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The Mosesian Center for the Arts invites artists to submit work exploring ideas of displacement, migration and immigration. What does it mean to move geographically and more importantly how does migrating affect one’s cultural identity? How does navigating different cultures shape one’s world view? Does the current social and political climate influence the discourse around immigration? Can art help us understand voices that are not our own? In addition, this exhibition seeks to celebrate diversity but also solidarity, and hope.
Mosesian Arts is accepting artwork of all media that addresses concepts of migration, cultural identity and the discourse around immigration. The exhibition aims to bring awareness of what is to be “the other” and creates an environment where diversity is acknowledged and celebrated. In encouraging artists to share their stories of hardship, resilience and hope, the exhibition aims to start a conversation around migration and the role of cultural identity in artistic expression.
The Mosesian Center for the Arts is excited to welcome Boston- based, Lebanese-born artist Rania Matar as the jurors for the exhibition. Rania Matar was born and raised in Lebanon and moved to the U.S. in 1984. As a Lebanese-born American woman and mother, her cross-cultural experience and personal narrative inform her photography. Matar’s work has been widely exhibited in museums worldwide, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Carnegie Museum of Art, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Rollins Museum of Art, and more. It is part of the permanent collections of several museums, institutions, and private collections. A mid-career retrospective of her work was recently on view at Cleveland Museum of Art, Amon Carter Museum of Art, and American University of Beirut Museum.
Matar received a 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship, 2017 Mellon Foundation artist-in-residency grant, 2011 Griffin Museum of Photography Legacy Award, and a Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowships in 2021, 2011 and 2007. In 2008 she was a finalist for the Foster Award at the ICA/Boston, with an accompanying solo exhibition.
She published four books: SHE, 2021; L’Enfant-Femme, 2016; A Girl and Her Room, 2012; Ordinary Lives, 2009.
Important Dates:
Submission Deadline: March 20, 2022
Announcing Selected Artists: Week of April 4, 2022
Drop-off Dates: Thursday, April 21, 12:00 pm–5:00 pm / Saturday, April 23, 10:00 am–12:00 pm
*Shipped work must be received no later than April 22, 2022
Exhibition Opens: May 5, 2022
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 26, 5:30–7:30 pm
Exhibition Closes: June 30, 2022
Artwork Pick-up: July 2, July 5
*Please note that the Mosesian Center for the Arts reserves the right to make minor adjustments to the exhibition timeline.
Eligibility:
Artists regardless of location are welcome to apply, including international artists. Local artists will be provided drop-off time and date details upon acceptance. Non-local selected artists work must be received at the Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA 02472 c/o exhibitions by April 22, 2022. Non-local artists are responsible for shipping costs both to and from the MCA, unless other arrangements are made, and are responsible for insuring their work while in transit. If shipping work, each artist must provide a pre-paid, UPS or FedEx return shipping label including insurance. Please pack your work in sturdy reusable packaging. The Mosesian Center for the Arts carries appropriate insurance to cover all artwork in the show for the duration of the exhibition, including the time frame of drop-off, installation, de-installation and pick-up.
Submission Fee:
$10 per submission. Limit 5 submissions per artist member. Artwork must be submitted online at: https://mca-acrosscultures.artcall.org
Commission Structure:
Artists receive 60% commission and the Mosesian Center for the Arts receives 40% for art sold during the exhibition. The Artist reserves all copyrights and reproduction rights on the artwork in the exhibition. Mosesian Center for the Arts may duplicate and reproduce images of work for purposes of public relations and exhibition announcements directly related to the exhibition.
About the Mosesian Center for the Arts:
The Mosesian Center for the Arts is a vibrant multi-disciplinary arts organization in Watertown, Massachusetts, situated six miles from downtown Boston, bordering the Charles River and the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, and easily accessible from surrounding suburbs. The 30,000 square foot center, located within a former United States Army arsenal, houses a 340-seat main stage theater, a 100-seat black box theater, exhibition galleries, classrooms, a rehearsal hall, and resident artist studios.
Programming includes performing and visual arts classes and workshops for all ages, literary and art discussions, gallery exhibitions, and professional theatrical and musical performances. Watertown Children’s Theatre is MCA’s flagship performing arts education program, providing exceptional theater arts classes and performances for youth and families. The venue is host to celebrated and cutting-edge performing arts companies in the Greater Boston region, such as New Repertory Theatre, Flat Earth Theatre, and Boston Midsummer Opera.
The Mosesian Center for the Arts is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
Learn more: www.mosesianarts.org
