Eligibility

"Rustbelt: REDUX" is open to any artists over age 18, within the United States and Canada. Work should ideally have been created in the last three years, and must be the original artwork, ready to display. The specific work must not have been previously displayed in a Vestige Concept Gallery exhibit. Work must be for sale. (No "NFS" or deliberate overpricing) No Giclees or reproductions of original works will be accepted unless the work itself is a Giclee or digital. (Please note this in the media tag, if applicable).

Number of Participants

Any

Deadline

March 10, 2022 05:00 UTC

Selection Results (Announcement Dates)

March 13, 2022 05:00 UTC

Duration

March 26, 2022 - April 24, 2022

Costs

• $25.00 application fee

Facilities

Gallery

Public Programs

Exhibition

Disciplines

Blacksmith, Book Arts, Ceramics, Conceptual Art, Crafts & Trades, Design, Digital Media, Documentary, Drawing, Fiber Arts, Glass, Illustration, Installation, Jewelry, Makers, Metalsmith, Multimedia, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Textile, Visual Arts

Languages

English, Spanish

Program Description

From the creators of "Post-Rustbelt: Living Between America", comes "Rustbelt: REDUX". This exhibition seeks to showcase works of art that capture the American experience of life during the decades following the decline of industry (mid 1970's) to beyond the turn of the millennium. Only this time... we are looking for more grit, more apocalyptic, more "street", more deconstruction, more political, visionary, and yes- more rust..! We are seeking artwork representative of, but not limited to: heavy industry decline; the disappearance of main street (and subsequent rise of hyper consumerism and gentrification); general life (artistic, social, work, family, otherwise); caught between changes (i.e. holding onto a past way of life while searching for new identity); and/or juxtapositions of old and new. We are welcoming works this year that are apocalyptic, visionary, destructive, and/or political. Works are accepted from Emerging, Mid-Career, and/or Professional Artists.