Exhibition Opportunity for any who may be interested

From Elizabeth Shaw at Queensland College of Art.
The 4^th Biennial Australian Animal Studies Group Conference 2011 will be held at Qld College of Art in 10-13 July. The conference theme is: Animals, People – a shared environment http://www.aasg2011.com.au/

J&SO are hosting an exhibition of small works to coincide with conference.  The exhibition will be installed in the built in cabinets in the QCA library and the Webb Building foyer. If you make jewellery or small objects that respond to the theme of Animals, People – a shared environment, we would like to hear from you.  QCA is also hosting exhibitions to coincide at POP Gallery and the QCA Project Gallery. All of the exhibitions are within walking distance of each other and the conference venue, so we anticipate a big shared audience.

This will be a selling exhibition, 10% commission will be taken on sales. A photograph of the work will replace works that are sold, you can help us by supplying a digital image, or you will need to trust us to take a shot of your work.
The exhibition will be displayed in locked cabinets attached to buildings.
Exhibitors in the other exhibitions have been inspired by the following prompts, you might be too: *   What experiences of and vulnerabilities to their environments do human and non-human animals share? When are these experiences and vulnerabilities different? *   How do animals and humans co-construct their environments? *   How do animals and humans communicate through their environments? *   Where have animal-human relationships broken down? Where are they robust? Where are these relationships present and where absent? *   How do animals resist/defy/disrupt human attempts to record/represent/regulate them? *   What emotions characterise animal-human relationships in rural, urban, suburban, sustaining, neglected, damaged, sacred, conserved, indigenous, public, private, industrial, technological, playful, cross or multi cultural places? *   How do animals and humans respond to each other’s destructive actions and desires within their environments? *   What moral considerations do animals and humans pay to each other and to their environments?
All jewellers and small object makers working in any media are eligible to express interest.  Artists will be required to pack, freight and insure their own works. Expressions of interest must be submitted by 28 June 2011 and should include dimensions and media along with an artist’s statement (max 150 words).
Please send your proposal or enquiries to Elizabeth Shaw e.shaw@griffith.edu.au
Selected works will need to be delivered by 6 July to Queensland College of Art Griffith University South Bank Brisbane. Delivery options  and paperwork will be sent to exhibitors.    
The exhibition will be installed on 8 July and will continue through to 31 July 2011.