Unconnected Yet – North Adams
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Entry deadlineAug 1, 2026 · 6:59 AM
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Show opensFeb 5, 2027
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Show closesApr 2, 2027
Organization:
Bengal Boston Bridge
Location
North Adams, MA
Entry Fee
Free Entry
Deadline
July 31, 2026
Exhibition
Feb 5
- Apr 2, 2027
Imagine the gap between things not yet connected or understood. Unconnected Yet is an exhibition about the junction between things - visualizing any combination of art and science. Bridging the art & science communities of Boston (USA), Kolkata (India), Lorne (Australia), and adding the next venue at Gallery 51, North Adams (MA), the exhibition addresses syapses of all kinds – bridging worlds not yet connected. Accepted works are sent to the venue via large-format digital printing. A catalog of accepted works accompanies the exhibition.
Gallery 51 and MOSAIC
Located on Main Street in downtown North Adams, Gallery 51 exhibits work from international, national, and local artists, participates in collective cultural activities such as First Fridays, and gives students hands-on experience in exhibition planning and gallery operations.
Gallery 51 is part of MOSAIC, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts' community-serving cultural events program. MOSAIC brings people together through the acts of artistic and cultural exchange in order to learn about each other, break through barriers to understanding, and build the commonalities that define communities. MOSAIC presents public cultural events in the form of exhibitions, performances, workshops, readings, lectures, and discussions. Our events are inclusive, diverse, and accessible, and focus on the exchange between communities, artists, faculty, and students.
Exhibition Coordinators:
Todd Bartel
Lead Curator
[email protected]
Lori Spencer
Program Manager, MOSAIC
[email protected]
Gallery 51 and MOSAIC
Located on Main Street in downtown North Adams, Gallery 51 exhibits work from international, national, and local artists, participates in collective cultural activities such as First Fridays, and gives students hands-on experience in exhibition planning and gallery operations.
Gallery 51 is part of MOSAIC, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts' community-serving cultural events program. MOSAIC brings people together through the acts of artistic and cultural exchange in order to learn about each other, break through barriers to understanding, and build the commonalities that define communities. MOSAIC presents public cultural events in the form of exhibitions, performances, workshops, readings, lectures, and discussions. Our events are inclusive, diverse, and accessible, and focus on the exchange between communities, artists, faculty, and students.
Exhibition Coordinators:
Todd Bartel
Lead Curator
[email protected]
Lori Spencer
Program Manager, MOSAIC
[email protected]
Submission Deadline
July 31, 2026
Exhibition Opens
February 05, 2027
Exhibition Closes
April 02, 2027
- Number of pieces: 1 - 5
- Maximum entries per artist: 5
- Maximum file size: 500MB per image
- Accepted file types: GIF, JPG, PNG
EIGHT SIMPLE STEPS TO APPLY
(Please read all the way through before you begin the process.)
1. Sign on to EntryThingy or create an account.
2. Click on 'main' from the top of the page
3. Click the 'Unconnected Yet' link OR the 'Complete Entry' button (both bring you to the same place).
4. You will be on your application page, where you should begin by clicking on the 'Add File' button.
5. After clicking the 'Add File' button, a new screen will appear asking you to fill in the basic information for a particular image you would like to upload. It also will provide you with another button that says 'choose file,' followed by buttons to 'upload' or 'cancel.'
6. Once filled out and uploaded, please do not press 'Submit This Entry' IF you have more images to upload!
7. If you have more images to upload, please repeat step 5 until you have uploaded all your images with all appropriate information.
8. Once satisfied with your fully completed application, you are finally ready to press the 'Submit This Entry' button.
9. The application fee for this call is FREE.
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Unconnected Yet Prospectus & APPLICATION DETAILS
PREPARING TO APPLY TO UNCONNECTED YET
**Consider printing out these instructions for your reference. You may also return to these instructions anytime by clicking the 'entry instructions' link, which appears throughout the entry process.**
A. Create An EntryThingy Account
Each Entrant must create an account on EntryThingy to apply to Unconnected Yet. Once you have created a user name and a password, you can start and stop working on your application and sign in/sign out as often as needed until you are finally ready to 'Submit' your application. If, for some reason, the EntryThingy software does not allow for your Entry, or if you have pressed 'Submit' in error, please get in touch with Todd Bartel, [email protected], and describe what assistance you may need.
B. Minimum & Maximum Number of Works to Apply
The minimum requirement for an entry is 1 work and a maximum of 5 works. Please note: you may enter up to 3 additional views for sculpture. Please DO NOT press 'Submit This Entry' until ALL images have been uploaded.
C. Image File Requirements
Each Entrant may submit up to five 5 individual works total. Entrants may also submit up to 3 detail images per Entry for communicating alternate views - in cases of sculpture entries, etc. Each image must be in JPEG format and should not exceed 200 MB. The minimum picture requirement is 2400px (8 inches at the largest dimension) at 300 DPI. Please also be sure that all images are correctly oriented.
Please name each file as follows:
FirstName_LastName_Title_Year_(series title and series # if needed).jpg
NOTE: The above criteria for image files are suitable for our purposes to be print-ready for our accompanying catalog. Regarding the requirements for printing images accepted into the exhibition, we will require high-resolution image files to be printed at 24 x 24 inches at 300dpi [at least 7200px for the smallest dimension].
D. Themes Explored
Please consider submissions that explore any of the themes explored by Unconnected Yet, which include, but are not limited to:
- A leap of the imagination.
- A mysterious phenomenon, or a little-understood phenomenon.
- Unproven cause and effect.
- A problem paired with a solution.
- An uninvented technology
- The desire to connect things that are disconnected.
- Building bridges of any kind.
