An Exhibit in Three Parts 
Lakewood Cultural Arts Center

Com-Part-Mental-Ize.

 

The verb suggests many possible visual and conceptual interpretations. The cognitive processes of sorting, separating, categorizing, shifting between diverse roles or tasks with efficiency and problem-solving to adjust to the situation are not exclusive to women. However, the often contradictory expectations faced by women serve as training for managing multiple human functions simultaneously, i.e., career, family, social, and personal needs. 

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WCACO invites women-identifying artists to submit to this exhibit. Artists do not need to be a member of WCACO.

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Compartmentalization is a skill to create mental and emotional boundaries between actions and feelings, thoughts and decisions, personal views, and societal pressures.

Mental and physical boundaries may be seen as sharing (compartir, Spanish), while separating, two opposing perspectives.

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This show explores how we arrange time, space, energy, pleasure, and pain. How do you express this tension/balance in a work of art?

 

Open to all women-identifying artists. Max. 3 entries in 2D, 3D or digital visual media.

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Call Closes: March 2, 2024​

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Artist notification: March 30, 2025
Shipped work needs to arrive by Monday, May 19, 2025
Hand-delivered Artwork Drop Off/Delivery: May 22 and May 23, between 1-4
The exhibition will run from May 30-August 16, 2025

 

Fees: WCA and CHAC Members 25.00, Non-members $40.00

***WCACO Member discount code is available on the Member Portal***

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Venue: The Lakewood Cultural Center is the artistic hub of our community.  Located at 470 S. Allison Pkwy., it features a 320-seat theater, art galleries, fine art and dance studios, meeting and event spaces, and a full calendar of fine and performing art classes and camps, performances, and special events.

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Call for Entry:   

https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=14014

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Juror:  Laine Godsey, Lakewood Cultural Center Director of Arts and Education Programs. Laine oversees programs and events in Lakewood's various venues. She is a conceptual artist, an experienced juror, and an enthusiastic host for this exhibit. She has more than 15 years of experience in arts leadership, from community arts programming to curatorial and gallery direction. Under her direction, she contemporized the City’s exhibition curation to feature inclusive, well-reviewed shows like Accentuate the Aggregate, Corporeal, Dimensions Variable and We the People of the Land. She also led the LandMark project for the City, an art project that presented 10 artists’ environmental artwork in public park spaces throughout Lakewood. Prior to Lakewood, she served as the Arts and Community Engagement Coordinator at the Center for Creative Works in Philadelphia where she built collaborative arts programs with the Mutter Museum and Haverford College. She previously served as Co-Director for FJORD Gallery and was an adjunct professor at Lincoln University.

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Best in Show: Cash prizes will be presented to one artist for Best of Show ($250) and three Honorable Mentions ($50) will be awarded. The juror will determine the winners during the Opening Reception.

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Scholarship: The Women’s Caucus for Art strives to create an inclusive community and recognizes that the cost to enter is often a barrier for emerging artists. 

If this applies to you, please send a paragraph on why you’d like to be considered to wcacompartmentalize25@gmail.com.

Two scholarships will be awarded on a first come first serve basis. Requests must be submitted before Nov. 1st. Scholarship recipients will be given a code to use for the CaFE Entry fee.

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Max. 3 entries per artist. Submit to CaFÉ. Dimensions TBD with venue organizer.

Artwork must be ready to hang or display, and a set-up diagram must accompany multiple pieces positioned together to form a whole. Complex installations or fragile artwork must be installed by creating artist or artist's representative, otherwise will not be included in the exhibition. Fragile work needs to be labeled as such in the box it is delivered or shipped in. No French Cleats or saw-tooth hangers allowed; Eye-screws and wire or D rings and wire are requested.

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