Presentation Guidelines

Oral Presentations

Oral presentations will be 15 minutes in length with five additional minutes allotted to each presenter for questions. This schedule will be strictly enforced.

Practice Presentation Room

A practice presentation room will be available for students to rehearse their oral presentations. Room location will be published in the NCUR 20 Program Book.

Poster Presentations

Poster presentations are displays on poster boards. They may not include exhibits of models, devices, or computer programs. They must be prepared in advance. One side of a freestanding display board measuring 46 inches wide and 40 inches high will be provided to each presenter. The presenter must provide velcro to attach materials to the display board, along with any other supplies. Presenters must be available to discuss their displays during their assigned two-hour session. Posters must be readable from at least three feet away. The presentation title must be at least two inches high. Beneath the title, the name(s) of the student author(s), faculty advisor, and home institution must be at least one inch high. NCUR^® 20 reserves the right to cancel a presenter’s poster session if the above requirements are not met.

Performing Arts

Performing arts presentations may include creative activities in music, dance, and theater. A jury of faculty artists from various participating colleges and universities will select submissions for the performing arts.

An abstract is required for presenters in the performing arts. Primary presenters should complete the Abstract Submission Form. The abstract should describe the performance. Abstracts eligible for presentations in these areas are as follows:

Music
Participants may perform up to 15 minutes in one of the following categories:

(A) Original composition(B) Composition in the style of a specific musical period, style, or composer
(C) Arranging
(D) Performance
(E) Lecture recital
(F) Research and/or analysis

Resources available on campus during presentation include playback for audio cassette/CD (in a classroom setting only) and percussion instruments. For categories A, B, and C, students must submit a full score (or significant portion of a score if work is in progress) plus a cassette or audio CD cued to the performance. For category D, students must submit a cassette tape or audio CD cued to the performance. For categories E and F, students should follow the standard NCUR^® format. Name, school, address, phone number, composer, and musical instrument of piece must be attached to all submitted materials.

Dance
Participants may perform solo or small ensemble (up to four dancers). Performances in modern dance, jazz, or ballet should be no more than 15 minutes in length. In addition to the abstract, students must submit a link to a URL containing pictures or video clips of their performance. Name, school, address, phone number, title, choreographer, and idiom of piece must be cited on the link.

Theatre
Participants may present monologues or scenes (up to five actors). Performances may be up to 15 minutes in length. In addition to the abstract, students must submit a link to a URL containing a video clip of the performance and the script. Name, school, address, phone number, and title of piece must be cited on the link.

Visual Arts

Visual arts presentations may be done in drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, ceramics, mixed media, video, and film. A jury of faculty artists from various participating colleges and universities will select submissions in the visual arts.
An abstract is required of presenters in the visual arts. Primary presenters should complete the Abstract Submission Form. The abstract should describe the visual art research question, methodology, and outcomes. Artwork must be of a serial nature.

Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Photography, Sculpture, Ceramics,and other Applied Arts
In addition to the abstract, students must submit a link to a URL containing six images of work completed or in progress and an artist’s statement about the work.

For three-dimensional work, two views of each piece should be included. No original work should be submitted with the abstract. The following information must be cited on the link: name, title of work, medium dimensions, school, home address, home phone number, and date.

At the conference all studio artists are required to give a 15 minute oral (digital preferred) slide presentation with 3 additional minutes for questions. Oral slide presentations will be given in or adjacent to the gallery with the presenter's artwork. Oral presentations are required to cover visual research questions, methodology, and outcomes. Slides can be used to cover the historical progression of the work and ideas as well as visual connections with other artists.

ARTWORK AND SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS:

Artists who have been accepted for exhibit are responsible for the packing, shipment or delivery of your artwork to NCUR^® 20, and any associated costs. You will have approximately 8 linear feet of wall space or 64 square feet of floor space (for 3-dimensional art) available for your gallery exhibit. Please plan to ship or hand-deliver 1-3 works of art, depending on size.

Hand-delivered artwork must be received by noon on Thursday, April 6, 2006. Please notify an NCUR^® volunteer or staff person in the registration area (located in Alumni Hall--Highsmith Union) that you have artwork to deliver, and they will assist you in transporting your work to the appropriate gallery.

Commercially shipped artwork must be received between March 20 and March 31, 2006. Work accepted in the visual arts must be shipped in a reusable container (maximum dimensions: 130” total length and girth and maximum weight of 50 pounds).

Oil and acrylic paintings must be mounted on stretchers. Drawings, photographs and prints must be matted, shrink-wrapped and ready to hang. Drawing, photographs and prints may also be framed, but only with Plexiglas. Do not ship any artwork framed with glass.

Work accepted for presentation must be shipped via UPS or FedEx only (not via the U.S. Postal Service) to:

University of North Carolina at Asheville
Attn: NCUR® 20 – Highsmith Gallery – Will White
1414 Riverside Drive
Asheville, NC 28804

Hand delivered artwork must be received at UNC-Asheville no later than noon on Thursday, April 6. All accepted NCUR® artwork must remain on display until 9:00 a.m. Saturday, April 8. At the close of the conference, your artwork must be retrieved between 9:00 am and noon on Saturday, April 8, from the gallery where it is on display. You are responsible for the repacking and shipping of your artwork as well as payment for return shipping, however, someone will be present in the gallery to assist you with repacking.

We strongly suggest you insure your shipment as neither NCUR® nor UNC-Asheville will be responsible for any damages in the shipment of items to and from the NCUR® 20 conference. A UPS Shipping Center is located just outside NCUR® conference registration headquarters in Highsmith Union and will be open during and after NCUR® for your convenience in shipping artwork and other items back home. Hours of operation will be posted as the conference approaches.

If you have any questions regarding your artwork and gallery exhibit, please contact Robert Tynes, Art Department Gallery Director, at rtynes@unca.edu.

Video and Film

Video presentations must be on one half-inch VHS tape (NTSC format), CD-ROM, or DVD (zone free or region 1), and no more than 15 minutes in length. In addition to the abstract, students must submit a link to a URL containing a video clip of their film. Name, school, address, phone number, and title of piece must be cited on the link.

Foreign Languages

If research concerns a foreign language - Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian, or Spanish - the presenter is welcome to submit the abstract and present in that language.