E. Adding An Entry
When you click the 'Add Entry' button, you will first need to provide 'General Entry Information,' which includes:
- Category
- Description of Work
- An Artist's Statement Specific to the entry.
F. Category Selection
All media will be accepted except time-based media (sorry, we will not be supporting video submissions). Please choose 'Other' if you do not see the correct category.
G. Description (Media) Field
When filling out the 'Description (Media)' field, if you chose 'Other,' please tell us what category your work should be.
NOTE: Please write 'N/A' or 'None' to advance to the next step if you did not indicate 'Other' in the previous step.
H. Statement Specific to the Entry
In this section, please tell us how your piece 'bridges' something or 'connects' to a theme related to the show's title.
After 'Saving' the Entered 'General Entry Information,' You will then advance to provide the following information:
I. Title Field
If your work does not have a title, please indicate 'Untitled' to advance to the next field. Or, consider titling your work to match the theme it explores.
J. Descriptions Field
You may also provide information that explains the physical work if needed (not the subject of the work of art, which may be provided elsewhere in the application).
K. Materials Field
Please list all materials, separated by commas. Please include the base material or substrate in this section.
L. Dimensions Field
Please provide dimensions as follows:
- Height x Width x Depth inches
N. Year Field
We welcome old and new work for this exhibition. Please provide the YEAR of completion.
O. Before You Begin the Application Process
Please carefully read the entry terms in the ENTRY REQUIREMENTS section of this document.
UNCONNECTED YET EXTENDED DESCRIPTION & BACKGROUND
BBB VISION:
Bengal Boston Bridge (BBB) exists to push the boundaries of human knowledge by integrating artistic, scientific, and cross-curricular innovation.
As BBB founder Dr. Ujjal Sarkar explains, 'The human mind is astounding in its beauty, complexity, and ability to 'connect the dots' between seemingly unrelated ideas and, in doing so, advance human knowledge and understanding.' In his view, the Arts and Sciences should no longer be viewed as distinct and disparate disciplines but as complementary conduits of imagination and innovation. Through BBB, Dr. Sarkar hopes to create a crucible of creativity, bringing together individuals from around the globe to exchange ideas and manifest new ways of thinking. 'Our goal is to propel innovation and awareness,' Dr. Sarkar says. 'By bridging cultures and continents, we hope to further 'connect the dots' and bring greater prosperity and productivity to our communities and world.'
Bengal Boston Bridge Presents:
Unconnected Yet
'We individuals approach truth through our own mistakes and blunders, through our accumulated experience, through our illumined consciousness.'
Rabindranath Tagore, in conversation with Albert Einstein, 1930
Imagine the gap: things to be connected, something yet to be spanned, a subject to better understand, a technology yet to be invented, an unexperienced phenomenon, an unnamed or unseen thing, or maybe something unexplainable. Albert Einstein once wrote, 'The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.' Art and science often begin with accidents, mistakes, questions, and musings. What would you connect if you could? Imagine the world you want to live in as it yet could be. Unconnected Yet is an exhibition about the junction between things, a call for art that explores any combination of art and science. Unconnected Yet bridges the arts and science communities of Boston and Kolkata, bringing art from near and far to 5 galleries at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kolkata, India. Accepted works from outside India travel to the venue through large format digital printing, and all accepted works will be included in the accompanying catalog.
Bengal Boston Bridge Bios
About Ujjal Sarkar, BBB Founder
Dr. Ujjal Sarkar (b. 1979, Howrah, India) earned his B.Sc in Chemistry from Presidency College, Kolkata, in 2000 and his M.Sc. in chemistry from IIT, Kharagpur, India, in 2002. In 2009 he earned a Ph.D. at the Prof. Kent S. Gates laboratory in anticancer drug design and the mechanisms of drug action and metabolism at the University of Missouri-Columbia, USA. He joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T) as a postdoctoral associate, was promoted to a Research Scientist, and worked with Professor Steven R. Tannenbaum in the department of Biological Engineering. While at MIT, Dr. Sarkar collaborated with scientists, engineers, and US government officials to develop the first multi-human-organs-on chip technology, funded by the US Defense of Project Agency. Dr. Sarkar then joined AstraZeneca to drive innovative Oncology drug discovery, and he was acknowledged Global Oncology Innovation and Achievement Award by IMED in 2018. He received several awards, including the top Young Investigator Award on Human organ on Chip, The American Chemical Society, National Meeting and Exposition, Boston, Innovation in Biotechnology Award as Co-author; American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists sponsored by Genentech, Donald K. Anderson Recognition as 'Outstanding Teacher' the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is currently heading translational drug biotransformation function at a Cambridge-based premier Neuroscience company, Cerevel Therapeutics. He has been an organizing committee member of Biotransformation Science?Applied Pharmaceutical Analysis-India Chapter since 2017. He has been a member of several scientific associations, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Institute of Chemists Foundation (AIC), American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Chemical Toxicology, International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX), American Chemical Society (ACS). Dr. Sarkar initiated a Global American Chemical Society-TOXI Chapter in India in 2022 and brought together partners from industry and government to forge US-India collaboration in chemical toxicology, water, food, drug safety, and related topics.
