{"id":40802230725,"date":"2023-08-02T16:01:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T20:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/?p=40802230725"},"modified":"2023-09-28T17:03:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T21:03:19","slug":"journeys-of-interdependence-portraits-of-first-generation-identity-in-higher-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/journeys-of-interdependence-portraits-of-first-generation-identity-in-higher-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Journeys of Interdependence: Portraits of First-Generation Identity in Higher Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The lives and experiences of students, families, faculty and professional staff who identify as first-generation are the subject of increased attention in higher education across the United States. The success of programs, initiatives, and interventions mostly focus on measurable student \u201coutcomes\u201d but may often miss the complicated narratives of aspiration, sacrifice, accomplishment and identity work first-generation students, families, faculty, staff and communities navigate.&nbsp; Portraiture can make visible the triumphs and challenges of being first in the family in higher educational spaces. This juried exhibition invites artists to submit works that interpret the <em>first-generation college experience<\/em> through portraiture and welcomes portraits made in a variety of media, including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, printmaking, textiles, video, performance, and time-based media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Entry Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Subject of the work must identify as first-generation (A first-generation college student is the first member of their family to attend college or a student whose parents\/guardians may have some college but have not attained a baccalaureate degree in the U.S.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each artist may enter up to three works.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Submissions must be <a href=\"https:\/\/artist.callforentry.org\/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=12225\">entered through CAF\u00c9<\/a> and should include: artist statement, images\/media of piece, artist bio and entry fee.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Entry fee is $30 for 3 artworks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mediums accepted include: painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, printmaking, textiles, video, performance, and time-based media.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shipping\/drop off of accepted work to Monmouth University is the responsibility of artist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Presentation Guidelines<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Only artwork of professional presentation will be accepted.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wall-hung items must be professionally framed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pictures must use sturdy wire as the hanging medium. No saw-tooth hangers or metal eyelets accepted. Frames must be free of defects.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Three-dimensional works must be stable to stand on their own or be submitted with adequate display stands.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Three dimensional artwork cannot exceed 5\u2019h x 3\u2019w and not weigh more than 75 pounds.&nbsp;The call for entries closes at midnight on&nbsp;<strong>December 1, 2023<\/strong>. Participants will be notified by&nbsp;<strong>December 15<\/strong>. The show will run in Monmouth University\u2019s Pollak Gallery from <strong>January 16 \u2013 March 8, 2024<\/strong> with an opening reception on <strong>January 19 from 5-7 pm.<\/strong>&nbsp;For more information or questions please contact Kelly Barratt at&nbsp;<a href=\"tel:+17322635114\"><strong>732.263.5114<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;or email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:kbarratt@monmouth.edu\"><strong>kbarratt@monmouth.edu<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This juried exhibition invites artist to submit works that interpret the first-generation college experience through portraiture and welcomes portraits made in a variety of media, including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, printmaking, textiles, video, performance, and time-based media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":166,"featured_media":40802230726,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40802230725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-center-for-the-arts"],"subheadline":"Call for Entries","youtube":"","thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/568\/2023\/08\/newthumb.jpg","gallery":null,"featured_img":"<img width=\"1400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/568\/2023\/08\/header.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"crowd of people mixed together, colorful illustration concerning inclusion and diversity concept\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/568\/2023\/08\/header.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/568\/2023\/08\/header-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/568\/2023\/08\/header-1024x439.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/568\/2023\/08\/header-768x329.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/568\/2023\/08\/header-150x64.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802230725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/166"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40802230725"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802230725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40802231145,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802230725\/revisions\/40802231145"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40802230726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40802230725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40802230725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40802230725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}