Call for Participants, October 2024 — May 2025
(DEADLINE AUG 12, 2024)
This is an open call for time-based artists to participate in Outer Voice time-based artists alliance from Oct 2024 through May 2025. The dynamic program will be based in the 250 sq foot co- working space/studio 4 at the Oregon Contemporary* complex in the Kenton neighborhood of Portland, OR. The group will share an open-plan co-working space where artists can work at any time. The alliance will meet for an in-person workshop once every other Sunday from 1-4pm. The space and alliance are free, and participants will be paid a $1500 stipend. A group exhibition and publication will feature each artist’s work and the alliance will also program events throughout the season. Outer Voice artists will join Co-Directors Roland Dahwen, Sarah Rushford, and Ash Stone to make up the 24/25 alliance.
*Please note that while Outer Voice is located in Oregon Contemporary, participates and presents work in the spaces and in the community of Oregon Contemporary, Outer Voice is an independent entity from Ox. It’s part of the community, but isn’t directly programmed by Oregon Contemporary, unless otherwise noted.
Who Should Apply
All artists are encouraged to apply, and artists who are BIPOC and LGBTQ people, people with illness or disability, elderly people, parents of young children, and people who are marginalized for other reasons are encouraged to apply. The alliance seeks diversity in order to support a broad time-based arts community and to support the individuality of each artist.
Applicants' contemporary art practices might resonate with the following conditions, yet if you cannot meet all of the conditions, you are still encouraged to apply. Please reach out with any questions or concerns to outervoice1@gmail.com
•You engage in contemporary art practice in any realm of time-based art. (Outer Voice defines time-based art as art that relies on the passage of time. It can include conceptual, research, or craft-driven, video, film, audio, writing and spoken text art, performance, theater, music, action, movement, social practice, digital arts, photographic arts, animation, and more. The work should be intended as contemporary art. That is, the work should be intended to raise questions about itself, the world, and the self. If your practice is based in painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, textiles, or other media, yet it is conceptually linked to time-based contemporary art, you are also encouraged to apply, please tell us about it in the artist statement or request a phone call by emailing outervoice1@gmail.com to talk more about your practice. )
•You can attend the meeting/workshops every other Sunday from 1-4pm in person.
•You are willing to participate in supportive, critical discussions of yours and others' work among the Outer Voice artists
•You are able to participate in and help install a group exhibition and a few other events throughout the season.
•While collaboration among the alliance is welcomed, it's not the mission of the alliance for the group to work collaboratively. Of course alliance members can and should help one another with elements of our work and in planning public events.
•If two artists with a joint practice wish to apply they should submit one application to represent their joint practice. They would receive one spot in the alliance.
What Artists Will Receive
•Each artist will be paid a stipend of $1500 and should use this toward funding their life and practice.
•Each artist will be featured on a participants page in the Outer Voice website outervoicepdx.com and on Instagram outervoicepdx.
•Each artist will receive access to in a shared 250 sq ft open plan co-working spce. The space includes wifi, lighting, heat and ac, kitchen, and bathrooms (in the building). The grounds, building, and studio are ADA-accessible. Please note that only a small number of personal items can be stored at the space. Also, note that this small shared studio space isn't appropriate for practices that produce fumes or require very loud sounds or equipment. If the artists' practice requires these, they must have a space to do this kind of work offsite.
•Access to a video projector, camera, tripods, lighting, tv monitor, speakers, large format inkjet printer with ink, scanner, limited paper, other media arts equipment, and wifi.
•Limited access to "Disjecta Dance Studio" a large screening, performance, and rehearsal venue within Oregon Contemporary.
•Limited access to Oregon Contemporary's landscaped outdoor theater and hang-out areas.
•The opportunity to schedule an event that co-occurs with events and openings at Oregon Contemporary, Carnation Contemporary and Well Well Projects, as well as several other adjoining arts organizations. The placement within the Oregon Contemporary complex allows artists the possibility to exhibit work and form relationships with a broad contemporary art viewership.
•Inclusion in a group exhibition and publication
What is Required of Artists
•Work on your time-based art practice. Show and discuss your current work and process.
•Participate in a three-hour meeting/workshop every other week on Sundays from 1-4pm. Each artist will lead/facilitate this workshop in an alternating fashion. The workshop can include such activities as showing work-in-progress, or discussion related to time-based arts, or other activities. Each artist will plan the activities the group does during the sessions they lead.
•Assist or lead with organizing an event, and attend yours and others' events as you are able.
•Sign an agreement that states the terms of your participation in Outer Voice.
How to Apply:
Send the following to
outervoice1@gmail.com by midnight on August 12, 2024
•An email with the subject NAME OUTER VOICE APPLICATION with a SINGLE PDF attached.
THE PDF SHOULD INCLUDE:
1. Name, email address, and website url and/or instagram name (if applicable)
2. Up to ten images of your work, OR up to ten links to online video, audio, writing, performance, or documentation of time-based works. The images should be within the PDF.
3. A list of works that includes title, medium, date, duration, and short description or context for each work. (if necessary)
4. A paragraph of 150 words or less that includes bio info and a short description of your work and process.
5. A statement of 350 words or less that describes your work and process, and why you’d like to participate in Outer Voice.
6. A cv/resume that includes education, art and exhibition experience, and employment.
•Please note, if you would like to include one or more works-in-progress in your application, this is fine, please indicate this in the list of works and be sure the work includes at least an image or even a sketch, and a clear description of the work’s direction in the list of works document.
• If any of these items feel out of reach or they don’t represent your process well, you are still encouraged to apply with materials that you feel represent your work and practice. Please reach out to outervoice1@gmail.com with questions.
• If your application is selected as a finalist Outer Voice Co-Directors will schedule a phone interview in mid-September.
• The 24/25 alliance will be announced in September 2024.