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Calls For Artists: MICA Gallery Themed Exhibits

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To submit your application http://www.micagallery.org/submissions click here Indicate which month’s event you are submitting for.

NOTICE: Corona virus restrictions has required us to cancel and  reschedule some planned exhibitions and events. However, we will continue to accept Artist Submissions as listed below with the plan to schedule these themed events when allowed.

MAY: Graduating College Students Exhibition

Title: “A Fresh View: Graduating Artists of Michigan”
Entry Deadline: Wednesday, April 1st @ 5:00pm

Description:
The MICA Gallery of Old Town Lansing, MI announces a Call for Artists for graduating seniors attending a Michigan University or educational institution to submit to our juried exhibition, “A Fresh View: Graduating Artists of Michigan.” Michigan-based artists working in all media are welcome to submit. MICA Gallery seeks to exhibit works of artists emerging into the Michigan arts scene that encompasses the culmination of their education and training in the Fine Arts.

JUNE: LGBTQ+ Pride Show Exhibit

Title: “Colors of Pride”
Entry Deadline: Saturday, April 18th @ 5:00pm

Description:
The MICA Gallery of Old Town Lansing, MI announces a Call for Artists for works with a theme depicting the observance of Pride Month. Exhibits displayed in the gallery are works of emerging Michigan-based artists working in all media types. Accepted submissions will be displayed at our juried exhibition, “Colors of Pride.”

JULY: Cultures Around the World (non-Western artworks)

Title: “Cultures Around the World”
Entry Deadline: Saturday, May 16th @ 5:00pm

Description:
The MICA Gallery of Old Town Lansing, MI announces a Call for Artists for our juried “Cultures Around the World” exhibit. Michigan-based artists working in all media are welcome to submit. MICA Gallery seeks to bring representation to ways of creating fine artworks from drawing inspiration from cultures around the world.

AUGUST: Music

Title: “And the Beat Goes On: Jazz Edition”
Entry Deadline: Saturday, June 20th @ 5:00pm

Descripton:
The MICA Gallery of Old Town Lansing, MI announces a Call for Artists for our juried “And the Beat Goes On” exhibit. Michigan-based artists working in all media are welcome to submit. With the Lansing JazzFest taking place right outside our doors, MICA Gallery is catching the groove and exhibiting music-themed works for the month of August! Preference will be given to works that explore the themes surrounding the culture and music of the Jazz genre.

SEPTEMBER: Music

Title” “And the Beat Goes On: Blues Edition”
Entry Deadline: Saturday, July 18th @ 5:00pm

Description:
The MICA Gallery of Old Town Lansing, MI announces a Call for Artists for our juried “And the Beat Goes On” exhibit. Michigan-based artists working in all media are welcome to submit. With the Michigan BluesFest taking place right outside our doors, MICA Gallery is swaying along with the beat and exhibiting music-themed works for the month of September! Preference will be given to works that explore the culture and music of the Blues genre.

OCTOBER: Wildlife Art

Title: “Leave Only Footprints (and Brushstrokes!) Behind”
Entry Deadline: Saturday, August 15th @ 5:00pm

Description:
The MICA Gallery of Old Town Lansing, MI announces a Call for Artists for our juried Wildlife Artwork exhibit, titled “Leave Only Footprints (and Brushstrokes!) Behind”. Michigan-based artists working in all media are welcome to submit. MICA Gallery seeks to celebrate the sublime beauty of our natural world through the lens of Fine Arts.

NOVEMBER: Mixed Media Show

Title: “Visual & Actual Space”
Entry Deadline: Saturday, September 19th @ 5:00pm

Description:
The MICA Gallery of Old Town Lansing, MI announces a Call for Artists for our juried “Visual & Actual Space” exhibit. Michigan-based artists working in all media are welcome to submit. MICA Gallery seeks to bring a wide array of media dealing with both 3D “actual” space and 2D “visual” space together, to examine the different ways artists can utilize and manipulate our perception in their work.

DECEMBER: MICA Gallery Holiday Show 2020

Title: “MICA Gallery Holiday Show 2020”
Entry Deadline: Saturday, November 1st @ 5:00pm

Description:
The MICA Gallery of Old Town Lansing, MI announces a Call for Artists for our juried “MICA Gallery Holiday Show 2020.” Michigan-based artists working in all media are welcome to submit fine art pieces that are priced at or below $250. MICA Gallery seeks to bring the works of local artists under the tree this year, with an array of Michigan-made fine art pieces.

To submit your application http://www.micagallery.org/submissions click here Indicate which month’s event you are submitting for.

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2019 Oct 4 – Nov 1 :: Colors of Culture

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Colors of Culture features two local artists, Ammy Amorette (shown above) and Bruce Thayer (shown below), in an exhibition exploring the use of art as an expression of the movement and meaning of our lives and experiences. These contrasting works explore the different ways we use color to express our individual experiences of our lives, our culture, and what is meaningful from our own perspective.

Come and see us for the Artist Reception on Oct. 4th from 5-7pm, featuring a live musical performance by the artist Ammy Amorette!

Also open Saturday, Oct 5th from 12 PM – 5 PM

Artist Websites:

Ammy Amorette
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ammyamor/

Bruce Thayer
http://brucethayerstudio.com/

Works by Bruce Thayer
Works by Bruce Thayer

Reception Announcement: Event Oct 4th, 5-7 pm

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2019 May 3 to 30 Peter Abrami – Patternicity Exhibition

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Peter Abrami is an artist working primarily in painting and drawing with an interest in exploring the connections between human perception, abstraction and cognitive recognition. He holds an MFA in painting from the University of Texas Austin (2015) and a BFA in painting from The University of South Florida (2010). Peter’s paintings and drawings have been exhibited in group and solo shows both nationally and internationally.

See short video on our Facebook site here:
https://www.facebook.com/MichiganInstituteForContemporaryArt/videos/325152621483203/

Notable venues he has had the opportunity to exhibit his work include BRIC Art Center, David Shelton Gallery, Whitdel Arts Detroit, The Royal College of Art London, The DeVos Art Museum, School 33, CICA Museum, Lansing Art Gallery, La Guardia Community College and Atlantic Center for the Arts. Currently Peter lives in Interlochen Michigan where he teaches Visual Arts at Interlochen Center for the Arts.

Sky Net, by Peter Abrami

As an artist, his subject matter stems from his research and observations of early childhood development, particularly the link between visual cognition and play. His interest lies in how our visual perception actually functions.

In his recent paintings, forms that suggest schematic bodily shapes punctuate “fields” of built up color and brushstroke, titled “Face/Fields,” a series of work that plays to people’s desire to arrange visual information into a known or easily understood construct. Pareidolia is the psychological means in which these paintings are activated and reveal themselves.

In another series, “Particulates,” hundreds of individual marks come together to form webs of optical fluctuation. These drawings actively engage with a person’s field of vision, creating a perceived visual sizzle akin to a hallucinatory state. This series of work is a continuation of my research into visual perception and cognition, drawings that hint at an underlying image that is in a perpetual state of dissolve and becoming.

Artist’s Website: www.peterabrami.com

See Event Page Poster here: http://www.micagallery.org/event/peter-abrami-patterncity