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Call for Submissions: Manitoba Crafts Museum & Library's "X Y Me: New Craft Generations"

1 August, 2012

The Manitoba Crafts Museum and Library will be holding an exhibit celebrating the craft of the X (approx 1965 – early 1980s), Y (approx 1982 – 2000), and Me (children of the 1970s through 1990s) generations, to open in September 2012.

● The exhibit will feature hand crafted pieces that have been made by Manitoba craftspeople, born in from the late 1960s through the present.
● Work done by teens will be accepted.

If you have hand crafted pieces that you would like to offer to the exhibit, please provide the following information:
● Brief visual description including technique, size, materials and any special exhibit requirements.
● Craftsperson information with brief bio if possible.
● Information about the piece in terms of its inspiration, history etc would be useful.
● An image of the piece. Prints and slides will be accepted, as will digital images (jpg preferred and less than 1MB file size please).
● Deadline August 1, 2012.

Conditions of Acceptance to the Exhibit
● Items can be loaned for the duration of the exhibit or they can be offered for permanent donation to the museum collection.
● In August 2012 an ad hoc Exhibit Committee will make final selections for the exhibit.
● Depending on the response it is possible that not all pieces will be accepted for the exhibit.
● Decisions about donations to the permanent collection will be made by the standing Museum Committee.
● There will be some size restrictions. Contact us for details.
● The exhibit will be on display from September 2012 until early January 2012.
● All pieces must be available for the duration of the exhibit.
● The pieces must be in good condition.

Please submit information and images to Andrea Reichert, Curator, 1B-183 Kennedy St., Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 1S6, 487-6117 (tel & fax), info@mcml.ca .

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