The Engagement Program for International Curators is a 12-month Program accepting TWO non-US based curators (International Awardees) and TWO US-based curators (US Liaisons) working on or having worked within exhibitions and projects that explore historical art of the United States (c. 1500-1980), including painting; sculpture; works on paper, such as prints, drawing and photography; decorative arts; performance; and design (except industrial). Architecture and commercial film are excluded. Native American art is eligible for consideration.

Each International Awardee is paired with a US Liaison for a year-long partnership (beginning January 2020) dedicated to professional development and exchange in areas of advancement. The Program includes travel funding for Awardees, a participant stipend for US Liaisons, networking, and other benefits, which are outlined below in greater detail. Two pairings are awarded each year.

International Awardees will receive:
Complimentary AAMC Membership for 1 year.
Generous travel funding to fulfill the program components detailed below.

Program components include:
Partnership between US Liaison & International Awardee, including one in-person meeting at the US Liaison’s institution, between May 1 and December 1, 2020. The Awardee receives a $2,750 travel stipend for this trip, which not expected to last more than 5 business days. The pairing will discuss and develop the goals submitted within the Awardee’s application. While we welcome goals oriented around developing scholarly pursuits within the American Art parameters outlined above, we are seeking goals that focus on overall curatorial career and professional skill development. Areas of advancement could include research, project management, leadership development, cross-border exhibitions, loans, fundraising, marketing, dealer and donor relationships, and other such areas.

Travel Funding and complimentary registration to attend AAMC & AAMC Foundation’s Annual Conference & Meeting, May 2-6, 2020 in Seattle, WA. The Awardee receives a $2,500 stipend for this trip.

Developing a webinar presentation for the full AAMC membership.

Invitation to the Annual Program Alumni Reception held during the Conference on Sunday, May 3, 2020 in Seattle, Washington.

Providing a mid-program check-in, a final report and program evaluation survey.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
All applicants must be art curators at non-profit organizations, with direct responsibility for works of art. In addition, curators and others that work a minimum of 50% of the time for/with non-profit organizations will be considered. Please note that curators working in four wall collecting and non-collecting, community based, and non-four wall organizations, at any location in the globe are eligible.

All applicants must be with or have worked with exhibitions, collections and projects that explore historical art of the United States (c. 1500-1980), including painting; sculpture; works on paper, such as prints, drawing and photography; decorative arts; performance; and design (except industrial). Architecture and commercial film are excluded. Native American art is eligible for consideration.

All applicants must be able to commit to participating in a 12-month Program at the time of application, including the all deadlines (non-negotiable), timelines, and travel. A stipend is granted as part of this Program to accommodate the travel requirements.

DEADLINE
Applications for the AAMC Foundation Engagement Program for International Curators opens on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 and the final deadline for submitting and application is 12pm ET on Thursday, October 24, 2019.

Please visit the 'External Link' below for more information.

SGC International hosts an annual conference for printmakers. The 2020 conference, Puertográfico, will be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 1-4, 2020. The Open Portfolio event at the annual SGC International conference provides a unique opportunity for conference attendees to present their prints to their peers, their mentors, and the general public. Members show their prints on tables alongside one another in 1-hour sessions, in one large event hall. In this jam-packed, exciting event, thousands of prints can be seen within a four-hour period. The conference’s 1200+ attendees are free to walk through, view the works on display, and meet the artists.

From the SGCI website:
The printmaking world doesn’t just need artists and educators—it needs it needs writers, gallerists, and curators.

This year SGCI is putting a new twist on the Open Portfolio! We’re transforming it into a live, malleable “happening” where exhibitions will be culled from the work shown by Open Portfolio participants and featured at the conference as the 2020 Open Portfolio Exhibitions. The Open Portfolio will provide content for the conference by highlighting the work and focusing upon the ideas evidenced in the moment at our annual gathering.

To cultivate the roles of curators, gallerists, and writers, both within our community and beyond, SGC International and Puertográfico are seeking members interested in being a part of the three curatorial teams that will present the 2020 Open Portfolio Exhibitions.

Each curatorial team will include:
- one lead curator
- one graduate student curatorial assistant
- two undergraduate student curatorial assistants
- one student critic

The lead curators of the three teams will include one Puerto Rican Curator (external-to-SGCI, receiving a $500 honorarium), one Open Call Curator (external-to-SGCI, receiving a conference waiver, lodging at the conference hotel, airfare, and a $500 honorarium), and one SGCI Student Curator (receiving a $500 honorarium).

Exhibition themes or topics will be determined by the curators and curators must choose pieces to be exhibited from the works shown at Open Portfolio. The show is not to be worked out in advance of Open Portfolio. The curator, however, may have an organizing principle in mind.

Together each curatorial team (minus the team critic) will:
- mine the morning’s three Open Portfolio sessions to form an exhibition;
- develop their exhibition on Thursday afternoon;
- notify artists of their participation in exhibitions by Thursday evening at 7:00 PM;
- use Friday to plan their exhibitions, prepare curatorial statements, and prepare thoughts for the Curators’ Forum;
- present their reflections upon the Open Portfolio at the Saturday morning Curators’ Forum;
- hang the shows on Saturday afternoon.

Saturday evening the exhibitions will open as a part of the Puertográfico closing festivities—The 2020 Open Portfolio Exhibitions, the SGC International Awards Ceremony, and the Printmakers Ball.

The 2020 SGCI Open Portfolio Exhibitions will add an element of spontaneity to the conference and ensure that it is about printmaking right now! By the end of the week, Open Portfolio participants may find themselves with an exhibition in San Juan; emerging artists interested in curation will gain experience from working with those already in the field; artists and curators will make connections; and the membership at large will get to watch it all unfold.

The following positions are open for applications:
- Open Call Curator (external-to-SGCI)
- SGCI Student Curator
- Graduate Student Curatorial Assistant
- Undergraduate Student Curatorial Assistant
- Student Critic

Please submit your CV and a statement of intent (300 word max) including your experience working with prints, drawings, artist's books, and works on paper through the online form at the 'External Link' below.

The Print and Picture Collection is pleased to announce PIX Open Call, our 2015 call for entries for juried two-person exhibitions. Area artists are invited to enter this open call, juried by photographer David Graham and printmaker Shelley Thorstensen. The deadline for application is June 5, 2015. We will have two Two Person Shows, beginning in September 2015, in the Print and Picture Hallway Gallery, on the second floor of the Parkway Central Library. We are looking for artists’ books, drawings, photography, and printmaking.

One artist will exhibit on the left wall, which is 34’ long x 4’ hanging space tall. The other artist will exhibit along the right wall, which has four flat top exhibition cases, with dimensions 56” x 26” x 6”, and three sections of wall space, which are 5’x 4’, 2’ x 4’ and 9’ x 4’. Please see the images below. PIX Open Call is open to artists within a 35-mile radius of the Print & Picture Collection (see the map below for specifics). Matthew Colaizzo, Emily Cucalon, Marianne Dages, Jeffrey Dents, Andrea Krupp, and Catherine Nelson are among the recent artists chosen for the PIX Open Call. Please follow the link to download our entry form with more details.