Momentum is fast approaching!!!!

Momentum: Art Doesn’t Stand Still

Momentum: Art Doesn’t Stand Still is an annual exhibition that features Oklahoma artists 30 years and younger, working in all media including 2-D and 3-D art, film, installations, performance and more. Held each year in Oklahoma City in March and Tulsa in October, the exhibition has continually presented a diversified look at emerging artistic talent in Oklahoma.

MOMENTUM TULSA 2010 CALL FOR ARTISTS
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition is looking for Oklahoma artists age 30 and younger to exhibit their work in a fun and exciting atmosphere featuring interactive art and live bands. The seventh annual Momentum Tulsa will be Saturday, October 9 at Living Arts, 307 E. Brady, Tulsa. Performance artists, filmmakers, 2D and 3D artists are encouraged to submit up to three entries. Submissions must have been created in the last two years and can not have been included in previous Momentum’s. More information at 405-879-2400. All submissions should be made through the online entry form. Deadline for entry is September 13, 2010 at 5:00 pm.

Click for online entry form.

CURATORS
Shannon Fitzgerald is an independent curator. She was Chief Curator at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis from 2000-2007, and curated the thematic group exhibitions Staging: Janieta Eyre, Julie Moos, Zwelethu Mthethwa (2002) and co-curated with Tumelo Mosaka the Contemporary's inaugural and traveling exhibition A Fiction of Authenticity: Contemporary Africa Abroad (2003). She has curated solo exhibitions of new work by international artists: Larry Krone, Michael Paul Britto, Ruby Osorio, Dzine, Keith Piper, Yun-Fei Ji, Polly Apfelbaum, William Pope.L, and Michael Lin, among others.
She received a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art in Boston and a MA in Art History and Museum Studies from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. Prior to moving to St. Louis, Fitzgerald worked at the Institute of Visual Arts (inova), University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. Fitzgerald recently relocated to Oklahoma City.

Sarah Jesse (Tulsa, OK) is a writer and educator working as the Bernson Director of Education and Public Programs at the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa. Jesse was selected as the Momentum Tulsa Emerging Curator.

PRIZES
Over $1,000 in cash prizes! Categories include Curator’s Choice, Pushing the Boundaries, and a Viewer’s Choice, voted on during the event, in both Visual Art and Performance Categories.

MOMENTUM MARKET
Momentum Tulsa will include an area called “Momentum Market” for additional original works that are priced $30 and under. All media are accepted. Artists accepted into Momentum Tulsa should bring items for the Market when delivering accepted works, along with any special display materials, if needed. Space is limited so not all work will be displayed at once.

QUESTIONS/MORE INFO
Contact Sarah McElroy at 405-879-2400.