ONE - The Manifest Prize
Deadline: 8 December, 2010
Full-color catalog produced.
All of Manifest's calls for entry are competitive. The stiffness of the competition has increased in proportion to Manifest's growing reputation, powerful mission, and international reach. Our mission to stand for quality, to create a system whereby works are judged with objectivity as a primary aim, and assembled with as little subjective agenda as possible has gained the respect of thousands of artists from all over the world, and a vast following of arts lovers, patrons, and supporters.
We have worked hard to match the growing eagerness of artists around the world to show at Manifest by expanding our gallery spaces. The running linear feet within our three spaces is equal to that offered in many galleries in colleges and universities, and larger than many commercial spaces. And we have plans to expand further in coming years. However, we maintain that a smaller gallery enables such intense and refined exhibits to take place, and we respect the creative principle of reduction to an essential conclusive visual statement for each exhibit. This is what has led to the high caliber of each of Manifest's 77 exhibits to-date, and to the gallery's notable reputation.
With this principle of reduction in mind, we have been inspired by the intensity of jury after jury to whittle down a collection of entries to a suitable exhibit. With this we have determined to push the process to the ultimate limit - from among hundreds or thousands to select ONE single work to be exhibited in the Parallel Space at Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati from January 21 through February 18, 2011. This work will be the recipient of the new MANIFEST PRIZE, a cash award to a single work selected by our rigorous jury process, and presented in a gallery all to itself as the highlight of the process, an honor to the artist, and a poignant statement for gallery visitors. Note that size will not be a determining factor whatsoever in the selection of this work (other than that it must actually fit in the gallery). Small works will be considered equally alongside room-sized ones, or installations.
The Manifest Prize is planned to be an annual or biennial offering. The cash award will be no less than $300, but will be determined based on the total number of entries to the project. The prize will be a dollar amount equal to the total number of entries received. (i.e. 1000 entries will make the prize amount $1000).
Five semi-finalists will also be featured in the full-color exhibit catalog.
Deadline for entry: DECEMBER 8, 2010
For details on how to submit visit: http://www.manifestgallery.org/one
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For more information about Manifest's exhibit history visit: http://www.manifestgallery.org/about/schedule_index.html
To see images of past exhibits and events visit: http://www.manifestgallery.org/imagebank
For more information about Manifest's exhibit catalogs visit: http://www.manifestgallery.org/manifestpress
Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center
2727 Woodburn Avenue | Cincinnati, Ohio 45206 | 513-861-3638
http://www.manifestgallery.org/
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