CHEAP DELICACY?
I consistently receive requests for calls with no entry fee, and I do post No Entry Fee Calls as regularly as I can; however, sometimes you get the opportunity for which you pay. You may love ice cream from McDonalds (I love the caramel sundae), but don’t expect an exotic delicacy for $1.
This printmaking call from the Leicester Print Workshop called smallprint: big impresion is a great example of an international call, art publication, a selling exhibition, and a traveling exhibition opportunity all in one Call for Entries.
Here’s the Call:
Leicester Print Workshop announces a call for artists for smallprint: big impression; a touring exhibition of contemporary prints that measure no more than 100 sq cm (approx. 15.5 sq. in.).
All selected work will be featured in a full colour catalogue and will tour the UK continuously in a selling exhibition throughout 2011 and will also be available for purchase online.
JURY: Selected by an independent panel of experts:
Anne Desmet, Printmaker and Editor of Printmaking Today
Craig Ashley, Producer of Visual Arts at the mac
Irena Czapska, Printmaker and Manager at Spike Print Studio
PRIZES: Four prize winners will be chosen during the selection process and winners will be informed prior to the exhibition going on tour.
GUIDELINES: All entries must be original, signed by the artist and created during 2010.
Four additional prints from each selected edition must be provided to allow for replacement after sales; therefore, they will not accept monoprints or monotypes. If they believe an entry is a reproduction of a pre-existing piece artwork– it will not be selected.
MEDIA: Artists working in any printmaking technique.
COMMISSION: Artists are advised that 50% commission will be taken from all sales; please set the selling price with this in mind.
DEADLINE: November 1, 2010
ENTRY FEE: Non refundable entry fee for up to a maximum of three pieces per artist:
£18 (UK Printmakers) – approx. $28.61 US
£ 15 (LPW members) – approx. $23.85 US
£ 25 (Printmakers based overseas) – approx. $39.74 US
Included in the entry fee is the cost of returning unselected work and unsold work once the tour is over, hence the increased fee for overseas submissions.
The entry fee can be paid online at www.leicesterprintworkshop.com/smallprint or with a cheque made payable to Leicester Print Workshop.
SHIPPING: Post all entries to Leicester Print Workshop, 50 St Stephens Road, Leicester, LE2 1GG to arrive by the deadline date. Please ensure all submissions are packed, lying flat, in a sturdy reinforced envelope.
On the reverse of each image, please write clearly in pencil, the name of the artist and the title of the piece. Ensure all images are accompanied by the smallprint:big impression application form and payment or proof of payment, if paying over the internet.
All entries must be supplied unframed and without a mount. Please do not send any additional information.
Find the full call at www.leicesterprintworkshop.com/smallprint
For more information email info@leicesterprintworkshop.com
or telephone (+44) 116 255 3634