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Call for entry:
We invite you to apply to
Making the Leap: Crossing Borders
The deadline for the juried exhibition Making the Leap: Crossing
Borders applications is September 19, 2010
Show dates:
December 1, 2010 January 2, 2011
at
A.I.R. Gallery, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY

The curators seek works by Asian women artists who have immigrated to the
United States. As an international center for art, New York City attracts
artists from all over the world, many of whom deal with dual cultural,
racial and national identities, and issues of separation from families and
loved ones. In the city, one may experience culture shock due to peculiar
living situations, and to different gender role expectations than those
experienced in more male-dominated Asian countries. These experiences can be
both funny and profound. America is a place where one can escape one¹s own
circumstances and reinvent oneself. This has been particularly true for
many women artists from Asia, where conservative social structures
discourage women who deviate from the traditional trajectory of obedient
daughter and devoted mother. The curators encourage women artists from Asia
to submit work that specifically addresses the challenges of balancing their
own hopes and dreams with expectations of society and family. Works should
originate from personal experiences related to this transition.

The juror for this exhibition is Renee Ricardo, an independent curator and
the founder of ARENA Gallery in New York.

For more information, and to apply to
Making the Leap: Crossing Borders,
please click
HERE

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