{"id":1764,"date":"2009-02-05T16:13:02","date_gmt":"2009-02-05T16:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geoffreylong.com\/wordpress\/?p=1764"},"modified":"2009-02-05T16:13:02","modified_gmt":"2009-02-05T16:13:02","slug":"iaf-seeking-cover-art-for-interfictions-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.geoffreylong.com\/wordpress\/archives\/1764","title":{"rendered":"[IAF] Seeking Cover Art for Interfictions II!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As I mentioned earlier, I’ve joined the Executive Board of the Interstitial Arts Foundation<\/a>. As a part of that, I’m helping promote the IAF’s upcoming book Interfictions II<\/i> – and right now, although the anthology has an absolutely stunning lineup of stories scheduled to be included, it is currently, alas, without a face. The IAF has thrown open its doors (via a Flickr group<\/a>) to artists who might like to have their work considered for the cover of this truly excellent volume. Won’t you take a moment to throw your hat into the ring?
\nThe official call for art, courtesy of Ellen Kushner, Gavin Grant and Connie Toebe, is as follows.<\/p>\n

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The Interstitial Arts Foundation is searching for cover art for our second literary anthology, Interfictions II<\/span>. All visual artists are invited to submit images for possible use as the cover art of the anthology.
\nFrom February 2 – 16<\/span>, artists are invited to post images on our Flickr group at http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/interstitialarts<\/a> for all to enjoy. At the end of that time, the editors of Interfictions II<\/span>, Delia Sherman and Christopher Barzak, along with Small Beer Press<\/a> publisher Gavin Grant and Interfictions I<\/span><\/a> cover artist Connie Toebe, will choose an image for the cover of this exciting original anthology, to be published in November, 2009.
\nWhat are we looking for?<\/span> 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!
\nThe details:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. The final image will have to be available as a JPG, at least 5.75″ x 8.75″ at 300dpi<\/strong>. For the Flickr group, artists need only post low-resolution versions of their images. If your image is selected, we will contact you and request that you send us the high-resolution version for printing.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
  2. The deadline is February 16, 2009<\/strong>. The Interfictions II<\/i> Flickr site is the same as the IAF Flickr site: http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/interstitialarts<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
  3. Artists are limited to posting 3 images<\/strong> for consideration. If we like your art but not the images you chose, we may write and ask you for more.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
  4. Although interstitial art is by definition wonderfully wide-ranging and experimental, we retain the right to remove anything from the pool that we deem inappropriate.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
  5. The artist whose work is chosen will receive a $500 fee<\/strong> from the IAF for the use of their image on the Interfictions II<\/i> cover along with the rights to use the image in any publicity for the book and for the IAF. Artist retains the original artwork and the copyright on the piece.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
  6. The editors reserve the right to use art from another source for the cover. However, we are holding this search not only to choose a cover for our anthology, but also to make more artists aware of the work of the IAF and to give everyone a chance to see more really good interstitial art. In that spirit, we will spotlight the cover art as well as five runners up on the IAF blog at http:\/\/www.interstitialarts.org . In addition, the most recent entries to the Flickr group will be syndicated into a section of the IAF homepage for the duration of the search, and quite possibly beyond.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Questions? Post as comments here<\/a>, and we’ll answer them as soon as possible.
    \nGood luck! We look forward to seeing your artwork!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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