Co-Adorn Art Jewellery Society's fifth members' exhibition in partnership with L.A. Pai Gallery
June 5 - 25, 2021
June 5 - 25, 2021
Introduction
Co-Adorn Art Jewellery Society invites you to celebrate its fifth annual members' exhibition, Camp: A Spectacle of Rings. What better way to celebrate than to show off your best cocktail rings! This year, Co-Adorn asks the seriously playful artist to respond to the theme, Camp.
Reaffirmed by theatrical subculture, and historically present in the exaggerated elegance of Baroque Art, 'Camp’ provokes an innovation of aesthetic values; celebrating obscure, unreasonable, artificial and emotionally calculated style.
- Meris Mosher, Co-Adorn
What is camp? Camp is a cultural trope, a specific aesthetic style. Camp celebrates the obscure, the unreasonable. Camp provokes innovation. The essence of Camp is its love of the unnatural, of artifice and exaggeration. Submit your rings that incite:
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See our academic inspiration here: Sontag, S. (2018). Notes on 'Camp'. London, UK: Penguin Books.
Each artist is invited to submit up to 3 cocktail rings for jurying.
Applications are open to Canadians, Canadians living abroad, and international artists living in Canada.
Each artist is invited to submit up to 3 cocktail rings for jurying.
Applications are open to Canadians, Canadians living abroad, and international artists living in Canada.
Timeline
April 18 - Entry Deadline
May 1 - Acceptance Notification
May 14 - Artist Agreements Due
May 11-16 - Works due in Halifax
May 31 - Work arrives in Ottawa
June 5 - June 25 - Camp exhibition at L.A. Pai Gallery
June 28 - Works returned to Halifax
July 5 - Works returned to artists
May 1 - Acceptance Notification
May 14 - Artist Agreements Due
May 11-16 - Works due in Halifax
May 31 - Work arrives in Ottawa
June 5 - June 25 - Camp exhibition at L.A. Pai Gallery
June 28 - Works returned to Halifax
July 5 - Works returned to artists
How to Enter
Follow these steps to enter:
- Read the Introduction and Timeline (above)
- Become a 2021 Member of Co-Adorn
- Submit your $30 application payment
- Follow the instructions included in your application payment receipt to submit your application form via Google Forms, and your image files and artist statement(s) via Dropbox.
Sales
All sales will be completed via L.A Pai Gallery.
Juror
Lisa A. Pai, Director of L.A. Pai Gallery
Questions? Contact Meris Mosher, Exhibition Chair: exhibitions@co-adorn.com