Open Call for Portfolio Review with Artist Marela Zacarías
Location: MN — Twin Cities Metro
Type: Training / Education
Categories:
Visual Arts
Deadline: 03/05/2024
Open to artists statewide
Open call for emerging artists to be considered for a unique opportunity to engage in one-on-one conversation with sculptor and painter Marela Zacarías. Zacarías will offer professional feedback in portfolio reviews with emerging and student artists interested in a fine arts career. If selected, you will meet with Zacarías for about 30 minutes to share your work and engage in discussion. Come with questions for Zacarías about creating a successful career in the arts!
This event is organized and hosted by the Thrivent Art Collection and will take place 9am-2pm on Thursday, March 14, 2024, in the Thrivent Corporate Center, downtown Minneapolis. Zacarías’s works have been exhibited internationally and are represented in numerous private and corporate collections around the world, including the Thrivent Art Collection and Facebook HQ.
Thrivent is a Fortune 500 diversified financial services organization offering advice, investments, insurance, banking and generosity programs and solutions to millions of clients nationwide. We empower clients to use their finances to lead lives of service and faith. The Thrivent Art Collection is an expression of the organization’s purpose and values and represents Thrivent’s commitment to the arts and our communities.
Call for applications
Deadline to submit: Tuesday, March 5, 2024
To apply, email ArtCollection@Thrivent.com with the following information:
• your name
• contact information, including a current email address
• Resume or CV (desired, but not required)
• a brief artist statement
• a selection of work as image attachments (no more than 5 images, jpeg format) with accompanying image list (title, date, medium, and dimensions)
• a link to a website with images of your work, if applicable
Selected participants will be notified via email by Friday, March 8, 2024. Participants may bring a selection of 2-3 artworks to share with Zacarías during their assigned time. If you make large-scale or sculptural objects, please bring an image portfolio of 2-3 works instead.
Marela Zacarías creates expressive painted sculptures influenced by global textiles and 20th-century abstract art. Her works have been exhibited internationally and are represented in numerous private and corporate collections around the world, including the Thrivent Art Collection. She has received large-scale permanent site-specific commissions from NYU Langone, NY, NY; Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, WA; Facebook HQ, Menlo Park, CA; The Trammell Crow Center, Dallas, TX; the William Vale in Brooklyn, NY and the U.S. Consulate in Monterrey, Mexico.
Zacarías received a BA and an Honorary Doctor in Fine Arts degree from Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, and her MFA from Hunter College, New York. She currently lives between Brooklyn, NY and Mexico City, Mexico.