We are pleased to announce a call for art for our newest exhibition, Reassembly Required.

Collage and assemblage, art that uses the reassembling of things together to create a new work of art. Collage works in the second dimension while assemblage lives in the third. Sometimes both practices dismantle things, but the main action used is assembly. What does it mean to take things apart? ex. Cutting up photographs and fabric or taking the head off an action figure. What does it mean to put things together? ex. Taking those photographs and fabric and layering them together on wood or placing the action figure head on top of some needle-nose pliers. Artists should make work that seeks to destroy things, but in the end, there will be Reassembly Required.

Jurying this exhibition is Jeannie Hua. She graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with an MFA in 2022. She currently has a solo show at Core Contemporary, one of the fifteen exhibits taking place in Las Vegas, Montreal, Toronto, Lyon, Paris, Mexico City, and Bahamas as part of Post Invisibles 2024 Biennial. Her solo show, Tailings, just concluded at Barrick Museum’s Window Gallery. She taught collage making at Ox-Bow School of Art for their Art in the Meadows Workshops. Her mixed medias and collages were shown in NYC, Chicago, and Las Vegas. She also had a solo show at College of Southern Nevada’s ArtSpace Gallery and became adjunct faculty in Art History there. She has participated in group exhibitions in galleries and museums in Nevada, New York, Illinois, California, Michigan, Virginia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Utah, Tennessee, Oregon, and Orquevaux, France. She was the recipient of the Denis Diderot Grant, Nevada Council of Arts Grant, as well as merit scholarship to Oxbow School of Art.

*Note: Please carefully read Requirements section below for content limitations, video media display, and Gallery Preparation Guide link.

Application Deadline: Sunday, July 7, 2024 @ 11:59 P.M.
You will be notified via email your application status by Monday, July 15, 2024
Applications can be found here: tinyurl.com/reassemblyrequired

Important dates if invited to exhibit:

• Entry Deadline: Sunday, July 7, 2024, at 11:59pm
• Artwork Drop-Off: Friday, July 26, 2024, from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
• Artwork Pick-up: Friday, September 13, 2024, from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
• Exhibit: July 29, 2024, to September 12, 2024
• Reception Event: Thursday, September 12, 2024, from 6:00pm – 8:00pm

What you need to know:

• The artist agrees to leave their work up through the end of the exhibit date. No artist may drop off or remove their artwork without consent of the Clark County Public Arts.
• Artist MUST be available for pick-up and drop off date to sign in and sign out their work. Artwork must be hand delivered or shipped to the address on this form. If shipping the work, the costs of round-trip shipping are at the artist’s expense and must be pre-paid and on time.
• Images included in applications must be of actual artwork, not conceptual images.
• Open to any artist aged 14 and older; applications for artists under age 18 must include signature and contact information of parent or guardian.
• No entry fee;
• Must be original artwork medium; digital art, photography and printmaking are acceptable; no replica prints shall be accepted.
• Up to three pieces of art may be submitted. For sculpture, include images of multiple views.
• Please note that Clark County does not secure insurance on exhibited artwork. Artist will exhibit at their own risk. Artists are encouraged to purchase their own insurance to recover any loss from broken or stolen artwork that may occur during the exhibition.

Reception and Best in Show

Best in Show will receive a $300 gift certificate and two honorable mentions will receive $150 gift certificates. Awards will be distributed at the exhibition reception to artists in attendance.

Requirements:

• Artwork that contains offensive language, smoking, drugs, alcohol, overtly political, religious and/or sexual content, or imagery, including nudity, shall not be considered.
• Non-traditional video projection and installation work may be considered on a case-by-case basis, dependent upon the gallery’s limitations. No holes may be placed in walls or ceiling. All equipment must be provided by the artist.
• Selected video artist(s) must supply their own freestanding television, monitor, or LED displays accompanied with media player that is easily powered on and off with a remote by Clark County staff. Displays cannot be wider than 22” wide. A pedestal will be provided.
• All 2D flat work (on paper or similar) must be framed with a hanging point on the back. Canvas and larger 2D work must have D-rings, a wire, or existing hanging point secured to the back, and be ready to hang.
• See our Gallery Preparation Guide for more details.
• 2D artwork dimensions may not exceed 48” wide or 48” high; weight cannot exceed 40lbs;
• Perishable artwork shall not be considered.
• All parts of the artwork must be secured and stable. For example, sculptures must be securely glued or welded together.
• 3D artwork dimensions may not exceed 20” L x 20” W x 35” H; weight cannot exceed 50lbs;
• A pedestal will be provided for selected three-dimensional works.
• Clark County Public Arts reserves the right to disqualify and remove any artwork that poses a threat to fall, break, or cause harm to the public, the facility, or the artwork itself.

For questions, please email: ccpublicart@ClarkCountyNV.gov