ANNIE HECKMAN

Gentle readers, please forward this open call far and wide and contact me any time with questions. I’m honored to be coordinating this show together with Emmy Mathis, who went to the University of Illinois at Chicago with me back in the day and is now rocking out her MFA and other Miami-based pursuits at Florida International University.

OPEN CALL FOR FIBER BASED WORK

Edge Zones will be exhibiting a group fiber show in February, 2010, co-organized by artists Annie Heckman & Emmy Mathis.  If you have work that is fiber based and are interested in participating, please send images (with lots of details), a brief bio and statement to Emmy Mathis at emmymathis(at)gmail.com.

Images must be received by no later than October 1, 2009.  Any work that utilizes fibers will be considered.  For further information, please feel free to contact us:

Edge Zones: http://www.edgezones.org, edgezone(at)me.com,
Annie Heckman: annieheckman(at)gmail.com
Emmy Mathis: emmymathis(at)gmail.com

Edge Zones requests that work is submitted by Edge Zones members.  If you are not currently a member, please go to the gallery’s page on exhibitor’s requirements in order to become a member; membership requires a $25.00 fee as well as an application form.  Please also familiarize yourself with the information on this page when considering pieces to submit.

Edge Zones is an artist based non-profit founded in 2004 to research, conceptualize and execute events that strengthen the contemporary art environment among a diverse populations in Miami.

Annie Heckman, Becoming Formless, 2007 animation still, dimensions variable

The Plugged Art Collective featured Becoming Formless in the fabulous Her Shorts festival last year, and is currently screening it as part of a new selection of works at the Fishbowl Gallery, Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology in Nelson, New Zealand. Selections of Her Shorts 2006-2008 is screening right now, August 31st-Sept. 4th 2009. I’m so happy to be included and wanted to pass on the latest call for entries from Plugged –

A new call for videos for the new 2010-2011 touring video festival Hot Sauce and Magnolias: A Southern Experience. This festival is open to all artists living and working in the Southeast. Postmark deadline September 30, 2009. Download the full prospectus HERE.

The folks at Plugged have brought my videos to some amazing places, charge no fee for entry, and always seem to find fantastic work from video artists around the world, so I definitely recommend staying on their list and applying.

West Carroll Open Studios, 2008

In October 2008, I participated in Chicago Artists Month for the first time. I had only been in my studio building on West Carroll street for a few months, so organizing an open studios event there was a little tricky — I applied for inclusion in the citywide program last May before even meeting more than a few people in my building, and then worked backwards from there. The event was a great way for people in the studios to get to know each other, and brought visitors from all around the city and suburbs. I was impressed with the amount of support and publicity we had through Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs.

October seems to be a long way off, but the deadline to register for inclusion in Chicago Artists Month is approaching soon. The online registration form needs to be completed by May 15, and it’s worth it to plan things out a little more and see how any public programs you’re part of might be related to this year’s theme, “Chicago Artists Month 2.0,” referring to Web 2.0 and the use of interactivity and technology in art.

Drop me a comment or email if you’re planning something in the Garfield Park area — we’re definitely interested in pooling resources and making sure that our visitors get to see as much as possible when they make the rounds!