Juror : Jameela F. Dallis
Jameela F. Dallis, Ph.D., is a multidisciplinary writer, scholar, critic, and art collector who travels the world to experience art. A former member of The Carrack’s advisory board and curatorial committee, she has led several art and writing workshops, including ekphrastic poetry workshops at North Carolina Museum of Art.
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Scaffold
Opening Night, May 5, 2023
6 - 9 pm
April 3 - June 30, 2023 | Artspace Corridors
201 E Davie St, Raleigh, NC, 27601
A grassroots local exhibition by women & non-binary artists
Part of the global 2023 Taking Up Space initiative
The work women and non-binary artists create is essential and deserves to be seen. In its second year, Taking Up Space invites women and non-binary artists living and working in the Triangle into conversation with each other and the broader community.
In May 2022, there were 80 worldwide Taking Up Space exhibitions happening simultaneously. From bookstores to front porches to The Pocket Gallery in Raleigh, women and non-binary artists were creating space for their art–not asking for permission. This year there are 75 planned exhibitions and counting worldwide.
Last year, we were 8 women showing together in The Pocket Gallery, and this year, we’ve extended the call. With this exhibition, we call attention to our past, present, and future. We support and elevate–we scaffold–voices, visions, and multiple ways of expressing and being in the world by women and non-binary artists. We share our histories, our inspirations, and our differences. We open space for us to celebrate, frame, and reframe our experiences, relationships, and connections–what joins us, what scaffolds us together.
Through Scaffold, we invite you into the conversation and encourage you to support women and non-binary artists by buying their art, making room for them at the table, connecting them with your networks, and investing in their dreams.
Interested? Reach out to join in the conversation.
To apply to this juried exhibition:
Deadline: 11:59 pm of March 8, 2023
Who: Women and non-binary artists living in the NC Triangle and surrounding areas
(see below for the juror's bio)
Work: 1 piece per artist (up to 36 x 36 inches, wired and ready to hang)
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If accepted: drop off work March 26th, noon-4 pm ET; pick up work July 2nd, noon-4 pm ET.
Fee: Sliding scale of $5 - $15 to cover reception, curation, marketing, and labor (pay what you can)
When: April 3, 2023 - June 30, 2023
Where: Artspace corridors, 201. E Davie St. Raleigh, NC 27601
Opening reception: First Friday, May 5, 2023; 6-9 pm
Artspace will take 40% commission of sales and cover insurance for work while in the building
Last May, 8 women showed at the Pocket Gallery in Raleigh, NC. This year, they’ll support and help expand the annual, worldwide Taking Up Space initiative.
NCMA 2021: Number of works, 11% women, 3% black, New Acquisitions, 22% women, 28% black
https://ncartmuseum.org/series/impact-report/
87% of the works in major museum collections are by men
$5 billion is the pay gap between the top male and female artists
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Only 13.7% of living artists represented by galleries in Europe and North America are women.
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Just 11% of all acquisitions and 14% of exhibitions at 26 prominent U.S. museums over the past decade
were of work by female artists.
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In a study of 820,000 exhibitions across the public and commercial sectors in 2018, only one-third featured women artists.
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A recent survey of the permanent collections of 18 prominent U.S. art museums found that the represented artists
are 87% male and 85% white.
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For the first time, a majority of the artists at the 59th edition of the longest-running survey of contemporary art will be female. Cecilia Alemani, the first Italian woman to curate the Biennale, has filled the 2022 show with a record number of female artists.
Nayeri, F. (2022, April 19). This Venice biennale has a new star: Women. The New York Times. Retrieved December 8, 2022, from https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/19/arts/design/venice-biennale-women-art.html#:~:text=For%20the%20first%20time%2C%20a,contemporary%20art%20will%20be%20female.
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