About Todd Bartel, Curator, International Call for art
Todd Bartel (b. Manitowoc, WI 1962) received a BFA in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design in 1985, concluding his studies at RISD's European Honors Program in Rome between 1984-85. In 1990, he received the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship (U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C.) while earning his MFA in Painting from Carnegie Mellon University and conferred in 1993. Bartel's work assumes the forms of painting, drawing, and sculpture in a collage and assemblage format. His work investigates the interconnected histories of collage and landscape and the roles of nature and natural resources in Western culture. Bartel was awarded a Connecticut Council on the Arts Fellowship Grant in 2000. His work has been exhibited nationally in venues that include Palo Alto Art Center (Palo Alto, CA), Katonah Museum (Katonah, NY), Brockton Art Museum (Brockton, MA), The Rhode Island Foundation (Providence, RI), Zieher Smith (New York, NY), Mills Gallery (Boston, MA), Iona College (New Rochelle, NY). Bartel was the inaugural recipient of the Rhode Island School of Design's Art and Design Educator Award in 2019. He has taught drawing, painting, and sculpture at Brown University and Manhattanville College. He has been a guest critic at Rhode Island School of Design, Vermont College, and New Hampshire Art Institute, as well as an artist-mentor in low residency MFA programs since 1998. Bartel has lectured at Alfred University, Western Connecticut State University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Montclair State University, Chatham College, and Knoxville Museum of Art. He is the founder and Gallery Director at the Cambridge School of Weston's Thompson Gallery, a gallery dedicated to thematic inquiry, including such exhibition series as Sublime Climate, Collage at 100, Kiss the Ground, Nowhere Everywhere, With Eyes Open, and About Vulnerability. Bartel is a historian of collage and landscape and has published several articles on his neologism 'uncollage.' A seasoned teacher since 1986, Bartel currently teaches drawing, painting, collage, assemblage, conceptual art, and installation art at The Cambridge School of Weston, Weston, MA.
About Daniela Esponda, Curator, International Call for Art
Daniela Esponda (b. Mexico City, Mexico 1985) earned a BA in Industrial Design at Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico, in 2009, an MS in Biomimicry at Arizona State University, USA, in 2015, and a Professional Certi?cate in Biomimicry from Biomimicry 3.8 Institute in 2015. Esponda is a technology innovator, concentrating on the development of nature-inspired design. She is a biomimetic industrial designer with 13 years of experience in product design and development, biophilia, and green businesses. Esponda holds the position of Functional Leadership in the Biomimicry Mex network, based in Mexico City, and is a founding member of the 'Biome,? a collaborative group of individuals from diverse backgrounds that initiate projects where art, science, design, and nature meet. Esponda is the Founder of Nature Design Lab?a firm focused on developing sustainable, innovative technologies that read nature and emulate organisms, combining art, design, science, and nature. Esponda has developed several patents and trademarks for her developed technologies. She has earned international recognition for her creative and innovative biomimetic solutions. Esponda was a finalist in the Biodesign spring challenge in collaboration with Google with the project ?Micromining? in 2021. She was awarded second place in The Biomimicry Launchpad with the project ?BioThermoSmart? in 2018. She was a finalist in the green business competition Cleantech Challenge Mexico in 2012 with the project ?Yubarta.? Esponda was awarded the ?Haechi prize? bronze medal for the International Olympic design Seoul, Korea, with the ?Yubarta? project in 2009. In 2008 she was awarded first place in the Green Shelter Facility competition from Iberoamericana University. She has facilitated conferences and workshops on the Science of Biomimicry and is currently a professor of Biomimetic Sciences at the Faculty of Sciences of the UNAM in Mexico.
About Teri Henderson, Curator, International Call for Art
Teri Henderson (b. Fort Worth, TX, 1990) is a Baltimore-based independent curator, the author of Black Collagists: The Book, and the Founding Director of Black Collagists. Henderson holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Texas Christian University. She formerly held a curatorial internship at Ghost Gallery in Seattle, Washington. Henderson previously served as the Art Law Clinic Director for Maryland Volunteer Lawyers For The Arts and is currently on their Board of Directors. Her written work has been seen in: BmoreArt, All SHE Makes, Artforum, Justsmile Magazine, Kinfolk Travel, and the St. James Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Culture. Teri Henderson was a curator of private acquisitions of Black collage art for the Doug + Laurie Kanyer Art Collection from 2020 - 2021. Henderson is also the Arts and Culture Editor of Baltimore Beat, a Black-led, Black-controlled nonprofit newspaper and online outlet.
About Talin Megherian, Curator, International Call for Art
Talin Megherian (b. Queens, NY 1962) studied painting at The School of Visual Arts NY and received her BFA in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1985. She also studied painting in Rome at RISD's European Honors Program from 1984-85. She received Spark Grant from Creative Armenia in 2019 and a Pennsylvania Council On The Arts Fellowship in 1991. Megherian was chosen 'Artist to Watch in 1992' by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. In 1992, she received the Gloria Fitzgibbons Award from the Greater Pittsburgh Commission for Women. She has exhibited her work on the east and west coast, Rome, and Scotland. Talin studied Italian Renaissance painting firsthand, and her work incorporates her Italian Master's influences while also borrowing imagery from diverse sources of Armenian art, Surrealism, and religious iconography. Talin's visual vocabulary weaves recognized symbols with everyday objects to explore issues of identity, empowerment, and rebirth using additive and subtractive painting techniques that imply a collage format. Talin resides in Watertown, Massachusetts, where she teaches art and organizes and hangs student art exhibitions at the Atrium School. Her most current work gives voice to the history of the Armenian Genocide while also celebrating her heritage and its rich traditions.
