YOU'RE INVITED!
JOIN US to help facilitate an experimental, cross-pollination of new ideas for creative innovation in diverse locations around the world!!
(**update: As we're introducing each participating CURATE THIS! venue via our blog site, facebook and twitter, it's been proposed that we create individual city pages for those venues who are participating. We are interested in offering this addition benefit of having a CURATE THIS! dedicated webpage for each participating city but we must have at least 10 venues participating from a city before we can set aside time to create a dedicated page for that city. We're
currently an all volunteer run organization with a small amount of
resources but we will go the extra mile if there is a larger amount of
participation in some cities. If you're interested in having this done, please contact your local colleagues at other potential venue sites and have them also apply to be a participating venue by completing the application form below. Once we have 10 approved venues in a city, we'll automatically begin creating a dedicated CURATE THIS! webpage for that city. Venue Registration is currently open for 2010/2011 pARTicipation.)
Dear Art Organization and Artspace Directors, Design and Studio Directors, professionally affiliated and independent Curators, Gallery Directors, Universities, Museums, Festivals, Business Owners, Managers and Entrepreneurs,
No matter where you are located around the world, we’d like to invite you to be a part of CURATE THIS! 2010 as a pARTicipating Venue. The BECA Foundation welcomes your pARTicipation in one of the largest annual international contemporary art + design exhibition and arts + cultural events.
So what does it take to be a CURATE THIS! 2010 pARTicipating Venue? Currently, there is no pARTicipation fee for Venues but if you'd like to buy us a cup of coffee, you may do so online here. If you wish to sponsor the development of CURATE THIS! or create a special project sponsored by your organization, please contact us at mail@thebecafoundation.org. Our efforts will bring pARTicipating Venues publicity as well as Venue listings here at http://www.curatethis.org resulting in local, national and international exposure. Don't join us just for the free publicity and promotion - JOIN US to help facilitate an experimental, cross-pollination of new ideas for creative innovation in diverse locations around the world. Venue registration is currently open for events, projects and exhibitions taking place in 2010/2011.
What we do ask of Venues is to provide a physical or online platform or safe physical exhibition space, which may be of varying linear or square feet or meters, in your Venue for the inclusion and/or exhibition of one or more works/projects by at least one pARTicipating CURATE THIS! artist, architect or designer for any length of time. Venues may invite CURATE THIS! participating artists, architects and designers to join in a project or exhibition that is already slated to take place or they may invite one or more pARTicipating , architects+ designers to create a new exhibition or project independent of an existing schedule. Venues may also be related publications and projects not typically associated with traditional physical exhibition Venues. We welcome all creative possibilities! CURATE THIS! 2010 pARTicipating artists, architects + designers works, websites and contact information are currently posted here. As soon as your Venue has been approved and uploaded to this website, Venues may contact pARTicipating artists, architects and designers directly to inquire about the availability of their works for one or more of your upcoming events, projects or exhibitions. Artists, architects + designers have been asked to refrain from contacting Venues until they are first contacted by an interested Venue or Project. Your Venue's selected artists, architects or designers may not have previously exhibited with your Venue at anytime in the past. Although not required, we do encourage Venues to include 1 or more artists or designers from a country or geographical region other than their own.
Through the introduction and exhibition of works of new art + new design and related projects by artists, architects, designers, duos, groups and collectives around the world, The BECA Foundation aims to facilitate an experimental, cross-pollination of new ideas for creative innovation in diverse locations around the world. We do require each Venue to submit a basic application (see below) along with several images of their proposed site so that we may assist them during their registration process. Each Venue and Artist/Designer are also required to complete an Artist/Venue agreement that spells out specifically the agreement reached between the two parties with regards to the project or exhibition of the work.
If you know other organizations, publications, galleries, directors, curators, business owners, etc. who may wish to take advantage of this unique opportunity, please send them a link to this web page. The more registered Venues we have in your neighborhood or in your online community, the bigger the positive impact on all participating Venues, Artists, Architects and Designers in your neighborhood or in your online community.
Please begin your Venue application below and feel free contact us at mail@thebecafoundation.org or becafoundation@gmail.com should you need assistance or if you have any questions.
We look forward to working with you!,
Melissa Roberts + Kurt Schlough, Directors
