Love & Wisdom: The Skills of Maturity

 Love & Wisdom: The Skills of Maturity

the second of two multidisciplinary arts shows exploring
universal wisdom teachings about Youth and Maturity
 

Exhibit runs
July 20, 2018 - January 9, 2019

Deadline for submissions:
Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Explore the Skills of Maturity (the skills of creating healing and community) as Life Force Arts presents the art exhibit and multidisciplinary arts show Love & Wisdom: The Skills of Maturity, running July 20, 2018 - January 9, 2019 at Life Force Arts Center, 1609 W. Belmont, Chicago IL 60657. Opening Reception is Friday, July 20, 2018 from 7 - 10 PM. Gallery Hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:30 - 6:30 PM, and by appointment. Admission is free to the exhibit and Opening Reception. Workshops, performances and other events related to the theme will be held as part of the show. For more information, please contact Joan Forest Mage, Artistic Director, 773-327-7224, joan@LifeForceArts.org.
 

Love & Wisdom: The Skills of Maturity. Universal wisdom teachings speak of the Skills of Youth and Maturity. These are not about chronological age, but rather the inner  awareness, the Skill, with which a person approaches life. The two Skills of Maturity are having Love and Wisdom to create healing and community. The Healer has the Love to guide transformational process to restore wholeness; the Sovereign and Teacher have the Wisdom to create peace and prosperity in the human community, with nature and the spirit realm. In this show, participating artists have the opportunity to express their experiences with healing and community-building, love and wisdom, through their artwork. 

Love & Wisdom: The Skills of Maturity is the second of two shows presented by Life Force Arts Center in 2018 based in the Life Force Arts Method (LFAM), a powerful psychological and spiritual tool for understanding and building positive relationships from the inner world to the outer world.  Passion & Vision: The Skills of Youth (February 3 - June 27, 2018) explores universal wisdom teachings about two skills of Youth: having a vision for one's life, and having the passion to carry it out. Love & Wisdom: The Skills of Maturity (July 20 , 2018 - January 9, 2019) focuses on the traditional the skills of Maturity: having Love and Wisdom to create healing and community that allows the flowering of the True Self.
 
The Life Force Arts Method (LFAM) is a powerful psychological and spiritual tool for understanding and building positive relationships from the inner world to the outer world.  Working with the arts as healing ritual, LFAM is a non-denominational approach to greater wholeness and extraordinary personal growth. Developed over a period of thirty years by Joan Forest Mage, Life Force Arts Method is a map of life: a modern version of universal wisdom teachings that value love, true self and creative community. To understand more about the Life Force Arts Method, please read Joan Forest Mage's article and/or attend an Intro to Life Force Arts Method class
 
Exhibits at Life Force Arts create the sacred space to hold performances, concerts, poetry readings, workshops, lectures and other events as healing rituals based on each show's theme. Joan Forest Mage, LFA's Artistic Director  says, “Our goal for these shows on the Skills of Youth & Maturity is to help people deepen their awareness and utilization of the enormous spiritual power of the arts for healing, learning, communicating and forming bonds of community."

How to send an Art Submission

Life Force Arts presents juried art exhibits. Our exhibits are based on themes related to the connection of art, healing and spiritual practice, based in the Life Force Arts Method. Shows run between 3 - 5 months each. The exhibits feature beautiful and energetically powerful artwork of all styles and media. The artwork creates a sacred space for performances, healing rituals and other events that are held in conjunction with the theme of the show.

Please read the requirements carefully, and then send us an art submission by email.

Art Submission requirements:

• Art Submission Form (go to http://www.lifeforcearts.org/mod/page/view.php?id=583 for artsubmission form)
• Photos of your work (up to 5 different pieces) that you would like us to consider putting in the show. Art may include 2- or 3-dimensional prints, paintings, photography, digital, sculpture, mixed media, installation art and more. Please send as jpg images (max 500 x 500 pixels per image). Please put images in the same email as the submission form if possible.
• We only consider completed artwork for the show
• We only accept artwork that is for sale
• Essay(s) suitable for inclusion in the show's Exhibit Catalog, for EACH ARTWORK YOU ARE SUBMITTING explaining how it relates to the theme of the exhibit.
• your resume
• your bio: 1 – 3 paragraphs about yourself as an artist, suitable for inclusion in the show's Exhibit Catalog
• your $25 art submission fee. Click here to pay $25 Art Submission fee online by Paypal or call 773-327-7224 to make other payment arrangements.

