The NASTY WOMEN Memphis | WAR Paint! opening is right around the corner, and it will be the coolest virtual art exhibit and sale ever! Be sure to go to www.nastywomenmemphis.com on Thursday, October 1st, 2020, at 6:00 pm, CST, to check out the 2020 exhibit and buy art to support Planned Parenthood of Tennessee…
is the Memphis, Tennessee representative and exhibit of Nasty Women Global Art Exhibitions and Activism. More than 80 exhibits have followed globally, but the original took place in Queens, NYC, after the 2016 election of Donald Trump.
We are a group exhibition that serves to demonstrate solidarity among artists who identify with being a Nasty Woman in the face of threats to roll back women’s rights, individual rights, and reproductive rights. Our exhibit also serves as a fundraiser to support Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi, defending these rights and to echo the platform for organization after the Trump Presidential Inauguration in January 2017.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
Please submit your work to this exhibit by Friday, September 25, 2020.
THIS EXHIBITION IS A FUNDRAISER:
The works in this exhibition will be available for sale – 50% of the sale will go to Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi and exhibit expenses not covered by donated supplies, with the other 50% to be paid to the artist. If the artist chooses to allot more than 50% from the sale of their art, up to 100%, please indicate such intent in your submission or at the time of acceptance.
There is no fee to participate in the show if you provide a piece to sell in the exhibition.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
Please email nastywomenmemphis@comcast.net with image files of your submissions, along with the following information:
Contact Information
Details of Work (title, date, size, media)
Artist bio
A short statement about either the work submitted or a more general statement about why you are participating. If you do not feel comfortable providing any information beyond the practical contact and work details that is fine. If you wish to remain anonymous we can arrange that as well, but we must have your contact details (which will not be made public).
All submitting artists will be contacted by the NASTY WOMEN Memphis curatorial team through the information they provide, with a status of their submission and details of when and where they should deliver their accepted pieces.
PLEASE STAY SAFE OUT THERE:
Make your voices be heard through creation of powerful, relevant, and well planned pieces. We hope to help influence voter turnout in our area for the 2020 presidential election, and remove Donald Trump from office!
As you may know, our exhibition Nasty Women Memphis: War Paint was scheduled to open at Crosstown Arts this evening. Because that was unable to occur in our post Covid-19 world, we are excited to announce that Nasty Women Memphis is going virtual!!
We will be hosting an online exhibition and art sale in the month of October!
If you are an artist who wants to participate, submit a high-resolution image of your piece by September 15!
Artists and makers across the city of Memphis have gathered together to donate items for auction. The proceeds from these auctions will go directly to Memphis Black Lives Matter. Art Fundraiser for Memphis plans to host several auctions over the next few weeks to help raise money for our local BLM chapter. HOW TO DONATE:…
As feminists, we strive for the rights for womxn. As intersectional feminists, we know our work means nothing if we do not fight for our black and indigenous womxn of color. Use the attached resource as a guide to make change happen.
Any artists who submitted work through the website between May 13, 2020 through May 24, 2020, will need to resubmit if you didn’t get a confirmation email afterwards. If you aren’t sure, you can email me at nastywomenmemphis@comcast.net to confirm your submission. During that eleven day period, there was a development issue that has since…
is the Memphis, Tennessee representative and exhibit of Nasty Women Global Art Exhibitions and Activism. More than 80 exhibits have followed globally, but the original took place in Queens, NYC, after the 2016 election of Donald Trump.
We are a group exhibition that serves to demonstrate solidarity among artists who identify with being a Nasty Woman in the face of threats to roll back women’s rights, individual rights, and reproductive rights. Our exhibit also serves as a fundraiser to support Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi, defending these rights and to echo the platform for organization after the Trump Presidential Inauguration in January 2017.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
Please submit your work to this exhibit by Friday, August 14, 2020.
THIS EXHIBITION IS A FUNDRAISER:
The works in this exhibition will be available for sale – 50% of the sale will go to Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi and exhibit expenses not covered by donated supplies, with the other 50% to be paid to the artist. If the artist chooses to allot more than 50% from the sale of their art, up to 100%, please indicate such intent in your submission or at the time of acceptance.
There is no fee to participate in the show if you provide a piece to sell in the exhibition.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
Please visit the SUBMIT WORK page to use our web form or email nastywomenmemphis@comcast.net with image files of your submissions, along with the following information:
Contact Information
Details of Work (title, date, size, media)
Artist bio
A short statement about either the work submitted or a more general statement about why you are participating. If you do not feel comfortable providing any information beyond the practical contact and work details that is fine. If you wish to remain anonymous we can arrange that as well, but we must have your contact details (which will not be made public).
All submitting artists will be contacted by the NASTY WOMEN Memphis curatorial team through the information they provide, with a status of their submission and details of when and where they should deliver their accepted pieces.
PLEASE STAY SAFE OUT THERE:
Make your voices be heard through creation of powerful, relevant, and well planned pieces. We hope to help influence voter turnout in our area for the 2020 presidential election, and remove Donald Trump from office!
TO SNAIL MAIL YOUR SUBMISSION:
Please download the .PDF by right-clicking on the Call to Artists link and select “save link as” to save the file. Please print out, complete the submission form and snail mail it to the address listed within.
We are currently working on the details of the 2020 NASTY WOMEN Memphis | WAR Paint! exhibit. Please bookmark and return to www.NastyWomenMemphis.com, or our Facebook Group (NastyWomenMemphis) for details to be announced/published soon.