OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION:
A LIVE in Gallery Exhibition for two months and a VIRTUAL Exhibition that will be up for one year.
Open to Artists Nationally.
The Award-Winning Art Center in Dover, New Hampshire, announces a Call for Entry to a juried art competition and exhibition featuring Printmaking. An artistic process based on the principle of transferring images from a plate, block or screen onto another surface, most often paper or fabric. Techniques include monoprints, relief (linoleum or woodcut), collagraph, screen printing, intaglio, lithography, serigraphs and more.
* Giclée prints and digital prints are not accepted.
DATES:
Submissions Due – April 19, 2025
Notifications Made – April 22, 2025
Delivery of Work – Shipped or hand delivered no later than May 3, 2025
Opening – May 12, 2025
Closing - June 30, 2025
Reception - June 7, 6pm-9pm
ELIGIBILITY:
Participation is open to all artists 18+
Application Checklist:
1. All practicing printmakers nationwide are invited to submit 1 – 3 original prints (no digital prints).
2. Entries are to be the work of the artist, completed in the past 5 years.
3. Works can be in any printmaking medium (or combination of media).
4. All entrants must submit high quality images of each work entered, submitted electronically with a file labeled last name, first name, name of work. JPEG format at 300 dpi, 2 MB maximum size.
5. All online application materials must be received by April 19, 2025 and announcements will be made on April 22, 2025.
6. The works are required to be delivered, unframed, by May 3, 2025.
7. Works must be in excellent condition on arrival. Artists are required to package work carefully for transport. The Art Center of Dover takes no responsibility for works lost or damaged in transit.
8. Please include return shipping labels.
Please visit https://www.theartcenterdover.com for more information about the facility and exhibition.
Images of the Art Center -https://video214.com/play/qpiI2Y26WoFCiCN3WFpRJg/s/dark
* Artwork must be created within the last 5 years and not shown previously in any other printmaking exhibitions in New Hampshire.
JUROR: Scott Schnepf
Scott lives in South Berwick, Maine. From 1981 to 2015 he was a professor of art at the University of New Hampshire, where he taught all levels of printmaking, drawing, and painting. He served as chairperson of the department for 6 years and in 2008 he was chosen to receive the Lindberg Award for outstanding teaching and scholarship within the College of Liberal Arts. His work has been exhibited throughout the country and is included in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress, the Currier Art Museum, the Portland Art Museum, and numerous corporate, university, and private collections.
ENTRY FEE:
Non-Members: $25 nonrefundable fee per entry entitles the submission of up to three (one image per artwork).
For Art Center Members: No entry fee. Membership must be valid through the end of the exhibition.
Payment via ArtCall
ARTWORK REQUIREMENTS:
Selected artworks should be mailed to the Art Center without any frame but can be matted. The largest dimension must not exceed 40 inches. If possible please sign the print at the bottom with the edition, title, name and date.
SALES:
The gallery will vigorously promote sales of your work during the live exhibition and on line during the virtual exhibition. Should you not wish to continue to offer the work after the live exhibition, we will mark the work unavailable but it will remain on our website for publicity.
For any artwork sales: artist receives 70% of the sale price; The Art Center retains 30%.
AGREEMENT:
The Art Center reserves the right to photograph an accepted work for publication and publicity purposes.
CONTACT:
The Art Center
1 Washington Street, Suite 1177, Dover, NH 03820
603-978-6702
www.theartcenterdover.com
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