About Pradip Maitra, Curator, Inda Call for Art
Born in 1959 in West Bengal, India, Pradip Maitra is an eminent artist who completed his BFA from the Indian College of Art in 1984. Maitra is a freelance artist, living solely from producing and selling his watercolor paintings. His solo exhibitions include the Seagull Foundation for the Arts at Birla Academy, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, Gallery 42, New Delhi, and Nehru Centre, Mumbai, and many more. His work was included in Chariot of Civilisation at the Birla Academy of art and culture, Kolkata. He participated in the Annual Exhibition and the All India Art Exhibition, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, (M.P), organized by the Society of Children Welfare. His work has been exhibited in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangkok, and Hong Kong. He pursued his career as an external examiner at Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, and Khairagarh University, MP. He has worked as an art director in a Bengali feature film. His paintings have been auctioned in Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, and London (Bonham). Sotheby's. His paintings are in many museum collections, including the Museum of Bengal Art, Kolkata, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, Chitrakala Parishad, Bangalore Museum, Governor House, Orissa, Lancashire University, and many Private Collections in Germany, France, and the United States.
About Somenath Maity, Curator, India Call for art
Somenath Maity (b. 1960 Darua, Contai, Midnapur east, WestBengal, India) received his 5-year Diploma College of Visual Arts, Kolkata, under the guidance of Shuvaprasanna. He received a 5-year diploma from the Indian College of Arts and Crafts 1980-85. He received the B.P. Poddar Memorial Scholarship from College of Visual Arts, Calcutta, 1984-85, and was awarded a Research Grant from Lalitkala Akademy, New Delhi 1993-4. In 2002 he received the IFACS vest Award, New Delhi, and a Birla Academy Award, and he received Senior Fellowship honors from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India 2003-4. He attended Workshop Dresden-Calcutta Artist at Arts Acre organized by Max Mueller Bhavan, the Terracotta workshop at Barn Gallery, U.K., the WOODCUT Workshop conducted by Richard Hards, organized by U.S. IS. and Arts Acre, the Graphic Workshop organized by Paula De Prima, organized by Alliance Franchise & Arts Acre, the Luxor International Artist symposium, and the Jaypur international artist symposium, the Portfolio, Dream and Reality, ?Shuttle' Intaglio prints and poems by Dresden-Calcutta Artist and poets. Maity has had more than 42 solo exhibitions from 1986-2016, including Gallery Sanskrity (Kolkata), Visual Art Gallery (Kolkata), India Habitat Center, Lalit Kala Akademy (New Delhi), Leela Palace (Bangalore), Ueno Royal Museum (Tokyo, Japan), Tao Art Gallery (Mumbai), LASALLE-SIA College of Arts (Singapore), 2002 at Barn Gallery (Henley, U.K.) and in New York, London, Stokhome, and Stuttgart. His work has been included in the Participants National Art Exhibition of Lalitkala Akademy from 1984-1994 and the II Bharat Bhavan Biennale, Bhopal, MP. His work is in the collections of the National Gallery of Modern Art (New Delhi), Lalitkala Akademy (New Delhi), N.C.E.R.T (New Delhi), Fukuoka Museum (Japan), Hindustan Lever (Mumbai), Tata Tea (Calcutta) and Munner Gujrat Heavy Chemicals, B.M Birla Science Center, Birla Academy, Taj Hotels, Hilton Hotel and numerous private collections in India and Abroad.
About The Academy of Fine Arts in Kolkata:
One of India's oldest fine arts academies, the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, was founded in 1933 by Lady Ranu Mukherjee. Initially located in a room rented out by the Indian Museum, the academy moved to its present location in the 1950s. The efforts of Lady Ranu Mukherjee, Dr. BC Roy (the then chief minister of West Bengal), and Jawaharlal Nehru, the then Prime Minister of India, are worth mentioning in this respect. The academy houses a vast collection of paintings and art by prominent Bengal School artists Gaganendranath Tagore, Jamini Roy, Nandalal Basu, and many others. Additionally, the academy holds regular exhibitions of art and painting by contemporary Indian artists. A theatre auditorium at the academy, one of the city's most popular theaters, organizes performances daily and has an annual theatre festival.
BBB Executive Committee & Advisors:
India
Subha Basu
Subrata Boral
Anjan Coomar
Pradip Maitra
Santanu Maity
Somenath Maity
Saroj Sarkar
USA
Todd Bartel
Talin Megherian
Ujjal Sarkar
QUESTIONS? Please contact:
Todd Bartel
Lead Curator
[email protected]
Lori Spencer
Program Manager, MOSAIC
[email protected]
(Please read all the way through before you begin the process.)
1. Sign on to EntryThingy or create an account.
2. Click on 'main' from the top of the page
3. Click the 'Unconnected Yet' link OR the 'Complete Entry' button (both bring you to the same place).
4. You will be on your application page, where you should begin by clicking on the 'Add File' button.
5. After clicking the 'Add File' button, a new screen will appear asking you to fill in the basic information for a particular image you would like to upload. It also will provide you with another button that says 'choose file,' followed by buttons to 'upload' or 'cancel.'
6. Once filled out and uploaded, please do not press 'Submit This Entry' IF you have more images to upload!
7. If you have more images to upload, please repeat step 5 until you have uploaded all your images with all appropriate information.
8. Once satisfied with your fully completed application, you are finally ready to press the 'Submit This Entry' button.
9. The application fee for this call is FREE.
THIS CALL IS MANAGED BY ENTRYTHINGY ONLINE CALL FOR ART SOFTWARE:
Please Visit EntryThingy to apply:
https://www.entrythingy.com/d=bengalbostonbridge.com
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Unconnected Yet Prospectus & APPLICATION DETAILS
PREPARING TO APPLY TO UNCONNECTED YET
**Consider printing out these instructions for your reference. You may also return to these instructions anytime by clicking the 'entry instructions' link, which appears throughout the entry process.**
A. Create An EntryThingy Account
Each Entrant must create an account on EntryThingy to apply to Unconnected Yet. Once you have created a user name and a password, you can start and stop working on your application and sign in/sign out as often as needed until you are finally ready to 'Submit' your application. If, for some reason, the EntryThingy software does not allow for your Entry, or if you have pressed 'Submit' in error, please get in touch with Todd Bartel, [email protected], and describe what assistance you may need.
