open call for member artists...

[Marina Reiter]

"Remember when New York City was a place where the hopeful, the talented, and the lost came to get found, live cheaply, and become great (not just rich) artists? Well, it hasn’t seemed like that kind of place for a while, but a new young art scene is emerging in all the boroughs that is more excited about the city streets than the white walls of Chelsea." - *The New New York Art Scene* By Alex Gartenfeld for Interview Magazine

thezoomroom - NYC - (a new contemporary fine art pocket-gallery/collective) is coming soon to an East Village, NYC, USA near you, and we're having an open call for member artists and designers - painters and makers - to join our team!

The idea is to have a team of regional artist members, and a few from farther regions (currently we have one from DC and one from NC, and might have others from the UK, etc.), and we're excited about the gang we've gathered so far. We're passionate about what that excerpt from Interview magazine was saying, and we want this project to *do something*. There seems to be a general apathy in the art world lately, and though we know that our one little gallery project won't single-handedly change that, we want to at least try to help ignite something.

Member artists will be eligible for a Duo or Solo show every year, and the gallery will keep an inventory of artwork from member artists available for sale at all times. Artists will be eligible for occasional exhibit opps in our sister venues; we'll have critique gatherings and other artist workshops; and our primary goal is to get our artists more exposure, so they can sell sell sell... We're artists and designers ourselves, and we know that no one really wants to be a *starving artist*!

Member artists will get marketing support through development and distribution of press releases, e-newsletters, guerrilla marketing, postcards, blogosphere promotion, opening receptions, and more.

Membership fees will be: $125/month (we hate to even have fees, but emerging art galleries don't make much $$ off commissions, and we have rent to pay rent to pay rent to pay in order to be here pimping your work)...
The gallery will only take 35% commission on member artist sales...
And there will be one Visiting Artist Studio for rent in the rear of the gallery (approx. 150 SF with a window, for $425/month).

We're looking for motivated emerging artist types with fresh work that's itching to get out of your studio (or apartment) and into the world... figurative... abstract... low brow...high-brow... show us what ya' got.

Please send us for work samples and your artist resume to [e-mail], and we'll get back to you with more information.

Looking forward to seeing your work!

Cheers,

Marina

zoom!

[Destry S. Sparks]

Marina:

The Zoom Room is exactly the sort of project the art world needs more of! When people do something that makes this much sense, then the whole world then calls it a no-brainer. Today's artists have subscribed too often to the 'submit & wait' model.

[Destry S. Sparks]

Hi Marina: I just checked out the original Zoom Room post to remind myself of what you're looking for. I'll be getting in touch over the next 4-5 days or so with some artists who may be a good fit. Is the [e-mail] the best way to reach you on that? Destry