TakeActionMinnesota believes that artists can create worlds and possibilities that our reality may not include and evoke an emotional response where there previously was none. In a digital exhibition, TakeActionMinnesota seeks to display representations of what our world currently resembles with $1.8 trillion of federal student loan debt versus what our world could be if student debt is cancelled. Our goal is to seek out Minnesota residents and artists who are affected by or have loved ones that are affected by student debt.
TakeActionMN will accept ALL submissions as long as the Student Debt Cancellation Team feels the work addresses the theme.
Prompts that address the theme of the call may include:
-what experiences could look like with Student Debt Cancellation
-how individual lives would change with Student Debt Cancellation
-who student debt affects
-what the world will look like if President Biden doesn’t cancel student debt and payments continue in February 2022
Selection Process:
All appropriate work that addresses the theme will be accepted into this exhibition. All art forms are accepted for this call including the visual, graphic, plastic, performance and decorative arts. With their submission, artists permit their piece and artist statement to be posted on TakeAction Minnesota’s social media and used in promotional activities. The goal of this exhibition is to garner more public support for Student Debt Cancellation. All images and media of the art will remain under copyright and ownership of the artist as the artist’s property.
The exhibition will be live by January 8, and celebrated officially during the Debt Collective’s Student Debt Cancellation Week of Action, January 18-22. Artists have until January 5 to submit any questions or inquiries regarding this call, after which questions will not be addressed.
Deadline: January 6, 2022 at 11:59 PM CST
Applications must be sent via email with subject line: “Digital Exhibition for Student Debt Cancellation Application” to DyAnna@takeactionminnesota.org and must adhere to these guidelines:
-Up to three high-quality images of ONE of your works that addresses the prompt, made in the last two years. All images of 2D work must be cropped to show only the artwork, 3D work must be photographed using a white background.
-These high-quality images of your work should be 72 DPI, minimum 800 pixels wide.
-Images must be .JPEG or .PNG, and files under 10MB and attached in one email.
-Images/art may be previously published or submitted.
-Images should be labeled as: LASTNAME_01.
-Statement of Interest regarding why you addressed this call for art, and what Student Debt Cancellation means to you – 250 words maximum.
-Short bio: name, pronouns, town/county; optional: occupation, your debt amount if you are comfortable sharing – 250 words maximum.
If you have any questions, please email DyAnna at dyanna@takeactionminnesota.org.
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