B. Minimum & Maximum Number of Works to Apply
The minimum requirement for an entry is 1 work and a maximum of 5 works. Please note: you may enter up to 3 additional views for sculpture. Please DO NOT press 'Submit This Entry' until ALL images have been uploaded.
C. Image File Requirements
Each Entrant may submit up to five 5 individual works total. Entrants may also submit up to 3 detail images per Entry for communicating alternate views - in cases of sculpture entries, etc. Each image must be in JPEG format and should not exceed 200 MB. The minimum picture requirement is 2400px (8 inches at the largest dimension) at 300 DPI. Please also be sure that all images are correctly oriented.
Please name each file as follows:
FirstName_LastName_Title_Year_(series title and series # if needed).jpg
NOTE: The above criteria for image files are suitable for our purposes to be print-ready for our accompanying catalog. Regarding the requirements for printing images accepted into the exhibition, we will require high-resolution image files to be printed at 24 x 24 inches at 300dpi [at least 7200px for the smallest dimension].
D. Themes Explored
Please consider submissions that explore any of the themes explored by Unconnected Yet, which include, but are not limited to:
- A leap of the imagination.
- A mysterious phenomenon, or a little-understood phenomenon.
- Unproven cause and effect.
- A problem paired with a solution.
- An uninvented technology
- The desire to connect things that are disconnected.
- Building bridges of any kind.
E. Adding An Entry
When you click the 'Add Entry' button, you will first need to provide 'General Entry Information,' which includes:
- Category
- Description of Work
- An Artist's Statement Specific to the entry.
F. Category Selection
All media will be accepted except time-based media (sorry, we will not be supporting video submissions). Please choose 'Other' if you do not see the correct category.
G. Description (Media) Field
When filling out the 'Description (Media)' field, if you chose 'Other,' please tell us what category your work should be.
NOTE: Please write 'N/A' or 'None' to advance to the next step if you did not indicate 'Other' in the previous step.
H. Statement Specific to the Entry
In this section, please tell us how your piece 'bridges' something or 'connects' to a theme related to the show's title.
After 'Saving' the Entered 'General Entry Information,' You will then advance to provide the following information:
I. Title Field
If your work does not have a title, please indicate 'Untitled' to advance to the next field. Or, consider titling your work to match the theme it explores.
J. Descriptions Field
You may also provide information that explains the physical work if needed (not the subject of the work of art, which may be provided elsewhere in the application).
K. Materials Field
Please list all materials, separated by commas. Please include the base material or substrate in this section.
L. Dimensions Field
Please provide dimensions as follows:
- Height x Width x Depth inches
N. Year Field
We welcome old and new work for this exhibition. Please provide the YEAR of completion.
O. Before You Begin the Application Process
Please carefully read the entry terms in the ENTRY REQUIREMENTS section of this document.
UNCONNECTED YET EXTENDED DESCRIPTION & BACKGROUND
BBB VISION:
Bengal Boston Bridge (BBB) exists to push the boundaries of human knowledge by integrating artistic, scientific, and cross-curricular innovation.
As BBB founder Dr. Ujjal Sarkar explains, 'The human mind is astounding in its beauty, complexity, and ability to 'connect the dots' between seemingly unrelated ideas and, in doing so, advance human knowledge and understanding.' In his view, the Arts and Sciences should no longer be viewed as distinct and disparate disciplines but as complementary conduits of imagination and innovation. Through BBB, Dr. Sarkar hopes to create a crucible of creativity, bringing together individuals from around the globe to exchange ideas and manifest new ways of thinking. 'Our goal is to propel innovation and awareness,' Dr. Sarkar says. 'By bridging cultures and continents, we hope to further 'connect the dots' and bring greater prosperity and productivity to our communities and world.'
Bengal Boston Bridge Presents:
Unconnected Yet
'We individuals approach truth through our own mistakes and blunders, through our accumulated experience, through our illumined consciousness.'
Rabindranath Tagore, in conversation with Albert Einstein, 1930
Imagine the gap: things to be connected, something yet to be spanned, a subject to better understand, a technology yet to be invented, an unexperienced phenomenon, an unnamed or unseen thing, or maybe something unexplainable. Albert Einstein once wrote, 'The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.' Art and science often begin with accidents, mistakes, questions, and musings. What would you connect if you could? Imagine the world you want to live in as it yet could be. Unconnected Yet is an exhibition about the junction between things, a call for art that explores any combination of art and science. Unconnected Yet bridges the arts and science communities of Boston and Kolkata, bringing art from near and far to 5 galleries at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kolkata, India. Accepted works from outside India travel to the venue through large format digital printing, and all accepted works will be included in the accompanying catalog.
