<p class="font_8" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(15,15,15);background-position:0px 0px"><br></p><p class="font_8" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(15,15,15);background-position:0px 0px" dir="auto">“</p><p class="font_8" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(15,15,15);background-position:0px 0px">The Katarzyna Kozyra Foundation (Poland) in partnership with MeetFactory (Czech Republic), Easttopics (Hungary) and Björnsonova (Slovakia) invites young female* artists to participate in the Secondary Archive, an online platform for Central and Eastern Europe women artists. The aim of the project is to promote, discover and rediscover female artists and the most valuable phenomena of contemporary art from the female perspective in the Visegrad countries. The Archive will collect the statements of female artists of three generations – those who were active before 1989, the generation who started their art practice right after the fall of the Communist regime, and the youngest artists, born after 1989. It will serve as an international source of information about Central and Eastern European female art for both art professionals and the wider audience. The project is supported by the Visegrad Fund and helps to build a cooperation between art institutions and art professionals in Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. </p><p class="font_8" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(15,15,15);background-position:0px 0px"> </p><p class="font_8" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(15,15,15);background-position:0px 0px">The open call is organized for young, emerging, and early career female artists with the aim to present the their voice and perspective. The selected candidates will be asked to create an artist’s statement and will be interviewed by curators. The result of these interviews, as well as the statement and information they provide, will be published on the Archive’s website. The jury will also select one artist from each country whose vision and art practice will be encouraged with a cash grant of 500 euros**. </p><p class="font_8" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(15,15,15);background-position:0px 0px">WHO CAN PARTICIPATE: Female artists of all media who were born or work in Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland or Slovakia after 31 December1989. </p><p class="font_8" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(15,15,15);background-position:0px 0px"> </p><p class="font_8" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(15,15,15);background-position:0px 0px">SUBMISSION RULES: artists interested in participating should send both English and their native language versions of the following documents:</p><p class="font_8" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(15,15,15);background-position:0px 0px">1) CV</p><p class="font_8" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(15,15,15);background-position:0px 0px">2) Portfolio (20 MB max. For video, please add the links and passwords, if needed).</p><p class="font_8" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(15,15,15);background-position:0px 0px">#) A short statement which explains one’s art practice and vision (2000 signs max. per language) </p><p class="font_8" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(15,15,15);background-position:0px 0px">SEND TO: <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:underline;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;background-position:0px 0px"><a href="mailto:hello@secondaryarchive.org" target="_self" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:inherit;background-position:0px 0px">hello@secondaryarchive.org</a></span> <br>SUBJECT LINE: Open call for artists       </p><p class="font_8" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(15,15,15);background-position:0px 0px">DEADLINE: September 30, 2020, 12 p.m CET.   </p><p class="font_8" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(15,15,15);background-position:0px 0px">We encourage artists to submit portfolios as early as possible, as the jury will start reviewing and studying submissions as soon as they arrive.</p><p class="font_8" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(15,15,15);background-position:0px 0px"> </p><p class="font_8" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(15,15,15);background-position:0px 0px">SELECTION PROCESS: An international jury consisting of 5 people will be selected by the partner institutions which are involved in the project. The selected jurors will be announced before 30 September 2020. The decision of the jury will be final.</p><p class="font_8" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(15,15,15);background-position:0px 0px"> </p><p class="font_8" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(15,15,15);background-position:0px 0px">For questions and additional information please write to <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:underline;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;background-position:0px 0px"><a href="mailto:hello@secondaryarchive.org" target="_self" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:inherit;background-position:0px 0px">hello@secondaryarchive.org</a></span></p><p class="font_8" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(15,15,15);background-position:0px 0px" dir="auto">“</p>