Sinners, Saints, and Censorship: A Quills Art & Poetry Exhibition

Are you a Boston-area artist or poet looking to gain exposure for your work?
Are you interested in collaborating with the vibrant Boston theatre community?
Then participate in Bad Habit Productions' art and poetry exhibition event!

Bad Habit Productions is now accepting original art work and poetry for its July-August 2010 production of Quills by Doug Wright! Art and poetry will be displayed in an exhibition at the Durrell Theatre at the Cambridge YMCA in Cambridge, MA.

Art work specifications

• All art submissions must be original work.

• Art work may be in any medium: painting, photography, sculpture, or multi-media. 

(If your work is multi-media, please let us know the specifications of your work so that we may determine if we can successfully install it in the space.)

• Art work may be on any topic, but preference will be given to works that explore the theme of censorship.

Poetry specifications

• All poetry submissions must be original work.

• Poetry may be on any topic, but preference will be given to works that explore the theme of censorship. 

About the production
Sex. Perversion. Violence. These are the themes of the stories that drip from the ink-laden quills of the notoriously irreverent Marquis de Sade. Confined to the Charenton Asylum for the Insane for the outlandish escapades he'd committed to paper during the Napoleanoic Era, the Marquis continues to pen his tales, to the delight of the young seamstress, Madeleine, and to the scorn of Charenton's devout Abbe du Coulmier. But when the Abbe attempts to silence the Marquis—by taking his quills, his ink, and his paper—something intriguing occurs: the Marquis still finds a way to tell his stories. As the Abbe's religious devotion clashes with the Marquis's dedication to freedom of expression, the audience is treated to a tale of wit, irony, blasphemy, philosophy, and the struggle for power.

What's in this for you?
As a growing arts organization, BHP is eager to help support other artists. If your submission is chosen for the production, BHP will promote your work on its website, in the art & poetry exhibition, in the exhibition program, and/or the theatre program. We are not able to offer monetary compensation for displaying your work; however, if patrons attending the exhibition or the theatre production wish to purchase or publish your work, we will provide them with information on how to contact you.

Submitting your work

Art work
As a first step, please submit a digital photo of your work, and the following information to Lauren K. Terry at lauren@badhabitproductions.org:

• Your name, address, and telephone number
• Name of art work
• Type of art work (painting, photograph, sculpture, etc.)*
• Dimensions of art work**
• Brief description of art work
• Price of work (if you want to sell it)

*Please be sure the work is framed, mounted, or on stretched canvas when submitted.
**Art work should be close to standard frame sizes (between 8x10 and 24x36).  We may consider smaller or larger submissions on a case-by-case basis.

Poetry
As a first step, if you are submitting poetry for consideration, please submit a Word document of your work, and the following information to Lauren K. Terry at lauren@badhabitproductions.org:

• Your name, address, and telephone number
• Title of poetry
• Dimensions of poetry*
• Brief description of poetry
• Where it is currently published or if you are seeking to get the work published

*Please be sure the poetry is typed or written legibly and is framed and/or ready to be displayed.

After we receive this information, you will receive an acknowledgement and additional information about the exhibition.

Thank you, and we appreciate your participation!