Call for Work: Deadline 27 January 2015

FROM LIGHT TO DARK

A JURIED EXHIBIT

ABOUT THE EXHIBIT

"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.

ELIGIBILITY

Open 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.

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.

DEADLINE TO ENTER

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

SPECIFICATIONS & SIZE LIMITS

Limit 3 (three) original artworks. Work must be completed between 2013 and 2015-no works from before 2013, please. Size limits: Final installation size not to exceed 6' (72") wide or 7' (84") high. 3-d works that are extremely fragile, very small, unstable or do not sit flat on a pedestal are discouraged. 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 displays work min. 2 feet off of floor. NO works that are nailed, pinned, tacked, taped, velcroed, painted on, adhered, or affixed directly to/on Gallery walls. 2-d works must be framed or pre-approved presentation. Works on canvas: gallery-wrap ok. No loose plexi that is clipped or nailed to wall. Video or works that require electricity: artist must provide all equipment necessary to present artwork. Works not previously exhibited in any exhibit at Art Saint Louis. Works not exhibited in any juried exhibit in St. Louis region during 6 months prior to exhibit dates.

OUR JURORS

Katherine Nelson, nationally exhibited artist & educator and David R. Hanlon, artist, author and Professor, St. Louis Community College Meramec.

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.

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.

QUESTIONS?

If you are having difficulty with the www.CallforEntry.org link to our exhibit, you can also access the link through our website here. Robin Hirsch-Steinhoff, Artistic Director, Art Saint Louis, robin@artstlouis.org.