CALL FOR ARTISTS: 701 CCA Prize 2020

About the 701 CCA Prize
The 701 CCA Prize, organized by 701 Center for Contemporary Art in Columbia, S.C., is a biennial, juried art competition and exhibition for professional South Carolina artists 40 years of age or younger.

The project’s purpose is to identify and recognize young artists whose work is exemplary in its originality, shows awareness of artistic developments, and is of high artistic merit. The 701 CCA Prize has been awarded biennially to one artist for outstanding art production since 2012.

Summary of Procedures
Applications must be submitted via this application portal by 11:30pm on August 23, 2020.

An independent jury of three art professionals will evaluate all work submitted and select the three finalists, who will be included in the 701 CCA Prize Exhibition. These jurors will also select the winner of the Prize, whose name will be announced at 701 CCA Prize Celebration.

The jury panel will select the winner based on the artists’ initial applications, not the work in the Prize Exhibition. The jury’s selection is based first on artistic merit as shown through provided images and, second, supporting materials detailing the applicants’ art production and career. The jury panel, to be announced, will include jurors with statewide, regional and national perspectives.

Individual works by each finalist for the 701 CCA Prize exhibition will be selected by a CCA curatorial team from artwork representative of those submitted by the artists in their initial application.

The Prize Package
The 701 CCA Prize winner will receive:

A six-week, paid residency at CCA;
A solo exhibition at CCA;
An ad in a national art publication concurrent with the solo exhibition.
Scheduled Dates
August 23, 2020        Submission Deadline

September 20, 2020  Announcement of Three Finalists

November 5, 2020     Exhibition Opens / Opening Reception*

November 26, 2020   701 CCA Prize Celebration Event and Announcement of Winner*

December 20, 2020   Exhibition Closes

*Please note: due to the developing COVID-19 situation, the dates for the Opening Reception and Celebration may change, events may be combined or or they may be held in an alternate manner.

Application Fee
To provide an opportunity for as many eligible artists as possible during the current, difficult times, there is no application fee for the 701 CCA Prize 2020.

Eligibility
Previous winners of the 701 CCA Prize are ineligible for six years, or three installments of the competition, after winning the 701 CCA Prize.

Eligible artists must:

Currently reside in South Carolina;
Be a professional artist 40 years old or younger on October 31, 2020;
Have, by October 1, 2020, available a body of work representative of the artworks submitted for the 701 CCA Prize and completed after January 1, 2018. This body of work needs to be substantial enough to fill approximately one-third of the 2,500 square feet gallery space at 701 CCA. In case of performance artwork, high quality DVD representations of past performances must be available. Performance artists also will be required to provide a schedule of no fewer than 3 public performances during the exhibition period. In the case of site-specific installation art, artists must be willing and able to create a site-specific installation at 701 CCA for the 701 CCA Prize exhibition between October 29 – November 2, 2020.
Agree to deliver art works selected for the 701 CCA Prize exhibition with requested paperwork to 701 CCA on Thursday or Friday, October 29 or 30, 2020.
Be available to attend the opening reception of the 701 CCA Prize exhibition on November 5, 2020, and the 701 CCA Prize celebration with announcement of the winner on November 26, 2020, or make every effort to attend in case dates for these events change because of COVID-19 related issues.
Required Application Materials
To apply, the following materials must be provided through Submittable:

Ten (10) high-quality, digital images, 300 dpi or more (visual and craft artists) or 3 videos (media and performance artists) of art works completed since January 1, 2018. The images must show art works representative of what would be available for the 701 CCA Prize exhibition. The information in the image headers must list, in this precise order, the artist’s last name, then the number corresponding to the image’s number in the checklist, then the checklist information (see 3. below). (Example: Johnson 1, Untitled, 2015, oil on canvas, 40” x 30”)
A completed Checklist listing the information for the images or videos in the application in the following order: Artist Name, Title of Work (in italics), year work completed, medium of work, dimensions of work. Dimensions should be listed as height x width for 2-D work, and height x width x depth for 3-D work. The name of the document should say “checklist” and the name of the artist. (Example: “Checklist Johnson”)
A resume/CV. The name of the document should say the artist’s last name and then “Resume” or “CV” (Example: “JohnsonResume.docx”)
A bio of no more than 300 words about the artist’s career as opposed to information about art production and/or artist concepts. The name of the document should say the artist’s last name and then “Bio” (Example: “JohnsonBio.docx”)
An artist’s statement of no more than 300 words addressing the applicant’s general artistic vision and how this vision applies to the artist’s art production since January 1, 2016, as shown in the images included with the application. The name of the document should say the artist’s last name and then “Statement” (Example: “JohnsonStatement.docx”)
Submission
Submission must be received through this Submittable portal no later than August 23, 2020, at 11:30 p.m.

Incomplete or physically mailed applications will not be eligible for the competition.

Questions? Contact us at info@701cca.org or (803) 779-4571.