Posted: March 1, 2010
The World Bank announces the call for entries to participate in an exhibition of visual arts inspired by the idea of change, featuring artists from Latin America and the Caribbean region working in all media.
Following the success of its Africa Now! exhibition in 2008-09, the World Bank Art Program launched a second regionally focused program in 2009, this time celebrating contemporary visual arts from Latin America and the Caribbean.
The program, titled About Change aims to showcase works by emerging visual artists from the region.
About Change is scheduled to run through May 2011 and will culminate in a main exhibition of nearly 300 art pieces. The works will be displayed in rotating exhibitions hosted at the World Bank offices in Washington, D.C. and Paris, as well as at the Cultural Center of the Inter-American Development Bank, and at the Art Museum of the Americas, Organization of American States, both in Washington, D.C.
From the artworks selected for display, a number will be acquired and included in the permanent collections of the partnering institutions. Additionally, the World Bank Art Program will identify from the pool of the selected artists the recipient of the World Bank Art Program Artists’ Workshop Award.
Submissions must be received by the World Bank Art Program no later than April 30, 2010 and selected artists will be notified by the end of May, 2010.
About Change encompasses:
- Individual art exhibitions with direct selection by the Curatorial Committee,
- A main exhibition - a large multi-countries and multi-media art exhibition with an open Call for Entries
- Educational Programs including a symposium on cultural industries in Latin America and the Caribbean, a documentary film festival on visual art in the region, an artists’ workshop among others.
This project is under the auspices of the World Bank Vice Presidency for Latin America and the Caribbean Region, the World Bank Art Program in partnership with the Cultural Center of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), the Art Museum of the Americas, Organization of American States (OAS), and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat.
*This deadline does not apply to Haitian artists affected by the January 2010
earthquake. An exhibition dedicated to Haitian artists based in Haiti will be scheduled for 2012.
