August 1: AIACOC Luncheon

Augsut 14: AIACOC August Board Meeting

August 23: AIA Central States Meeting in Kansas City

September 12: AIACOC Luncheon

September 26: Architecture after 5 at Bryan's Flooring

October 3-4: AIA Oklahoma Conference on Architecture

October 24: Architecture after 5 at GE Johnson Construction

November 1: AIA Oklahoma Design Awards Banquet

November 7: American Indian Heritage Month Event

November 14: AIACOC Luncheon

November 15: OCFA Drinks By Design

What can you do with a single sheet of aluminum foil? This exhibition is a challenge to creatives and makers to play creatively and push the boundaries of what is possible with a unique medium.

THE JUROR WILL SELECT $ 3,000 IN AWARDS.
* First place will receive $1,000
* Second place will receive $750
* Third place will receive $500
* Three additional awards of $250 each

GUEST JUROR: HANS BUTZER
Hans is director of BAU: Butzer Architects and Urbanism, and Dean of the University of Oklahoma Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture. With partner Torrey A. Butzer, they designed the Oklahoma City National Memorial, and conceived the Oklahoma City Skydance Bridge. He is the recipient of the American Institute of Architects Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture, in recognition of his teaching and design efforts towards shaping resilient communities for all.

EXHIBITION CALENDAR
Mailed submissions due: August 31
Drop off artwork at FAC Gallery: September 3 - 7
In-person submissions due: September 7
Exhibition installation and set up: September 9 - 12
Exhibition opens: September 13
Gallery reception: September 27, 6 - 8 PM
Exhibition closes: October 19
Artist pick up period: October 21 - 25
Shipped artwork is returned: October 25

ELIGIBILTY
Each work must be created using one sheet of 9 x 10.75" aluminum foil (2 gram maximum). Sheets of foil can be picked up from the Firehouse Art Center during business hours, or participants may purchase sheets of foil at on their own, i.e.
Member's Mark foil sheets from Sam's Club.

Work must be: (1) original, (2) completed in the last two years, and (3) not created under the instruction of a teacher or professor. This exhibition is open to individuals 17 years of age and older. Artist must be a resident of Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, or Texas.

ENTRY PROCEDURES
The initial entry fee is $15, with an additional $10 fee for each subsequent entry. Artists may submit a maximum of three entries. Work must be properly identified with the artist's full name, the name of the piece, and the price, and ready for display; pieces should be mounted on white matboard provided by the FAC.

All submissions must be hand-delivered or shipped to the FAC Gallery. Shipped works should be addressed to:

FAC Gallery - FOIL EXHIBITION
444 South Flood Avenue
Norman, OK 73069

The Firehouse Art Center is open Monday through Friday, 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM, and Saturday, 10 AM - 4 PM, and is closed on Sunday.

RETURN & LIABILITY
Following the conclusion of the exhibition, all artwork must be picked up by October 25, 2019. Mailed submissions must provide return postage costs and shipping information; the
Firehouse Art Center will mail the work back to the artist by October 25, 2019. The artist is responsible for safe delivery, and timely pick up of work or return postage costs and shipping
information.

HISTORY
Foil sculpting initially began as a challenge between Red Dot Sculpture artists Richard McKown and Douglas Shaw Elder to push the boundaries of creativity using the utilitarian medium of aluminum foil. They began to entreat others to explore their own creativity using a single sheet of foil.

In 2009, Elder introduced the concept of foil sculpting to the Firehouse Art Center (FAC), where it was further developed into an arts curriculum that capitalizes on the accessibility of foil as a material. The familiarity of the medium makes it less intimidating that "traditional" artistic mediums, and its low cost makes it attainable. The nature of aluminum foil makes it possible to be transformed through myriad sculptural approaches; the challenge lies within the properties of the material (pliability, durability, thickness), the transformations possible (bending, twisting, squishing), and the sculptural concepts inherent in the creation of a work (mass, form, movement, volume). Since then, foil sculpting has been provided as a visual arts activity by the FAC at a multitude of community events, allowing the art center to engage individuals of all ages and abilities with a unique hands-on visual arts experience that requires innovative thinking.

Questions? Contact the Firehouse Art Center at 405-329-4523 or board member, Fred Schmidt at fschmidt@fsb-ae.com.