Call for Work: Deadline 5-7 December 2014

Focus on the Details is a themed exhibit opportunity for artists in the St. Louis region. Here, Framations is asking artists to focus in on the details of an image, using their interpretation of the theme. This could be an image that overall has a lot of detail or an instance where the artists has zoomed in on a certain area. As long as the work shows a focus on details. The exhibit will be on display December 12, 2014 - January 22, 2015.

This exhibit is open to all mediums, both 2D and 3D within size limitations. Entries completed since January 2014 can be entered, if not exhibited in aprevious juried exhibit at Framations. All submissions are due in person at Framations December 5 and 6 from 10-6 and December 7 from 12-5.  Artists will be notified the following week if their work has been accepted for the exhibit. Full details on entry into this exhibit can be found at www.framations.com.

Between the time that entries are due through the following weekend including the reception, Framations will be hosting their 4th Annual Food Drive to benefit the St. Louis Area Foodbank. Regular entry fees for the exhibit are $8 for each entry. Artists can receive a reduced entry fee of $6 each for each item donated to the food drive. Also, for each item donated, the person will also receive an entry into a drawing for one of several $10 Gift Certificates to Framations. The drawing will take place the evening of December 12. The full length of the food drive will be December 5 - 14. Each week, more than 57,000 people rely on the St. Louis Area Foodbank for food assistance. Framations encourages everyone to support this cause or to find a similar way to give back to the community when and where we can, especially at this time of year. 

Framations Custom Framing and Art Gallery has been a fixture on Main Street in St. Charles for more than 8 years. In that time, Framations has hosted more than 100 exhibits featuring local artists. These include group and juried shows as well as solo exhibits. Framations is located at 218 North Main Street in St. Charles. The full entry details can be found on www.framations.com.  Call (636) 724-8313 with any questions.

Call for Work: Deadline 1 December 2014

PhotoPlace Gallery
Juried Photographic Exhibitions and Publications
Middlebury, Vermont
Submissions close on Monday, December 1, 2014

Portraiture: Expression and GestureJuror:  Karen Haas
Deadline:  Monday, December 1, 2014   
 A flicker of a smile, a twinkle in the eyes, a subtle gesture of the hand, the blur of spontaneous movement - photography is uniquely capable of capturing the briefest slice of a subject's life. Good portraits give us insight into the subject; great portraits can give us insight into what it is to be human.  For "Portraiture: Expression and Gesture", we seek portraits (self- or otherwise) that inform us.

Submission fee: $30 for up to five images, $7 for each additional image.  

About the JurorKaren Haas is Curator of The Lane Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. The unprecedented collection of over 6,000 images includes 2,500 photographs by Edward Weston, the entire photographic estate of Charles Sheeler, and 500 works by Ansel Adams, not to mention works by Diane Arbus, Brancusi, Bravo, Cunningham, Frank, Fuss, Goldin, Kertesz, Lange, Michals, Modotti, Morell, Penn, Steichen, Strand, Sudek, and many more 20th Century masters. We are so pleased Karen Haas has agreed to return to the task of jurying for PhotoPlace Gallery; her keen eye and experience are perfectly suited for the exhibition "Portraiture: Expression and Gesture."
 

Application here.

Coming next:PhotoPlace Gallery 2015 OPEN
Jeff Curto, juror 
Whatever you do best, show us the best of it!
Submission deadline:  January 12, 2015
   
DETAILS ON SUBMITTING YOUR WORK:
 The submission fee is $30 for five photos, $7 each additional photo. To help artists defray costs and to encourage submissions from distant photographers, PhotoPlace Gallery offers to mat and frame work selected for exhibition free of charge, providing artists print their images to our pre-cut mat and frame sizes. or request a custom mat size. We can also print your image at moderate additional cost. 
All selected work will be included in an exhibition catalog, available for purchase.

 Further details about submissions here.

Contact Us:
phone:  802.388.4500 or email us here.

Call for Work: Deadline 19 December 2014

Call for Entry now available:
"Joy" juried exhibit
Deadline to enter: December 19, 2014    

 JOY
It is widely recognized that the arts can have a profound impact on health and healing. Art can infiltrate the challenging hospital environment with offerings of beauty, spirituality, humor and celebration. Art Saint Louis and Barnes-Jewish Hospital seek original works of visual art for two consecutive group exhibitions, beginning with the "Joy," exhibition in January 2015, and continuing with the "Tranquility" exhibition in June 2015.

