The Fleisher Art Memorial announces the call for entries for next season's Wind Challenge Exhibitions. This juried, regional competition, has gained a national reputation for excellence since it began in 1978. Each season, Fleisher exhibits the work of selected artists in three three-person exhibitions.

Selected Artists

• Nine artists will chosen
• Three six-week exhibitions in Fleisher's galleries
• $500 honorarium to each selected artist

• Round One: An artist-juror and a curator review images in their appropriate category. In this initial review, approximately 10% of all candidates are selected to advance to the second round. Selected candidates will be notified, by e-mail, in the first week of April 2010.
• Round Two: Second-round candidates are required to submit an original work, which is reviewed along with the original image submissions by the full artist-juror panel. Announcement of final selections will take place immediately following the second-round jury.

2010-2011 Jurors

Artist Jurors:

• Jonas dos Santos, multi-disciplinary artist
• Paul Cava, photographer
• Claire Owen, painter and book artist

Curator Jurors:

• John Caperton, curator of prints and photographs, The Print Center
• Sue Spaid, independent curator
• Andrea Packard, director, List Gallery at Swarthmore College

Eligibility

• Artists must live within a 50-mile radius of Philadelphia and must not be participating in a solo exhibition or showing a major body of work in a local gallery or alternative space during the 2010-2011 exhibition season (September 2010 through July 2011).
• Students enrolled in full-time, degree or certificate-granting programs in the visual arts during the 2010-2011 academic year are not elegible to apply.
• Previous Challenge artists are not eligible to apply.

Categories

• Painting & Works on Paper
• Photography & Time-based Media
• Sculpture/Installation & Crafts

How to Apply

Starting in January 2010, eligible artists may download the application form (PDF, 325Kb) or pick up a copy at 719 Catharine Street during business hours.

Fleisher will review digital images only — no 35mm slides will be accepted.

Inquiries may be directed to Warren Angle, Exhibitions Manager (215-922-3456 x318) or Jong Kyu Kim, Exhibitions Assistant (215-922-3456 x333).