OFFCenter Community Arts , August 5-12

iCreate's Albuquerque music outreach partner offers art and folk art history exhibits, workshops, classes, music and more ....

LAST CHANCE TO SUBMIT ARTWORK FOR AUGUST EXHIBIT.... "It's About Time…" Visual Exhibit of Time and Clock Art Submit your artistic notions of time from seconds to epochs or put your spin on your own clock. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Wed., July 27 through Wed., Aug 3rd Drop off art during our regular open studio hours. Limit 2 pieces per artist, any medium. Artists are encouraged to submit artist statements or statements about their work, preferably typewritten. OPENS -- Fri., Aug. 5th, 5 - 8 pm CoffeeHouse FREE Musical Performance Friday, Aug. 19th, 5 - 8 pm Come enjoy the "It's About Time" exhibit of clock art and visual notions of time and then jive to the passing beat with a special "Pass the Hat" Coffee House musical performance by the homegrown New Mexican rhythm and blues sounds of Sherri and The Impalas. Donate funky, artsy, unique items to our Fundraising White Elephant Yard Sale  Bring in your items to OFFCenter...(or buy cool things with 100% proceeds going to support OFFCenter). Sale going on now at OFFCenter up through the Folk Art Festival on Sept. 11th.

Call for poetry anthology submissions

Call for poems by NM poets for iCreate anthology commemorating the organization's founder Merris Atman, who had a special interest in creative mentoring of overlooked voices. Submissions from youth, young adults, new and marginalized voices are especially welcome. 

Although not a requirement, there will be an editorial preference for poetry compatible Merris Atman's interest as stated above. Publication will be in electronic format, with links to document files for optional downloading. We are also looking into on demand publishing in ebook format should interest warrant and finances are up to it.

All entries should be compatible with the iCreate mission and not unsuitable for general readership, 13 years of age and older. Translated works, Spanish, Spanish/English macaronic (code switching) verse, song lyrics, corridos, romances or ballads and slam poetry will be considered. MP3 files or video clips may accompany songs, hip-hop and slam entries. Length is not the central issue, though works not exceeding three pages are more likely to be accepted. 

Electronic submission only. Submit up three poems as RTF or Word 1997-2003 documents, double spaced. Text in body of email accepted. Docx and Pdf files will not be accepted. No abstracts or CVs please. 

Deadline is May 24, 2011. Contact iCreate@mountainair-online.net with questions or for more information. A  more complete description of the memorial anthology project will be available on the iCreate website, http://iCreateNM.org