FUTURE FORWARD opens this Sat | Solo Exhibition Oppty. | Upcoming Events

BECA: Bridge for Emerging Contemporary Art

527 St. Joseph Street, New Orleans, LA 70130

www.theBECAfoundation.org www.BECAICAD.org www.CurateThis.org

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Opening Reception: May 1, 2010 from 6pm - 9pm

Marc Holt

Nikkita Bhakta Jonas Angelet

Richard Elaver/Phil Renato/Dennis Dollens Yeji Jun

Sayaka Ganz Molly Rogers

Chris Esposito

The BECA Foundation is pleased to present the ‘FUTUREFORWARD’ exhibition of new art + new design at BECA ICAD (International Center for Art + Design), 527 St. Joseph Street, New Orleans, LA 70130 - across from the Contemporary Arts Center from May 1 - 29, 2010. The exhibition highlights works that reveal an idea, message, contribution, warning or solution that if carried forward may profoundly impact the future – be it positively or negatively.

This group exhibition features new work by Jonas Angelet, Nikkita Bhakta, Richard Elaver/Phil Renato/Dennis Dollens, Chris Esposito, Sayaka Ganz, Marc Holt, Yeji Jun and Molly Rogers.

Please join us for the Opening Reception: May 1, 2010 from 6pm - 9pm.

The exhibition runs through May 29, 2010.Gallery hours are TH/FRI: 1pm - 6pm and SAT/SUN: 11am - 6pm. The full exhibition will soon be viewable online at: http://www.becaicad.org/upcoming-exhibitions.php

Artists receive 60% of sale proceeds and The BECA Foundation receives 40% of sale proceeds to help fund + further its international exhibition programming for the benefit of artists, designers and the public. Exhibition sponsorship opportunities are available for future exhibitions. Please email us to inquire. Thank you for supporting new art + new design + new ideas!

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Solo Exhibition Opportunity: Call to Artists + Designers

Submission receive deadline is May 3, 2010

Via a generous programming supporter, there is a $500 stipend available to the artist or designer who is awarded the Solo Exhibition

The BECA Foundation is pleased to offer the following Solo Exhibition opportunity to one artist or designer to exhibit new works of art or design at BECA ICAD (International Center for Art + Design) located at 527 St. Joseph Street, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA. This Call to Artists and Designers will remain open through May 3, 2010. Artists + designers at least 18 years of age from all countries are encouraged to submit their works for consideration according to the published guidelines. One artist or designer will be selected by BECA Foundation directors + advisors to receive the solo exhibition opportunity from June 5 – 26, 2010. Submitted works are not required to conform to any particular medium, style, theme or concept. Accepted works and mediums include but are not limited to: site-specific installations, painting, sculpture, mixed-media, drawing, printmaking, fiber, textiles, illustration, digital art, photography, video/new media, film, performance art, music and sound focused works, 3D animation, graphic design, product design, furniture design, haute couture fashion + accessories, architectural interventions/designs and functional art, etc. In other words, all creative culminations are welcome. Complete submission information + guidelines may be downloaded from: http://www.becaicad.org/artist-designer-solo-exhibition-opportunity.php

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May 4, 2010: Creative Connections Mixer

http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=120613821286718 - The BECA Foundation is launching a weekly mixer, beginning May 4th - Creative Connections - for resident New Orleanians and visiting guests to New Orleans who are part of the creative sector. You'll never know who will show up and who you might meet...

Visual + Performing Artists, if you're interested in connecting with materials suppliers, framers, fabricators, web designers, seeking studio/gallery space, marketing and other service consultants, etc. -

Architects, if you're interested in connecting with suppliers, designers, artists, builders, developers, etc. -

Designers, if you're interested in connecting with suppliers, photographers, printers, architects, studio directors and other service providers, seeking studio space, etc. -

Musicians + Performers, if you're interested in connecting with equipment and other suppliers, collaborators, consultants, venues, talent organizers, videographers, etc. -

Film + Video, if you're interested in connecting with equipment and other suppliers, talent/crew, collaborators, future partners and service providers, etc. -

Art + design enthusiasts and supporters of the creative sector, if you're interested in learning about what's new in the creative sector and how you might get involved in variety of new projects, etc. -

Administrators and directors, if you're interested in connecting with collaborators, future partners, artists, designers and service providers, etc. -

Visiting guests here in New Orleans, if you're interested in connecting with collaborators, future partners, artists, architects, designers, musicians and service providers, etc. -

And anyone else who may be involved in the creative sector: Please join us each Tuesday, beginning May 4, 2010 from 5pm - 7pm at BECA ICAD, 527 St. Joseph Street, across from the Contemporary Arts Center for some mixing, mingling and connecting. If you'd like to sponsor a future mixer or propose adding something to the organizing of the mixers, please email us with the subject line "mixer". Looking forward to seeing you there!

