Orlando Museum of Art Introduces “Platform”
Orlando Museum of Art Introduces “Platform” This new quarterly event asks local artists to push the envelope of their practice.
Orlando – February 21, 2023 — The Orlando Museum of Art is proud to announce its new artist showcase event, PLATFORM. PLATFORM will be a quarterly one-night-only artist showcase, representing what is being created now and capturing the spirit of Orlando’s artistic community. It invites creatives, admirers, and arts advocates to come together, providing an inclusive opportunity to exchange ideas and inspiration.
This long-awaited new event is building on the museum's 1st Thursdays’ legacy of bringing the Orlando community together to celebrate local artists and talent. PLATFORM is meant to help bring local artists to the next level in their careers, encouraging them to be daring, and experimental, pushing the envelope of their practice, and presenting works that may not have had their place in conventional gallery or museum settings, or which they have never shown before.
The selected works will be exhibited at a quarterly showcase event hosted in the museum rotunda. Works will present various media from visual arts to performance art, digital media, and even sound design. Artists will be awarded one of three levels of recognition at the end of the evening, including Community Choice, chosen by event attendees, and the Outstanding Artist Award, who will be invited to participate as a guest juror on the Selection Committee for the next event. The goal of PLATFORM is to provide Central Floridians with a unique cultural experience and the chance to be on the cutting edge of what is current in the Orlando arts scene.
Artists from the greater Orlando area are invited to submit their works to be reviewed by the PLATFORM Selection Committee. This committee will be comprised of representatives from various branches of the local arts community. While the call for artists will be ongoing and themeless, the Selection Committee may wish to identify themes and patterns within the submissions and utilize them as a curatorial tool for representation of the current climate of Orlando's creativity.
The first PLATFORM will take place on Friday, March 31, 2023, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm at the Orlando Museum of Art. General Admission is $15 per person. OMA Members can attend for free. Information on how to submit artwork will be at omart.org on March 1, 2023.
Contact Maureen Walsh, Marketing and Communications Manager, for more information. Email mwalsh@omart.org or call 407-896-4231 ext. 233.