Shimmer: Vibrant Art/Science of New Mexico

SciArt Santa Fe invites New Mexico artists working at the intersection of art and science to submit artworks and research-based investigation with a high level of aesthetic quality from a diverse range of perspectives and media, for example: visual art, sculpture, sound, robotics, bio art, short films, documentaries and other media and performance for Shimmer, a group exhibition to be presented at the St. John's College Art Gallery in Santa Fe New Mexico.

Shimmer is dazzling, alluring, brilliance. According to multi-species ethnographer Deborah Bird Rose, shimmer is the iridescence of aliveness, the world as interactive, vibrant, and vibrating. It is ripples of sunlight glimmering on water, the irresistible sweetness that draws bee to flower, the pulse in a work of art that resonates in the viewer. Shimmer is the visceral awareness of interconnection between species, between human and biosphere, between observer and observed.  

SciArt Santa Fe invites New Mexico artists working at the intersection of art and science to submit artworks and research-based investigation with a high level of aesthetic quality from a diverse range of perspectives and media, for example: visual art, sculpture, sound, robotics, bio art, short films, documentaries and other media and performance for Shimmer, a group exhibition to be presented at the St. John's College Art Gallery in Santa Fe New Mexico.

Shimmer is dazzling, alluring, brilliance. According to multi-species ethnographer Deborah Bird Rose, shimmer is the iridescence of aliveness, the world as interactive, vibrant, and vibrating. It is ripples of sunlight glimmering on water, the irresistible sweetness that draws bee to flower, the pulse in a work of art that resonates in the viewer. Shimmer is the visceral awareness of interconnection between species, between human and biosphere, between observer and observed.  

SciArt Santa Fe, founded in 2019, fosters artists across disciplines that reflect the cultural diversity of New Mexico, supports research that addresses issues that disproportionately affect people of under-represented races, ethnicities, religions, genders, sexual orientations, national origins, citizenship statuses and ages including climate change, species extinction and migration, that often do not fit within a traditional gallery framework.

Project Venue and Setting
At St. John’s College, science and art are complementary ways of knowing, and all students engage with the great works of mathematics, natural science, philosophy, poetry, music, and literature through close reading and sustained conversation. With a curriculum that moves from Euclid, Darwin and Einstein to the study and illustration of plants and the movement of celestial beings, St. John’s fosters an education rooted in inquiry, imagination, and the enduring dialogue between scientific discovery and artistic expression. St. John's Art Gallery is 973 sq. ft. and located in the newly renovated student commons.

Please note: All artwork must be dropped off in person on the designated date and time. All artwork must be picked up in person at the end of the exhibition. No shipped artwork allowed.

2000 character artist statement : Describe how your proposed work and art practice integrates art and science.

2000 character description of needs for the proposed exhibition (i.e. shipping, other expenses)

Images - Minimum: 5, Maximum: 10
Audio - Minimum: 0, Maximum: 1
Video - Minimum: 0, Maximum: 3
Total Media - Minimum: 5, Maximum: 10

Applicants should be practitioners 18 years of age and over and based in New Mexico