Artworks submitted for the "Joy" multi-media juried exhibit should embody, illustrate or otherwise express concepts or imagery that evoke joy, happiness, exuberance, and vitality. The purpose of the exhibit is to meet program goals to (1) create an aesthetically rich, uplifting experience for patients, families and staff caregivers, and (2) enliven and elevate the emotional and intellectual atmosphere of the hospital environment.

EXHIBITION SPACE & DATES
This group exhibition will be presented in the hallway adjacent to the south lobby of the main campus of Barnes-Jewish Hospital off of Kingshighway in St. Louis, MO. Exhibition dates: February 11-June 11, 2015. The exhibition will feature approximately 15-16 artworks total.   

ELIGIBILITY
pen to artists 21 years of age and older living in the St. Louis, Missouri region and surrounding 200-mile radius. Chicago, IL and Kansas City, MO are not eligible.

DEADLINE
The deadline to submit works for this exhibit is December 19, 2014. We encourage you to send your entry in before the deadline. No late entries will be accepted.

SPECIFICATIONS
Two-dimensional wall-displayed flat artworks only. All artworks must be framed and displayed behind glass or plexi. No sculpture. Limit 3 (three) original artworks in all styles, techniques & media. Art Saint Louis reserves the right to affix artworks with security hardware if and as deemed necessary to ensure the safety of the artworks. No clip-style frames. No sawtooth hangers. No keyhole style frames. SIZE LIMITS: Final installation size, including frame, not to exceed 48" wide or 36" high/tall. Artworks must be completed between 2011 and 2014. Works created before 2011 will not be considered.

IMAGERY CONTENT/LEGAL
This program is designed to serve as broad an audience as possible, in a publicly-accessible space visited by people of all ages, races and social and religious backgrounds. Artworks containing or depicting nudity, violence, extreme language, sexual or political themes are not eligible.

OUR JURORS
Sarah Colby, artist and Arts + Healthcare Program Coordinator, The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO; and Jennifer Arvin, Director of Communications & Marketing, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO.

JURYING, JPEGS, ENTRY FORM
Judging is done by JPEGs sent by email only to info@artstlouis.org. Limit 2 JPEGs per artwork: 1 full view is required. If artist wishes, 1 close-up/detail view is also permitted. Only JPEG format image files will be considered. JPEGs must be RGB Color (NO grayscale), 300 dpi preferred, minimum 800 pixels. Do not submit small or low resolution images. Title each JPEG file with your last name and either name it image 1 or image 2. Example: smith.image1. Artworks selected for exhibition that are delivered to Art Saint Louis yet are not accurately depicted by JPEGs will not be exhibited.

Entry form is required and must be filled out in full to include all information requested. Email form portion only with JPEGs. Entries that do not have accompanying Entry Form will not be accepted and artworks will not be shown to the Jurors. Download the entry form for this exhibit directly from the Art Saint Louis website here.

THE JURYING PROCESS
The method by which ALL exhibitions are juried at Art Saint Louis is always a fair and blind (anonymous) process. What this means is that at no time before or during the jurying process do our Jurors know the names of entering artists. The Jurors are presented all entrants' JPEGs in an anonymous digital image presentation and the only information provided to them pertains to the artwork and includes the following: artwork title, year, media, dimensions, and method of presentation (displayed on the wall, sits on a pedestal). Jurors are never shown the names of any artists. All artworks that you submit for jurying are presented one after the other in the presentation that the jurors view. So, if you are artist #25, your artworks/entries are in the presentation after artist #24 and before artist #26. From the jurying presentation and information provided about the artworks, the jurors make their selections for the final exhibit. Artwork selection decisions are in part based on a set of specific jurying instructions & criteria relating to the theme of the exhibit as well as specific conditions & rules of the Gallery. For non-thematic exhibitions, a well-rounded exhibit is based on the Jurors' aesthetics along with general exhibition criteria established for all exhibits by Art Saint Louis' Artistic Director. This is a blind process and at no time are the Jurors shown entrants' names, and oftentimes they do not even see names for selected artists until they arrive to the Gallery to view the final exhibit on the Gallery walls. Ours is a fair jurying process.  

ENTRY FEE
There is no entry fee to submit works for jurying for this exhibit. Artists still must submit all other materials (entry form, JPEGs) and comply with the rules of entry in order to have work considered for this exhibit.  

