apature 2008 submission guidelines

Please read all instructions carefully.

Artists submitting to Kearny Street Workshop’s APAture must belong to an Asian Pacific American community or identify as an APA/API, and live or work in the San Francisco Bay Area.

To download a PDF version of the 2008 application form, please click here. You may also submit electronically using our online submission form.

You can submit to apature in the following categories:

• Visual arts: painting, photography, sculpture, installation, multimedia, etc.
• Performing arts: Theater, dance, movement, puppetry, comedy, etc.
• Music/Sound: All music, electronic, turntable, sound, noise
• Literary arts: Includes written and drawn work, all writing, spoken word
• Film/Video: Film, video, slide shows, all projections
• Tables/Printed materials: Zines, comics, etc.

Artists submitting to APAture should submit either finished works or specific, thoroughly written proposals to create new works. APAture values community-building, ethnic and artistic diversity, and collaboration across ethnic and disciplinary lines.

SUBMITTERS PLEASE NOTE:

ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED, DELIVERED OR SUBMITTED ONLINE BY JULY 7, 2008.

Applicants will be notified of their acceptance status via email in August.

Artists may submit as many units in as many disciplines as he/she wishes. Due to space constraints, artists with multiple acceptances may only be offered one slot regardless of merit.

KSW encourages and welcomes first-time artist applicants, as well as more experienced artists. If you are submitting your work for the first time with this application, we invite you to contact us with any questions. We are happy to offer clarification or further explanation about any item on this application form. Please contact the APAture 2008 coordinator at 415.503.0520.

APAture defines a unit of work, by discipline, as:

VISUAL: A single gallery piece or a series of related works (e.g. a photo series featuring one subject). Visual submissions MUST include the artwork’s dimensions as the piece would be displayed, including frames, etc. Physically large works may be impossible to accept due to space constraints.
PERFORMANCE: A single piece or excerpt of a longer piece no longer than 15 minutes. Videotaped performances preferable, otherwise attach a detailed description.
MUSIC: A musical presentation or performance no longer than 15 minutes (submit enough tracks to give an reasonable impression of your work).
FILM/VIDEO: A single short film or video no longer than 15 minutes submitted for consideration in VHS or DVD format. Accepted films must be put on MiniDV by the filmmaker two weeks prior to APAture.
LITERARY (READINGS): One reading no longer than 10 minutes. Submit an audiotape with your manuscript, if possible.
LITERARY (SPOKEN WORD): One performance no longer than 10 minutes. Submit a videotape, audiotape, or manuscript via email. Indicate emailed manuscript submissions on your form.
TABLES/PRINTED MATERIALS (ZINES/COMICS): Work to sell at a table. Submit enough materials to show a range of your work.

Accepted artists MUST adhere to the above time limits. NO EXCEPTIONS. Artists will be cut off should they exceed their allotted time.

No materials will be returned unless you include an appropriately sized SASE with sufficient postage to mail back all submitted materials. Submission materials without an SASE will be kept only until October 15, 2008 unless other arrangements are made. Unclaimed work may be thrown away.

Fill out the form as completely as possible. Answer all questions. Give all contact information. We need all the requested information to give your submission proper consideration. Your information will not be sold or given away.

Submit only work you intend to present. Last-minute changes will not be accepted. There are, however, provisions for works in progress.

Submission Fees

There is a one-time fee of $10 per application. Only one unit of work per application is permitted - each unit of work submitted requires a separate application AND application fee.

You may pay with a check made out to Kearny Street Workshop. Mail it to KSW at 180 Capp Street #5, San Francisco, CA 94110. You may also pay online using Paypal using this link:

When using Paypal, please make sure it is clear which application the payment corresponds to. Use your submission ID (if submitting online) or an account with the same name as your application.

Selling Work

Tables

Artists whose only manner of presentation is vending or whose work must be sold to be experienced. (e.g. zine editors, comic book artists, recording artists who do not wish to or are unable to perform, writers who do not read or perform their work, etc.). These artists will compete for table space in the same manner that other artists compete for exhibition or performance space and are subject to the same rules. These artists will be awarded table space at the discretion of the curators. There will be no additional fee for table space and the artists may sell their work at their tables with no further consideration to KSW.

Gallery

Visual artists whose work is exhibited in the gallery may sell exhibited work with no financial consideration to KSW. Artists must inform KSW with this application that they intend to sell their work and must include prices with the submission. An exhibiting visual artist who wishes to sell works which are not included in the exhibition is referred to the “community” category.

Community

Artists who wish to perform or exhibit visual work at APAture can sell merchandise IN ADDITION to their exhibition or performance. These artists may have their merchandise sold for them at the APAture community table. Artists will be charged 20% of sales.