Call for Entry
"ON MOTHERHOOD"
Ongoing Conversation, an international curatorial project invites emerging and established artists to submit original artworks to the small-scale art exhibition ‘On Motherhood’. All media will be considered, including ceramics, painting, printmaking, sculpture, fiber, photography, mixed media, and new genres. This exhibition will be held at the Kyoto Shibori Museum, Kyoto, Japan, and will be open to the public from September 1st to September 22nd, 2023.
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Each of us has our unique understanding of the word mother. Children are raised by their birth mothers - or sometimes not at all. Some have mothers who adopted them or grow up in foster care. Some have grandmothers, aunts, big sisters, or family friends raising us. Sometimes there is no mother but a male figure who mothers. For some mother is a distant concept: a memory, a hope, an unmet need. For some, nature is the most powerful definition of mother. Artists who broadly work with concepts including caregiving, nature, birth, re-birth, new mothers, mothers who lost their children, mourning mothers, childless mothers, surrogate mothers, birth mothers, foster care, or adoption are encouraged to apply.
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Important Dates:
Deadline: Registration form must be submitted by Fri, July 21st, 2023
Notification of acceptance: Mon, July 24th, 2023
Accepted works must arrive by Mon, August, 7th, 2023.
Opening Reception Fri, September 1st, 2023.
Exhibition closes Fri, September 22nd, 2023.