Cabinet magazine is currently accepting proposals for artist-designed postage stamps to be included in a book coming out in the fall of 2007. Each of the 15 artists included in the book will design a full sheet of perforated, full-color adhesive stamps (not valid for mailing, of course). Each sheet will accommodate between 40 and 60 stamps, and the design of each stamp can be different.

The project is funded through the Greenwall Foundation’s Oscar M. Ruebhausen Commission. The Foundation’s arts program focuses on the creation of new work and emerging artists in the NYC area. In keeping with the Foundation's guidelines, approximately half the artists represented in the book will be emerging artists based in New York City (from any of the five boroughs). A panel will select the emerging artists from among proposals responding to this call. The remaining artists in the book will be commissioned directly by the panel.

Proposals from NYC-based emerging artists must be received at the Cabinet office by December 1, 2006, and should include:

— a statement about your intended project (500 words max).
— 3-4 supporting sketches and images of the proposed project (in color or b/w).
— 3-4 images from past projects that you’d like the panel to know about (these need not be related to the stamp project). Each can have an explanatory caption, if needed.
— a CV.

Please send all proposals to Cabinet magazine, 55 Washington Street, # 327, Brooklyn, NY 11201. All material must be printed out. We cannot mail things back; please do not include any slides or original materials.

Selected artists will be notified by January 15 and the finalized projects are due on May 1, 2007. All included artists will receive an honorarium.

To learn more about the book, visit http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/events/stampbook.php

To learn more about the Greenwall Foundation, visit http://www.greenwall.org