The Bridge Gallery 2023 Call for Artists
OVERVIEW
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The Franklinton Arts District is opening up its applications for new exhibitions to be displayed in The Bridge Gallery! We are looking for 6 solo artists, duos, or small groups to show in The Bridge Gallery for 2023 with opportunities beginning in February.
Please see the floorplan for more information about our physical space. ELIGIBILITY
SUBMISSION GUIDELINESTo be considered, artists applying solo, duo, or group must complete the online submission form and include 3 examples of your work. If you are applying as a duo or group, examples of all participants work must be included.
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TIMELINE
- Call Opens: Monday, November 21
- Call Closes: Sunday, December 11
- Jury Scoring: December 12-16
- Responses to Artists: December 17-18
- Artists Confirmation & Agreement: Friday, December 23
MEET THE JURY
Julie Abijanac
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As Interim Chair of the Amelita Mirolo MFA program, Chair of Fine Arts, and Full Professor, Julie Abijanac is responsible for providing managerial support for the MFA Visual Arts and BFA Fine Arts programs. In that work, she focuses on creating collaborative, cutting-edge learning environments through curricular development that will challenge and deepen the student's connection to their faculty, studio practice, theoretical and historical practice, and the professional world.
Abijanac joined CCAD in 2004 as an Adjunct in the CORE program and has proven to be an asset to the college, working her way to Full Professor in Fine Arts in 2021. As a faculty member, she has taught in the CORE, Craft, Honors, Media Studies (Animation/Photo), Fine Arts, and Graduate programs. She was instrumental in planning and developing the 2018 FATE conference hosted by CCAD and later its Craft Program. Her service to the college is extensive and includes curriculum development, faculty council, student advisor, strategic planning, |
family campaign, faculty and administrative search committees, new student orientation, and recruiting for the college. Outside of CCAD's community, Abijanac has been an active board member of the Ohio Art League, and Mid-America College Art Association, and presented/chaired panels for CAA, MACAA, FATE, and AICAD.
Abijanac’s studio practice is fiber and textile-based. Relief to three-dimensional sculptures explore the systematic development of cancer cell and cordyceps metastasis and scrutinizes the relationship these organisms have with their host. As a result, a connection point is made between the viewer and the beauty found in the organic development of cellular growth in a potentially deadly disease. Her work has been exhibited at ConnectArt in Cuba: Galeria-Taller Lolo in Matanzas, II International Textile Art Symposium: FORTRESS MAN at the Mark Rothko Center in Daugavpils, Latvia (the artwork made was purchased and placed into the collection), 10th, 9th & 8th International Paper Triennial at the Musée du Charmey, Switzerland (place best in show in 2020), FiberArt International 2013 (where she received the People’s Choice Award), and 68th Annual Ohio Exhibition 2012 (where she placed 1st in Fiber/Textiles). Julie is also a recipient of the Capelli d’Angeli Foundation 2013 Artist Grants for women artists whose work is a response to having and coping with cancer. For more information on her artwork, you can visit her website at www.JulieAbijanac.com.
MFA Cranbrook Academy of Art 1994
BFA Columbus College of Art & Design 1992
Abijanac’s studio practice is fiber and textile-based. Relief to three-dimensional sculptures explore the systematic development of cancer cell and cordyceps metastasis and scrutinizes the relationship these organisms have with their host. As a result, a connection point is made between the viewer and the beauty found in the organic development of cellular growth in a potentially deadly disease. Her work has been exhibited at ConnectArt in Cuba: Galeria-Taller Lolo in Matanzas, II International Textile Art Symposium: FORTRESS MAN at the Mark Rothko Center in Daugavpils, Latvia (the artwork made was purchased and placed into the collection), 10th, 9th & 8th International Paper Triennial at the Musée du Charmey, Switzerland (place best in show in 2020), FiberArt International 2013 (where she received the People’s Choice Award), and 68th Annual Ohio Exhibition 2012 (where she placed 1st in Fiber/Textiles). Julie is also a recipient of the Capelli d’Angeli Foundation 2013 Artist Grants for women artists whose work is a response to having and coping with cancer. For more information on her artwork, you can visit her website at www.JulieAbijanac.com.
MFA Cranbrook Academy of Art 1994
BFA Columbus College of Art & Design 1992
Andrew Lundberg
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Andrew Lundberg came to Columbus in 1995 for a design job after graduating from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. After spending fifteen years moonlighting on commissioned work alongside a career at the top design agencies in town as a Creative Director, he “started over” and gave up the corporate job along with his apartment to live in an Airstream in Franklinton. Andrew has built a thriving business within the last ten years along with an excellent reputation.
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Jimbo Tamaro
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As a child, a miscreant, Jimbo Tamoro, was taken in and trained by a champion artist, who went so far as to adopt Jimbo into his family after the premature death of his own son. Now, decades later, Jimbo is a skilled artist himself and a arts trainer in the U.S. Military. Upon the death of his surrogate father and sensei, Jimbo is informed of a mysterious, no-holds barred, highly illegal arts tournament in Columbus, OH known only as the kumite. At the bidding of his sensei and against direct orders from his military superiors, Jimbo travels to Columbus, OH to participate and uphold his master’s honor. In order to succeed not only will he have to win the tournament; he must also evade capture by two military police sent to arrest him and the prying questions of a nosy reporter eager for a story.
Jimbo is a Bridge Gallery alum as he was the debut exhibiting artist in January 2022. |
APPLY
Applications are open from November 21, 2022, to the end of the day on December 11, 2022.
Please fill out this form to the best of your ability. Our jury panel looks forward to reviewing your submission and will be in contact with you after the call has ended. Please contact [email protected] for all questions.
Please fill out this form to the best of your ability. Our jury panel looks forward to reviewing your submission and will be in contact with you after the call has ended. Please contact [email protected] for all questions.
