FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

COVER LOVER REMIX

Open Call for Juried Exhibition of Remixed Album Cover Art
Accepting Submissions through March 20th, 2022

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: March 20th by 11:59PM EST
ON VIEW: May 21st – July 9th, 2022
OPEN TO: Hudson Valley and Tri-state area, including New York City
JURY: Dick Burroughs, NYC-based Writer/Curator & Charlotte Mouquin, Executive Dir., Pelham Arts Center
ENTRY FEE The fee is $12 per submission. Entry fees are non-refundable. Discount code is available for GARNER Arts Center Members.

APPLY ONLINE: https://coverloverremixgarner2022.artcall.org/

GARNER ARTS CENTER AND NYC-BASED DJ/CURATOR, DICK BURROUGHS ANNOUNCE OPEN SUBMISSION CALL FOR AN ELECTRIFYING JURIED EXHIBITION OF REMIXED ICONIC ALBUM COVER ART TO BE FEATURED IN 2022 GARNER ARTS FESTIVAL 

QUESTIONS/MORE INFORMATION:
Jesse Heffler, Director of Programs and Operations at info@garnerartscenter.org

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:
COVER LOVER REMIX (CLR) is a juried multi-artist exhibition of “remixed” album covers. This exhibition explores the transition of visual artists from consumers of album art to creators of reimagined album covers. CLR opens at GARNER Arts Center on May 21st and will be on view through July 9th. The opening weekend coincides with the GARNER Arts Festival, which returns to Rockland County on May 21st and 22nd.

Dimensionally, all exhibiting pieces measure 24” x 24,” which maintains the square shape of an album cover, while doubling the cover size for increased visual impact. Participating artists will reinterpret iconic album covers while maintaining a conceptual thread to the original album artwork, which will be visible via QR code. The experience of CLR is an homage to album cover art and vinyl records and will feature a curated selection of exhibition programming, expected to include all-vinyl DJ sets, pop-up record shops during the opening weekend, and other album art and vinyl-centric programming throughout the exhibition run. The vast range of source material crosses musical genres with album artwork often creating an emotional bond with the public. The beauty, drama, creativity, and anticipation lies in how the artist navigates that bond while owning the vision of their remix. As stated by curator Dick Burroughs, “Album art isn’t normally in art-specific environments such as a gallery, and the public’s interaction with the familiar, yet different creates a vibrant energy.”

In addition to the artists the jury selects for the exhibition, the exhibition will feature a select group of guest artists curated by Dick Burroughs, whose art has the style, energy, and vibrancy to create exceptional expressions of the Cover Lover Remix curatorial theme. The select artists include Mike Perry, an Emmy-winning artist whose work spans an array of mediums, from paintings to sculptures, including books, public art installations, monographs, drawings, and silkscreens. Mike has exhibited across Europe and Asia in both solo and group shows. He has found success working in animation, highlighted by his continued work on Comedy Central’s Broad City, which resulted in the Television Academy naming Mike Perry Studio the 2018 Emmy winner of their Motion Design Jury Award for the Mushrooms Episode. Perry’s purpose is to conjure that feeling of soul-soaring wonder you have when you stare into distant galaxies on a dark night, when you go on long journeys into the imagination, when you ponder what it is that this life is all about. In so doing, Perry celebrates form: of the human body, of shapes and lines that coalesce into lyrical masses, of the vastness of the cosmos and the questions it calls us to. In Perry’s patterns, portraits and dreamscapes, there are layers upon layers of meaning, some erased, some covering, some asking you to look deeper, some no longer there but still vibrating with a story that ought not to be forgotten! His use of color, pattern, and form, at times child-like, expresses a joyful spirit and a reverence for the bliss inherent in the human experience. We are thrilled to have Mike Perry in Cover Lover Remix. 

