What's Your Sense of Place?

We're thrilled that accomplished artist Juan Alonso has volunteered to curate our first exhibition, "A Sense of Place."
Place can mean so many things to different people. It can be geographic, the landscape we see in front of us, or the ones that appear in our dreams. It can be about community, inclusion, exclusion or all the fragile points in between.
Juan was born in Havana, Cuba and his father sent him to the United States when he was only 9 years old. It was the last time he saw his father. It was also the last time he was in Cuba. Still, memories of his family and the streets of Havana pervade his art.
What does place mean to you? We invite you to share a comment, or submit your work by June 3rd. Here's a link to download the Call for Entries and submission form. We'd love to see your place in our place.
Carina

Opportunities Sprouting Up All Over

IDEA Odyssey Gallery aims to be a resource for emerging artists. In that spirit, we'll post information on various artist opportunities. Good luck!

Artist Trust's EDGE program helps artists ramp up the business side of their art through this intensive professional development opportunity. http://artisttrust.org/index.php/for-artists/opportunity/artist_trust_edge_professional_development_program_for_visual_artists The deadline is fast approaching: April 18th.


Bellevue Community College's Gallery Space is accepting proposals for exhibitions for its next academic year. http://bellevuecollege.edu/artshum/galleryspace/apply.asp Deadline is May 1st.

4Culture's ArtSparks has a call for submissions to bring a wide range of art experiences to Occidental Park in the heart of Pioneer Square. http://sitespecificarts.org/projects/artsparks-call Deadline is May 4th.

The James Washington Foundation is accepting applications for two levels of artist residencies. http://www.jameswashington.org/application.html Deadline is May 9th.

We'll be posting our own call for submissions soon, so stay tuned.
Carina

With the advent of spring comes new life

We had our first three artist informational meetings last month. It was our opportunity to connect with artists and to share our vision for IDEA Odyssey. We had some great initial conversations with folks about collective dreams for the gallery and the International District.

We have also been busy working behind-the-scenes on creative, operational, and funding fronts. It's been a lot of work for Carina, Minh, and myself. We look forward to when the gallery is fully functioning as a collective in the upcoming months! Based on conversations with artists, it appears there is a lot of interest for the artist-supported/artist-supportive gallery we envision. We suspect the membership will grow quickly once we're ready to officially come "on-line".

In the meantime, keep your eyes peeled for a Call for Artists announcement in the upcoming weeks. This will be open to all artists in the Seattle area.

Finally, we will be holding two additional informational meetings next month. They will be on Tuesday, May 3 at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday, May 7 at 10:30 a.m. to accommodate those who were not able to make our March meetings. Details to come.

With the excitement that spring ushers in,

SuJ'n

More informational meetings scheduled

Thanks to those of you who made it out to our first informational meeting last weekend. We've got two more coming up:
Thursday, March 17, 5-7 pm
Idea Space in the Bush Hotel
409 Maynard Ave. S, Plaza Level

Friday, March 18, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Pratt Fine Arts
1902 S. Main St., Paint/Draw Building (little blue building with the number 3)

Who should come?
Emerging visual artists who want an affordable place to show their work with other diverse artists exploring culture, identity and diversity in their work. We've got a space in the International District through the Seattle Storefronts project.

Please pass along this information to people you think would be interested. Feel free to post a comment here, or email us at ideaodysseygallery@gmail.com

Thanks!
Carina