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The second installment of the CURATE THIS! exhibition series has grown from an experimental event involving one gallery, the internet and over 400 members of the international arts community back in June 2008 into a global exhibition with currently over 100 registered artists + 12 pARTicipating venues located in various cities around the world. We expect those numbers to continue to grow between and the registration deadlines for this year's event. This global exhibition of new art + new design is still in its infancy, open to experimentation and we welcome your input and pARTicipation. We are honored and grateful for this year's pARTicipation by curators Helen Pheby, PhD, Senior Curator at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK and Ellen Lupton, Curator of Contemporary Design at the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in NYC.

Artists, designers, arts organizations, artspace directors, design and studio directors, professionally affiliated and independent curators, gallery directors, universities, museums, festivals, business owners, managers and entrepreneurs may learn more and register to pARTicipate at: www.CurateThis.org

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THANK-YOU! to Kickstarter for helping us to officially launch the BECA ICAD (International Center for Art + Design) development in New Orleans

After announcing that the BECA ICAD (International Center for Art + Design) development would be located in New Orleans, LA, we received some very exciting news from Kickstarter, the innovative social fundraising platform...we had been invited to create our own Kickstarter project!

Kickstarter.com is an all-or-nothing platform. Projects must raise every penny of their project’s goal in order to receive funds. If they don’t, they receive $0. A unique feature of the Kickstarter platform is that it is a ‘give and get system’. At each pledge level, as low as $1, each backer receives something in return if the project reaches its goal. The planned BECA ICAD facility will occupy 10,000 - 50,000 square feet (929 sq. meters - 4,645 sq. meters) depending on the overall funds raised. Our organization has a goal of raising $300,000 in order to secure the location for the facility and begin renovation/construction. The BECA Kickstarter project is located at: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/9651403/beca-icad-international-center-for-art-design

We've made our pledge amounts diverse: $1, $5, $10, $35, $50, $55, $100, $125 and $500 - each is associated with a different thank you level. You can help to make this new large scale exhibition facility dedicated to exhibiting works by both emerging artists AND emerging designers a reality by clicking the Kickstarter project link to learn more.

Special thanks to those who have already joined us as backers with a BECA ICAD pledge amount. We're off to a great start and want to also thank everyone for their help thus far in spreading the word about our Kickstarter project via email, facebook, twitter, you tube, etc. and throughout your own networks. As a result of your help in spreading the word, we have received several in-kind construction materials donation pledges! It doesn't count toward our Kickstarter totals but every little bit helps and is most welcomed.

New art + new design fuels the best of what's yet to come on this planet.
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING NEW ART + NEW DESIGN + NEW IDEAS!

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Weigh in on the Future BECA ICAD exhibition programming

Now through April, artists, designers and art/design enthusiasts are invited to share their thoughts on the exhibition facility's future international art + design exhibition programming. Please contact BECA at mail@thebecafoundation.org or 504-566-8999 to reserve your place during one of the upcoming small, in-person programming input sessions in New Orleans. These input sessions will be held post-Jazz Fest. If you are unable to attend in person, please to visit an online form where you may include your input. This facility will serve the local, national and international art + design communities as well as the participating public. All public input is welcome!

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THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING ART + DESIGN PROGRAMMING FOR PROGRESS + POSSIBILITY

BECA is an acronym for Bridge for Emerging Contemporary Art. The BECA Foundation is a non-profit global arts organization dedicated to creating public exhibition and other related opportunities for emerging and under-recognized artists + designers for the benefit of artists, designers and the public. Over the past two years our young organization has grown from an interesting idea to a rare gallery space highlighting works by both emerging artists + designers to a global arts organization instigating arts + cultural exchange and facilitating experimental cross-pollination of new ideas for creative innovation in diverse locations around the world. We are now embarking on the development of BECA ICAD - the world's first large scale exhibition facility dedicated to the exhibition of new works by both emerging artists AND emerging designers. For further information, please visit www.thebecafoundation.org, www.CurateThis.org and www.BECAICAD.org.