SYMBOLIC
"Symbolic"
is a juried visual art exhibition that will feature artworks depicting,
incorporating or otherwise inspired by symbols; where symbolism itself is the
subject matter and/or an expressive means to address other subjects. All
interpretations of this theme are welcome. Artworks in all media, techniques
and styles are encouraged. Open to artists 21+ in the St. Louis, MO region.
EXHIBITION SPACE & DATES
Art Saint Louis Gallery in downtown St. Louis, MO. Exhibition
dates: January 13-February 14, 2018. Free reception on Saturday, January 13,
2018, 6-8 p.m.
ELIGIBILITY
- Open to artists
21 years of age and older living in the St. Louis, Missouri region and
surrounding 200-mile radius*.
- Artist also
must be resident of the St. Louis region/200-mile radius when show
begins (January 13) in order to submit work & participate, if
selected for exhibition.
- *ONLY artists
from the St. Louis region may enter exhibit--if you live further than
200 miles, we appreciate your interest, but you are not eligible.
ENTRY DEADLINE
The deadline to submit works for this exhibit is Monday, October
23, 2017 (11:59 p.m. MST).
OUR JURORS
Artist Cheri Hoffman lives & works in St.
Louis. Her mixed media
artworks have been exhibited and collected regionally & nationally. Terrence
Dempsey, S.J. is the Founding Director of the Museum of Contemporary
Religious Art (MOCRA) and is the May O'Rourke Jay Endowed Chair in
Art History, Saint Louis University.
AWARDS
Awards of Excellence will be selected by the Jurors for this
exhibit and include (1) $250 Best of Show Award of Excellence and (4)
non-cash Awards of Excellence. All five Award recipients will then be
eligible for our "Honor
Awards 2019" ten-artist curated exhibit presented at Art
Saint Louis, June 15-July 18, 2019. "Honor
Awards 2019" Curator: Jessica Mannisi, independent curator,
St. Louis, MO. Jessica previously served as Assistant Curator, Schmidt Art
Center, Belleville, IL from 2008-2017.
ENTRY FORM/APPLICATION
ABOUT THE ONLINE ENTRY PROCESS
The online entry & image
upload process does require time, depending on your advance preparedness and
image sizes, so please allow yourself adequate time when applying for & submitting your work to this exhibit. Advance registration prior to entry
deadline date and image uploads to a Portfolio are highly recommended. There
is no fee to register to use the CallforEntry process, but there is an entry
fee to register for our exhibit (payable at the end of the whole process for
our particular entry).
ABOUT ART SAINT LOUIS
Located on the ground floor of
the 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.
SPECIFICATIONS
- Limit THREE (3)
original artworks in all media, styles, themes, and
techniques.
- Artwork must be
completed between 2014-2017.
- Works not
exhibited in any juried exhibit in St. Louis region during 6 months
prior to exhibit dates.
- Works not
previously exhibited in any exhibit in Art Saint Louis Gallery.
- NO ceiling
installed work, this includes installation works.
- NO artworks
that sit directly on Gallery floor.
- 2-d works must be
framed or, if not framed, pre-approved presentation.
- Works on canvas
may be gallery-wrapped, strip-framed or framed.
- Size limits:
Final installation size on all 2-d and/or wall-displayed/hung work
not to exceed 6' (72") WIDE or 7' (84") HIGH/TALL, this
includes frame.
- Weight limit:
2-d works not to exceed 40 lbs.
- Larger
sculptures, oversized 2-d work or installation works must be installed
by artist under direction of Art Saint Louis Artistic Director.
- We are only
able to exhibit pedestal-displayed or wall-hung sculpture--no ceiling
installed work and no artworks that sit directly on the Gallery floor.
We have a limited number of standard sized pedestals (painted white)
& will gladly provide those for display of 3-d work. However, if
your 3-d artwork is odd-sized, excessively heavy, or requires a very
specific sized pedestal or platform, plan on providing that pedestal or
platform yourself, please.
- 3-d works that
are extremely fragile, very small, that have a very small bottom/base,
are unstable, or do not sit flat on a pedestal are NOT considered.
