Winter Solstice Art Exhibit

 

CALL FOR ART

 

Winter Solstice marks the shortest day and longest night of the year.   Its place on the calendar heralds that part in the cycle where the sunlight begins increasing once more. 

 

Our ancestors celebrated this annual event by burning the Yule log,  drinking Gluhwein and

gathering in candlelight for song, dance and prayer.   The abundance of the Harvest had to sustain them through the long winter months until spring, when seeds were sown once more.  At first glance, Winter Solstice was very much a celebration of the physical:  soil, water, seeds, nature's elements.  It was this and........ever so much more.

 

Winter Solstice is also a metaphor of one's life; a time of reflection; meditating on the darkness which seems unending - yearning to bask in the light; a time to release those things which no longer serve a purpose - making room for the new; a time to honor the ancestors - the ancient ones who still show us the way if we, but, pay heed; a time of renewal, setting intentions, assessing personal integrity and swearing oaths; a time of transformation.     

 

The Winter Solstice Art Exhibit is calling for art in spirit to the theme

 

This exhibit is produced and curated by Temple of MA and hosted by FLUXX Theater and Gallery in Tucson, AZ

 

Open mic for anyone to share spoken word, poetry readings, or music/song in spirit to the theme

 

Submit your artwork to:  info@templeofma.org in the following format:

 

1.  Your name

2.  Your email address

3.  Up to 3 artwork titles, medium, size, sale price

4 .  1 image per work (3 images, total) - jpg format only, each file size no larger than 1MB  

     

5.  Submission fee is $15 for up to 3 artworks

 

To pay the submission fee, please click here:   

 

At this time, we accept credit card payments only.

IMPORTANT:  Please write the titles of your submissions in your payment notes.

 

 

IMPORTANT DATES:

 

Submissions Deadline:    November 25, 2015, 11:59pm, Arizona time

 

Notifications date:            November 30, 2015

 

Opening reception:          December 18, 2015

 

 

NOTE:  This is a 30-day exhibit.  If your work is accepted it must remain in the exhibit for the duration, no exceptions.  If your work is sold, it may be picked up by the buyer anytime, by arrangement.

 

Strike/pick-up art:             January 18, 2016