Juried
exhibit opportunity
for StL regional artists
Entry
deadline in two weeks: February 1, 2019
Art Saint Louis presents "Outliers,"
an all media juried visual art exhibition that will feature artworks that
depict, address, celebrate or are otherwise influenced by that which lies
outside of the norm. As contrast is of paramount importance in the world of
visual art, so in nature, in society, in all the trappings of human culture, we
are allured, disturbed, puzzled, challenged or inspired by that which stands in
relief to the status quo. We invite all explorations & interpretations of
this theme and encourage all media, styles and techniques. Open to artists 21+
in the St. Louis, MO region, including a 200-mile radius of StL.
EXHIBITION SPACE & DATES
Art Saint Louis Gallery in downtown St. Louis, MO. Exhibition
dates: April 13-May 30, 2019. Free reception on Saturday, April 20, 2019, 5-7
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 (April 13, 2019) in
order to submit work & participate, if selected for exhibition.
- *Only artists 21+
from the St. Louis region may enter exhibit--if you live further than 200
miles, we truly appreciate your interest, but you aren't eligible.
ENTRY DEADLINE
The deadline to submit works for this exhibit is February 1,
2019 (11:59 p.m. MST).
OUR JURORS
We are honored to have the opportunity to work with St. Louis
regional artists Khara Koffel and Brett Williams as Jurors for
this exhibit. Khara Koffel is Professor of Art, Art Program Director, and
Gallery Director, MacMurray College, Jacksonville, IL (since 2004). Brett Williams, adjunct Professor of Art,
St. Louis Community College Forest Park.
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 2020"
ten-artist curated exhibit presented at Art Saint Louis, June 13-July 16, 2020.
Exhibit Juror/curator is Amy MacLennan,
artist, Associate Professor, Department of Art, McKendree University
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 online or by check (see below).
WHAT IS A JURIED
EXHIBIT?
- A juried exhibition is a
competitive exhibit process. The artworks that you submit will be in
competition against all of the other artworks submitted for consideration
for this exhibit. Some artworks will be selected for the final show, while
others will not be selected. The exhibition Jurors make all final
decisions as to which artworks are selected for the exhibit. If you do not
wish to enter into a competition, then please do not submit your artworks
for this juried exhibition.
- At no point during the jurying
process are our Jurors shown any artist-entrants names. This process is
called a Blind Jury and your works are most fairly considered by the
Jurors. The Jurors are shown a digital image presentation of only the
artwork, the artwork title, year, media, dimensions--NO names of artists
are shown and in fact, most Jurors do not see/know the name of the
selected artists until the exhibition actually goes up on Gallery walls,
months after jurying has taken place.
- Artwork availability: Please do
not double-book your artwork, do not commit it for other conflicting
exhibits or sell it without possibility of exhibition availability if you
plan on entering your work into our show. Only submit artworks for jurying
that are available for exhibition.
- Please do not enter work for
jurying if you are not able to follow through with the rules of entry/art
& exhibit guidelines.
SPECIFICATIONS-ALL ARTWORKS
- Limit THREE (3) original
artworks in all media, styles, and techniques that respond to the theme of
the exhibit, "Outliers."
Theme described at top of this call for entry.
- Artwork must be completed between
2016-2019. Works from
before 2016 not considered.
- 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 wall-hung works
not to exceed 30 lbs.
- 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. Artist must provide MP3 or MP4 file on
thumbdrive.
3-D WORK/SCULPTURE
- ALL rules/specifications as listed
above pertaining to 2-D work also apply to 3-D work.
- 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.
- Gallery owns a limited number of
standard sized pedestals & will provide for display of 3-d work. If
your 3-d artwork is odd-sized, excessively heavy, or requires a very
specific sized pedestal, 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.
- Do not submit any 3-d artwork that
will not fully sit flat/level on pedestal or other display surface.
- NO ceiling
installed work, this includes installation works.
- NO artworks that
sit directly on Gallery floor.
JURYING & IMAGE
REQUIREMENTS
- Judging is done by
JPEGs online only
at https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=5928.
- LIMIT: 3 artworks.