- NO works that
are nailed, pinned, tacked, taped, velcroed, painted on, glued, adhered,
or affixed directly to/on Gallery walls. Art Saint Louis uses traditional
hanging hardware (hooks/nails) to hang artworks from their wires on the
back of the pieces- however, we will not nail or tack an artwork
directly to a wall, nor will we velcro, glue or use any other substance
to directly apply an artwork to the wall. ALL works must hang by/from
standard picture hanging hardware.
- 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, adapters, DVD player, monitor, etc.; OR Art
Saint Louis has one 20" monitor permanently mounted on gallery wall
on which selected video artworks can be presented during exhibition.
Headphones are provided if audio is a integral to artwork.
JURYING & IMAGE REQUIREMENTS
- Judging is done
by JPEGs online only at CallForEntry.org.
- LIMIT: 5
artworks.
- The image limit
reads 10, and this allows for either one detail or one alternate view per
artwork. Please do not exceed 5 artworks total or you will be
disqualified.
- To repeat: limit 2 JPEGs
per artwork: 1 full view is required and you may also submit (not
required) either 1 detail OR 1 alternate view. IMPORTANT: IF you submit more
than 2 images per artwork, the Jurors will NOT be shown your additional
images. Any more than 2 images per artwork is not permitted and all
additional images will be moved to the "withdrawn" category.
- NOTE:
Multi-paneled artworks equal one artwork, as long as they are presented
as one artwork and the total size of the artwork does not exceed our
size limit rules. An artwork that is a diptych (2 panels) = one artwork;
a triptych (3 panels) = one artwork, and so on. Please photograph the
overall artwork and only be sure to include one detail/close-up view. if
you submit images of all 3 panels and a full view of your triptych, you
have exceeded your image limit.
Please make sure that the digital images of your artworks are:
- In focus.
- Cropped to
feature only your artwork.
- Free of any
watermarks or name imprint.
- Free of a
time-date stamp.
- Please
photograph your 2-d work before you have it professionally framed. If the only image you have of
your artwork is of the work framed, please use image editing software to
crop the frame out of the image. Your artwork is what will be judged,
not the frame.
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.
IMPORTANT:
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.
HOW TO APPLY
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. Exhibit 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). To repeat: Jurors are never shown the
names of any artists entrants during the jurying process. 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. This is a FAIR jurying
process. Jurors often do not even see names for selected artists until they
arrive to the Gallery to view the final exhibit on the Gallery walls, months
after an exhibit has been juried.
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.
- Artist's sale
prices listed with original entry submitted for jurying may not be
changed after entry deadline.
- 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.
- All rules
listed in "Specifications" category also apply here.
- 2-d work must
be framed & equipped with hanging wire stretched across back of
artwork.
- NO sawtooth
hangers, clip-style frames or keyhole mounts.
- French Cleat
mounts okay.
- Works on canvas
may be gallery-wrapped, strip-framed or framed.
- 2-d works must
be framed or, if not framed, pre-approved presentation.
- 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.
- Oversized,
heavy, or installation work must be installed by artist under direction
of Artistic Director.
- Artist must
provide all equipment necessary to present video or artwork requiring
electricity, incl. cords, adapters, DVD player, monitor, etc.; OR Art
Saint Louis has one 20" monitor permanently mounted on gallery wall
on which selected video artworks can be presented during exhibition.
Headphones are provided if audio is a integral to artwork.
- Artworks
requiring electricity: Artist must provide all cords, adapters, 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.
ENTRY FEE
- Entry
fee is non-refundable.
- Artist
may submit up to 3 artworks for the one fee.
- $35
Non- member entry fee; OR
- $20/Art
Saint Louis member*
entry fee.
- Fee
payable by credit card through https://www.callforentry.org
or by check to Art Saint Louis, 1223 Pine St., St. Louis, MO 63103.
ENTRY FEE SCHOLARSHIP
UNDERWRITING
- To provide as
much opportunity as possible for artists at work in our region, Art
Saint Louis is pleased to offer scholarship underwriting of entry fees
for individuals for whom such entry fees might otherwise be a financial
barrier to participation.
- To be
considered for scholarship underwriting, please submit a written request
to info@artstlouis.org
relaying your request, including the title of the exhibition/Call for
Entry ("Symbolic"),
and your financial need.
