MOMENTUM 2025 Spotlight Artist
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MOMENTUM 2025: SPOTLIGHT ARTISTS
The Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition seeks project proposals from Oklahoma artists ages 18-30 for MOMENTUM 2025 Spotlight Artists projects. MOMENTUM is an interactive, multidisciplinary art event. Three MOMENTUM Spotlight Artists will be selected to receive curatorial guidance to create a new project or body of work that debuts at MOMENTUM 2025, April 4-5 at The Yale Theater in Oklahoma City.
ELIGIBILITY:
MOMENTUM Spotlight is open to artists ages 18-30 who live and work in Oklahoma, or who have a permanent address in Oklahoma. Performance artists, filmmakers, installation, 2D, and 3D artists are all encouraged. Past MOMENTUM Spotlight artists are ineligible to apply.
Applicants must be current OVAC members to apply. Membership benefits include access to OVAC's members' only resources, inclusion in OVAC's online Artist Gallery, discount for Artist Survival Kit (ASK) workshops, entry fees waived for OVAC opportunities, and more. Student memberships are $25 per year and individual memberships are $45 per year. Join OVAC today.
Artists must be available for the installation and exhibition of their work.
HONORARIA:
Three MOMENTUM Spotlight Artists will be selected to receive curatorial guidance to create a new project or body of work that debuts at MOMENTUM 2025, April 4-5 at The Yale Theater in Oklahoma City. Spotlight Artists will receive a $1,000 honorarium for the creation of their projects.
AWARDS:
Cash prizes may be selected for $400 Curator’s Choice and $200 Emerging Curator's Choice awards. Additionally, a $200 Viewer’s Choice Award is voted by the audience during the event. Artists selected for awards will be notified during the event.
TIMELINE:
Oct 1 - Spotlight Proposal Applications open
Nov 5 - Spotlight Proposals Applications due
Nov 30 - Spotlight Artists Notified
Early-Mid Dec – Spotlight orientation via Zoom with Guest Curator, Emerging Curator, Spotlight Artists, and OVAC Staff. Exact Date and Time TBD
Jan-Mar - Studio visits and feedback from Curator and Emerging Curator
April 2-3 - MOMENTUM Installation
April 4-5 – MOMENTUM at The Yale Theater in Oklahoma City
PROPOSALS MUST INCLUDE:
Title and Description of the proposed project, no more than 500 words. The description should give as much information as possible within the word limit to explain the concept of the work and how you will complete it.
Artist Statement, no more than 500 words in third person format. Describe yourself and your artistic practice and how it relates to your current/past body of work and the work you hope to create.
Resume/CV
5–10 images of past work and/or up to 5-minute samples of time-based artwork. Images must be jpegs. Please label with last name and number corresponding to the image list. (e.g., Smith01.jpg, Smith02.jpg, Smith03.jpg…) Image sheet info must include title, medium, year created, and dimensions. Or, write a brief description of samples for time-based artwork.
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Late or incomplete entries will not be accepted.
OTHER DETAILS:
OVAC is not responsible, at any time, for the loss, damage or theft of artwork. Artists are encouraged to carry their own insurance policies. Submission of artwork constitutes an agreement on the part of the artist to the conditions set forth in this prospectus and shall further include permission to reproduce work for publication. Selected artwork must come presentation ready (i.e., framed with wire or d-rings, ready-to-display). Curators reserve the right to refuse works that differ from those submitted or are deemed not presentation-ready. Artists are responsible for the delivery and post-event pick-up of materials. OVAC will retain a 30% commission on all works sold at the event.
QUESTIONS For questions, please contact ariana@ovac-ok.org.