- The image limit reads 6, and this
allows for either one detail or one alternate view per artwork. Do not
exceed 3 artworks total or you will be disqualified.
- 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 count
as 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 & HELP
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
- If you are accepted for this
exhibit and sell your accepted artwork prior to the show, we recommend
that you please sell the artwork with the condition that it will be
available for this exhibit. If that condition isn't possible, please do
not enter that artwork to our exhibit. Remember that our entry fee is
non-refundable and artworks may not be substituted.
- All works submitted for this
exhibit must be available for the show dates. We will not exhibit
substitutes.
- 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 above are also applicable 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. rtist must provide MP3 or MP4 file on
thumbdrive.
- 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 or PayPal 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 ("Outliers"),
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; OR 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.
- Volunteering, donating goods or
buying out volunteer time IS required, this is not optional.
- 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. Artist
is responsible for record-keeping of donated items.
COMMUNICATIONS RE:
EXHIBIT
All communications to artists in regards to this exhibition are
made by email. Please be sure that you have a working email address. Save robin@artstlouis.org
and info@artstlouis.org
as safe senders. If you use gmail, please be sure to check your Promotions
folder for any emails from Art Saint Louis, as our mail may up there.
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.
- NEW: In addition to sharing your
featured artwork from our exhibit on our website, press releases, and
social media (including but not limited to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter,
LinkedIn, and more), in this new year, Art Saint Louis is furthering our
promotional efforts on behalf of all artists featured in the ASL gallery.
As of January 2019, all artworks showcased in the ASL gallery will be
given additional exposure through listing on our ArtLoupe mobile
app for visual art, a national publishing, discovery and sales platform
for visual art that is created, owned and operated by Art Saint Louis. Art
Saint Louis will publish your accepted artwork on our ArtLoupe mobile app
and will continue to promote the artworks during and continuing after the
run of the exhibition. This will provide not only additional exposure for
your artwork but further sales opportunities as well, allowing ArtLoupe
users across the US to discover and purchase your work. Artworks listed
Not for Sale in the Art Saint Louis gallery will be marked Not for Sale on
ArtLoupe as well. If you wish to opt out of having your work listed on
ArtLoupe, or for any reason wish to have the listing removed at any point,
please feel free to email us at info@artstlouis.org and let us
know, and we'll remove the listing accordingly. We look forward to
spotlighting your work in this new way.
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 the
following dates: Friday, March 29, 2019, 8 a.m.-3:45 p.m. or Saturday,
March 30, 9 a.m.-2:45 p.m.
- Works accepted
for exhibit but not delivered by 3 p.m. March 30 will not be exhibited.
- Exhibited
artworks are to be picked-up at the end of the show on Friday, May 31,
2019, 8 a.m.-3:45 p.m., or Saturday, June 1, 9 a.m.-2:45 p.m.
- Exhibited works
may not be removed from ASL prior to 8 a.m. Friday, May 31. 2019.
- ALL exhibited
works must be removed from Gallery by 3 p.m. Saturday, June 1, 2019.
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?
or 314/241-4810 (2#), Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 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
E X H I
B I T C A L E N D A R
Jurying
Notifications: Jury results will be emailed to ALL artist-entrants by
Friday, February 24.
Accepted works
delivered to Art Saint Louis:
Friday, March 29, 2019, 8 a.m.-3:45 p.m.
OR
Saturday, March 30, 9 a.m.-2:45 p.m.
Install exhibit:
Tuesday, April 3, 2019, 4-6 p.m.
Exhibition
Dates: April 13-May 30, 2019
FREE Opening Reception:
Saturday, April 20, 5-7 p.m.
Pick-up
exhibited works:
Friday, May 31, 2019, 8 a.m.-3:45 p.m., or Saturday, June 1, 9 a.m.-2:45 p.m.
No artworks may be removed
from the Gallery prior to 8 a.m., May 31.
Questions? Robin
Hirsch-Steinhoff, Artistic Director, Art Saint Louis,
Weekdays: 8
a.m.-4 p.m. 314/241-4810, 2# or robin@artstlouis.org
