UNIVERSITY MUSEUM “LEOPOLDO FLORES”

ANNOUNCEMENT Open Art, Art for All

2017 - 2018

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On behal f o f

The Autonomous Univers i ty o f the Sta te o f Mexico; The Secretar ia t o f Cul tura l D i f fus ion, the Genera l D i rectorate o f

Univers i ty Museum and the Leopoldo F lores Univers i ty Museum Are p leased to make the fo l lowing

A N N O U N C E M E N T In o rder to c rea te an oppor tun i t y to converge and b roker w i th in the sys tems tha t govern con temporary a r t p rac t i ces , the Leopoldo F lores Univers i ty Museum , by way o f the Open Ar t , Ar t for A l l Announcement inv i tes the na t iona l and in te rna t iona l a r t commun i ty to submi t an ind iv idua l o r g roup exh ib i t i on p ro jec t , to be p resen ted in 2018, w i th the a im o f p romot ing aes the t i c p roduc t ion to renew the cu l tu ra l l andscape and to con t r ibu te to soc ia l and human is t i c deve lopment in suppor t o f d i ve rs i f i ca t ion and mu l t ip l i c i t y o f though t . GUIDELINES I . - PROPOSALS

1 . Exh ib i t i on p ro jec ts fo r pa in t ings , scu lp tu res , ob jec t a r t , i ns ta l la t ion , g raph ics , pho tography , v ideo , med ia a r t and mixed techn iques w i l l be accep ted .

2 . A r t i s ts sha l l reg is te r and submi t a l l the i r i n fo rmat ion to the webs i te h t tp : / /a r teab ie r to .uaemex.mx

3 . Cand ida tes sha l l p rov ide the fo l l ow ing in o rder to reg is te r : o Résumé in PDF, max imum one s ide . (For g roup p ro jec ts , a l l résumés sha l l

be inc luded in one s ing le f i l e . ) o Loca t ion de ta i l s , ema i l , te lephone number and o f f i c ia l i den t i f i ca t ion . (For

g roup p ro jec ts , p rov ide th i s fo r a represen ta t i ve . ) § NOTE: Th is in fo rmat ion i s exc lus ive ly fo r the use o f reg is t ra t ion records . 4 . The a r t i s t (s ) sha l l up load a PDF document inc lud ing the fo l low ing

in fo rmat ion : o Exh ib i t i on concep t ( two s ides max imum) . o Descr ip t ion o f p ro jec t (d imens ions , techn ique , number o f pa r ts ) . o Pho tographs o f p ro jec t w i th fac t shee ts ( t i t l e , mate r ia l s , measurements ,

year ) . o Fo r aud io and /o r v ideo , inc lude a l i nk .

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o Fo r ins ta l la t ion , a t tach the p lan o f the workp iece and assembly ins t ruc t ions .

§ NOTE: The document mus t be under a pseudonym, and sha l l no t con ta in any in fo rmat ion iden t i f y ing i t o r i t s au thors . In fo rmat ion w i l l be p resen ted w i th c lea r word ing and spe l l i ng , i n the above o rder . 3D p lans and mode ls f rom room D can be down loaded f rom the webs i te fo r p ro jec t re fe rence i f requ i red .

5 . The p ro jec t sha l l show the comple ted p roposed workp ieces . 6 . Fa i lu re to comp ly w i th any o f the a fo rement ioned requ i rements w i l l mean

fu l l d i squa l i f i ca t ion o f the p roposed p ro jec t . 7 . Reg is t ra t ion dead l ine : F r iday , 15 November 2017 .

I I . - RESULTS

1 . A board made up o f sub jec t spec ia l i s ts w i l l se lec t th ree p ro jec ts to be d isp layed in 2018 . .

2 . A ju ry ’ s dec is ion w i l l award honors , suscep t ib le to be d isp layed in case any o f the f i r s t th ree p ro jec ts were no t ava i lab le a t the t ime and da te p rev ious ly es tab l i shed w i th h im o r the a r t i s t s .

3 . The verd ic t w i l l be announced on 30 November 2017 on h t tp : / /a r teab ie r to .uaemex.mx

4 . The board ’s ve rd ic t w i l l be f i na l and canno t be appea led . I I I . - AWARDS

1 . The th ree se lec ted p ro jec ts w i l l be d isp layed in 2018 , each one fo r e igh t weeks in room D o f the museum.

2 . On the day o f the inaugura t ion , each o f the se lec ted p ro jec ts w i l l be awarded $20 ,000 .00 ( twen ty thousand Mex ican pesos) by Fundac ión UAEMex A .C.

3 . The exh ib i t i on o f each p ro jec t a t the Leopo ldo F lo res Un ivers i t y Muse um w i l l cons is t o f :

o Ca ta log and /o r b rochure , pos te r and p r in ted inv i ta t ions . o P ress b r ie f ing and exh ib i t i on p romot ion in a l l poss ib le e lec t ron ic med ia . o Cura to r ia l and museum pro jec t . o D ig i ta l i n te rac t i ve mate r ia l . o P ro jec t i nsurance dur ing exh ib i t i on . o P r in ted record . 4 . Se lec ted p ro jec ts w i l l d i sc lose the i r c rea t i ve exper ience and aes the t i c

p roposa ls by means o f an ac t i v i t y pa ra l le l to the exh ib i t i on . IV . - GENERAL INFORMATION

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1 . En t r ies mus t be in good cond i t i on and ready to be d isp layed . 2 . Deve lopment , f raming and t ranspor t cos ts sha l l be covered by cand ida tes ,

as we l l as mate r ia l s o r spec ia l equ ipment requ i red fo r assembly . 3 . P ro jec ts w i l l be re tu rned exc lus ive ly to the au thor on the p remises o f the

Leopo ldo F lo res Un ive rs i t y Museum a f te r ten work ing days fo l low ing c losure .

4 . The museum does no t accep t respons ib i l i t y fo r damage to p ro jec ts resu l t i ng f rom the na tu re o f the mate r ia l s used .

5 . I f the se lec ted p ro jec t i s no t exh ib i ted due to unava i lab i l i t y in the per iod and da te p rev ious ly es tab l i shed w i th h im o r the a r t i s t s , the p r i ze money w i l l no t be awarded .

6 . A r t i s ts se lec ted in the p rev ious announcement may no t par t i c ipa te . 7 . Any mat te r no t covered by th i s announcement w i l l be reso lved by the

rev is ion commi t tee . 8 . Members o f s ta f f cu r ren t l y work ing a t agenc ies be long ing to the Genera l

D i rec to ra te o f Un ive rs i t y Museums o f the UAEM may no t par t i c ipa te in th i s announcement .

YOURS FAITHFULLY M. en E .V . GABRIELA MORALES SAN JUAN

DIRECTOR OF THE LEOPOLDO FLORES UNIVERSITY MUSEUM

For fur ther in format ion , p lease contact : Te lephone : +52 722 1670260, 1670153, 1672041, 2836002.

WEBSITE: www.uaemex.mx/mus l f /