SHUCK ONE FOR ME
I would eat out almost every day if I could afford it–not because I don’t like to cook. I would eat out for the accessibility. An entire world of cuisine is out there, and so many opportunities to get it from those who do it best are in the most unlikely of places. The world, after all, is your oyster. I feel the same sense of passion about the accessibility of art. I love to find an unexpected master piece in the most unusual of places. Here’s an opportunity…
Check out this Call for Entries for the 10th Annual National Juried Exhibition from the Rome Art Coterie. The venue? River City Bank. With a reasonable entry fee, prizes that range from $100 to $1000 and a sales commission of only 35%, I say go for it!
CALL for ENTRIES: 10th Annual National Juried Exhibition
ELIGIBILITY: All artists must be 18 years of age or older and reside in the continental United States. Any traditional or non traditional two dimensional or three dimensional medium or style, including but not limited to painting, drawing, fiber art, clay, metal, stone, printmaking, and mixed media may be submitted. Work must be current since 2007 and CANNOT have previously been shown in a Rome Art Coterie juried show. Plexiglas must be used in place of regular glass when shipping artwork normally exhibited under glass. DO NOT USE: Styrofoam peanuts as packing material.
SUBMISSIONS: Up to three pieces of artwork may be submitted for consideration.
All entries must be submitted on CD. Slides are not accepted.
Each CD must provide title of work, artist’s name, medium, and size. Each entry must correspond with entries listed on entry form.
Do not send images depicting “detail” of 2D work. Each three dimensional work may be represented by up to three images.
ENTRY FEE: $30 nonrefundable fee
AWARDS: First Place $1,000, Second Place $300, Third Place $200. Five Honorable Mentions: $100.
Awards will be presented at the opening reception. Images on CD will be used for jurying show acceptance only.
SALES: A 35% commission on all exhibition sales will be deducted if the artwork sells. Any work not priced will be considered Not for Sale.
JUROR: Michael Marling de Cuellar is an Associate Professor of Art at North Georgia College and Sate University. Marling de Cuellar’s works have been exhibited nationally and internationally and are featured in both private and corporate collections here and abroad.
As a curator he developed the Southern Printmaking Biennale which is a survey of contemporary printmaking in America.
DEADLINE: January 31, 2011, Postmark date.