Call for UIC South Asian / Diaspora Photography Submissions
(Students/Faculty/Staff/Alumni)
Deadline: Monday, August 4, 5 p.m.
DesiLit’s Kriti Festival, in partnership with UIC’s Asian American Resource and Cultural Center, Asian American Studies, Asian Studies; Campus Programs, South Asian American Policy and Research Institute (SAAPRI), and the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center (APAC), invite your photographic contributions to a collaborative exhibition, to be held in the Ward Gallery in Student Center East.
We welcome submissions of your own or family photos featuring South Asians and their families/communities, to be presented in conversation with informative panels from the Smithsonian’s Beyond Bollywood exhibit and SAAPRI. Both contemporary and older photos are welcome; we’re especially interested in seeing images from earlier years of South Asian presence in Chicago.
Possible topics include:
- Family
- Culture and Identities
- Immigration & Citizenship
- History
- Youth & Youth Cultures
- Community Organizing
- Chicago and or Community neighborhoods
- Arts and Literature, including dance, music and theater
- Food
- Religion and Spirituality
Media: Please send in up to 5 digital images (in .jpg format) for consideration; if you need help scanning photos in, AARCC has a scanner that you may use. Many libraries can also help with scanning. When submitting, smaller images are welcome (maximum 500K file size per image).
Work Size: The final work, once accepted, should be high res images (300 dpi), suitable for printing. Larger images are welcome, to maximize potential printing size.
Entry requirements: This exhibit is open to UIC students / alumni / faculty / staff.
Exhibit Run: August 25-October 30, 2014; reception on September 25 Entries Due: August 4, 2014, 5 p.m. by e-mail Selection Process: By a committee consisting of UIC faculty and staff; we will review the week of August 4
Notification: By August 8, we will notify all submitters by e-mail Accepted Work: If accepted, UIC will install and print images; students will be able to pick up work after November 1
Reception: Thursday, September 25, from 4-6 p.m.
Sales: No artwork will be offered for sale
Submit to: Neha Kumar, Festival Assistant Director, nehakritiplanning@hotmail.com; In e-mail subject line, please put – “Kriti Exhibit Submission”
Contact with questions: Dr. Mary Anne Mohanraj, Festival Director, mohanraj@uic.edu
