily accessible format.