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Opening Reception TBD*

*(The exact date and time of the opening of the exhibition that ArtLab's opening will coincide is yet to be confirmed: The exhibition will open approximately early March, Spring 2013.)

Entry Deadline February 20th, 5pm. Work must be completely ready for installation no later than March 1st. The selected artist will be notified by February 25th. 

The winning proposal receives an honorarium of $250, museum sponsored online publicity on AMUM's .edu website and our social media presences (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Vimeo). Your ArtLab opening reception will share the larger reception of AMUM's new exhibition opening, which will add to the abundance of viewers who will see your work in addition to the viewers you bring in through your own publicity and the aforementioned publicity offered by AMUM's Media Specialist. However, the highest incentive is the opportunity, for emerging and established artists alike, to showcase your most experimental artwork installation within a dedicated museum space. ArtLab offers all the benefits of exhibiting within a museum environment, which includes track lighting options, multiple electrical outlets, and a protected camera surveilled setting. Your work will be secure within the safe climate controlled museum as priceless artifacts and contemporary exhibitions. 

ArtLab Space Dimensions: 485 square ft, 87 running ft, and 10 ft ceiling.



Jason Miller heads the ArtLab Selections Committee, and is looking for work that utilizes the full potential of dealing with the space allotted through this exhibition opportunity. 

"I have seen numerous exhibitions in ArtLab at AMUM over the course of the last decade, and I have exhibited my own work in the ArtLab space in a multimedia installation. When I review your submission, not only will I be looking for something that I haven't already seen or that simply surprises me, but moreover I will be searching for the artwork that bares the artist's savage-most blood and vigor. I want to see the struggle of thought, I want to see heart and mind in the proposed ArtLab artwork. Yes, I want to see the evidence of imaginative chess play. Above all, I want to show the public an artist who considers sharing his or her artwork with other human beings to, in itself, be the uttermost form of communicative reward."

-Jason Miller



About ArtLab: The Experimental Art Space
AMUM's ArtLab is intended to be a space for new, experimental, unreviewed, non-mainstream, and otherwise under-represented work that demonstrates the potential to broaden boundaries for the understanding of expression and ideas. Download the prospectus below, and please note that artists who exceed the minimal requirements of the prospectus will fair better than artists with proposals that are too vague.) Please note that travel and shipping expenses are not covered by the museum and are the responsibility of the exhibiting ArtLab artist. Therefore, while this call is open to all artists, nevertheless, it is necessary for the artist to deliver and install his/ her own work or have an appointed installer or representative who can install your work to your specifications. The Museum Media Specialist will assist in the installation, but the artist should be involved physically as well as through blueprint. In short, it is advantageous to local artists to apply, and yet any artists with the energy and ambition to make it happen is eligible.



HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK
 (By mail or in person by dropping off to the front desk at AMUM with the following labeling.)

Precautions: Please note that certain substances are not allowed within The Art Museum of The University of Memphis due to safety precautions and equally important due to the protection of all art and artifacts housed within the museum. Therefore, do not submit proposals that include fog machines, water vapor or any other vapor, sparks, fire, weapons, or anything that could hurt another human being.In short, make sure your art proposes an idea that is safe and produces no harmful circumstances that could jeopardize any of the other artworks in the museum. With the aforementioned stated, now let your imagination run wild.

Artists interested in showing their work in this space may download the ArtLab prospectus and submit a proposal for consideration to AMUM. Share informational flyer with a friend.