Artists officially in the box

Artists selected and now committed to the first box set 2006 are:

Hawk Alfredson
Laurence Caruana
Joe Coleman
Daniel Martin Diaz
Jorgen Elbang
Theo Ellsworth
Kim Evans
Andrew Gonzalez
Wolfgang Grasse
Alex Grey
Daniel Hanequand
Hikaru
Laurie Lipton
Brigid Marlin
Tom Mckee
Damian Michaels
Teesha Moore
Nemo
Colin Rhodes
Andrew Rizgalla
Ben Tolman
Alain Valet
Whitney Ward

HR Giger is still making a final decision for inclusion and there are still two openings if any artists wish to contact me with samples of their work for consideration. However, time is closing for deadline. Email me at: artvisionary@optusnet.com.au

Call for Submissions

Art Visionary Magazine
Call for Submissions to special edition box set issue 2006:

Edition Size:
126 total boxed sets
a) 100 signed & numbered
b) 26 signed and lettered

Sizes:

Full size piece at 8.1/2 x 11.3/4 inches maximum
We prefer A4 or A5 sizes, letter size and smaller custom is also fine

Accepting:

Etchings
Woodcuts
Lithographs
original drawings
miniature paintings
ATCs
Blotter art prints
concrete poetry
interviews
short stories
experimental prose
photography
comics
original art
letterpress
xerox
mimeograph
screen print
Gocco print
chapbooks
broadsides
found materials
Book marks
or any other flat object not listed above. Be creative...

Send (1) proof before doing entire run.

Do not send 126 pieces without approval.

Number 1/100 - 100/100 & sign your work.
Letter A/26 - Z/26 & sign your work.

Please note that the lettered copies are to be more of a deluxe version and
we require items that are similar or the same but slightly different or
with something additional added. Could be a simple as using slightly tinted
paper in the deluxe version where as in the numbered you may use only white
in the case of a print. Or someone may wish to add colour to a submission
to the lettered version where the numbered is only black and white. Or if a
photograph is being submitted to the numbered set, perhaps 2 or 3 photos
would be submitted to each of the lettered sets, etc...

Your website and contact info is encouraged

Contributors receive (1) numbered copy as payment, unless otherwise
negotiated before commencing contribution.

Send proof by August 15th & Deadline for final contribution by September 15th.

Send to:

Damian Michaels
c/o Katanas House
11 Church Street
South Melbourne
Victoria 3205
AUSTRALIA

Please make sure to note on the outside of all packages coming here
DO NOT BEND, fill Customs form as COMMERCIAL SAMPLE ONLY and insure for no more than US $75 per package.

There will be 20-25 artists included in this first boxed set maximum.

To get an idea of the finished product, take a look at some back issues of
one of my favorite companies doing something similar but for the beat
culture genre, where as I am doing a boxed set of the visionary art genre:

http://www.xraybookco.com/back_issues/back_issues_9.html

http://www.xraybookco.com/back_issues/back_issues_10.html