Bengal Boston Bridge Bios
About Ujjal Sarkar, BBB Founder
Dr. Ujjal Sarkar (b. 1979, Howrah, India) earned his B.Sc in Chemistry from Presidency College, Kolkata, in 2000 and his M.Sc. in chemistry from IIT, Kharagpur, India, in 2002. In 2009 he earned a Ph.D. at the Prof. Kent S. Gates laboratory in anticancer drug design and the mechanisms of drug action and metabolism at the University of Missouri-Columbia, USA. He joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T) as a postdoctoral associate, was promoted to a Research Scientist, and worked with Professor Steven R. Tannenbaum in the department of Biological Engineering. While at MIT, Dr. Sarkar collaborated with scientists, engineers, and US government officials to develop the first multi-human-organs-on chip technology, funded by the US Defense of Project Agency. Dr. Sarkar then joined AstraZeneca to drive innovative Oncology drug discovery, and he was acknowledged Global Oncology Innovation and Achievement Award by IMED in 2018. He received several awards, including the top Young Investigator Award on Human organ on Chip, The American Chemical Society, National Meeting and Exposition, Boston, Innovation in Biotechnology Award as Co-author; American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists sponsored by Genentech, Donald K. Anderson Recognition as 'Outstanding Teacher' the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is currently heading translational drug biotransformation function at a Cambridge-based premier Neuroscience company, Cerevel Therapeutics. He has been an organizing committee member of Biotransformation Science?Applied Pharmaceutical Analysis-India Chapter since 2017. He has been a member of several scientific associations, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Institute of Chemists Foundation (AIC), American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Chemical Toxicology, International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX), American Chemical Society (ACS). Dr. Sarkar initiated a Global American Chemical Society-TOXI Chapter in India in 2022 and brought together partners from industry and government to forge US-India collaboration in chemical toxicology, water, food, drug safety, and related topics.
About Todd Bartel, Curator, International Call for art
Todd Bartel (b. Manitowoc, WI 1962) received a BFA in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design in 1985, concluding his studies at RISD's European Honors Program in Rome between 1984-85. In 1990, he received the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship (U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C.) while earning his MFA in Painting from Carnegie Mellon University and conferred in 1993. Bartel's work assumes the forms of painting, drawing, and sculpture in a collage and assemblage format. His work investigates the interconnected histories of collage and landscape and the roles of nature and natural resources in Western culture. Bartel was awarded a Connecticut Council on the Arts Fellowship Grant in 2000. His work has been exhibited nationally in venues that include Palo Alto Art Center (Palo Alto, CA), Katonah Museum (Katonah, NY), Brockton Art Museum (Brockton, MA), The Rhode Island Foundation (Providence, RI), Zieher Smith (New York, NY), Mills Gallery (Boston, MA), Iona College (New Rochelle, NY). Bartel was the inaugural recipient of the Rhode Island School of Design's Art and Design Educator Award in 2019. He has taught drawing, painting, and sculpture at Brown University and Manhattanville College. He has been a guest critic at Rhode Island School of Design, Vermont College, and New Hampshire Art Institute, as well as an artist-mentor in low residency MFA programs since 1998. Bartel has lectured at Alfred University, Western Connecticut State University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Montclair State University, Chatham College, and Knoxville Museum of Art. He is the founder and Gallery Director at the Cambridge School of Weston's Thompson Gallery, a gallery dedicated to thematic inquiry, including such exhibition series as Sublime Climate, Collage at 100, Kiss the Ground, Nowhere Everywhere, With Eyes Open, and About Vulnerability. Bartel is a historian of collage and landscape and has published several articles on his neologism 'uncollage.' A seasoned teacher since 1986, Bartel currently teaches drawing, painting, collage, assemblage, conceptual art, and installation art at The Cambridge School of Weston, Weston, MA.
About Daniela Esponda, Curator, International Call for Art
Daniela Esponda (b. Mexico City, Mexico 1985) earned a BA in Industrial Design at Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico, in 2009, an MS in Biomimicry at Arizona State University, USA, in 2015, and a Professional Certi?cate in Biomimicry from Biomimicry 3.8 Institute in 2015. Esponda is a technology innovator, concentrating on the development of nature-inspired design. She is a biomimetic industrial designer with 13 years of experience in product design and development, biophilia, and green businesses. Esponda holds the position of Functional Leadership in the Biomimicry Mex network, based in Mexico City, and is a founding member of the 'Biome,? a collaborative group of individuals from diverse backgrounds that initiate projects where art, science, design, and nature meet. Esponda is the Founder of Nature Design Lab?a firm focused on developing sustainable, innovative technologies that read nature and emulate organisms, combining art, design, science, and nature. Esponda has developed several patents and trademarks for her developed technologies. She has earned international recognition for her creative and innovative biomimetic solutions. Esponda was a finalist in the Biodesign spring challenge in collaboration with Google with the project ?Micromining? in 2021. She was awarded second place in The Biomimicry Launchpad with the project ?BioThermoSmart? in 2018. She was a finalist in the green business competition Cleantech Challenge Mexico in 2012 with the project ?Yubarta.? Esponda was awarded the ?Haechi prize? bronze medal for the International Olympic design Seoul, Korea, with the ?Yubarta? project in 2009. In 2008 she was awarded first place in the Green Shelter Facility competition from Iberoamericana University. She has facilitated conferences and workshops on the Science of Biomimicry and is currently a professor of Biomimetic Sciences at the Faculty of Sciences of the UNAM in Mexico.
About Teri Henderson, Curator, International Call for Art
Teri Henderson (b. Fort Worth, TX, 1990) is a Baltimore-based independent curator, the author of Black Collagists: The Book, and the Founding Director of Black Collagists. Henderson holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Texas Christian University. She formerly held a curatorial internship at Ghost Gallery in Seattle, Washington. Henderson previously served as the Art Law Clinic Director for Maryland Volunteer Lawyers For The Arts and is currently on their Board of Directors. Her written work has been seen in: BmoreArt, All SHE Makes, Artforum, Justsmile Magazine, Kinfolk Travel, and the St. James Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Culture. Teri Henderson was a curator of private acquisitions of Black collage art for the Doug + Laurie Kanyer Art Collection from 2020 - 2021. Henderson is also the Arts and Culture Editor of Baltimore Beat, a Black-led, Black-controlled nonprofit newspaper and online outlet.
