Open Door at the Queens Museum of Art is a platform for artists working in the public sphere to engage in constructive dialogues about their work. Artists working in this vein of aesthetic practice face unique challenges with few forums existing to address them. Creative Time’s ongoing Open Door program was founded in the belief that art production is not simply a final product, but a process dependent on critical input, working through pragmatic constraints, and developing a growing artistic community.
On Wednesday, July 28, 2010, in partnership with the Queens Museum of Art, Creative Time’s Open Door will take the form of a public review of Queens-based project proposals. All New York City-based artists are invited to submit proposals for a public or social-practice-based project to take place in Queens (within a one-half-mile radius of the Unisphere). From these submissions, the Creative Time curatorial staff will select five artists to present their project proposals to a panel of Creative Time and Queens Museum curators before a public audience. Each presenter will have seven minutes to explain their project, after which the curatorial panel will provide fifteen minutes of conceptual and practical feedback. The panel will select one artist to develop a project or exhibition with the Queens Museum, which will take place within the next twelve months.
All applicants visit the Queens Museum prior to applying, particularly on one of the upcoming Target Passport Fridays get a sense of the organization’s community-based programs. Successful proposals must deeply engage local communities in Queens and the public sphere more broadly.
The deadline to apply is midnight on July 18. You will be notified by July 23 and all applicants must be available to present at the public review on July 28, from 6:00-8:30pm.
Queens Museum of Art
New York City Building
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Queens, NY 11368-3398
www.queensmuseum.org