UPDATE/CHANGE

After careful consideration the committee has decided to open the OWE shirt project up to all artists in the Toledo area!

Artist Eligibility now includes the entire metro Toledo area including Sylvania, Perrysburg, Maumee, Rossford, Northwood, Oregon, Bedford, Temperance, Bowling Green, etc.

So send those applications in!!! Remember the deadline is February 15th!!!!

CALL FOR ARTISTS

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Seeking 15-20 artists (or collaborations) to create at least 20 T-shirts each using a theme of "Toledo's Old West End". The T-Shirts will be sold during the Old West End Festival which happens the first weekend in June. 25% of proceeds will be given to the Collingwood Arts Center to use towards repairs. The other 75% of sales will go back to the Artist.

The Collingwood Arts Center provides the people and arts community of greater Toledo a unique space wherein creativity, diversity and artistic expression is fostered and nourished thus serving the educational, social and aesthetic needs of our region.

ARTIST ELIGIBILITY

Open to all artists who live in the Toledo metropolitan area; including Sylvania, Perrysburg, Maumee, Rossford, Oregon, Northwood, Temperance, Bedford, Bowling Green, Etc.

ROLE OF THE ARTIST

The artist will create a minimum of 20 T-shirts with an overall theme of "Toledo's Old West End". T-shirts can be painted, printed, sewn, collaged, buttoned, zippered, drawn, typed on, cut up, inked on, etc, etc, etc. They can be in edition form, or each one can be unique. T-shirts should vary in size.

DESIGN CRITERIA
-T-shirt must somehow incorporate the theme of "Toledo's Old West End".
-Minimum of 20 t-shirts, no limit after 20.
-Any color or style is fine, but keep in mind your costs if you want to make money back.(for example, American Apparel or Organic T-shirts tend to cost more than plain white Fruit of the Looms)

APPLICATION GUIDELINES

Submissions for this project must contain the following materials:

1. A 1-3 paragraph, single spaced, typed letter of interest outlining qualifications for and interest in the OWE T-shirt project, as well as an idea for your conceptual approach. Please consider the following information when developing your letter of interest:
Why you want to work on this project;
How you would approach this project;
What materials would you work with;
What similar projects/commissions you have had; and
How the project relates to your current work.

2. Resume (This will be used for press release and all other press materials)

3. A webpage of your work, or 5-10 images via slide, print, CD-ROM, or jpg (if emailing).

APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS

By email (preferred):
oweshirts@gmail.com

By mail:
Electric Candlelight Studio
c/o Kelly Cousins
2413 Collingwood Blvd B108
Toledo, OH 43620

DEADLINE
OWE Shirt Applications must be received by February 15, 2008.
Applicants will be notified by February 20, 2008 regarding the status of their application.