FRAMING & PRESENTATION
All work selected for exhibit must be delivered to the Art Saint Louis Gallery ready to install. Artwork must be framed, displayed behind glass or plexi, and  equipped with hanging wire stretched across back of artwork. NO saw tooth hangers or clip-style frames. No loose plexi that is clipped/nailed to wall. No works that are tacked, pinned, taped, velcroed, painted on, or affixed directly to/on Gallery walls. Art Saint Louis reserves the right to install accepted works in a manner deemed necessary for a well-designed exhibition and/or for security purposes, including the use of security brackets or other security-related hardware or fixtures.

SALES & INSURANCE
Artworks are insured at 50% of retail value during exhibit. Artist responsible for work in transit to/from Art Saint Louis. All sales are through Art Saint Louis with 30% donation on work sold to ASL and 70% to artist. Artist responsible for delivery of sold work to buyer at end of exhibit.

ARTIST HONORARIUM 
All artists whose works are selected for this exhibition will receive an honorarium of $100.

PUBLICITY
All artists whose artworks are selected for this exhibition will be invited to participate in mobile technology-enabled promotional campaigns to enhance audience engagement and promote the exhibition and the artists' work in general, via video interviews, QR codes and social media. Art Saint Louis reserves the right to photograph all exhibited works for web use and publicity purposes.

DELIVERY OF ACCEPTED WORKS & PICK-UP OF EXHIBITED WORKS 
Artworks juried into exhibit are to be hand-delivered to Art Saint Louis on February 6, 2015, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. or February 7, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. All exhibited works are to be picked-up by artist from Art Saint Louis at the end of the exhibition on June 12, 2015, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. or June 13, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. ALL works must be picked up by artist from Art Saint Louis by 4 p.m. June 13, 2015. Exhibited works may not be removed from the exhibit by anyone other than Art Saint Louis or Barnes-Jewish Hosptial Staff. NO artworks may be removed from the Hospital while on exhibit under any circumstances. Artworks are delivered to, installed, de-installed and removed from the "Joy" exhibition by Art Saint Louis staff and/or Barnes-Jewish Hospital staff only. 

JOY E X H I B I T   C A L E N D A R

•  DEADLINE for entry: December 19, 2014 All entries by email to: info@artstlouis.org We encourage you to send in your entry before the deadline. Late entries not accepted.
• Jurying Notifications: Jury results will be emailed to ALL entering artists by January 21-22, 2015.
• Accepted works delivered to Art Saint Louis: February 6-7, 2014, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Install exhibit: February 10, 2015
• "Joy" Exhibition at Barnes-Jewish Hospital: February 11-June 11, 2015, Open 24 hours daily
• Deinstall exhibit: June 11, 2015
• Pick-up exhibited works from Art Saint Louis: June 12, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. or June 13, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Questions? robin@artstlouis.org

Call for Work: Deadline 27 January 2015

Now accepting entries online for our next juried exhibit "From Light to Dark"

FROM LIGHT TO DARK"From Light to Dark" is an all media juried exhibition will focus on the monochromatic with artworks in black and white... and the grey between. All interpretations of the theme are encouraged. All styles, techniques & media are welcome. 

EXHIBITION SPACE & DATES
Art Saint Louis Gallery in downtown St. Louis, MO. Exhibition dates: April 18-May 21, 2015. Free opening reception on Saturday, April 18, 2015, 6-8 p.m.

ELIGIBILITYOpen to artists 21 years of age and older living in the St. Louis, Missouri region and surrounding 200-mile radius. Chicago, IL and Kansas City, MO are not eligible.

DEADLINE
The deadline to submit works for this exhibit is January 27, 2015. No late entries.

OUR JURORS
Katherine Nelson, nationally exhibited artist & educator. Katherine earned her B.S. in Art Education from Skidmore College in 1985 and M.A. from SUNY Albany in Drawing in 1990. With her 25-year focus on drawing iconic landscapes in charcoal, she has exhibited in numerous solo, invitational and juried exhibitions in the U.S. and Europe. Her works are collected privately and have been featured in TV commercials, ABC's "Extreme Home Makeover," and a "Hub" short artist feature film; and David R. Hanlon, artist, author and Professor, St. Louis Community College Meramec, where he leads instruction in photography & photographic history. Hanlon has exhibited nationally and internationally for the past 30 years and his works are included in numerous museums & private collections throughout the country. His book, Illuminating Shadows: The Calotype in Nineteenth-Century America, was recently released by Carl Mautz Publishing.

