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Day With(out) Art 2020

Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to be partnering with the Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers Global, and the Rutgers School of Public Health to present special programming throughout the day on Tuesday, Dec. 1 for Visual AIDS’ Day With(out) Art 2020 (full schedule below). Art & Design will be presenting TRANSMISSIONS, a program of six new videos considering the impact of HIV and AIDS beyond the United States on a continuous loop from 10am-7pm on art.rutgers.edu bringing together artists working across the world: Jorge Bordello (Mexico), Gevi Dimitrakopoulou (Greece), Las Indetectables (Chile), George Stanley Nsamba (Uganda), Lucía Egaña Rojas (Chile/Spain), and Charan Singh (India/UK).

As the world continues to adapt to living with a new virus, COVID-19, these videos offer an opportunity to reflect on the resonances and differences between the two epidemics and their uneven distribution across geography, race, and gender.

TUES: December 1, all day schedule
Join us for live virtual programming during Art Before/After Hours on December 1 to mark Day With(out) Art/World AIDS Day and celebrate Thomas Sokolowski, the Zimmerli’s late director, who passed away in May. Since 1989, Day With(out)Art has served as a national day of action and mourning in response to the HIV/AIDS crisis initiated by Visual AIDS, an organization that Sokolowski helped found.
§ 9:00am – The Zimmerli is hosting a live Zoom screening of TRANSMISSIONS Please note: the video program contains explicit content.
§ Throughout the Day – Look for special content on the Zimmerli’s online platforms honoring Tom Sokolowski.
§ 7:00pm – A live Zoom panel on the historical and contemporary intersections of HIV/AIDS advocacy and the arts, with a special emphasis on the role Tom Sokolowski played in founding Visual AIDS. Visual artist and Mason Gross professor Jeanine Oleson will moderate a conversation between Nelson Santos, an artist, curator, and former director of Visual AIDS; Allen Frame, a photographer and writer who has long worked with Visual AIDS; Dr. Perry N. Halkitis, Dean of the Rutgers School of Public Health, and Donna Gustafson, the Zimmerli’s Curator of American and Modern Art, Mellon Director of Academic Programs, and currently the museum’s interim director.

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This program is presented in lead collaboration with Rutgers Global, Mason Gross School of the Arts, and Rutgers School of Public Health, with the additional support of Rutgers Student Health, Rutgers Global Health Institute, Rutgers Center for Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities, and the Office of the Chancellor, Rutgers – New Brunswick.

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OPEN CALL: Anti-matters


OPEN CALL: Anti-matters
Antimatter is matter composed of the antiparticles (or “partners”) of the corresponding particles of “ordinary” matter. Anti-matters features works loosely related to science fiction, that are de-materialized, unfinished, craft, idea, belief, or cultural object from the future. This show will bring opposition to the fetishization of “fine art” and asks “What matters most to us that is left out of the art gallery capitalist bargain but most important to our current society?” The gallery will make space for the futures projects, and to bring artists together within the Mason Gross community who imagine imminent worlds that expand out of our current political system. Sci-fi and themes of futurism opens possibilities based in the future that embodies art for culture’s sake. Art for belief.

Submissions are limited to 5 images per artist. Images should be sized at 2000px on the long side, 72 DPI. If selected and necessary, artists will be asked to provide higher resolution images. Please create a zip file with your image files, and a list of works including your name, title, date, and size. Be sure to include your name in the title of the zip file as well.
Upload your materials to: https://masongrossgalleries.rutgers.edu/upload/

Submissions are due Monday, November 30 at 11:59pm.

Due to the size of the exhibition, we will try our best to take all artist who apply.

Any questions, please email Gabe Sacco
gabrielsacco13@gmail.com

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IMPORTANT NOTE: COVID-19

According to the CDC, there is currently no vaccine to prevent COVID-19. The best way to prevent illness is to avoid being exposed to this virus. The CDC recommends everyday preventive actions to help prevent the spread of respiratory diseases.  We recommend the following precautions given common use of our Computer Labs in Art & Design.

  • Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth –ESPECIALLY while using Computer Labs.
  • Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water or hand sanitizer (at least 60% alcohol) for 20 seconds before and after use of Computer Labs.  Hand sanitizer is available in each lab for your use.
  • FOOD & DRINK is prohibited in labs at all times. Please do not eat while at computer stations, and use common lounge /areas instead.
  • Avoid close contact with those who are sick.
  • If you are feeling sick, please stay home.