Call For Entry: Window Wonderland

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1 Call For Entry: Window Wonderland A Holiday Arts Exhibit in Harbor East Application Deadline: Friday, September 19, 2014 On behalf of Harbor East Management Group, Maryland Art Place (MAP) is pleased to announce an open Call to Artists for the third annual Window Wonderland project, a storefront, holiday initiative within the Harbor East corridor. Collectively, MAP & Harbor East are seeking unique, holiday presentations/installations to be placed in a variety of retail locations. Storefront installations will be on view from Friday, November 14, 2014 Friday, January 2, 2015, with a formal unveiling scheduled for Wednesday, November 19, This year thirteen retail locations are participating in this public art project. Individual artists or artist collectives interested in applying should review the Directory of Participating Retailers at the end of this packet for window locations; selecting their top 3 choices as part of their application. Artists will be expected to work with their partner retailer and should consider day and nighttime visibility when proposing an installation. Tours of participating retail locations will take place Wednesday, August 6pm and Saturday, September 11am. Applicants should meet outside the Whole Foods Market entrance on the corner of Fleet and S. Exeter Streets. Selected artists will receive a $500 honorarium from Harbor East and must submit a budget along with their proposal, outlining the expense of their project. During the unveiling on Wednesday, November 19 a small jury consisting of Cara Ober, Artist and Founder/Owner of BMoreArt, Priya Bhayana, Director Bromo Arts District, and Jessica Bizik, Editor in Chief Baltimore Style Magazine will announce a Best in Show window installation. The winning artist or artist collective will receive a $1,000 cash prize from Harbor East. To apply, please follow the application guidelines and complete the application form. Artists working in all media are welcome to submit an application. If you are working in a group, please use a primary point of contact within your team, collective or group in this application. TIMELINE Friday, September 19 Deadline for Artist Submissions *HARBOR EAST ARTIST TOURS: Wed., August 6pm and Sat., September 11am Week of October 6 Artists Notified of Selection October 13 November 14 Installation period at Harbor East Friday, November 14 Final Day Installations up and running Wednesday, November 19 Formal Unveiling & Best in Show Window Announced *Please note window displays should remain up for the holiday season and removed after January 3. Situated on a 12 square blocks stretching along Baltimore s waterfront, Harbor East is a vibrant neighborhood that has revitalized a once blighted urban space and created a new regional address. Harbor East is located at President and Aliceanna Streets, just East of the Inner Harbor and is home to nearly 50 inspired establishments for shopping, dining and lifestyle.. For more information on the Window Wonderland Storefront Initiative, visit and click on MAPortunites!

2 WINDOW WONDERLAND APPLICATION CONTACT INFORMATION Artist name: Address: City: State: Zip: Phone: Website(s): Top 3 Retail Window Choices: 1.) 2.) 3.) APPLICATION ATTACHMENTS (Required) NOTE: Proposals should be ed to submissions@mdartplace.org no later than 5PM, Friday, September 19, Subject line: Window Wonderland Application. Incomplete proposals WILL NOT be reviewed. 1. LETTER DESCRIBING PROPOSED WINDOW DISPLAY: ONE PAGE LIMIT Full project description, including materials and installation requirements 2. ARTIST RESUMÉ Include relevant experience to convey installation experience and ambitions. If this is a collaborative curatorial proposal, include resumés for each participating artist/collaborator. 3. REPRESENTATIVE IMAGES Artists may include at least 1 and up to 3 images of past work and installations (jpeg, tiff, gif preferred) Applications should also include renderings, drawings or images of the proposed window installation in addition to past work images. (jpeg, tiff, gif, pdf preferred) Please clearly label each image! Example: LastName.Imagetitle.jpeg OR Smith.Untitled.jpeg Please submit an accompanying Image Script that includes image details: title of work, medium, year created, dimensions or scale. Note-Images & Image Script may be combined into one pdf document. 4. INSTALLATION BUDGET Applications should include a proposed, itemized budget for the installation totaling no more than $500. Please consider any materials, tools, and/or labor needed to complete the project. QUESTIONS/INFORMATION: map@mdartplace.org

3 DIRECTORY OF PARTICIPATING RETAILERS Amaryllis Handcrafted Jewelry (830 Aliceanna St.) Website: Window Size: 5 1 w x 7 7 h Location: Right Front Window on Aliceanna Street (if facing front door from the outside) Notes: Need Open Space for Table/Jewelry Display-suggest framing merchandise BIN 604 (604 S. Exeter St.) Website: Window Size: Approx 3.9 w x 3.5 h, 8 Windows Total Location: Storefront Electricity: No Notes: 5.5 Interior Window Sill. Top row of windows should provide visibility in/out of store. City Sports (809 Aliceanna St.) Website: Window Size: 6.20 w x 5.95 h Location: Center Front Window (out of three exterior windows on Aliceanna) currently covered by ad/pr for City Sports Courtyard Marriott (1000 Aliceanna St.) Website: Window Size: Each Window Set (Panels Left to Right) 12 w x 72 h, 45 w x 72 h, 12 w x 72 h Location: Aliceanna Street Street Level Notes: Two sets of windows flanking front entrance-good depth on interior prefers strong holiday theme Haute Blow Dry Bar Website: Window Size: 7.5 x 6 Location: Store Front on Exeter Street Notes: Cannot interfere with stylist work space

4 Lebanese Taverna (719 S. President St.) Website: Window Size: Each Window Panel: 18 w x 90 h (Total Window: 64 w x 90 h) Location: Left front Window on President Street (if facing front door from the outside) Notes: Furniture will stay, but can be adjusted for installation Loafers & Laces (612 S. Exeter St.) Website: Window Size: Two Windows: 17 w x 72 h Location: Two Windows Flanking Front Door Entrance Notes: Needs to display merchandise either frame merchandise or select one side flanking the door Sassanova Website: Window Size: 3 Windows 31 x 94 each Location: Windows to the left of the store entrance Notes: NA South Moon Under (815 Aliceanna St.) Website: Window Size: Approx 6 w x 8 h Location: Front Right Window on Aliceanna Street (if facing front door from the outside) Taco Fiesta (618 S. Exeter St.) Website: Window Size: 10 w x 10 h ft. Location: Right Front Window on Exeter Street (if facing front door from the outside)

5 Talara (615 S. President St.) Website: Window Size: Four Window Panels: 37 w x 115 h each Location: Left front Windows on Fleet Street (if facing front door from the outside) Notes: There is a permanent grass shaped, vinyl coating at bottom of window White House/ Black Market (810 Aliceanna St.) Website: Window Size: Two Window Panels: both 32 w x 110 h Location: Set of Windows one awning over from the Front Door (if facing front door from the outside-closer to Haagen Dazs) Whole Foods Market Website: Window Size: Up to 6 windows (pending product placement see below) 45 w x 41 h Location: Vestibule b/w Whole Foods & BIN 604 on Exeter Street Electricity: No Notes: May be product in the vestibule design should be above merchandise