Call for Work: Deadline 9 July 2020

Art Saint Louis presents "Creatures II," an all media juried visual art exhibition that will feature artworks about animals, pets, critters, creatures, beasts, insects, and more--real or imagined. This exhibit is our follow-up to our most enjoyable 2016 "Creatures" and 2018 "Menagerie" juried exhibitions.

We invite all explorations & interpretations of this theme and encourage all visual art media, styles and techniques. Open to artists 21+ in the St. Louis, MO region.

EXHIBITION SPACE & DATES

• "Creatures II" is presented at Art Saint Louis, 1223 Pine Street, downtown St. Louis, MO.
• Exhibition dates: September 26-October 22, 2020.
• Free reception on Saturday, September 26, 5-7 p.m. Reception date subject to change depending on social distancing guidelines. 

ELIGIBILITY

• Open to artists 21 years of age and older living in the St. Louis, Missouri region and surrounding 200-mile radius. 
• If you live outside or 200 miles, please do not submit work for our show--entry fee is non-refundable.
• Artist must be resident of the 200-mile radius region radius when show begins (September 26, 2020) in order to submit work & participate, if selected for exhibition.

ENTRY DEADLINE

The deadline to submit works for this exhibit is July 9, 2020, 11:59 p.m. MST. All entries are accepted online here.

OUR JURORS

John Cross is Professor, Lead Art Faculty, and Program Coordinator, Front Range Community College, Longmont, CO.
Lisa Ober, is a full-time studio artist and art educator working in St. Louis. 

AWARDS

Awards of Excellence will be selected by the exhibit Jurors from the installed exhibit on-site and include (1) $250 Best of Show Award of Excellence, (4) non-cash Awards of Excellence, (2) Honorable Mention. All Award of Excellence recipients are eligible for our "Honor Awards 2022" 10-artist curated exhibit presented at Art Saint Louis during Summer 2022.

ENTRY FORM/APPLICATION

Entries for this exhibition are accepted online only here.
  

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).

THE JURYING PROCESS

• The method by which all exhibitions are juried at Art Saint Louis is designed to be as absolutely fair as possible. We strictly maintain a blind/anonymous process, meaning that at NO time before or during the jurying process are Jurors are never shown the names of any entrants. In fact, our jurors often do not see names for selected artists until they arrive at Art Saint Louis to view the final exhibit on Gallery walls, months after the exhibit has been juried. 
• Exhibit Jurors are presented all entrants' artworks in an anonymous digital image presentation and the only information provided to them pertains to the artwork & includes: artwork title, year, media, dimensions, method of display (wall or pedestal), artist's statement (optional).
• 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 specific exhibit as well as established conditions & rules of the ASL Gallery.
• Art Saint Louis does not censor artwork. We respect artistic freedom & freedom of speech. All imagery, themes and concepts are considered. That said, we discourage imagery that includes hate speech, racism, anti-human rights, or anything that attacks or marginalizes any individual or people groups. 
• We take pride in ensuring that all Art Saint Louis exhibits are juried with open eyes & open minds in the most fair and unbiased manner possible.

SPECIFICATIONS-ALL ARTWORKS

• Limit THREE (3) original artworks in all media, styles, techniques, subjects that relate to the exhibition theme of "Creatures II" as described above.
• Artwork must be completed between 2017-2020. Works from before 2017 are 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. Email robin@artstlouis.org with alternate presentation info prior to entering exhibit for approval.
• Works on canvas may be framed, strip-framed or gallery-wrapped. No unstretched canvas.
• Textiles & quilts: artist to provide pre-drilled hanging bars or similar installation apparatus for display/presentation of artwork. NO shower rods or curtain rods accepted for display.
• Size limits: Final installation size on all 2-d and/or wall-displayed/hung work not to exceed 6' (72") WIDE or 6' (72) 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 wall-hung works must be able to hang from standard picture hanging hardware.
• No loose plexi that is clipped or nailed to wall.
• For video presentation and/or artwork requiring electricity, artist must provide all equipment necessary to present work, incl. cords, adapters, DVD player, monitor (min. 9"), etc.
• Art Saint Louis has one 20" monitor permanently mounted on gallery wall on which selected video artworks can be presented during exhibition. If artist selects this presentation method, please understand that multiple artworks may be presented on same shared monitor by other artists if selected for the show. Headphones are provided if audio is integral to artwork. If accepted, artist is to provide MP3 or MP4 file on thumbdrive.
• ALL artworks must fit through our standard-sized front door. There is only 1 entrance to the Gallery and that is through our front door.
• If your artwork utilizes organic matter, before entering our exhibit, please email us & specify the organic materials being used: robin@artstlouis.org 