ABOUT ART SAINT LOUIS
Located on the ground floor of the historic and beautifully renovated Park Pacific building at 1223 Pine Street in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, Art Saint Louis is home to one of the most popular and frequently visited exhibition spaces in the St. Louis region. Created in 2013 and built upon the organization's 30-year success in connecting St. Louis regional artists and audiences, our new 2,700 square foot space Gallery boasts a year-round series of professionally juried group exhibitions showcasing the best of the region's contemporary visual art. Highlighting each exhibition, Art Saint Louis opening receptions are a cultural mainstay in downtown St. Louis and are followed throughout the run of each exhibit with extensive viewing hours Monday through Saturday and an average of over 500 visitors per week. Uniquely designed as a gallery/café hybrid, the space is also the one and only café home of St. Louis coffee roaster Mississippi Mud Coffee Roasters, making it a cultural and social destination like no other in the St. Louis region.

SPECIFICATIONS  

• Limit 2 original artworks in all media, styles, techniques.
• Artwork must be completed between 2012-2015.
• NO ceiling installed work.
• NO works that sit directly on floor. Sculpture that otherwise would sit on floor must have platform provided by artist that elevates work min. 24" up off of floor.
• 2-d works must be framed-or, if not framed, pre-approved presentation.
• Gallery-wrapped canvas OK.
• Size limits: Final installation size not to exceed 6' (72") wide or 7' (84") high. 3-d, oversized or installation works must be installed by artist under direction of ASL Artistic Director.
• 3-d works that are extremely fragile, very small, that have a very small base/bottom, are unstable or do not sit flat on a pedestal are discouraged.
• NO works that are nailed, pinned, tacked, taped, velcroed, painted on, glued, adhered, or affixed directly to/on Gallery walls.
• No loose plexi that is clipped or nailed to wall.
• Artist must provide all equipment necessary to present video or artwork requiring electricity, incl. cords, DVD player, monitor, etc.
• Works not previously exhibited in any exhibit in Art Saint Louis Gallery.
• Works not exhibited in any juried exhibit in St. Louis region during 6 months prior to exhibit dates.

DIGITAL IMAGES & FORMATTING for APPLICATION

• Submitting entries for this show is done online through www.CallForEntry.org.
• LIMIT: 2 artworks.
• Limit 2 JPEGs per artwork: 1 full view (required) and either 1 detail OR 1 alternate view.

Upload options for image files:

• File format: JPEG only.
• File dimensions: No smaller than 1920 pixels on the longest size.
• File resolution: 72 ppi/dpi (standard web resolution).
• File size: 5MB maximum.

Upload options for video files:

• File formats: 3GP, WMV, AVI, MOV, ASF, MPG, MP4, M2T, MKV, M2TS.
• Resolution: minimum 620x480; max. 1920x1080.
• Aspect ratio: 4:3 or 16:9.
• Bit rate: recommended above 240 kbps.
• Frame rate: minimum 12 fps, recommended 30 fps. The frame rate of the original video should be maintained without re-sampling. In particular, pulldown and other frame-rate re-sampling techniques are strongly discouraged.
• Codec: h.264, h.263, mpeg-1, mpeg-2, mpeg-4, Windows Media Video, and motion jpeg mpeg-1 muxed, Apple Lossless
• Container: 3gp, asf, avi, mov, mpeg, mpeg-2, mp4, ogg
• Video file size: 100 MB maximum.

Submissions that do not comply with rules of entry will not be presented to the jurors. Artworks selected for exhibition that are not accurately depicted by JPEGs may be removed from exhibit at Artistic Director's discretion.

THE JURYING PROCESS
The method by which ALL exhibitions are juried at Art Saint Louis is always a fair and blind (anonymous) process. What this means is that at no time before or during the jurying process do our Jurors know the names of entering artists. The Jurors are presented all entrants' JPEGs in an anonymous digital image presentation and the only information provided to them pertains to the artwork and includes the following: artwork title, year, media, dimensions, and method of presentation (displayed on the wall, sits on a pedestal). Jurors are never shown the names of any artists. All artworks that you submit for jurying are presented one after the other in the presentation that the jurors view. So, if you are artist #25, your artworks/entries are in the presentation after artist #24 and before artist #26. From the jurying presentation and information provided about the artworks, the jurors make their selections for the final exhibit. Artwork selection decisions are in part based on a set of specific jurying instructions & criteria relating to the theme of the exhibit as well as specific conditions & rules of the Gallery. For non-thematic exhibitions, a well-rounded exhibit is based on the Jurors' aesthetics along with general exhibition criteria established for all exhibits by Art Saint Louis' Artistic Director. This is a blind process and at no time are the Jurors shown entrants' names, and oftentimes they do not even see names for selected artists until they arrive to the Gallery to view the final exhibit on the Gallery walls. Ours is a fair jurying process.  

