Maker Show

Phillips Goff Gallery, Odessa College

Odessa, Texas

Contact email: dcollins@odessa.edu, gdavies@odessa.edu

Eligibility: Open

Entry Deadline: July 19, 2024

Theme: Celebrating Makers

Type of Call: Exhibition

 

Fab Lab Permian Basin and Odessa College’s Phillips Goff Gallery aim to showcase the creative diversity that enriches our community. Art is a transformative process that expands across many mediums, methods, techniques, and tools. We are calling for art that celebrates the unique possibilities and ideas of a Maker.

 

We invite artists from all backgrounds to submit work celebrating the many possibilities in making. Through these submissions, we aim to create a phenomenal show that engages the viewer, provides insight and ideas, and serves as a muse for our community.

 

To highlight the possibilities of both traditional methods and mediums and the many possibilities of digital fabrication our show will be open to all 2D and 3D artwork.

 

Consideration will include but not be limited to: Digital Art, CNC, CAD, 3D Prints, Laser Engraving, Laser Cutting, Costume, Electronics, Robotics, Painting, Sculpture, Drawing, Printmaking, Sewing, Crochet, Knitting, Ceramics, Photography, Welding, Woodworking, Textiles, Jewelry, Crafts, Architecture, Resin, Stained-glass, Glasswork.

 

Artists who enter the Maker Show will also have the opportunity to present a 1 to 3-hour workshop. If you are interested in teaching a workshop in the Fab Lab Space, please submit a workshop proposal with your application. The committee will pick 3 artists to highlight in the Maker Workshop Series.

 

If you have never photographed your artwork before and would like to learn more, please attend the Photography Workshop at drop-off, dates below.

 

Submission Instructions:

Fill out the application at: https://www.phillipsgoffgallery.org

 

 

 

Required materials:

Name:

Medium:

Price/NFS:

Size restriction | 48" x 48" (please contact if over 48” on the longest edge):

Photo (Photo Workshops will be provided to photograph work):

Completion Date/Year:

Contact Information:

Up to 5 artworks:

Inspiration/Artist Statement (optional):

 

Maker Workshop Requirements:

      Name:

      Materials:

      Tools/Equipment:

      Description:

      Lesson Plan:

     

 

Timeline:

Submissions due: July 19, 2024 @ 11:59 PM

Acceptance Notification: July 23, 11:59 AM

Entry Drop-Off (artwork should be ready for display): July 31, 2024

Photography Workshop 1/Drop-Off: July 31, 2024, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Photography Workshop 2/Drop-Off: July 31, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Show Opens: August 6, 2024

 

Workshop Dates:

August 7, 2024: TBD

August 9, 2024: Daiken Asakawa

August 14, 2024: TBD

August 16, 2024: Montie Garner

August 21, 2024: TBD

August 23, 2024: Daniel Sorenson

August 28, 2024: Gwendolyn Davies

August 30, 2024: TBD

 

Closing Reception: September 3, 2024 at 3:00 PM

Artwork ready for Pickup: September 4, 2024, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM