1708′s Arts for All program engages frequently overlooked segments of our community by providing access to the creative process. Through participatory workshops taught by professional artists and artist-led exhibition tours Arts for All provides individuals with an opportunity to make art an important part of their lives.
Our most recent project partners with Richmond’s Offender Aid and Restoration (OAR) whose mission is to “provide individuals and families affected by incarceration with transition services that support safe and successful reintegration into the community.”
Local artist Matthew Shelton, with the help of 1708 Gallery interns, has worked with the clients of OAR over the past few months to create a public mural that would tell a story they wished to share with the Richmond community. The mural has officially been completed and is scheduled to be install this month. Stay tuned for details about the unveiling ceremony.
Entitled The Transformation, this mural is the result of efforts by the following OAR clients and volunteers: Michael Gayles, Patrick & Sam Burwell, Eric Byrd, George Lee, “Cheeks,” Denise Banhart, William Jackson, Michael Mitchell, Daryl Clark, Eugene Harris, Carol Cooper, Bertrand Morin, Nicolai Noel, Erin Willett, and Matt Shelton.
Thanks so much to everyone that attended our second Monster Drawing Rally on December 10th! This event is quickly becoming one of our favorites. The energy that both the artists and the audience bring is really wonderful to witness.
Did you miss out on the fun or wish you had gotten that one drawing? Check out the drawings in the slideshow below. All are available for just $65 each. Contact us at info@1708gallery.org to purchase.
For more information about Monster Drawing Rally, click HERE.
Richmond, Virginia
Part-time, temporary to permanent
TO APPLY:
Please send resume, cover letter, and references to info@1708gallery.org with “Gallery Coordinator Position” in the subject line of your email. No phone calls please.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: Friday, March 16, 2012
ABOUT 1708 GALLERY:
1708 Gallery is a non-profit arts organization located in downtown Richmond, Virginia. Founded by artists in 1978, our mission is to present exceptional new art. 1708 Gallery is committed to providing opportunities for artistic innovation for emerging and established artists and to expanding the understanding and appreciation of new art for the public.
1708 Gallery’s Board of Directors, which consists of a majority of professional artists, govern the gallery’s strategic planning and development initiatives; and maintain oversight of the programmatic activities of 1708 Gallery, in partnership with the staff. The staff, which currently consists of an Executive Director and an Assistant Director, is responsible for day-to-day operations and programs, and the organization’s consistent achievement of its mission. The staff is supported by a team of interns.
1708 Gallery’s exhibition season consists of up to eight exhibitions featuring national and international artists. Other events include InLight Richmond, an annual one-night public art exhibition of light-based art; Monster Drawing Rally, a day of live art making; our Annual Art Auction fundraiser and more. We also organize outreach programs like Arts for All, which engages overlooked segments of our community by providing access to the creative process and Assembler, a series of conversations that occur in conjunction with our exhibitions and engage the audience in the process of examining content in Contemporary art.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Gallery Coordinator assists with the management of the gallery’s exhibitions, including overseeing the installation process and serving as a liaison to the exhibiting artists. The Gallery Coordinator reports to the Assistant Director and the Executive Director. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Exhibitions
Prepares and coordinates contracts and supplemental materials with exhibiting artists.
Coordinates installation and de-installation with exhibiting artists and serves as point of contact for artists before arrival and during their stay.
Manages preparation of gallery for new exhibitions including prepping walls, lighting artwork, hanging signage, creating price sheets and numbering works in exhibition.
Installs exhibition or assists exhibiting artist with the installation of their work.
Schedules installation volunteers when needed and leads volunteers.
Processes incoming exhibition proposals and prepares materials for review by Exhibitions Committee.
Administrative Support
Assists in daily office activities such as answering phones, faxes, and various clerical requests made by Assistant Director and Executive Director.
Greets visitors to the gallery and answers questions about artwork on display.
Assists in the supervision of and task management for interns.
Maintains inventory and stocks supplies; maintains storage facilities, tools and equipment.
Maintains database for tracking sponsors, donors, members, art sales, mailing list requests, etc.
