Innovation 09: A Show
of New Media
Call for Entries
A Juried Show, open to any artist 17 and older
June 15-July 17, 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 27, 2-4 pm
Juror: George Fifield, Director of the Boston Cyberarts Festival and former
Curator of New Media at the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park,
Entry Fee: $12.00 per entry, 3 for $30, limit of 3 entries. If no work accepted ½ of
entry fee will be refunded
Cash Prize for Best of Show
GUIDELINES
Media: this show is open to all technological media including music, as well as mixed media
work using new and innovative materials
Conditions: Jurying will be done from actual work. All work must be delivered and picked up.
All work must be original, and have been completed in the past 3 years. LynnArts can supply a
dvd player and a projector, if other technology is required artist should supply it with the work.
No wall anchors. Heavy work and work requiring special installation must be installed by the
artist. Work previously shown in this gallery will not be accepted. Entries are invited from
all artists over age 17.
Drop-off: Monday & Tuesday, June 8-9, 9am to 7pm at 25 Exchange Street, Lynn, MA. Please
fill out the following information for each piece and attach to the back of your work: number of
pieces submitted, artists name, address, daytime phone number, email address, title of piece,
medium and price. In addition, please fill out an Artist Inventory List (available on our website,
www.lynnarts.org under artists forms)
Notification: All artists will be notified by e-mail on June 11. If you do not have an e-mail
address, please call LynnArts between 10 and 5 pm, 781-598-5244.
Work not accepted: Must be picked up on Friday, June 12, 9am-5pm, or Monday, June 15,
9am-7pm.
Accepted work: Must be picked up Monday, July 20, 9-5 or Tuesday, July 21, 9-7pm. LynnArts
is not responsible for any work not picked up by July 21.
Commission: LynnArts, Inc. retains a 25% commission on all work sold during the show.
Liability: Artwork will be insured upon arrival at LynnArts. We reserve the right not to insure
works that are damaged or structurally unsound
Juror: George Fifield is a media arts curator, writer, teacher and artist. He is the founder and
director of Boston Cyberarts Inc., a nonprofit arts organization, which produces the Boston
Cyberarts Festival. From 1993 to 2006, Fifield was curator of new media at the DeCordova
Museum and Sculpture Park in Lincoln, MA. He was executive co-producer for The Electronic
Canvas, a hour-long documentary on the history of the media arts. Produced by the DeCordova
Museum for WGBH-TV, The Electronic Canvas aired in April 2000 in Boston and subsequently
was in national PBS distribution. Fifield is also executive producer for the feature length comedy
Made-Up, written and produced by his wife, Lynne Adams. It premiered at the Angelika Theater
in Dallas, Texas in May 2003.
In addition, Fifield has written on a variety of media, technology and art topics for Artbyte,
Bomb, Communication Arts, Digital Fine Arts, The Independent Film and Video Monthly,
Sculpture Magazine and Art New England. Among his numerous curatorial efforts, he co-curated
the computer installation art show, The Computer Is Not Sorry at the Space in January 1993 and
in May 1999, he co-curated Mind Into Matter, the first international survey show of new digital
sculpture at the Computer Museum in Boston.
LynnArts, Inc. is a private non-profit arts organization located in Lynn’s Central Square at 25 Exchange Street. The
building houses two large and airy gallery spaces as well as a black-box rehearsal/performance space and several artist
studios. The LynnArts office welcomes queries regarding artist exhibition proposals, membership, teaching
opportunities, and rental of office and studio space. For more information please contact Susan Halter at 781-598-
5244.