JURYING & IMAGE REQUIREMENTS

• Judging is done by JPEGs online only at CallForEntry.org.
• LIMIT: 3 artworks.
• Do not exceed 3 artworks total or you risk being disqualified.
• The image limit reads 6 and this allows for ONE full view of your artwork and either ONE/close-up view OR ONE alternate view per artwork. Limit: 2 images per artwork.
• 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. Your extra images will be removed from consideration for jurying.

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 1200 pixels on the longest size. Anything larger than 1200 pixels will be resized by CaFÉ to fit the limitations.
• File resolution: 72 ppi (standard web resolution).
• File size: Under 5 MB.

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.

HOW TO APPLY & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

Click here for a Step-by-Step guide on how to apply to exhibits through CallForEntry.org. You can also watch a short video on How to Apply here and view the handy Help Page here. The administrators at CallforEntry.org are better suited to assist you with technical issues with your online entry. For assistance, please contact cafehelp@westaf.org or 303/629-1166. You can reach CaFÉ's staff (in Denver) during weekday business hours.

SALES & INSURANCE

• If you are accepted for this exhibit and sell your accepted artwork prior to the show, we recommend that you sell the artwork with the condition that it is available for this exhibit. If that condition isn't possible, please do not enter that work to our exhibit. Remember: our entry fee is non-refundable.
• 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.
• Sold artworks are to remain in show for duration of exhibition.
• All sales are through Art Saint Louis with 30% donation/commission on work sold to ASL and 70% payable by Art Saint Louis to artist within 45 days of conclusion of exhibit.
• Artist determines sale price factoring in Art Saint Louis' 30% donation/commission.
• It is artist's responsibility to deliver or ship sold artwork to buyer after the show closes. Art Saint Louis will provide buyer's contact information to Artist. If shipment to buyer is required, those arrangements are to be made by the artist with the buyer. Artist is to handle all shipping responsibilities on sold works with all related shipping costs being the responsibility of/at the expense of buyer. Art Saint Louis does not handle delivery or shipping of artwork.
• 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.
• Pre-drilled French Cleat mounts okay.
• Works on canvas may be gallery-wrapped, strip-framed or framed.
• Textiles must have accompanying pre-drilled bar (no curtain or shower rods).
• 2-d works must be framed. If your work is not framed but is presented in a professional manner, contact us for pre-approval: robin@artstlouis.org.
• 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.
• Artworks requiring electricity: Artist must provide all cords, adapters, cord protectors & equipment required to present work.
• Video must be presented on min. 9" monitor provided by artist; monitor weight not to exceed 20 lbs; OR Art Saint Louis has one 20" monitor permanently mounted on gallery wall on which multiple accepted video artworks by multiple artists can be presented in a loop for exhibition. Headphones provided if audio is integral to artwork.
• 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 and is due upon entry.
• 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 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 exhibit ("Heaven and Earth") 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.

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 Friday, September 11, 2020, 8 a.m.-3:45 p.m., or Saturday, September 12, 9 a.m.-2:45 p.m.  
• CLOSED Sundays & holidays.
• Works accepted for exhibit but not delivered by 3 p.m. September 12 will not be exhibited.
• Exhibited artworks are to be picked-up at the end of the show either on Friday, October  23, 8 a.m.-3:45 p.m., or Saturday, October  24, 9 a.m.-2:45 p.m.  
• Exhibited works may not be removed from ASL prior to 8 a.m. Friday, October 23.
• ALL exhibited works must be removed from Gallery by 3 p.m. Saturday, October 24.

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.