Assists in gallery’s mass mailings.
Tracks success of membership and annual fund mailings.
Composes thank you letters for donations, memberships, art sales, sponsorships, etc.
Special Events
The Gallery Coordinator also assists with special events like InLight Richmond, Monster Drawing Rally, and the Annual Art Auction. Responsibilities include attending committee meetings and administrative support as needed.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
Strong academic and art background (BFA or BA in Studio Art or Art History)
Experience in and understanding of proper handling, installing, packing and storage of art
Experience using power tools, painting and lighting, being comfortable on a 12 foot ladder
Strong computer skills: Microsoft Office Suite and working knowledge of database programs
Strong sense of responsibility, organizational skills, problem solving skills and thorough attention to detail
Strong communication skills and the ability to interact in a professional manner with artists, patrons, vendors and co-workers
Available to work occasional evenings and weekends
DESIRABLE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
Experience working or interning in a gallery, museum or similar environment
Knowledge of and interest in contemporary art
Understanding of Adobe Creative Suite
Basic carpentry skills
Photography skills including photo editing
Technical support, including video-related, for office and exhibition equipment
1708 Reader’s and Supporters of the Arts in Virginia,
Below is an advocacy alert from Virginians for the Arts. If arts are important to you then please take a moment to read the message below and contact your senator and thank them for supporting the arts:
“Advocacy Alert, February 20, 2012
The House and Senate Money Committees met yesterday to adopt amendments to the Governor’s proposed budget for 2012-14.
No additional funding for the Virginia Commission for the Arts was included in the House of Delegates’ budget, which was approved unanimously by the House Appropriations Committee and will most likely be approved by the House on Thursday. The Senate, however, included $149,793 in each of the next two fiscal years to restore the cut to the VCA that Governor McDonnell proposed in his budget.
Please take a moment this week to reach out to your Senator to thank him or her for supporting the arts, and to voice your support for the Senate’s budget. The Senate budget passed the Senate Finance Committee on a party-line vote, but its future is uncertain. Since the Senate is split 20-20 between Democrats and Republicans, and Lt. Governor Bill Bolling will not vote on the budget, at least one Senate Democrat will need to vote for the budget in order for it to pass the full Senate. We will continue to update you as events unfold.
For more information about this advocacy alert and Virginians for the Arts in general, please visit their website HERE.
The National Printmakers Gallery has officially opened it call for entries for its annual juried Small Works exhibition. This is the sixteenth year since the first exhibition in 1997 and in the past jurors have included:
Calm Day at Fort Stark-Hannah Phelps
Robert K. Newman (owner and director of the Old Print Shop in New York, NY); Eric Denker (Senior Lecturer National Gallery of Art); Linda C. Simmons (Curator Emeritus, The Corcoran Gallery of Art); Katherine L. Blood (Curator of Fine Prints, Library of Congress); and Helen Frederick (Founder and longtime director of Pyramic Atlantic); to name a few. This year’s juror is Brian Gardner, founder and master printer of Litho Shop, Inc in Baltimore, MD.
Eligible works must have been created within the past two years, must be no larger than 170 square inches, and must have been created by an artist over 18. Digital prints and photographs are not eligible.
Prizes include a solo exhibition in 2013 for the winner and cash prizes for the next three runners up. If works are submitted before April 19th a discount will be applied to the submission cost. More information can be found HERE and work can be submitted HERE (follow instructions in previous link for registration and image requirements).
This coming Saturday (Feb. 18th) 1708 will have Oscar Muñoz’s exhibition, Imprints for a Fleeting Memorial on display with the official opening reception for the work on March 2nd (First Friday), coinciding with his opening at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond.
Muñoz has seen a recent crossover into to Europe and North America since his participation in the 52nd Venice Biennial. His work has been featured at the “Tate Modern, L.A. MoCA, the Miami Art Museum, the Hirshhorn Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and La Caixa in Barcelona, among others.”
