Call for Art: MISSION 17's 5th Annual Juried Exhibition

Application Deadline: October 25th, 2008

Exhibition: December 5th-January 17, 2008

Eligibility: Open to all West Coast artists. All media welcome.

Juried by: Clark Buckner (Director/Curator MISSION 17), Joseph del Pesco (Curator-At-Large, Artists Space, New York), Laura Mott (Assistant Director/Curator, MISSION 17), and Susan O'Malley (Assistant Curator, The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art)

Dream On!

Dreams have long been celebrated as sources of inspiration and analogues for artworks. In dreams we see that the world might be otherwise, that oppressive forces might be overcome, and that our wishes might be fulfilled. But the dreams that have driven the development of the modern world have resulted, to the contrary, in previously unimaginable nightmares. We live in a world where genocide has become commonplace, where the necessary conditions for life on earth are threatened by our own actions, and where there seems to be no limit to our exploitation of one another.

Is it naïve now to dream--a disavowal of the conflicts that in fact define our condition? Or has the need to dream become more urgent than ever?

For MISSION 17's Fifth Annual Juried Exhibition titled Dream On!--with both the sarcasm and sincerity implied by the phrase--we invite artists to submit work in response to the imperative.

Please submit the following for consideration:

1. Cover page with mailing address, email address, phone number, and title of work

2. Artists Statement

3. Artist Resume

4. Image list (title, media, dimensions, date)

5. No more than 6 images (Mac-compatible CD, or DVD with no more than 5 minute excerpt accepted).

*Please label CD or DVD with your name, and digital images with numbers corresponding to the image list.

6. Provide a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) with sufficient postage for the return material. MISSION 17 will make every attempt to safeguard submitted material, but cannot be responsible for loss or damage.

Drop off materials at the gallery or mail submissions to:

ATTN: Dream On!

MISSION 17

2111 Mission Street, Suite 401

San Francisco, CA 94110