Call for Submissions
(Dis)Comfort: A Virtual Project

SUBMISSION DATES: May 1-16, 2021 until 11:59pm (PDT)

(Dis)Comfort: A Virtual Project
June 1 – August 31, 2021

When we think of comfort and (dis)comfort, we often think of polar-opposite feelings of ease and unease; however, in 2020/2021 the global pandemic, cultural and racial upheaval, and the myriad of changes to our lives have left us feeling a constellation of emotions. This project is a call to consider your own experiences with comfort and (dis)comfort in this time of instability, disruption, and isolation. Open to Chaffey College students, artists, and community members who live, go to college, and/or work in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties.

ELIGIBILITY

• This is an online "virtual" project.

• Open to Chaffey College students, artists, and community members who live, go to college, and/or work in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties.

• Submissions will be accepted during the submission period (up to 250 works of art in total).

GUEST ARTIST SELECTIONS 

Guest artist and local community college educator Nicole Green Hodges will make up to 5 Selections that will each receive a $100 gift for their interpretation of the theme. Selections will be made in a blind review. 

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES 

• Submissions will be accepted via Artcall.org.

• Artists may be required to set up a profile on Artcall.org.

• By submitting original work, artists acknowledge and agree to allow their work to be used for marketing this exhibition.

• By submitting original work, artists acknowledge and agree to allow their work to be shared online via www.artcall.org, www.chaffey.edu and YouTube.

• All artists (student and community) will be responsible for submitting their own images and information.

• Faculty should not submit on behalf of students and artists.

• Limit of no more than 1 application per user with a maximum of 5 attachments.

• Based on the number of submissions, we may be unable to accept more than 1 image per artist.

• Maximum file size under 4MB and 4800px. If these size constraints are too limited, we can accept links to media hosted on YouTube, Vimeo, Soundcloud, personal website, DropBox, etc. Please note that final display may be resized. 

• Minimum image dimension 540px on the longest side for all submission.

• Please ensure that you submit good quality images of your work. The Wignall Museum reserves the right to exclude work with images that are not clear, in focus, or well lit. Good judgement will be exercised to determine intentional photographic processes versus insufficient documentation. 

• If your work is a series or diptych, and needs to be displayed as such, please ensure you submit an image that contains the entire work in one image. Otherwise, a single image may be selected from the attachments.

• All submissions must be original work and executed solely by the artist(s) to be considered for inclusion in (Dis)Comfort. Artist collaborations are acceptable. 

• The Wignall Museum will reject work that employs hate speech, that incites violence, or attacks protected persons or groups. Hate speech can be an image submission which incites violence or prejudicial action or because it disparages or intimidates a protected group, or individual on the basis of race, religion, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, or gender. 

VIDEO/MOVING IMAGES

• By submitting original artworks, artists acknowledge and accept that the Wignall Museum may post video or moving image work on the Wignall Museum YouTube channel in order to share it as part of the exhibition. 

• By submitting original artworks, artists acknowledge and accept that video or moving image work may be compressed or upscaled as necessary in order to share it as part of the exhibition.

• By submitting original artworks, artists agree that the Wignall Museum may present the work with any necessary accessibility features, as required by Chaffey College (this may include closed captions, audio descriptions, or other any other necessary accessibility features).