Open Call
Glorious Index @ The Gallery Upstairs
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The Gallery Upstairs at the Institute Library invites any artist participating in any weekend of open studios in October to have one small work each in an exhibit up from October to mid-December 2024. There will be an opening party as well!
GLORIOUS INDEX: New Haven Fall Open Studios, 2024.
A tactile, miniature visual compendium exhibition of this month-long artist-run event at The Gallery Upstairs at the Institute Library, 847 Chapel Street New Haven CT 06510
October 5 – December 15, 2024
Opening Reception: October 5, 6-8 pm
Hours: Tuesday – Friday: 11am-5pm | Saturday: 12-2pm
RSVP here – Glorious Index @ The Gallery Upstairs
Please fill out the form and keep a copy for yourself!
This exhibit is free and open to all who are registered to their weekend’s open studios.
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Please read all info carefully- any work not adhering to guidelines may not be included. This is up to the Gallery organizers to determine, all decisions are final.
Please follow instructions; do not call or contact organizers or library. If you have any questions or problems, please note them on paper and include with your drop off. We will try to solve the problem and or accommodate to the best of our ability.
Drop-off:
Institute Library book drop (24/7 access) or at the library during open hours (check website for hours.) The 24 hour dropbox is accessible to all and located at the entrance on the street level.
Live drop-off dates in the gallery.
• Friday, September 13, 4-6 pm
• Sunday, September 15, 4-6pm
• Monday, September 16, 4-6 pm
We would like individual weekends to organize local drop-off locations, to then bring us one box of collected artwork. Please organize this amongst yourselves it will be very helpful to us all. Thank you.
HELP MAKE THIS EVENT A SUCCESS:
• All work needs to be delivered no later than September 16, 2024
• Size limit 10 x 10 inches – may be a sample or model if you traditionally work large- be creative!
• All work must be ready to hang or display.
• All work needs to stay on display for the duration of the exhib.
• All work must be artwork not signage or PR *
• Please print a copy of the form and include it with your artwork.
• Wrap the work securely and include your name and address, plus the words “Open Studios Exhibit” clearly on the front.
• Please also include up to 2 pages of text – formatted with your name on top – that you would like placed in our binder. For instance: a statement and social media sites etc. You may also include a few business cards.
• We will make up an exhibition list including prices for visitors.
• We will make up an e-vite to share with your community, and there will be an opening reception and party which you are cordially invited to!
Are you a local gallery space having a group show of 5 or more artists during Oct open studios? Please send us a poster/postcard /printout of the exhibit with full artist listings and we will include it on our map and info board! Please make it aesthetic and eye-catching and no bigger than A4. Thank You!
Group exhibits under 5 people: each artist may submit a work as per the above instructions.
Please note: there are two sets of steep stairs to the gallery and parking is limited due to local construction, we apologize for these conditions.
We will be asking artists for organizational help during the intake and installation and the opening party and cleanup. Please be prepared to pitch in!
Final Note: The library is getting building work done starting sometime in November which may affect open hours and the final exhibition dates, but the idea is to have the show run up to the holidays to showcase local work and small works of art for gift giving. Please stay tuned as we are apprised of details.
We are excited to have your art in the gallery and are delighted to be a part of open studios
Thank you!
Max & Martha
PAST CALLS
Banned Book Open Call:
We want to borrow YOUR favorite copies of banned books each with a hand-written note about why this text or this edition matters to you. You may submit multiple books and ALL books will be returned after the show. We are hoping to have several copies of the books and to be able to make sculptural piles of them, as a kind of local data set of our communities’ reading preferences. The texts will be displayed for people to read – please look in your bookshelf and participate!
What books are being banned and where?
CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF BANNED BOOKS (Harper’s Index of Banned Books in the USA)
Make sure your name is in your book. Write us a note, wrap both, and write ”De-Circulated/Gallery” on the exterior wrapper along with your name and contact information.
Please write clearly.
Books can be dropped 24/7 in our secure book drop located in our doorway, or mailed to us at: 847 Chapel St, New Haven CT. 06510, or brought to the circulation desk during open library hours.
DEADLINE: At the latest, we need all entries in our care by May 25.
De-Circulated: An Interpretation of Banned Books – Art by Karen Duncan Pape opens May 30, 6-8 pm with a party & runs until September 8th
De-Circulated closes with a ticketed adult-only event related to the show: a banned book burlesque cabaret by Zohra Rawling and friends with the library being transformed into a multi-media speakeasy. You don’t want to miss this.
Please mark your Calendars and Prowl through your bookshelves- we need your voice.
Thank You for Your Participation!
Call for Photos for Our Fall Exhibit
MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES…will feature:
Marvelous vintage mystery books from our collection,
a selection of curated artwork (stay tuned for more about THAT, this part is NOT by open call) and a Rogue’s gallery of Black Sheep family photos from YOU!
This show will be a bit different- in a fun, spooky, and whodunit-way, and we are gathering a cast of characters for our portrait wall directly from your family albums!
What Do We Want?
Weird, wonderful, dodgy, glamorous and just plain strange portraits of ancestors past to cluster on our wall.
Do you have one we can share?
We can print from your scan (we know family memorabilia can be precious) or we can scan it ourselves ( we will be VERY CAREFUL) or we can show your ornately framed beauties as they are.
How to participate:
Email us a picture (don’t worry about the quality yet- a quick phone shot is fine) with any information you have about the person and their relation to you that you might want to share- this will go in our exhibit binder.
The show will run from October- December 2023
Please send all entries no later that September 20, 2023 with “Eccentric” in the subject line to gallery@institutelibrary.org
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION!
This show will be curated by Maxim Schmidt & Martha Willette Lewis with book input from the wonderful staff and volunteers at the library.
Stay tuned for more on this show.