Call for artists! Burke Museum
Greetings - The Burke Museum invites artists to submit an original work
of art for possible exhibition in AYP: Indigenous Voices Reply. This
exhibition takes place on the 100th anniversary of the Alaska Yukon
Pacific Exposition (AYP) that was held on the University of Washington
campus in Seattle in 1909. Works that respond to the way that the
indigenous peoples of Washington state, British Columbia and Alaska as
well as the Philippine Islands, Siberia, China, Japan, and Labrador who
were represented in this world’s fair are especially welcomed.
To participate, please email or send images of your piece along with an artist’s biography to the Burke
Museum’s selection committee by February 15th 2009. Selections will be
made in February and pieces chosen for the exhibit must be delivered to
the Burke Museum by March 31, 2009. Works included will be on loan and
insured during the exhibition, and returned to artists after the close of
the exhibit.
To see examples of objects that were exhibited at the 1909 world’s fair
please visit the Burke Museum’s website:
http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/bhc/
Additional information about the content of the 1909 AYP exposition is
available at these internet sites:
http://www.aype.org/, www.AYP100.org
Contact:
Robin K. Wright "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
Curator of Native American Art
Burke Museum
Box 353010
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-3010
Phone: 206-543-5595
bholmctr@u.washington.edu
of art for possible exhibition in AYP: Indigenous Voices Reply. This
exhibition takes place on the 100th anniversary of the Alaska Yukon
Pacific Exposition (AYP) that was held on the University of Washington
campus in Seattle in 1909. Works that respond to the way that the
indigenous peoples of Washington state, British Columbia and Alaska as
well as the Philippine Islands, Siberia, China, Japan, and Labrador who
were represented in this world’s fair are especially welcomed.
To participate, please email or send images of your piece along with an artist’s biography to the Burke
Museum’s selection committee by February 15th 2009. Selections will be
made in February and pieces chosen for the exhibit must be delivered to
the Burke Museum by March 31, 2009. Works included will be on loan and
insured during the exhibition, and returned to artists after the close of
the exhibit.
To see examples of objects that were exhibited at the 1909 world’s fair
please visit the Burke Museum’s website:
http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/bhc/
Additional information about the content of the 1909 AYP exposition is
available at these internet sites:
http://www.aype.org/, www.AYP100.org
Contact:
Robin K. Wright "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
Curator of Native American Art
Burke Museum
Box 353010
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-3010
Phone: 206-543-5595
bholmctr@u.washington.edu
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