The featured installation at 1708 will be Ambulatorio, 36 black and white aerial photographs of Cali, Colombia, Muñoz’s home. The photographs are mounted on security glass and installed on the floor, inviting visitors to literally traverse the city, becoming participants in the construction of meaning surrounding the work.
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond will feature an overview of Muñoz’s creative process as a whole, with twelve works spanning a variety of media.
More information about the exhibition can be found at our website and also in this week’s issue of Style Weekly which is a free publication distributed widely across the city of Richmond. Again, save the date March 2nd for the First Friday openings and we look forward to seeing you there!
This coming First Friday (Feb 3) is our second-to-last screening of Telling Tales. If you haven’t had a chance to see all of the videos this is a great opportunity to do so. We also have one final screening along with artist talks on Saturday February 4th if you are unable to make it out on Friday. Our hours on Friday are 5-9PM and the films will be shown on a loop throughout the evening.
Ray Kass-Horsetail
Additionally, we have an opening reception at Linden Row Inn for our satellite exhibition Constructs XI. This reception will also be from 5-9PM and is located only six blocks away at 1st and E. Franklin so it will be easy to make it to both locations. This exhibition will run until April 22nd.
Thank you all for your continual support of contemporary and local art in Richmond and we hope to see you out this Friday to enjoy these two receptions with us!
TELLING TALES presents video by Sara Pomerance, Lydia Moyer, Jennifer Sullivan, and Keren Cytter. Each employs specific narrative devices to explore a variety of themes from relationships to cultural phenomena.
Join 1708 on Saturday, February 4 at 11:00 AM for the final screening of all 4 artists’ works, including a Q&A with Sara Pomerance and Lydia Moyer.
Sara Pomerance, Everything is Under Control (Running time: 27:11)
Part home movies, part staged scenes, Sara Pomerance’s string of mundane, everyday exchanges between family members poignantly combines humor and pathos.
Followed by a 10 minute Q&A with Sara Pomerance.
Lydia Moyer, Paradise(Running time: 36:09)
Lydia Moyer examines five sites of societal and environmental disasters, from Jonestown, Guyana to post-Katrina New Orleans, and hints at, though often without fully revealing, the dark stories that inhabit these locations.
Followed by a 10 minute Q&A with Lydia Moyer.
Jennifer Sullivan, Adult Movie and One-Week Walden (Running time: 35:00)
In Jennifer Sullivan’s videos, the artist turns the camera on herself in two semi-autobiographical works that address, in tongue-in-cheek fashion, an artistic struggle for depth of purpose and authenticity.
Keren Cytter, Four Seasons and Konstruktion (Running time: 20:08)
Drawing from an archive of influences that includes soap operas and Michelangelo Antonioni, Keren Cytter’s fragmented, non-linear style conveys situations of anxiety and distress in relationships, often imparting a sense of anxiety in the viewer.
1212 Gallery is currently accepting submissions for its Juried Photography Exhibition. The criteria for submissions are that artists must be 18 or older, and photographs must have been taken in the Richmond, Virginia metropolitan area. Any photographic processes are acceptable. Artists may submit up to three images and those previously exhibited at 1212 are not eligible.
This is a Juried exhibition that awards up to $500 in cash prizes as well as a solo exhibition for the best-in-show. The juror is Scott Elmquist, “the Photography Editor and staff photographer at Style Weekly in Richmond, Virginia, a position he’s held since 1999. Style is the well known weekly publication that covers regional political and social issues, as well as arts and culture.”
Questions regarding submissions and the exhibition can be addressed to 1212 gallery by email (1212galleryrichmond@gmail.com), by phone (804.301.6971), or by visiting 1212′s website at www.1212galleryrva.com. Further terms and conditions as well as formatting information can also be found at 1212′s website.
The deadline is 11:59 PM January 30th so get clicking away and get those submissions in!
Muñoz has seen a recent crossover into to Europe and North America since his participation in the 52nd Venice Biennial. His work has been featured at the “Tate Modern, L.A. MoCA, the Miami Art Museum, the Hirshhorn Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and La Caixa in Barcelona, among others.”
