Call for Artists: 2024 Annual Juried Exhibition
“It’s For the Birds”
At Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Road | Grayslake IL 60030
224-388-7948
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: February 25, 2024 (midnight)
The Call-for-Artists for “It’s For the Birds” is NOW OPEN
Opening Reception: March 23, 2024 — 6-9pm
On View March 23-April 14
“It’s For the Birds” as a fine art exhibition aims to visually explore many ideas:
1) The immense beauty and diversity of birds as a species, including related subjects such as nests, eggs, feathers, flight, wings, etc.
2) The positivity of bird symbolism – overall birds symbolize freedom, hope, new beginnings, perspective, communication, music, travel, and a connection to the spiritual realm, like heaven or the Universe.
3) The various phrases & idioms related to birds, such as: bird’s eye view, a little bird told me, fly the coop, birds of a feather flock together, night owl, ugly duckling, to kill two birds with one stone, chicken out, wild goose chase, the early bird gets the worm, lame duck/sitting duck, bird brain, get your ducks in a row, love birds, bird song, swan song, eagle-eyed, feather one’s nest, eat crow, free bird, empty nest, feather in your cap
4) Can the phrase “It’s for the birds,” which normally contains a negative connotation, be flipped to something positive? -- as in let’s do something “for” the birds such as ecological efforts, climate change activism, habitat reclamation, migration study, etc.
We think this is going to be a fabulous and exciting, very beautiful, inviting, engaging, and enthralling exhibition!!
CLICK the link BELOW for all the SUBMISSION GUIDELINES and Info about our Juror:
We are eager to see what artists will submit around this open-ended concept.
Sincerely,
Kendra Kett (she/her)
Director/Owner & Curator
Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Road | Grayslake IL 60030
224-388-7948
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