Logan Square, N Milwaukee Ave- Window Projections Curator Jayve Montgomery 2012
"Curatorial
Practice" explores the impact of the urban environment on artist and
their work, and the contributions that artists make to the vitality of a city.
The place where art is imagined and made, whether in a physical or virtual
space, affects the idea, the process, and the final product. And the art, once
created, leaves a mark on the place it occupies.
Phantom Gallery Chicago looks at how the city influences art and artists, and how artists transform the city by contributing to civic dialogue and quality of life.
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Phantom Gallery Chicago looks at how the city influences art and artists, and how artists transform the city by contributing to civic dialogue and quality of life.
The Phantom Gallery Chicago seeks to provide a model situation for emerging curators to gain practical curating experience and to
critically reflect on the issues involved. The aim of the Phantom is to examine
changes in current curatorial production and to develop innovative displays in
relation to these physical storefronts or virtual spaces.
BRIEF description of the proposed program:
Curating means the creation of innovative structures for the
presentation of cultural artifacts through interdisciplinary collaboration. In
this field, art, digital media, and design relate in new ways to one another.
The last few years have seen curators working in increasingly close
collaboration with artists, designers, and educationalists on the development
of exhibitions, projects in the public sphere, the design of museum spaces, and
the presentation of collections. Contemporary exhibitions are changing, with
new interpretative strategies complementing the integration into exhibitions of
innovative display structures, lounge areas, archives, reading rooms, and new
media interfaces.
Selection Process
All interested artists must first submit a complete application to the phantomgallerychigago@gmail.com. These
proposals are then reviewed by the Phantom Gallery Chicago curatorial committee
made up of local art professionals, members of the art community, and
artists. If selected, artists are then
matched with a space that meets their needs/requirements as it becomes
available.
Artists'
Responsibilities
• Accepted artists will be required to sign a contract
outlining the terms of the individual agreement
• Design, install, maintain, and dismantle the installation
(this includes any necessary build-out, temporary walls, painting, electrical,
et al.)
•Provide all installation materials
Edmond Dante Hamilton, Chicago International Blog Awards Gallery Layout 2012
Staffing the gallery and/or developing a staffing plan
Staffing the gallery and/or developing a staffing plan
•Actively promote your participation acknowledging the
Phantom as a sponsor, and all other sponsors, in-kind support, logo or web
links.
Mailings, e-blasts, twitter, facebook, blogs, press releases,
interviews with the press, and agree to participate in larger Phantom Gallery
events. All marketing/PR efforts must
be reviewed and approved by the Phantom Gallery Chicago Network board of directors.
•Upon notification by the property owner or Phantom return
vacant space to the original condition within the time period requested.
Phantom Gallery Chicago Network Role:
Curator Zero, Installation at Garfield Market, 2008
• Find and
secure appropriate locations at no charge to the artists
• Act as
point of contact for artists
• Schedule
and coordinate artists load-in
• Review
all artists’ marketing/PR materials in a timely manner
• Provide publicity and marketing
support for galleries (media alerts, Web site presence, links to artist sites,
press release, signage, etc.)
