Mystery in Your Face Game

Call to Artists
Deadline: Feb 3, 2010

Date: 2010-01-15, 10:48AM
Guess Who? The Mystery-in-your-face Game
Call to Artists:
Seeking 2D artists working in all mediums, including painting, drawing, printmaking, collage and photography to participate in a collaborative, site-specific installation for a group show at Goforaloop Gallery and a M.A.P.P. (Mission Arts Performance Project) event in early February. M.A.P.P. is a bimonthly art walk where local performers and visual artists come together to exhibit their work at galleries, businesses, homes and community centers throughout the Mission Neighborhood it is attended by hundreds of people and is in its tenth year.
Guess Who? The Mystery-in-your-face Game Is a month long flatwork interactive show being held at Goforaloop Gallery in the Mission District in San Francisco. The project is a collaborative effort between San Francisco based sculptural installation artist Evi Ellias and twenty-four other 2D artists. “Guess Who?” A popular children’s game will be recreated life-size for visitors to the gallery to enjoy and play. The game will consist of two 16’ X 18’ playing boards and a deck of matching large-scale cards made out of original artwork by local artists.
Artwork Requirements: 3 Portraits in any flatwork medium that can be handled by the public as they play the game. Each portrait must be 2’X 3’ and either created directly on or securely mounted to foam core of the same size. Each of these foam core pieces will be either dropped into one of the two playing board frames or become part of the deck. All 3 portraits must be identical to the best of your ability and should represent a recognizable person.
Submission Deadline: Artwork must be delivered by the 3rd of February at Goforaloop Gallery. 1458 San Bruno Ave, San Francisco CA, 94110.
To Apply: Please send a brief description of why you would like to participate in this collaborative project and 3 images of your previous work, include at least one example of a portrait to showusyourart@gmail.com no later than January 20th.

Oops, i just saw that they needed to be contacted by January 20th - maybe they will be flexible with that deadline. Good luck!

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