The Interstitial Arts Foundation (IAF) is searching for cover art for our second literary anthology, Interfictions II. All visual artists are invited to submit images for possible use as the cover art of the anthology.
From February 2 – 16, artists are invited to post images on our Flickr group at http://www.flickr.com/groups/interstitialarts. At the end of that time, the editors of Interfictions II, Delia Sherman and Christopher Barzak, along with Small Beer Press publisher Gavin Grant and Interfictions I cover artist Connie Toebe, will choose an image for the cover of this exciting original anthology, to be published in November, 2009.
Interstitial art is all about breaking rules, ignoring boundaries, and cross-pollination. Do you have trouble describing your work, or feel that what you do doesn’t quite fit in anywhere else? Have you been told you’re too commercial for fine art, too fine art for craft shows, or too crafty for a fancy gallery? If your art falls between the cracks of other movements and definitions, it could be just right for us. Art that transcends boundaries is what the Interstitial Arts
Foundation is all about. Read more about the IAF, sign up for our e-list, or even become a Friend of the IAF at http://www.interstitialarts.org
What are we looking for? Any visual image that might look good on the cover of a book. It could be a painting, a computer image, collage, sculpture or maybe even a piece of clothing. The first volume’s cover was actually a photo of a 3-dimensional diorama box, so a photo of a sculpture or craft piece is not out of the question. Contributing artists should be sure to consider their art in the context of a book cover. A book cover isn’t simply a pretty picture but part of a complete design. If you’re photographing a 3-dimensional piece (especially something that isn’t rectangular) please remember that the quality of the photo counts as well. A nicely composed photo is as important as the quality of the artwork in the image. The book cover will be 5.5″ wide and 8.5″ tall so a horizontal or square image might not work as well as a vertically oriented one. That being said, we’d love to be surprised. Show us something we’ve never seen before!
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