SALES & INSURANCE
All artworks must either have a sale price or be marked Not for Sale (NFS). No works marked POR (price on request) will be accepted. All sales are through Art Saint Louis with 30% donation/commission on work sold to ASL and 70% to artist. Sale price includes Art Saint Louis' commission. Artist responsible for delivery of sold work to buyer at end of exhibit. Artworks are insured at 50% of retail value during exhibit. Artist responsible for work in transit to/from ASL.

FRAMING & FINAL PRESENTATION

• All work selected for exhibit must be delivered to Gallery ready to install.
• 2-d work must be framed & equipped with hanging wire stretched across back of artwork.
• NO saw tooth hangers,  clip-style frames or keyhole mounts (often found on photos on metal). French Cleat mounts ok (notify in advance of delivery).
• Paintings may be framed, strip-framed or gallery-wrapped canvas also ok.
• NO works that are nailed, pinned, tacked, taped, velcroed, painted on, glued, adhered, or affixed directly to/on Gallery walls.
• 2-d works must be framed-or, if not framed, pre-approved presentation.
• No loose plexi that is clipped or nailed to wall.
• Oversized, heavy, or installation work must be installed by artist under direction of Artistic Director.
• Video must be presented on min. 9" monitor; monitor weight not to exceed 20 lbs.
• Artworks requiring electricity: Artist must provide all cords, cord protectors & equipment required to present work.
• Specific installation requirements must be resolved in advance with directions/devices provided by artist.
• Art Saint Louis reserves the right to install accepted works in a manner deemed necessary for a well-designed exhibition or for security purposes.

AWARDS
Five non-cash Awards of Excellence will be selected by the Jurors for this exhibit. Award recipients will be eligible for our "Honor Awards 2016" exhibit (Summer 2016), Curator: TBA.

ENTRY FEE
Entry fee is non-refundable. Artist may submit up to 2 artworks for the one fee. 

• $30 (non-member) entry fee;
• $20/Art Saint Louis members (ATTENTION MEMBERS: you need to request a COUPON CODE for $10 DISCOUNT before you enter the exhibit. Please contact Art Saint Louis, info@artstlouis.org, for coupon discount BEFORE you enter. Current ASL members only. Discount cannot be applied after entry is completed. So, please get your coupon code before you enter.).

Fee payable by credit card through www.CallforEntry.org or by check to Art Saint Louis, 1223 Pine St., St. Louis, MO 63103. 


DIRECT LINK TO ONLINE ENTRYhttps://www.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=2233&sortby=fair_name&apply=yes  If you are having difficulty with the link, you can also access the link through our website here.


VOLUNTEERINGAs a non-profit artists' organization, Art Saint Louis relies on volunteer support to help present our exhibitions. All exhibiting artists are required to volunteer 4 hours per artwork selected of time to the production of this exhibit; artists may contribute food or goods for the opening reception (value $20/per artwork) or may buy-out volunteer time at $5/hour or $20/per artwork. Volunteer sign-up upon delivery of artworks for exhibit March 27-28. Cash, contributions or in-kind goods or services are tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law.

PUBLICITY
Art Saint Louis reserves the right to photograph all exhibited works for web use and publicity purposes. Art Saint Louis reserves the right to use digital images submitted for jurying for publicity of exhibition including but not limited to email, web use and social media.

DELIVERY FOR EXHIBIT & PICK-UP @ END OF EXHIBIT
Artworks juried into exhibit are to be hand-delivered to Art Saint Louis on March 27-28, 2015, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and picked-up at the end of the show, May 22-23, 2015, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Exhibited works may not be removed from ASL prior to 9 a.m. May 22. ALL works must be removed from Gallery by 4 p.m. May 23. 

PRESENTER
This exhibit is presented by Art Saint Louis and is supported with funding from Missouri Arts Council and Regional Arts Commission.

QUESTIONS?
Robin Hirsch-Steinhoff, Artistic Director, Art Saint Louis, robin@artstlouis.org. 314/241-4810, 2#.

E X H I B I T   C A L E N D A R

 DEADLINE for entry: January 27, 2015

Jurying Notifications: Jury results will be emailed to ALL entering artists by February 20, 2015.

Accepted works delivered to Art Saint Louis: March 27-28, 2015, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Install exhibit: March 31, 2015, 5-8 p.m.

Exhibition Dates: April 18-May 21, 2015

FREE Opening Reception:
Saturday, April 18, 2015, 6-8 p.m.

Pick-up exhibited works: May 22, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. or May 23, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Questions? robin@artstlouis.org
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