- A limited
number of scholarships are available for each exhibition, and will be
awarded by Art Saint Louis on a case-by-case basis at the sole
discretion of Art Saint Louis.
- Requests for
scholarship funds do not guarantee approval or scholarship underwriting.
*MEMBERSHIP IN ART
SAINT LOUIS
Membership in Art Saint Louis is open to all. Membership
is not required to have your work considered for or juried into this
or any ASL exhibit. Membership does have its benefits, including discounts on
entry fees--the reduced Art Saint Louis member entry fee for this show is
$20 and the non-member fee is $35. Benefits of membership
discounts on entry fees to juried exhibits, include a weekly e-newsletter, a
Membership & Resource Directory, access to a Members Only area of our
website, 10% discount on all art purchases from the ASL Gallery, 10%
discounts at our Catalyst Coffee Bar, and more. To download a
Membership brochure and join Art Saint Louis today, visit the Art Saint Louis website
(PayPal accepted). As an Art Saint Louis member, you can take advantage of
the reduced member entry fee for this & every exhibit. Entry fee payment
is a the very end of the entry application process and there are simply two
choices: non-member or member.
DIRECT LINK TO ONLINE
ENTRY
VOLUNTEERING
As 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),
help out in the Gallery, or may buy-out volunteer time at
$5/hour or $20/per artwork. Volunteer sign-up upon delivery of accepted
artworks for exhibit. Cash, contributions of goods, or in-kind 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. Accepted
artists will be required to send high resolution JPEGs of accepted artworks
to Art Saint Louis for exhibition records/paperwork and publicity.
DELIVERY of ACCEPTED WORKS FOR EXHIBIT
and PICK-UP of EXHIBITED WORKS at END OF EXHIBIT
- Artworks juried
into exhibit are to be hand-delivered to Art Saint Louis Gallery on
either Friday, December 22, 9 a.m.-4:45 p.m. or Saturday, December 23,
2017, 9 a.m.-3:45 p.m. or again December 26 through December 29,
Tuesday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4:45 p.m. or Saturday, December 30, 9 a.m.-3:45
p.m.
- Exhibited
artworks are to be picked-up at the end of the show on Thursday,
February 15, 9 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Friday, February 16, 9 a.m.-4:45 p.m., or Saturday,
February 17, 9 a.m.-3:45 p.m.
- Exhibited works
may not be removed from ASL prior to 9 a.m. Thursday, February 14, 2018.
- ALL exhibited
works must be removed from Gallery by 3:45 p.m. Saturday, February 17,
2018.
LEGAL
Having submitted artworks for jurying & having paid the
entry fee, artist (1) accepts all conditions listed in the aforementioned
rules of entry/exhibit prospectus; (2) represents, warrants and covenants
that artist is not infringing on any proprietary right, copyright, patent right
or any other right of any third party, and artist will indemnify Art Saint
Louis and its agents, employees, affiliates, licensors, and business partners
harmless from and against any and all costs, damages, liabilities, and
expenses (including attorneys' fees)incurred in relation to, arising from, or
for the purpose of avoiding, any claim or demand from a third party that the
submission, ownership, display, sale or the presentation of your artworks
violate any applicable law or regulation, or the rights of any third party.
This is legal & binding. Accepted artworks may not be substituted and
prices may not be changed once submitted for jurying.
PRESENTER & SPONSORS
EXHIBIT or ART SAINT LOUIS QUESTIONS?
Robin Hirsch-Steinhoff, Artistic Director, Art Saint Louis, robin@artstlouis.org or
314/241-4810 (2#), Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
NEED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE or
HAVE ONLINE
APPLICATION QUESTIONS?
- If this is your
first time using this online application process,
it's in your best interest to register (free) and upload your images
into an image Portfolio on CallforEntry.org sooner rather than
later, just in case you face any challenges or require assistance. That
way, when you do want to submit your works for our entry, you will be
ready to go and the process will run smoothly--depending on your
computer and internet service.
- IF you require
assistance and are having technical challenges with the online
application process, uploading images or any other issue, there is a HELP page
you can visit for troubleshooting. Or, the good people at CallforEntry.org (also
referred to as CaFÉ) are available Monday through Friday during business
hours only and can be reached by email at cafe@westaf.org or 303/629-1166.
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