Submit Your Art! Three Upcoming Exhibits Want You!

OXFORD COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER IS SEEKING SUBMISSIONS FOR THREE EXHIBITS

       
                                    

The Oxford Community Arts Center(OCAC)  is calling all regional and local artists for three different exhibits. Artworks that exhibit diverse concepts, mediums, and creativity will take precedence in the jury process. Acceptance will be based on the quality and creativity of the works, first time exhibitors are encouraged. The work submitted for the exhibits will be juried by the OCAC Exhibition Committee.

 The first show is “Architectural Archetypes"  and will be exhibited from May 10^th through June 6^th, 2013. The artwork submitted for this exhibit should reflect on standards or styles of architecture and local and regional depictions are encouraged. All 2D media will be considered, and packets should be submitted with an arrival date no later than April 1, 2013.

The second exhibit, “Just Drawin’ Story Time”, will run from August 9^th through September 5^th 2013. The artworks being sought after are illustrations and graphic art depicting a story line including, but not limited to, cartooning, comics, and graphic novels. All 2D media will be considered and submissions should arrive no later than July 1, 2013.

The third show will be exhibited from September 13^th to October 3^rd,2013 and is titled, “The Back Side of Art”. All forms of media is being considered. The artworks presented should be of places that are not usually seen or generally dismissed in the process of creating art. The entries could literally be the reverse side of art pieces or can take a more abstract approach. Submissions should arrive to OCAC no later than August 1, 2013.

Exhibit entry applications can be picked up at the OCAC office or downloaded from OCAC’s website, . All packets should be mailed to Chrissy Collopy, Oxford Community Arts Center, P O Box 172, Oxford OH, 45056 or hand delivered to the OCAC offices. Questions regarding the application or artwork submittals should be addressed to gallery@oxarts.org.

Oxford Community Arts Center is located at 10 S. College Avenue in Oxford, Ohio. For additional information contact the offices at 513-524-8506, email info@oxarts.org, or visit their website at www.oxarts.org. Office hours are Monday – Friday 10am-6pm and Saturdays from 10am-2pm.

Fourth Annual Oxford Kinetics Festival 

Sunday, April 7th, 2013, 12:00 – 4:00pm Miami University’s Millett Hall.

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This intense celebration of creativity-in-motion includes activities for tinkerers of all ages. Festival-goers have the opportunity to enjoy air-powered rocket building, numerous children’s activities, Rube Goldberg extravaganzas, a kinetic art exhibit, an Iron Pour, glassblowing demonstrations, music, performance, food and more.  

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Kinetic Building Workshops will be held March 2^nd, 9^th, 23^rd, and 30^th from 9:00am-4:00pm in the Miami sculpture area in Hiestand Hall, located at 607 Maple Ave., Oxford, OH. These workshops are offered to help participants develop their entries for the Oxford Kinetics Festival Scramble.   The workshops are free and open to anyone wanting to participate.  Workshop facilitator, Rod Northcutt, describes the workshops as, “Four days of help and tools created to unleash your inner tinkerer.”  Participants are asked to bring ideas, sketches, bikes, wagons or carts that they want to alter, and safety glasses if they have them.

The Scramble is a “non-race” of unusual human-powered contraptions, wearable sculpture and monster bikes on an obstacle course filled with a myriad of challenges and odd tasks to be performed. The Scramble lasts from 1:00 – 1:45 and participants must fill out an entry form and receive their race credentials by 12:30.

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The Festival began as a quick sculpture race, organized by Kate Currie and Jim McWilliams that took place on High Street in 2010 as part of Oxford, Ohio Bicentennial Celebration.  The race transitioned into a festival which is now organized by MAKETANK; area artists, Kate Currie, Rod Northcutt, Jacob Tonski, and Christina Miller, whose goal is to facilitate creative, unorthodox, events that are active, engaging, and involved the participation of all members of the local social fabric. 

The Oxford Kinetics Festival is funded in part by grants through the auspices of the Oxford Community Arts Center and made possible by the generosity of thousands of individuals who give to the ArtsWave Community Campaign and to the Oxford Community Foundation. 

For more information visit www.oxfordkineticsfestival.org.