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Tsuru for Solidarity is pleased to announce a call for art based on our 2021 priorities. The goal of this call is to continue amplifying Tsuru’s mission through art. Learn more at tsuruforsolidarity.org/tsuru-art

We are seeking art submissions that are inspired by or in conversation with Tsuru for Solidarity’s priorities. Please visit our website and social media to learn more. Subject areas can include but are not limited to:
– Close the Camps: Ending Child and Family Detention
– Prisons, Policing, Surveillance: Japanese American Resistance to State-Sponsored Violence
– Japanese Americans and African Americans Advancing the Movement for Reparations
– Healing Intergenerational Trauma in the Japanese American Community through healing circles, direct actions, and connecting to our legacy and histories.
– The “tsuru” (or origami crane) as a symbol of peace, hope, and solidarity
– Building Community & Solidarity
– “Being the Allies We Needed,” “Never Again Is Now,” “Stop Repeating History,” “Kodomo No Tame Ni”

A handful of selected artists will receive the following benefits:
their art (or high quality photograph for 3D pieces) converted into prints to be sold as fundraisers for Tsuru for Solidarity. Artists will be consulted on these products.
– a stipend of $500
– receive online amplification of their work through Tsuru’s social media.
– be part of an online group exhibition at https://tsuruforsolidarity.org/tsuru-art/ with other submitting artists

Finalists submitting work that fits the criteria will receive the following benefits:
– be part of an online group exhibition at https://tsuruforsolidarity.org/tsuru-art/ with other submitting artists
online amplification of their work through Tsuru’s social media.

Application Timeline
Application opens Monday, May 24, 2021
Application closes Monday, June 28, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. PST
Applicants notified by Friday, July 09, 2021.

We will not accept applications submitted after the deadline to respect applicants who did submit before the deadline.

Eligibility

– Art can be pre-existing or new.
– Artists must be the original creators of their work.
– Eligible, visual-based disciplines include: 3D, animation, architecture, ceramics, comics, craft, design, digital art, drawing, folk art, film, illustration, installation, literary (presented in a visual art context), murals, naive art, new media, painting, performance (presented in a visual art context), photography, printmaking, public art, sculpture, sound art, social practice, traditional art, video, and VR/AR/XR. (This list is comprehensive, but we recognize that other visual-based disciplines might be eligible as well. Please contact us if you have any questions.)

Selection Criteria / Selection Panel
– Applications will be equitably evaluated based on the artist’s successful capture of one or more of Tsuru’s priority areas listed in the Overview section above.
– Applications will be reviewed by a visual-based selection panel of artists and activists. We will prioritize individuals who have been directly affected by incarceration, or who are descendants of such harm. We will also give priority considerations to artists who have historically been undervalued in awards, recognition, and support including: BIPOC, disabled, femme, gender non-conforming, LGBTQ2SIA+, and non-binary.

Application Materials

Required:
– A short artist statement (Max. 200 words)
Statement may include answers to questions such as: What kind of art do you make? What are your inspirations? How long have you been practicing this artform?
– A short statement of interest in this particular call and sample description(s) (Max. 400 words)
Why is this call meaningful to you? How do you describe the work you are submitting?
– You may upload a maximum of two (2) images or videos — or one (1) of each. File naming protocol: YourLastName_YourFirstName_ImageTitle (example: Sato_Yuri_Freedom.jpg)

Image(s) you are submitting for this call. Please upload a clear image in JPEG format, File Size: under 5MB; File Size: minimum of 1200 pixels on the longest side. Up to two (2) images may be submitted for consideration. (If you are one of the winning artists selected, you will be required to submit a high-resolution image file.) Please include title (if any), medium, dimensions, year created.

Video(s) you are submitting for this call. Please upload .MP4 or .MOV
File Size: under 100 MB; resolution: minimum 640 x 480, maximum 1920 x 1080; aspect ratio: 4:3 or 16:9; bit rate: recommended above 240 kbps; frame rate: minimum 12 fps, recommended 30 fps. Up to two (2) videos may be submitted for consideration. Please include title (if any), medium, dimensions, year created.

Privacy
As an applicant, your data and content will be viewed by Tsuru for Solidarity Communications Committee members and the selection panel. We will publicly announce the chosen recipients.

Contact Information
If you have any questions about eligibility, submission, or anything else, please email Erin Shigaki at tsuruforsolidarity@gmail.com . Please put Tsuru Call for Art in the subject line.

http://tsuruforsolidarity.org/tsuru-art

Opportunity Website

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