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now . . . Illume International Art Gallery announces an upcoming juried, collective exhibition entitled 'now'. It will premiere on our website on January 1, 2022 and remain online permanently (as long as Illume exists, not for eternity). Deadline for submissions is December 1, 2021. The world has gone through and is still going through a difficult and dangerous time since the pandemic spread across our planet. The idea for this exhibition is to chronicle the next 24 months or 2 years with art expressions. From what was happening 'now' on January 1, 2020 to what is happening 'now’ on any day until December 1, 2021. Whenever you create your artwork for the show will be your 'now' so do include the date of your artwork. Notifications of acceptance will be sent out to selected artists on December 21, 2021. Of course, if you already have a work about 'now' — please send it now and you can send other artworks until December 1, 2021.
There is no particular theme — just what is 'now’ on any day for artists whether about personal, global, spiritual, political, love or romance, scientific, war and violence, protests, bigotry, immigrants, medical or pandemic related, etc. What will have changed, transformed, or be gone? What will be new, continuing, expected, or unknown? What will be feared or hoped for? What ultimate impact did the COVID-19 pandemic have on our world and on our lives? Your work can be about anything that you want to express in the next 16 months.
During this time, we at Illume will also be looking for a physical gallery to co-host the online exhibition with us in 2022 or 2023. Physical galleries and venues often are booked 2 years in advance so that date will be determined when it is known and if we can book a venue. We welcome suggestions if artists know of a venue that would be appropriate. Venues that co-host the show will have the advantage of the exhibition, with the name and address of their venue, being online permanently giving them much exposure and credit as well.
Copy the information below, fill it out, and send with
each artwork you submit.
Information about you and your artwork:
Your name
Title of artwork (all artworks in the show must have titles)
Dimensions of artwork
Media used in the artwork
Date of all artworks must be between January 1, 2020 and December 1, 2021
Date must include the month
and year of creation
Country of residence
Optional statement about what the artwork represents
450 characters maximum
Website or webpage
Contact email
Exhibition Information and Dates:
1-10 artwork submissions allowed
Deadline for submissions: December 1, 2021
Acceptance emails sent out: December 21, 2021
Online exhibition premiere: January 1, 2022
Do NOT send us:
Photos of yourself
Your bios
Your CVs or résumes
Send your art submissions to: illume@windstream.net
Curators: As always our group exhibitions are curated/juried by artists, usually 2 artists. "now" is being curated by Michael Berry of Australia but our second artist curator prefers to remain anonymous as most of our curators also have chosen.