Amulets, Nazars & Evil Eyes : Artists Looking Forward, Queens College Art Center, NY

Amulets, Nazars & Evil Eyes: Artists Looking Forward // Exhibition Dates  :  May 2 - June 29, 2012 // Application Deadline: Friday, March 23, 2012 // Application fee  :  none

Queens College Art Center presents an open call for artists working in all disciplines on the theme of Amulets, Nazars and Evil Eyes for a group exhibition, Amulets, Nazars & Evil Eyes: Artists Looking Forward.

Many cultures believe an evil eye can cause injury or bad luck for the person at whom it is directed for reasons of envy or dislike. Attempts to ward off the curse of the evil eye have led to proliferation of talismans around the Mediterranean, especially in Turkey. Artists are invited to submit contemporary work on personal histories of the evil eye (nazar) and the submitted work should seek commonality within their own practice and culture. All traditional and non-traditional media are acceptable for submission and artists working in any discipline may apply.

For more information, please visit : http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/Art_Library/nazar.html Successful applicants will be contacted by March 30, 2012.  For further questions or queries, please contact frances.chan@qc.cuny.edu.

To submit your materials by email: Email by Friday, March 23 at 11:59 EST all materials (resume (PDF), statement (PDF), biography (PDF), image list (PDF) and 5 jpeg images) to artcenter@qc.cuny.edu. Each image jpeg must not exceed 1 MB in size and be labeled in this format: lastnameofartist_title_numberofslide.jpg

To mail* your submission :  Send all submission materials to :  Queens College Art Center Amulets, Nazar & Evil Eyes Queens College, CUNY Rosenthal , Room 601 65-30 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY 11367-1597

*To be considered,  mailed submissions must reach Queens College Art Center by end of business day on March 23 and will only be returned to applicants including an SASE.