About Talin Megherian, Curator, International Call for Art
Talin Megherian (b. Queens, NY 1962) studied painting at The School of Visual Arts NY and received her BFA in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1985. She also studied painting in Rome at RISD's European Honors Program from 1984-85. She received Spark Grant from Creative Armenia in 2019 and a Pennsylvania Council On The Arts Fellowship in 1991. Megherian was chosen 'Artist to Watch in 1992' by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. In 1992, she received the Gloria Fitzgibbons Award from the Greater Pittsburgh Commission for Women. She has exhibited her work on the east and west coast, Rome, and Scotland. Talin studied Italian Renaissance painting firsthand, and her work incorporates her Italian Master's influences while also borrowing imagery from diverse sources of Armenian art, Surrealism, and religious iconography. Talin's visual vocabulary weaves recognized symbols with everyday objects to explore issues of identity, empowerment, and rebirth using additive and subtractive painting techniques that imply a collage format. Talin resides in Watertown, Massachusetts, where she teaches art and organizes and hangs student art exhibitions at the Atrium School. Her most current work gives voice to the history of the Armenian Genocide while also celebrating her heritage and its rich traditions.
About Pradip Maitra, Curator, Inda Call for Art
Born in 1959 in West Bengal, India, Pradip Maitra is an eminent artist who completed his BFA from the Indian College of Art in 1984. Maitra is a freelance artist, living solely from producing and selling his watercolor paintings. His solo exhibitions include the Seagull Foundation for the Arts at Birla Academy, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, Gallery 42, New Delhi, and Nehru Centre, Mumbai, and many more. His work was included in Chariot of Civilisation at the Birla Academy of art and culture, Kolkata. He participated in the Annual Exhibition and the All India Art Exhibition, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, (M.P), organized by the Society of Children Welfare. His work has been exhibited in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangkok, and Hong Kong. He pursued his career as an external examiner at Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, and Khairagarh University, MP. He has worked as an art director in a Bengali feature film. His paintings have been auctioned in Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, and London (Bonham). Sotheby's. His paintings are in many museum collections, including the Museum of Bengal Art, Kolkata, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, Chitrakala Parishad, Bangalore Museum, Governor House, Orissa, Lancashire University, and many Private Collections in Germany, France, and the United States.
About Somenath Maity, Curator, India Call for art
Somenath Maity (b. 1960 Darua, Contai, Midnapur east, WestBengal, India) received his 5-year Diploma College of Visual Arts, Kolkata, under the guidance of Shuvaprasanna. He received a 5-year diploma from the Indian College of Arts and Crafts 1980-85. He received the B.P. Poddar Memorial Scholarship from College of Visual Arts, Calcutta, 1984-85, and was awarded a Research Grant from Lalitkala Akademy, New Delhi 1993-4. In 2002 he received the IFACS vest Award, New Delhi, and a Birla Academy Award, and he received Senior Fellowship honors from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India 2003-4. He attended Workshop Dresden-Calcutta Artist at Arts Acre organized by Max Mueller Bhavan, the Terracotta workshop at Barn Gallery, U.K., the WOODCUT Workshop conducted by Richard Hards, organized by U.S. IS. and Arts Acre, the Graphic Workshop organized by Paula De Prima, organized by Alliance Franchise & Arts Acre, the Luxor International Artist symposium, and the Jaypur international artist symposium, the Portfolio, Dream and Reality, ?Shuttle' Intaglio prints and poems by Dresden-Calcutta Artist and poets. Maity has had more than 42 solo exhibitions from 1986-2016, including Gallery Sanskrity (Kolkata), Visual Art Gallery (Kolkata), India Habitat Center, Lalit Kala Akademy (New Delhi), Leela Palace (Bangalore), Ueno Royal Museum (Tokyo, Japan), Tao Art Gallery (Mumbai), LASALLE-SIA College of Arts (Singapore), 2002 at Barn Gallery (Henley, U.K.) and in New York, London, Stokhome, and Stuttgart. His work has been included in the Participants National Art Exhibition of Lalitkala Akademy from 1984-1994 and the II Bharat Bhavan Biennale, Bhopal, MP. His work is in the collections of the National Gallery of Modern Art (New Delhi), Lalitkala Akademy (New Delhi), N.C.E.R.T (New Delhi), Fukuoka Museum (Japan), Hindustan Lever (Mumbai), Tata Tea (Calcutta) and Munner Gujrat Heavy Chemicals, B.M Birla Science Center, Birla Academy, Taj Hotels, Hilton Hotel and numerous private collections in India and Abroad.
About The Academy of Fine Arts in Kolkata:
One of India's oldest fine arts academies, the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, was founded in 1933 by Lady Ranu Mukherjee. Initially located in a room rented out by the Indian Museum, the academy moved to its present location in the 1950s. The efforts of Lady Ranu Mukherjee, Dr. BC Roy (the then chief minister of West Bengal), and Jawaharlal Nehru, the then Prime Minister of India, are worth mentioning in this respect. The academy houses a vast collection of paintings and art by prominent Bengal School artists Gaganendranath Tagore, Jamini Roy, Nandalal Basu, and many others. Additionally, the academy holds regular exhibitions of art and painting by contemporary Indian artists. A theatre auditorium at the academy, one of the city's most popular theaters, organizes performances daily and has an annual theatre festival.
BBB Executive Committee & Advisors:
India
Subha Basu
Subrata Boral
Anjan Coomar
Pradip Maitra
Santanu Maity
Somenath Maity
Saroj Sarkar
USA
Todd Bartel
Talin Megherian
Ujjal Sarkar
QUESTIONS? Please contact:
Todd Bartel
Lead Curator
[email protected]
Lori Spencer
Program Manager, MOSAIC
[email protected]
Drawing
Painting
Mixed Media
Work on Paper
Printmaking
Collage
Uncollage
Photography
Digital Art
Sculpture
Fiber Art
Other
1. Eligibility:
Professional artists only. All works must be original.
