For Immediate Release      Contact: Bryan Ghiloni/Andrea Laborde/Mary Wilson
        Co-Directors, Gallery RFD
www.galleryrfd.org   
478-237-6873   galleryrfd@gmail.com   
August 21, 2008        

Call for Submissions

Four Feet: The Proxemics of Personal Space

(Swainsboro, GA) - Gallery RFD seeks submissions for it upcoming exhibition titled
Four Feet: The Proxemics of Personal Space.

Coined in 1966 by anthropologist Edward T. Hall to describe the measurable space between two people interacting, proxemics defines four feet as the comfortable limit of what we know as personal space. Breeching this imagined territory is perceived as a threat; step outside it and one enters the more public domain of social space.

How we negotiate these virtual spheres, whom we allow in them and how we defend them is the subject of Gallery RFD's upcoming exhibition, Four Feet: The Proxemics of Personal Space. Submissions in any media that explore or comment on this intuitive spatial understanding are sought.

Submission deadline: Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008, 4 p.m. (EST)
Juror: TBA

Exhibition runs Oct. 11 - Nov. 1, 2008
Opening Reception: Oct. 11, 2008, 5-8 p.m.

Back to Basics: Exploring Natural Materials

(Swainsboro, GA) - Gallery RFD seeks submissions for it upcoming exhibition titled
Back to Basics: Exploring Natural Materials.

The natural world has long been an inspirational starting point for artists as well as a source for raw materials. Back to Basics intends to highlight the use of nature's bounty in artistic production. Gallery RFD seeks submissions of work in media that employ natural or organic materials. Works that document, utilize or comment on the use of natural and organic wares are also welcome.

Submission deadline: Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008, 4 p.m. (EST)
Juror: TBA

Exhibition runs Nov. 8 - Dec. 6, 2008
Opening Reception: Nov. 8, 2008, 5-8 p.m.

Making It: The Art of Contemporary Craft

(Swainsboro, GA) - Gallery RFD seeks submissions for it upcoming exhibition titled
Contemporary Craft.

While the Industrial Revolution may have worked wonders for the production process in terms of output and standardization, it has arguably written the creator's role out of the process.  As machines replace humans or minimize their necessity in ever more labor fields, we are witnessing nostalgia for the return of a human element, lest automation render us obsolete.  Though few are clamoring to give up their tools of convenience, individuation and uniqueness are now novelties as witnessed in the rising popularity of mass-customization.  Gallery RFD seeks submissions of work in any media that project evidence of a human hand or craftsmanship.

Submission deadline: Thursday, Oct. 31, 2008, 4 p.m. (EST)
Jurors: Christy Petterson and Shannon Mulkey, co-founders of the Indie Craft Experience in Atlanta, GA.

Exhibition runs Dec. 13, 2008 - Jan. 3, 2009
Opening Reception: Dec. 13, 2008, 5-8 p.m.

The Art of Communication: An Installation of Mailed Art

(Swainsboro, GA) - Gallery RFD seeks submissions for it upcoming exhibition titled
The Art of Communication: An Installation of Mailed Art.

Gallery RFD presents its 3rd annual exhibition of The Art of Communication: An Installation of Mailed Art.  During the 1800's, the postal service had rural peoples travel to a depot to collect their mail while simultaneously delivering mail directly to their urban neighbors.  The Grange movement helped create RFD (Rural Free Delivery) by lobbing for the freedom to conveniently communicate with anyone in the nation, thus ending the struggle for equality of resources by the peoples of rural communities.  Gallery RFD similarly advocates offering rural residents the same resources and access to the arts that urban areas already have.

The Art of Communication is an exhibition about using opportunities, like the mail system, that our forbearers fought for so that we might more freely communicate our ideas, emotions, and expectations with each other.  Artists of all ages, skill level, and geography are asked to create work on any item that
can be sent through the postal service.  Awards will be given for: Best of Show, Farthest Traveled, and the "Outside the Box" award.  All works submitted will be exhibited. 

Submission deadline: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 4 p.m. (EST)

Exhibition runs Jan. 10 - Feb. 7, 2009
Opening Reception: Jan. 10, 2009, 5-8 p.m.

Further details and prospectus available on the Gallery RFD website: www.galleryrfd.org