invites new/experienced curators (4 in total) (autumn 2024 (1 role available each) winter 2024, fall 2025, summer 2025)
What?
An individual QofMiami artists is volunteer that has the passion to curate the free virtual gallery on Queers of Miami Boynton Beach Arts and Cultural Center (BBACC). Four curators will be chosen to organize 2 to 3-month virtual exhibitions between in 2024 and 2025.
QofMiami Curatorial responsibilities will include, but is not limited to attending opening receptions, hanging work, providing a curatorial statement, finding artists, and writing wall text. This is an excellent opportunity for both practicing curators and artists to experiment with and develop their curatorial vision, as well as build their audience and portfolios. The curator may include their own art in the exhibition.
With the ongoing development of Miami-Dade/Cutler Bay/Wilton Manors as an arts and cultural destination, the QofMiami Virtual Gallery has already hosted alcohol-free sober open mics, sound bowl healing, and much more volunteer opportunities. Since our current Curator and Founder are about to pursue the business side of art we want to use this virtual gallery to raise awareness and the importance of having a permanent Queers of Miami gallery full of art because life without art is EH! And life without Queers is still CUIR!
Therefore Quiragua’s virtual gallery QueersofMiami and Nunez’s virtual gallery CuirdeMiami is opening in 2025 to a diverse and growing audience. All shows will be marketed as a partnership between Queers of Miami & Cuir de Miami POLAROID STATIONS :)
About the Art Gallery
Displayed currently ONLY on the beautiful virtual application Instagram the gallery has over 1000 physical photos of growing up Queer, Indigenous, Black, White, Gay, Straiggt, Bisexual, Lesbian, Transgender, Asexual or any other beautiful array of the Queer Spectrum.
The virtual Art Gallery began in 2017 via instagram and will continue to be displayed till we finalize the
QUEERSOFMIAMI.com website. (Patience) lol
* Our studio is currently in Cutler Bay, Florida & Westchester, Miami, Florida and in hopes to have a studio in Broward to open up this passion project to our sister county.
* The Director Alejandro Hernandez is flexible and as volunteers we work on your availability. Typically evenings and weekends to help set up booth. (food & merch provided to volunteers)
* Open to the public, City employees, tourists, and visitors of the The Beautiful Accepting City of Miami ❤
️* Must have an active reputable instagram to participate
* Must be willing to help trained on appropriate communication with virtual audience.
Location & Hour
sHybrid
As a virtual gallery, the gallery is open to the public and it’s on private we are updating the curation with Edward Nunez our Creative Director OF Queers of Miami & Curator of Cuir de Miami.
* Availability needed for the following days and times
* Wednesday through Saturda
y5 pm - 8 pm
* Saturda
yMonthly once a month for Wellness Tabling at Sound Bowl Healings.
* Sunda
yOFF ALWAY
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The four unicorns of QofMiami Volunteer Curators Responsibilitie
s* Communicate with artists respectfully using “QofMiami Communication with Gender Minorities” training. (1 hours mandatory training
)
* Coordinate the reception, storage, maintenance, and return of artwork to artists with staf
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* Install and hang the exhibition Polaroids, and digital printed work.
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* Develop a timeline for the exhibitio
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* Attend the opening reception if possible
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* Recommend any additional events and exhibition events if desire
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* Adhere to the rules and guidelines of the City of Miami & Browar
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* Write wall text and draft press release including gathering images for Public Relation (PR
)* Prepare artwork wall label
sOur Responsibilitie
s* Provide the curator with $300 to cover expense
s* Print marketing materials and exhibition wall tex
t* Promote exhibition on the City website, newsletter, social media, and digital billboard
s* Coordinate exhibition needs with City staf
fThe Application Should Provide the Following Informatio
n* Resum
e* Brief description of curatorial ideas with a minimum of 4 artists per exhibition. More than one idea can be submitte
d* Link to website, social media handles, and any other digital media availabl
eThe policy of the Public Art Program is to support diverse, equitable, and inclusive arts. All exhibitions should include a cultural and ethnic diversity of artists
.Please email me via
Queersofmiami@gmail.co
m
And for direct questions
Cerulean.jose@gmail.co
mEdwardnunezw@gmail.co
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Questions? Text via WhatsAp
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+1 (786) 315‑9104
Thank you for reading and break a leg on your artistic endeavors
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Look forward to interviewing.
Interviews begin July 23, 2024 and will continue till August 2023.
Applicant will be selected on or before August 28th, 202