In April, the Texas Biennial will kick off, and for the first time, the Austin-based event will include art spaces in other cities for the Texas-wide exhibition. In Dallas, Southern Methodist University Meadows School Art Division Chair Michael Corris’ Free Museum of Dallas will be an official venue for the Biennial, and the FMOD is seeking interested artists – and non-artists – to submit work for their project.

That’s right – you, non-artist, could have a piece in the 2011 Texas Biennial. Here’s what’s required, and read all the way through for the punch line:  

Each participant may submit one unframed, unmounted, two-dimensional work on paper. You may use any medium. We ask that the maximum size of your artwork does not exceed 22 x 36 inches. The artwork you submit should be related to a passage of your choice selected from one of the following books: Afflicted Powers: Capital and Spectacle in a New Age of War, or Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle.

You can find the full release here.

In related news, the FMOD is having an opening this weekend at a location on Dyer St. featuring the work of artist Justin Shull. I’ll let the release, which you can find here, do the talking:

Come for good company, fake surprises, live beats mixed by DJ War Horse and to meet the Porta Hedge, Terrestrial Shrub Rover, Monster Log, Fresh Glade, and many other friendly objects.