Open Call | The Bag Factory’s 2021 Summer Salon
Bag Factory Re-Imagined: 300 Drawings
The Bag Factory turns 30 this year, having finally acquired the building that has become a second home to a community of emerging and established artists. While it is a momentous achievement and their grounding principles remain the same, a lot has changed and needs updating since our doors first opened. They have big plans.
It is with that celebratory spirit in mind, that this year’s edition of the Summer Salon, is titled Bag Factory Re-imagined: 300 Drawings. The Bag Factory is inviting the larger art community to celebrate with us by submitting A3 works on paper (including drawings, paintings, and any mixed media work) that illuminates the future of the Bag Factory but also brings together “our history and legacy”. 300 drawings by 300 artists will be exhibited to highlight the tentacles of the Bag Factory’s reach over the last 30 years.
The work should consider the existing architectural space, urban location, and/or the essential character of the community to breathe new life into it according to the artist’s visions of the future.
The work should consider the existing architectural space, urban location, and/or the essential character of the community to breathe new life into it according to the artist’s visions of the future.
Some ideas could encompass the following concepts:
- Environmental friendliness
- Green spaces
- Identity and culture: our place in the city and in the world
- Reception: welcome, first impressions
- Public interaction
- Learning
- Light
- Community
Hopping this will encourage Bag Factory’s current arts community and yet-to-join family to highlight the positive aspects of the Bag Factory and reinforce the impact and pivotal role it continue to play in the development of the arts in South Africa, the continent, and the rest of the world. Bag Factory is looking forward to receiving work that communicates a reimagined Bag Factory through a contemporary lens.
If you are interested in participating, please complete the submission here https://bit.ly/3jmD9gV
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: Sunday 29 August 2021, 22:00 (SAST). Incomplete submissions will not be accepted.
Successful artists will be informed by Friday 03 September 2021.
Important
- All works must be in the format of an A3 work on paper. Artworks not in this format will not beconsidered for the Summer Salon exhibition at the Bag Factory.
- All selected artworks should be delivered to the artist’s nearest drop off point in an A3 envelope.
- The submission form must be printed and securely affixed to the front of the envelope.
- Selected works must be delivered to the artist’s nearest drop off point from Monday 6 September until Friday 10 September 2021 at 4pm. Artworks delivered after this time will miss the courier collection and will not be included in the Summer Salon exhibition at the Bag Factory.
- Unsold works will be returned to the drop off point after the exhibition has ended and must be collected from the relevant drop off point within one week after being requested to do so. Any works not collected by this time may be destroyed by the organisation acting as the drop-off point.
Drop Off Points
- Bag Factory (Johannesburg, Gauteng)
- Greatmore Studios (Cape Town, Western Cape)
- KZNSA (Durban, KZN)
- NWU Gallery (Potchefstroom, North-West)
- WHAG (Kimberley, Northern Cape)
- ARTEC Gallery (Gqeberha, Eastern Cape).
CONTACT
For more information, get in touch with: Zanele Kumalo Communications Manager Bag Factory Artists’ Studios. zanele@bagfactoryart.org.za Tel. +27 11 834 9181. Cel. +27 83 381 874