Please send your art submission to artsubmissions@lifeforcearts.org

Deadline for submissions: Wednesday, May 23, 2018

To understand more about the Life Force Arts Method, please read Joan Forest Mage's article

Art Submission Guidelines for

Love & Wisdom: The Skills of Maturity

Artwork in this exhibit should relate to the theme of the Skills of Maturity explained in the Life Force Arts Method. Please use these questions as a guideline to choose the artwork you want to submit
 

• Depictions of the Skills of Maturity: love and wisdom
• Depict a community you personally belong to (or belonged to) and show how art is used there for healing or community-building
• Express how you create healing and community-building through your art
• Express through your art how healers, teachers or community leaders use love and/or wisdom in their work
• Explore how you guide the True Self of others: how do you help them live from soul, compared to living from the Shadow Self, the False Self, etc.
• Depictions of people healing or creating community by interrelating with nature and the spirit realm
• Art created by invoking the lineage and ancestors of a community
• Art expressing the creation of sacred space for healing
• Art that encourages the building and structure of community
• Depictions of beings (animals, mythical figures, gods, goddesses, angels, etc.) associated with healing and community-building
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In the essay about your work, please tell us about your experiences with healing and community-building, love and wisdom, and how this is reflected in your artwork. 
 

LFA welcomes artists who have presentations associated with their work, such as lectures, discussions, rituals, guided meditations, performances or workshops. We are especially looking for presentations related to the Skills of Youth, to be given between July 24, 2018 - January 8, 2019.

At LFAC, we work with energy and beings of the Light, and look for artwork that inspires and uplifts viewers. Our policy is that if artwork has a cathartic element and helps viewers face the shadow side, it must also have the alchemy to integrate what has been purged into a new, whole, positive form.
 

Important Dates:

Deadline for submissions: Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Artists will be notified about acceptance of their submissions by Tuesday, May 29, 2018

If your artwork is accepted, please call 773-327-7224 to arrange a time to deliver your ready-to-display artwork to Life Force Arts Center, 1609 W. Belmont, Chicago 60657. Artwork may be delivered, by appointment only, during the hours of 1:30 - 6:30 PM on the following days: Wednesday, June 27; Thursday, June 28; Tuesday, July 3; Thursday July 5. ALL ARTWORK MUST BE DELIVERED TO LIFE FORCE ARTS CENTER NO LATER THAN SATURDAY, JULY 7, 2018. If you cannot deliver the artwork during the hours listed above, please call to make special arrangements.

Installation of the show will take place Tuesday, July 17 and Wednesday, July 18, 2018 from 3 - 8 PM each day. Artists are welcome to help, but is not required that the artist be present to install their art.

Opening Reception is Friday, July 20, 2018 from 7 - 10 PM

The show will run from July 20, 2018 - January 9, 2019

Closing Day is Wednesday, January 9, 2019 from 1:30 - 9:30 PM

Art that is not sold may be picked up, by appointment only (please call 773-327-7224 to schedule a time to pick up your artwork) on the following days: Wednesday, January 9, 2019, between 1:30 - 9:30 PM; Thursday, January 10 between 1:30 - 6:30 PM; or Tuesday, January 15, 2019 between 1:30 - 6:30 PM.  If you cannot come during any of these hours, please call 773-327-7224 to make special arrangements to pick up your artwork.

IMPORTANT GUIDELINES FOR ARTWORK BEING READY TO DISPLAY
 

If your art is accepted, you are responsible for delivering it ready-to-display. “Ready to display” can be achieved in various ways, depending on the type of artwork. Ready to display MAY include, but is not limited to, the following:

• gallery wrapped on stretcher bars
• external frame
• hanging from a dowel, which has a wire on it
• adhesive onto foamboard, which has a hook and/or wire on the back
• wooden or metal stands for 3 dimensional artwork  
• many other methods of display, depending on the type of artwork
• Note: we don't pin artwork directly to the wall
• If the artwork is supposed to hang on the wall, PLEASE HAVE A WIRE OR HOOK ON THE BACK OF THE ARTWORK so it can easily be put on the wall. 
• If the artwork has a wire to hang it, please make sure the wire is tight and is securely fastened to hooks on each side of the artwork.
• The wire should not show above the artwork when it is hung on the wall.
• Do NOT use tape to attach a wire or string to the back of a frame
• If you are using a frame, the frame must fit the artwork: if the artwork is smaller than the frame, please mat the artwork so it fits the frame
• If you have several similar pieces to be displayed together, please put them in frames that match each other

Please fill out this submission form and attach to your submission:

Click here to download the Art Submission Form: http://www.lifeforcearts.org/mod/page/view.php?id=583

The art submission fee is $25 and may be paid via Paypal by contacting us at 773-327-7224 or clicking here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/call-for-artists-love-wisdom-the-skills-of-maturity-art-exhibit-tickets-44610339727

Additional information:

Artist is responsible for delivering the art to LFAC properly wrapped and protected. The artist agrees to pick up art at the end of the show, or make arrangements and pay for shipping.

If artwork is shipped, Artist is responsible for all shipping costs of sending it to LFAC and/or returning unsold artwork to Artist

There will be a 50-50% split of the retail price for sales of art; the artist will receive 50% and Life Force Arts Center will receive 50% of the retail price.

We look forward to your submission. If you have any questions, please contact: Joan Forest Mage, Artistic Director, (773) 327-7224, joan@LifeForceArts.org