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Antenna::Call for New Collective Members 2023
Opened - 03/04/23
Closed - 04/14/23
The Submission Deadline is April 14th, 2023, at 11:59 pm CST
Free to apply.
The application will automatically close after 60 submissions.
Antenna Collective is now accepting applications for new members!
The Antenna Collective is an interdisciplinary group of artists, writers, makers, and innovators that collaboratively curate, exhibit, and maintain Antenna’s Gallery Spaces located at 3718 St. Claude Ave. The Antenna Collective consists of a culturally and socially engaged group of New Orleans based artists who combine their energies and experiences for the cultivation of the New Orleans art community. To learn more about the Collective, you can visit our website at https://www.antenna.works/collective/.
The Antenna Collective is specifically interested in supporting artists that align with Antenna’s mission to provide opportunities for support BIPOC, LGBTQ-GNC+, women, immigrant, and other- abled cultural contributors and cultural bearers who produce artistic works projects at the intersection of Gender and Identity, the Environment, Equity, Renewable Resources, Abolition, Restorative Justice, and the histories of the Gulf South, and artists that take an expansive, decolonial, and experimental approach to exhibit-making.
AWARD
Applicants that are selected will be invited to be members of the Antenna Collective. The initial invitation will be for 3 years with an opportunity to renew for an additional 3 years afterward. Some benefits of being a member of the Antenna Collective include:
- Opportunity to exhibition Nationally in Collective exchange shows
- Opportunity to participate in Antenna’s annual group exhibition that corresponds with the city-wide triannual Prospect
- Opportunity to curate an exhibition or propose a solo/group exhibition
- 15% Discount on printing at Antenna’s press, Paper Machine
- Professional Development opportunities
- Free studio for one year (lottery system for active members - only 1 slot available annually)
- Juroring the National Open Call for exhibitions
- Opportunity to host in person programing at either of Antenna’s spaces
- Being included in a supportive and diverse group of New Orleans artists.
- And more!
EXPECTATIONS
The purpose of the Antenna Collective is to support Antenna’s Mission as a 501c3 non-profit multidisciplinary cultural institution presenting exhibitions, public programs, publishing, and regranting located in New Orleans. That provides financial, curatorial, professional, residential support for BIPOC, LGBTQ-GNC+, women, immigrant, and other abled cultural contributors and cultural bearers who produce visual and performance art; digitally printed book arts; participatory and socially engaged projects in public space at the intersection of Gender and Identity, the Environment, Equity, Renewable Resources, Abolition, Restorative Justice, and the histories of the Gulf South.
The Antenna Collective provides exhibition curation, gallery prep and installation, promotion and programming around the two galleries located in the Bywater in New Orleans at 3718 St. Claude Ave.
Listed below are some volunteer opportunities. Each member is expected to keep track of their hours by logging it into the Antenna Collective “In-Kind” hour document. The tasks are tailored to each member, and the needs of the Antenna Collective and will be defined in an MOU with each member.
- exhibition documentation
- painting and patching gallery walls
- gallery sitting 12:00 - 5:00 on the weekends
- creating Instagram posts for gallery exhibitions
- organizing tools and hardware
- planning for our annual Draw-A-Thon event
- Volunteering for our annual Draw-A-Thon event
- correspondence with National jurors
- Point person for group shows
- Archivist
- Art handling/preparator
- participating in annual National open call reviews
- staffing monthly Second Saturday events
- Assist with fundraising efforts
Active members commit to the following::
- Attend 10 meetings per year (currently held via Zoom at 7:00 every first Thursday of the month)
- Volunteer an average of 10 hours per month or become a committee head for a special task (generally active members sit once a month).
- Help with at least one exhibition per year of membership.
- Participate in Antenna Collective mentorship, where a new member shadows a current member, learning the in’s and outs of how the collective operates, and how an exhibition is staged. active members in good standing are eligible to propose exhibitions
- Keep up with Antenna google group emails and subscribe to the antenna.nola google calendar so you know what’s going on.
- The initial invitation is for 3 years, with the option to renew for another three years afterwards.
ELIGIBILITY
Artists must currently have an artistic or curatorial practice and have lived in New Orleans for at least 3 years.
The Antenna Collective is an interdisciplinary group of artists, writers, makers, and innovators that collaboratively curate, exhibit, and maintain Antenna’s Gallery Spaces located at 3718 St. Claude Ave. The Antenna Collective consists of a culturally and socially engaged group of New Orleans based artists who combine their energies and experiences for the cultivation of the New Orleans art community. To learn more about the Collective, you can visit our website at https://www.antenna.works/collective/.
IMPORTANT DATES
- April 14, 2023 11:59 PM: Deadline for applications
- April 24, 2023: Finalist notified
- May 1 - 26, 2023: In-person interviews for finalist
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ABOUT ANTENNA ORGANIZATION
Theory of Change: Antenna supports artists and writers so that they can contextualize contemporary life, create cultural capital and societal change through their work. Antenna creates immeasurable economic and professional benefits to cultural contributors and cultural bearers by being the only non-profit Contemporary Art space, Publishing and Digital Print Production organization in the City of New Orleans. Antenna offers opportunities for exhibitions, re-granting, residencies, publishing, and public engagement to artists, writers, and cultural bearers at all levels of their careers. Our work ensures that artists have the tools and financial support that they need to thrive and to continue creating dynamic and experimental works to share with local, regional, and national audiences.
Antenna strives to implement non-hierarchical organizational structures internally between the board, collective and staff, so that we can move with intention and agility to respond to the needs of our community. Antenna is funded through private foundations, government entities, individual donors, and earned income.
Mission: Antenna is a 501(c)(3) non-profit multidisciplinary cultural institution presenting exhibitions, public programs, publishing, and regranting located in New Orleans. We provide financial, curatorial, professional, residential support for BIPOC, LGBTQ-GNC+, women, immigrant, and other abled cultural contributors and cultural bearers who produce visual and performance art; digitally printed book arts; participatory and socially engaged projects in public space at the intersection of Gender and Identity, the Environment, Equity, Renewable Resources, Abolition, Restorative Justice, and the histories of the Gulf South.