2012 BRIO Guidelines & application

2012 BRIO Guidelines & Application

Deadline is Friday, January 27, 2012.

Read below for more info.

Application Checklist

• Completed online application
  Access via link in upper right hand corner of this page.
  
  
• Support Materials

Visual Arts Applicants: 5 images on CD and one checklist of artworks, or (for
Performance Art) a CD with a brief description of the performance (see instructions below).

Must be mailed or hand-delivered by postmark deadline (not metered): Friday, January 27, 2012.

Send to:
Bronx Council on the Arts

1738 Hone Ave

Bronx, NY 10461

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Support Materials Guidelines

Crafts, Illustration/Artist Book, Installation Art, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Printmaking/Drawing, and Sculpture

• Five (5) images on a PC-formatted CD,  submitted using the following specifications:
  • Image size: 1240 pixels x 1240 pixels maximum, 300 dpi resolution.
  • Each image file should be no larger than 2.0 MB.
  • Image format: JPG or JPEG only.
    
  • Images must be saved directly onto the root directory and not into folders or subdirectories.
  • Please save your files in the following format: (01_Title of the piece, 02_Title of the piece, etc.)  Order must match that of the written Checklist of Artworks.
  • Your name must not appear on the file. This will render your application ineligible.
    
    

Do not send PowerPoint presentations or work samples saved as PDFs.

Performance Art

• Label each CD and case with your name, title of work, date, total running time, and production credits.
• Include cue information or real elapsed time indicating start of selected work and a brief description of the piece.

The name of the artist must not appear or be heard throughout the entire length of the submission.

 

• Submit a data CD in PC format.
• Video file format: H.264, MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 preferred.
• Aspect ratio: Native aspect ratio without letterboxing (examples: 4:3, 16:9).
• Resolution: 640x360 (16:9) or 480x360 (4:3) recommended.
• Frames per second 30.
• Maximum length: 10 minutes (we recommend 2-3 minutes).
• Maximum file size: 1GB.

Helpful Definitions for Disciplines

Crafts: Original work by the artist / creator, making use of artistic practices that are traditional or contemporary, functional or decorative. Objects and art utilizing natural materials including but not limited to wood, clay, glass, textiles, fiber and metal. Some examples of craft include pottery, metalwork, quilting, glassblowing, weaving, jewelry making, paper making and crochet.

Installation Art presents a visualization of interior experience 3-dimensionally, in real time and space. (Can be submitted on CD).

Mixed Media combines techniques and materials from two or more fine art processes in the same surface, no one of  which  predominates.

Performance Art  is art where the actions of an individual or group at a particular place and in a particular time constitute the work. Performance Art can be any situation that involves four basic elements: time, space, the performer’s body, and a relationship between performer and audience.

Printmaking/Illustration/Artist Book/Drawing includes aquatints, collages, engravings, etchings, lithographs, prints, woodcuts, and drawings.

Sculpture applies to tri-dimensional work that stands alone on a base or pedestal and that can be seen from all angles.

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