Call for Submissions - In Search of the Human Essence: Humankind at the Beginning of the 21st Century
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Harcourt House Artist Run Centre 10215 112 Street - 3rd flr, Edmonton, Alberta T5K 1M7
You are cordially invited to participate in the 30th Annual Harcourt House Members’ Exhibition + Art Sale. This annual exhibition coincides with the 30th Anniversary Celebrations of Harcourt House and with the annual THE WORKS Art + Design Festival. In keeping with their 2018 theme, Paradigm, Harcourt House is challenging artists to create/select their submissions based on the exhibition title, “In Search of the Human Essence: Humankind at the Beginning of the 21st Century”
Exhibition Dates: June 2 – July 14, 2018
Opening Reception + Harcourt’s Open House: Saturday, June 2, 2018 from 12 pm to 5 pm.
Exhibition Title: In Search of the Human Essence: Humankind at the Beginning of the 21st Century(Shifting a Paradigm in Existential Philosophy)
Open To: New and current members in good standing of Harcourt House Artist Run Centre, working in any media.
*Submission Drop-Off: Monday, May 14 – Friday, May 18, 2018, from 10 am to 5 pm.
The exhibition “In Search of the Human Essence” will be focusing on the social conditions of global society. Artists selected for this exhibition project will be collectively and individually discussing – through their respective body of works – several aspects of the condition of humankind at the beginning of the 21st century. This includes: environmental/eco system, socio-economical, political and gender based issues, public and individual safety, degradation of human conditions in communities, famine, health, and consumerism, among others.