2. Image File Requirements:
Each entrant may submit up to five (5) individual works total and may, if need be, submit up to five (5) detail images per entry for communicating alternate views - in cases of sculpture or installation entries, etc. Each image must be in the jpeg format and should not exceed 200mb. The minimum requirement for pictures is 2400px (8 inches) in any direction, at 300dpi. Please do not exceed the maximum size of 2400px (8 inches) in any direction. Please be sure that all images are correctly oriented.
Please name each file as follows:
FirstName_LastName_Title_Year_(#if needed).jpg
NOTE:
The above criteria for image files are suitable for our purposes to be print-ready for our accompanying catalog. Regarding the requirements for printing images for the exhibition, we will require high-resolution image files capable of being printed at 24 x 24 inches at 300dpi.
3. Framing
All Domestic Works of Art (India) Must Be Framed or otherwise exhibition ready. (Work does not necessarily have to be in a frame as in the cases of sculpture and fiber art, but all work must be ready to be installed with appropriate hardware.) For artists outside of Inda, BBB will incur the costs of printing their works of art.
4. Delivery/Pick Up
Kolkata vicinity artists are responsible for the delivery/pick up of their accepted/exhibited work. All other artists are expected to provide high-resolution image files at 300dpi. Each image must be in the jpeg format and should not exceed 200mb. The minimum picture requirement FOR SUBMISSIONS is 2400px (8 inches for the largest dimension) at 300dpi. Please also be sure that all images are correctly oriented. Regarding the requirements for PRINTING IMAGES OF ACCEPTED WORKS, we will require high-resolution image files at 24 x 24 inches at 300dpi [at least 7200px for the smallest dimension. There will be no size limit for these files.]
5. Publicity
Accepted artists are respectfully asked to allow BBB to use submitted images in the following ways: publications, publicity, gallery websites, and videography.
6. Mailings
BBB will send digital invitations and a press release to all participating artists to distribute as needed and distribute these materials to our mailing lists, newspapers, and magazines.
7. Commissions
Upon a sale, the artist will retain seventy [70%] percent of the purchase price and BBB will retain thirty percent [30%] of the purchase price divided in the following way: Upon a sale, the artist will retain seventy [70%] percent of the purchase price and BBB will retain thirty percent [30%] of the purchase price divided in the following way: The BBB will donate 20% of sales to Flying High Foundation in support of children with mental health disabilities and retain 10% of sales to support future projects.
8. Key Dates
EXTENDED Entry Deadline: AUGUST 7, 2022
Artists Notified: August 22, 2022
Delivery of Artwork: January TBA, 2023
Exhibition Dates: January 16 - 22, 2023
Reception/Opening: January 16, TIME TBA, 2023
Pick Up of Artwork: January 17 - TBA, 2023
Professional artists only. All works must be original.
2. Image File Requirements:
Each entrant may submit up to five (5) individual works total and may, if need be, submit up to five (5) detail images per entry for communicating alternate views - in cases of sculpture or installation entries, etc. Each image must be in the jpeg format and should not exceed 200mb. The minimum requirement for pictures is 2400px (8 inches) in any direction, at 300dpi. Please do not exceed the maximum size of 2400px (8 inches) in any direction. Please be sure that all images are correctly oriented.
Please name each file as follows:
FirstName_LastName_Title_Year_(#if needed).jpg
NOTE:
The above criteria for image files are suitable for our purposes to be print-ready for our accompanying catalog. Regarding the requirements for printing images for the exhibition, we will require high-resolution image files capable of being printed at 24 x 24 inches at 300dpi.
3. Framing
All Domestic Works of Art (India) Must Be Framed or otherwise exhibition ready. (Work does not necessarily have to be in a frame as in the cases of sculpture and fiber art, but all work must be ready to be installed with appropriate hardware.) For artists outside of Inda, BBB will incur the costs of printing their works of art.
4. Delivery/Pick Up
Kolkata vicinity artists are responsible for the delivery/pick up of their accepted/exhibited work. All other artists are expected to provide high-resolution image files at 300dpi. Each image must be in the jpeg format and should not exceed 200mb. The minimum picture requirement FOR SUBMISSIONS is 2400px (8 inches for the largest dimension) at 300dpi. Please also be sure that all images are correctly oriented. Regarding the requirements for PRINTING IMAGES OF ACCEPTED WORKS, we will require high-resolution image files at 24 x 24 inches at 300dpi [at least 7200px for the smallest dimension. There will be no size limit for these files.]
5. Publicity
Accepted artists are respectfully asked to allow BBB to use submitted images in the following ways: publications, publicity, gallery websites, and videography.
6. Mailings
BBB will send digital invitations and a press release to all participating artists to distribute as needed and distribute these materials to our mailing lists, newspapers, and magazines.
7. Commissions
Upon a sale, the artist will retain seventy [70%] percent of the purchase price and BBB will retain thirty percent [30%] of the purchase price divided in the following way: Upon a sale, the artist will retain seventy [70%] percent of the purchase price and BBB will retain thirty percent [30%] of the purchase price divided in the following way: The BBB will donate 20% of sales to Flying High Foundation in support of children with mental health disabilities and retain 10% of sales to support future projects.
8. Key Dates
EXTENDED Entry Deadline: AUGUST 7, 2022
Artists Notified: August 22, 2022
Delivery of Artwork: January TBA, 2023
Exhibition Dates: January 16 - 22, 2023
Reception/Opening: January 16, TIME TBA, 2023
Pick Up of Artwork: January 17 - TBA, 2023