2024 Dianne Komminsk Scholarship |
The Dianne Komminsk Scholarship originated with a generous donation from Ohio Art Patron and philanthropist Dianne Komminsk. Mid-South Sculpture Alliance is honored to continue her legacy of giving and promoting the arts by continuing to provide this scholarship to students across the US. The scholarship is open to all students currently enrolled in any higher education art program (BA, BFA, and MFA candidates are all welcome to apply). Students who apply need to provide a sponsor (someone who is a current member of MSA). Applicants may nominate themselves if their own membership is current. The goal of the MSA scholarship is to provide monetary support, networking, and exhibition opportunities to students in order to promote a supportive environment for sculptors as they advance through their academic studies. Scholarship recipients will receive: 6 scholarships will be awarded. Applications are due on 5-30-24 at 11:59 PM CST and will be juried by Richard Zimmerman and Ruth Standford Application and Exhibit Timeline Call opens: 4-15-24 Deadline for submission: 5-15-24 Artists to be notified: 6-15-24 Information regarding the exhibition at MSA Conference 2024 will be sent to recipients after notification of award. Artist Eligibility
Richard Zimmerman Richard Zimmerman is an interdisciplinary artist whose work spans various media, including sculpture, photography, sound, video, and drawing. His work focuses on exploring the intersection of subjectivity and the built environment. He holds an MFA in Studio Art from Cornell University and BFA in Painting from Pratt Institute. He received the John Hartell Graduate Award, a Cornell Council for the Arts Grant, and a nomination for The Dedalus Foundation Master of Fine Arts Fellowship in Painting and Sculpture. His work has been exhibited at various venues, including Miami Art Basel, Artlot, Shore Institute for Contemporary Art, Signal Gallery, Royal Nonesuch Gallery, Enter Enter, and Center on Contemporary Art in Seattle. He has been an artist in residence at Real Time and Space in Oakland, California, Zero Foot Hills in Durham, Connecticut, and the Tulsa Artist Fellowship. Currently, he lives and works in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Ruth Stanford Ruth Stanford received an MFA from Carnegie Mellon University in 2005 and a BFA from the University of Texas at Austin in 2000. She also holds BS and MS degrees in zoology and worked as an endangered species ecologist prior to beginning a career in art. Before joining the Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design faculty in 2005, Stanford served as an adjunct professor at Chatham College and Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, and the University of St. Francis in Illinois. Stanford’s art practice revolves around installation and site-specific sculpture. Much of her work explores history and notions of presence/absence, permanence/impermanence, fiction/reality, and conscious/subconscious. She has exhibited in traditional and nontraditional venues, including The Mattress Factory and the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh; The Creative Research Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin; Atlanta’s Center for Civil and Human Rights; Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh; Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta; Kyoto International Community House in Kyoto, Japan; and the National Art Gallery of Zambia in Livingstone, Zambia. Ongoing academic interests include the history, politics, and aesthetics of memorialization, particularly in Africa. Site Selected artists will exhibit at the MSA Conference 2024 in Birmingham, AL at the UAB Art Lab. Artwork Themes This scholarship application requires no theme nor specific media or subject matter. Innovative, new, excellent examples of formal, process-driven, transformative and strong conceptual or technical works in sculpture are desired. Catalogue An exhibition catalogue will be generated for MSA Conference 2024. All works exhibited in the Scholarship Show will be included. Artwork images, artist statements and biographies submitted for the jurying process will be used for the catalogue production. Limitations & Restrictions
Artist Responsibilities MSA and the UAB Art Lab will supply power, tools, pedestals, basic installation materials and assistance for installation. The artist will provide any specialty hardware that is needed. Selected artists are encouraged to send a detailed installation instruction of artwork. If needed, Artists may come during installation to set up their own artwork. Notification Both selected and rejected artists will be notified of their selection by email.
For further information regarding MSA and this exhibition, please visit www.midsouthsculpture.org, or contact Chelsea Gardiner, Administrative Assistant, at admin@midsouthsculpture.org or 803.956.9876 Application Requirements
Submitting your application indicates that you have read and understood all guidelines and criteria contained within this prospectus. To the best of your knowledge, you are eligible to be considered for The Dianne Komminsk Scholarship. Your application contains your work and the information in your statements is complete and true. You understand that if accepted, it will be your responsibility to ship/deliver your exhibition-ready artwork to the correct location and on time, concurrent with any schedules given to you upon acceptance. No person will be excluded from participation in or otherwise subjected to discrimination in regards to services, programs and employment, provided by MSA based on color, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age or religion |