Calling All Creatives
The deadline for submissions has now passed. Thank you for your interest!
About the Call to Artists
Starting Now! TEDxSMU is issuing a Request for Proposals for artists/artist teams interested in being a creative catalyst at TEDxSMU 2010. Open to artists, architects and designers of all types, we invite you to send us your ideas for a performance, installation or interactive-based project that will open our imaginations and create a dialogue between our two signature events: TEDxKids @SMU on Oct. 15, 2010 and TEDxSMU on Oct. 16, 2010.
TEDxSMU announces Art Commissioning Jury
TEDxSMU is thrilled to announce the panel of jurists who will review proposals submitted in response to its recent call to artists. The three-member panel consists of:
Jose Bowen, Dean of the Meadows School of the Arts at SMU
Max Levy, Renowned Architect
Christina Rees, Curator of The Art Galleries at TCU
About Jose: José Bowen is Dean of the Meadows School of the Arts, and Algur H. Meadows Chair and Professor of Music, at Southern Methodist University. Bowen began his teaching career at Stanford University in 1982, first as the director of Jazz Ensembles, and then for the Humanities Special Programs and the Afro-American Studies Program. In 1994, he became the founding director of the Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music at the University of Southampton, England. He returned to America in 1999 as the first holder of the endowed Caestecker Chair of Music at Georgetown University where he created the Program in the Performing Arts. In 2004, Miami University named him Dean of Fine Arts and Professor of Music. In over 30 years as a jazz performer, he has appeared in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas with Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Bobby McFerrin, Dave Brubeck, Liberace, and many others.
About Max: Dallas architect Max Levy, FAIA, established his office in 1984, and is best known for designs which connect people with nature whether the setting be bucolic or urban. This approach has resulted in local, state, and national design awards. His work has appeared in over fifty publications including, Spaces, Cite, Metropolitan Home, and Texas Architect. He has lectured widely at such institutions as the University of Texas at Austin, the Kimbell Art Museum, the Meadows Museum and the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art. Through it all he has maintained faith in the simple power of drawing, writing, and model making to deepen one’s work.
About Christina: Christina Rees serves as curator of The Art Galleries at TCU. The university maintains two gallery venues: the Moudy Gallery and Fort Worth Contemporary Arts. Ms. Rees, a native of Irving, Texas, received a bachelor of applied arts and sciences degree from the University of North Texas in 1993, with concentrations in art, anthropology and sociology with a minor in English. She has worked as a writer, editor, columnist and critic in the fields of visual art, film and music and has most recently been owner-director of Road Agent, a contemporary art gallery in Dallas.
Overview and Project Goals
TEDxSMU is currently planning its second series of ideas conferences around the theme “Starting Now.” The conferences incorporate dynamic and passionate presentations across a range of topics, this year centered on issues related to human survival. Creative performances, robust breaks and an energetic audience add to the mix that makes these events unique.
This year’s conferences will take place at Dallas’ new Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre – on the one year anniversary of its opening. TEDxKids @SMU is a half-day conference for 7th and 8th grade students (approximately 400 students + chaperones, speakers and sponsors), and TEDxSMU is a full day conference for attendees who have gone through an application process to be admitted.
One of the primary goals of the conference is to spark conversations about important ideas or issues. The organization’s steering committee firmly believes in the importance of creativity and creative expression as a driver for new ideas and innovation. As an extension of that belief, we have committed to commissioning a local North Texas artist or artist collaborative to create a piece to engage the audience at the Dallas TEDx events.
Artists are asked to propose projects that will be fully unveiled at the events on October 15-16, 2010; however, we will consider projects that have a visibility element leading up to the event and, if part of the selected project, will work with the artist to find an appropriate location. In keeping with the nature of this project, TEDxSMU encourages innovation and experimentation. Proposals are sought for three categories: interactive/community engagement, large scale temporary installation, and performance [artists can propose any combination of the three, however must only submit under one category].
Artists are particularly encouraged to consider projects that allow the audiences of the two separate events to “speak” to each other or somehow create dialogue between the two events.
Links
TEDxSMU Art Commissioning Sponsor Opportunity
Images of the Wyly Theatre
Latest TEDxSMU Discussion