 • LITTLE • An International Juried Exhibition at Richard App Gallery • Cash Prizes for the first 3 places. • Grand Prize - Gallery Award to be announced. • An all media show with an open theme. • All Artwork must be for sale. • Longest dimension of the art must be 15" (38cm) or less. (Including frame) • Entry Fee $30 (Approximately €22) One piece. $5 (Approximately €3.50) for each additional, up to 4 total. • Artwork must be received by: 30 May 2014 • Artwork Drop-off Dates: 30 May - 1 June, Noon - 6pm • Show Opening: 5 June 2014 • Exhibition Dates: 5 June - 28 June 2014 IMPORTANT DATES Entry Deadline: 30 May 2014 Drop off dates: 30 April - 1 June 2014 from Noon - 6pm Opening Reception: 5 June 6 to 9 Exhibition Dates: 5 June - 28 June 2014 SUBJECT MATTER / JUDGING CRITERIA LITTLE is an all media, open themed exhibition. • Originality. • Artwork, the longest dimension including the frame must be 15" (38 cm) or less. • The overall artistic quality of the work, including compositional excellence. MEDIA Original, two and three-dimensional art completed within two years of the entry deadline is eligible. Eligible media includes: oils, watercolors, acrylics, gouache, mixed media, alkyds, collage, pastel, pencil, pen and ink, tempera, scratch board, and original prints (e.g., lithograph, etching, engraving, serigraph), photography, mosaic, sculpture of stone, concrete, cast metals, plaster, found objects, fiber, ceramics, clay, wax, etc.. Ineligible media includes: Reproduction prints, jewelry. Obviously derivative work and work done under the supervision of an instructor is not eligible. Work that has previously been accepted into an ArtisTTable exhibition is also not eligible. If there are any further questions about eligible media, please email info@artisttableonline.com and we will happily let you know. GUIDELINES Artists 18 or older are invited to submit up to 4 pieces per entry created within two years of the entry deadline. All artwork must be for sale. ENTRY FEES You may submit one piece of art for $30 (approximately €22), additional pieces for $5 (Approximately €3.50) to the LITTLE exhibition. We use PayPal for processing subscription payments. PayPal processes millions of secure financial transactions every day. Our use of PayPal means that we do not receive any credit card information from you. You do not need to open your own PayPal account. You can use the service just for this subscription transaction. If you have any questions about the fees, please email: info@artisttableonline.com (Note - Entry fees are not refundable under any circumstances.) SUBMISSION GUIDELINES • Entries should be shipped to Richard App Gallery, 910 Cherry Street SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49506 USA by 30 May 2014, or dropped off at the Gallery between 30 May and June 1 from Noon to 6pm. • The longest dimension of the artwork including frame must be 15" (38 cm) or less. • Artwork must be ready to hang. • Artwork must be for sale. • Artwork must be labeled on the back or bottom, for 3D art with Artist's name, title medium and price. SUBMISSION CHECKLIST _ Write a brief artist statement about the submission. 300 words or less. _ Fill out the LITTLE entry form. (Link at bottom of this prospectus.) _ Submit non-refundable payment via Pay-pal through the link provided upon completing the Entry Form. _ Ship or drop-off artwork by the deadline. JURORS Richard App and ArtisTTable staff. SALES All sales will be handled by the Richard App Gallery of Grand Rapids. There will be a 40% commission taken by the gallery. The artists will be notified of sales, and will receive payment for any sales via PayPal within 30 days of the closing of the show. RIGHTS & REPRODUCTION ArtisTTable reserve the right to reproduce all accepted entries, regardless of copyright, for the sole purpose of publicizing the exhibition, use in press releases, slide shows, presentations, articles and on the ArtisTTable website. Artist credit will always accompany the artwork. The Artist Table will not participate in the sale or exchange of any of the images or reproductions of the artwork submitted to its competitions and exhibitions. The Artist shall retain all copyrights of any images submitted to and ArtisTTable competition. Submission of a work shall constitute an agreement to comply with all the conditions set forth in this Call for Entries. EXHIBITION INFORMATION Accepted artwork will be displayed in the Richard App Gallery from 5 June - 28 June 2014. After the closing the exhibition unsold art will be returned to the artists if return shipping fees where included, unless other arrangements have been made. The exhibition will be publicized to many online social media outlets and blogs. Traditional publications such as newspapers and magazines will be sent press releases detailing the exhibition, and include the names of the winners and the juror's statement. PRIZES The ArtisTTable community and competition/exhibitions are completely self financed by the artist developers. The amount of the total purse for the winners of these competitions are cash prizes based on how many entries are submitted, to never be less than $100 total. This show will include a Grand Prize which to be presented by the Richard App the night of the opening. Other ArtisTTable prizes will include free entry into ArtisTTable Online Exhibitions, and a Local Figurative Prize of free entry to the ArtisTTable's first 24-hour Figure Drawing Marathon that will be held 13-14 June 2014 in Grand Rapids. ARTWORK PICK-UP or RETURN SHIPPING Any unsold art work can be picked up at the gallery on June 28th or 29th or will be returned in the original packaging at the artist's expense. Following the closing of the show the ArtisTTable will contact you with and email to notify you of the amount of the shipping plus a $5 administration fee. Upon your acceptance, you will receive a PayPal invoice for that amount. Once that invoice is paid your artwork will be shipped. |