Alternative Exposure facilitates monetary awards to artists or groups of artists making and presenting work in a committed but informal way. It provides support to the work of unincorporated groups, burgeoning art venues and gathering spaces, publications, collectives, and events. Projects can include an exhibition or exhibition series, a public art project, a one time event or performance, the ongoing work of a venue or collective, the publication of writing directly related to the visual arts, an online project or publication, an artist residency, a series of screenings, and more. It seeks to support the public presentation of new work with the resulting project activities accessible and presented to the public.
As one of San Francisco’s oldest artist-run spaces, Southern Exposure seeks to support the energy of the Bay Area visual arts community and support artists’ work in a direct and accessible way. The Alternative Exposure Grant program responds to the value that inclusion of the artist voice in developing creative activities is critical for the health of the arts community.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF ALTERNATIVE EXPOSURE
Since launching the Alternative Exposure grant program in 2007, Southern Exposure has committed $45,000 of direct financial support to 15 Bay Area visual arts groups and projects including [2nd floor projects], 31 Rausch, 667 Shotwell, Bay Area Magazine for Meaningful Arts, Blankspace, Clarion Alley Mural Project (CAMP), Dirty Drawers, Ethsix, Fabricators, Fecal Face Dot Gom, Femina Potens, Neighborhood Sign Club, Shelters, Shotgun Review, and Stretcher. To learn more about these groups and their projects go to the AltEx website at www.soex.org/alternativeexposure.
APPLICATIONS
To download the Alternative Exposure guidelines and application, please download the attachment on the right.
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Materials must be received at Southern Exposure’s office by 6 pm on
Friday, June 13, 2008 (this is not a postmark date). Hand deliveries will be accepted. Emailed submissions will not be accepted.
NOTIFICATION:
Applicants will be notified by later no later than Friday, July 25, 2008.
Please do not call Southern Exposure before this date.
INQUIRIES:
Southern Exposure will host an informational session to provide more detailed information on the application process, to further explain eligible projects, and to answer related questions. To sign up for this session, email alternativeexposure@soex.org or call 415.863.2141.
Information Sessions Time and Location:
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
6:00 -7:30 pm
Blankspace
6608 San Pablo Avenue
Oakland, CA 94608
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
6:00 - 7:30 pm
Southern Exposure
417 14th Street (@ Valencia)
San Francisco, CA 94103
If you have questions regarding eligible projects or the application process,
please attend the Info Session. Otherwise, please submit your question in writing by email
to alternativeexposure@soex.org and we will do our best to answer your questions.
Generous support for this program is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts with additional support from the Gant Company.