Schoolly D is another artist who curator Dick Burroughs selected for this exhibition. Schoolly D’s work has a deep, thematic connection to Cover Lover Remix. Schoolly, nee Jesse Weaver Jr., has a unique perspective as he is both a recording and visual artist from Philadelphia who created and designed his album covers with his iconic B-Boy, comic strip styled artwork. Considered the “Godfather of Gangsta Rap” by many, Schoolly dropped his seminal classics PSK and Gucci Time in 1985 on his self-titled album, and directly influenced legendary rappers such as Ice-T, N.W.A., and Public Enemy, as well the Beastie Boys. Schoolly released ten studio albums throughout his recording career while branching into film scoring and soundtrack work with film director Abel Ferrara on 1990s classic cult movies like King Of New York, Bad Lieutenant, and R Xmas. Mr. Weaver eventually returned to his first love of visual art, producing and exhibiting art, with his work recently auctioned at Sotheby's in New York City.

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
Cover Lover Remix began in 2011 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, as the “vinyl-revival” was picking up steam with renewed interest in vinyl records. The first CLR exhibition was a few years after the first Record Store Day began in 2008, which celebrates the unique culture of independent record stores in the United States. The vinyl revival runs counter to digitized music and streaming platforms and has reached peak popularity highlighted by Record Store Day turning into a hugely popular, global event. Record Store Day is symbiotic with the energy of CLR. Vinyl records are 12’ x 12’, handheld pieces of multimedia artwork that create a layered sensory experience, with the music, liner notes, and visual art forming a holy trinity.

The follow-up CLR exhibition was in 2014 during Bushwick Open Studios. CLR Artists have included Voodo Fe, Philippe Treuille, Ajamu Walker, Campion Tilbrook, Chanel Cook, Charnier Corey, Danny Bunyavong, Austin Eterno, Chanel Cook, and David Choate.

ABOUT THE JURY:
Dick Burroughs is a Brooklyn-based art curator, writer, DJ, and culturati. He started the Cover Lover Remix exhibition to pay homage to the power of album cover art and platform emerging artists. He’s curated exhibitions at Bushwick Open Studios, Sensei Gallery in Manhattan, and Corridor Gallery in Brooklyn. He’s a frequent contributor to Brooklyn-centric news and lifestyle websites such as Black-Owned Brooklyn, TrulyBrooklyn, and BK Reader. Dick Burroughs has created the storytelling platform called So Boom, Check It, which debuted with an ebook of real-life, short stories from his time as an NYC marketing exec and international music manager in the 1990s and 2000s. You can find him on Facebook and Instagram.

Charlotte Mouquin (Voznesenskaya) is an artist, curator, and art professional. She is the Executive Director at the Pelham Art Center in Pelham, NY. (read more here) Previously she was the Director of Rush Arts Galleries of Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation from 2010-2017 focusing on all exhibitions and public programs at Rush Arts Gallery in Chelsea and Corridor Gallery in Brooklyn. She is the principal of CharVoz, LLC. and was a founding board member of the Love Yourself Project. Her goal is enhancing community through art experiences that highlight our humanity as global citizens. You can find her on Instagram and Facebook.

EVENT SCHEDULE

Open Call Extended! 

April 18th:                    Entry Deadline at 12PM EST
April 22nd:                          Notifications sent out by this date
May 4th:                         Art drop-off
May 10th:                       Art installation begins
May 21st & 22nd:           Opening weekend at GARNER Arts Festival, 12pm to 6pm
June 3rd:                          Exhibition Gallery Hours begin on Saturdays
July 9th:                            Exhibition closes

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Accepted mediums are painting, photography, illustration, drawing, and other work that installs flat against a wall. All submitted artwork must measure 24" x 24" with no more than 3’’ in depth to maintain the square dimensions of an album cover. Photograph submissions placed in a 24" x 24" frame must measure at least 20" x 20". All submissions must include an image of the original album cover, including any part of the cover included in the remix (front cover, back cover, inside), as a high-quality JPG or PNG. Video files and PDFs are also accepted. Files mislabeled or lacking the artist's name will not be viewed by the juror. The submission of a work of art to this exhibition shall constitute an agreement on the part of the artist to the conditions set forth in the online application form.

EXHIBITION DETAILS AND PRESS:
GARNER Arts Center is located at 55 West Railroad Avenue, Garnerville, NY 10923.
Contact: (845) 947-7108 info@garnerartscenter.org –https://garnerartscenter.org/coverloverremix2022

GARNER Arts Center is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathleen C. Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and by Rockland County’s Office of Tourism and Economic Development.

FOR MORE IMAGES AND INFORMATION:
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