Calls For Artists

Call for NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION: FIBER PLUS

Blue Door Galllery is hosting a National Juried Exhibition next year entitled FIBER PLUS: 21st-Century fiber and textile works with incorporated mixed media. This will be a companion exhibition to NEW YORK FIBER in the 21st CENTURY, curated by Sandra Sider, for the Lehman College Art Galleries.

Cash and Exhibition Prizes!

JUROR: ARLÉ SKLAR WEINSTEIN, Noted Fiber-Photomontage Artist and Director of Blue Door Gallery
(See recent TV interview with GG Kopilak at PCTV76.org)

Fiber Plus: RULES AND REQUIREMENTS
(You may download a PDF copy of the Rules and Requirements by clicking here: FiberPlus - If you experience any difficulties with your downloading or printing the document please email us and we will be happy to send the documents to you as attachments. Yes, please send me the application forms for FIBER PLUS!

MATERIALS
The work may be constructed with any fiber or textile, taking 2 or 3-dimensional form. Mixed media must be an integral component of the final work.

AUTHORSHIP
All work must be the result of independent effort. Work cannot be created for or the product of an instructional setting in which another artist or teacher has provided guidance and/or suggestions. The work must be an original design, not a copy or a variation on the original design of another artist working in any medium.

ENTRY FEE
A non-refundable entry fee of $35.00 (thirty five US dollars) must accompany the entry submission. Checks should be made payable to Blue Door Gallery This fee entitles entrants to submit up to three (3) works.

ENTRY IMAGES
Entries will be accepted in digital format only. Image quality is extremely important in determining acceptance into a juried art exhibition. Poor photography often leads to elimination. While not required, it is highly recommended that artists seek the services of a professional photographer with appropriate experience and equipment. Images should be in focus, properly exposed with full depth of field and full range of contrast. No part of the work should be hidden by shadow. Backgrounds should be gray, black, white, or earth tones. The work should appear as you would wish it to be reproduced. This is VERY IMPORTANT as entry images will be used as reference to make sure that photographic reproductions are positioned correctly. Images must be of completed work, NOT WORK IN PROGRESS.

Each work entered will require a set of two (2) digital images. One image must show the overall work (incuding the edges). The second image must show a detail area of the work. (Take advantage of the detail image to show the characteristics of your work.)

DIGITAL IMAGE FILE SPECIFICATIONS

File type: JPG. Be sure each file is a .JPG and carries the extension “.JPG”. Minimum acceptable resolution is 300 dpi. Image should be sized no larger than 15 inches, on the longest side. Maximum file size is 5 MB. Larger files are accepted, so entrants are not required to “down-size” their original files. Compression: .JPG high. Color Mode: RGB File naming: Artist’s Last Name_Title of Work_height x width (in inches) for the full mage file. Artist’s Last Name_Title of Work_detail for the detail image file.

Images should be labeled appropriately and copied to the entry CD (please, no DVDs!) Work not formatted properly will be excluded from the competition. CDs should be labeled with the entrant’s name and title(s) of work(s) and delivered in a protective case via post mail with the official, signed and completed entry form and entry fee. CDs of submitted works will become the property of Blue Door Gallery. Confirmation of delivery will be made via email. Send all images on a single CD.

MAIL ENTRY FORM, CD AND ENTRY FEE TO: (mailing address)

Blue Door Gallery
Fiber Plus
5 Hudson Street
Yonkers, N.Y. 10701

ENTRY MATERIALS MUST ARRIVE AT BLUE DOOR GALLERY ON OR BEFORE
DECEMBER 10, 2010.

DIRECT ALL QUESTIONS TO:

Arlé Sklar-Weinstein.
Director, Blue Door Gallery
Email: arlesklar@yahoo.com

CALENDAR

Entries to Blue Door Gallery By December 10, 2010
Juror email Notification By January 28, 2011
Accepted works received March 3-8, 2011
Opening reception / awards March 19, 2011
Exhibition closes at BDG May 21, 2011

SHIPPING ADDRESS
Arlé Sklar-Weinstein
18 Harvard Lane
Hastings on Hudson, NY 10706

SHIPPING
Artist is responsible for all costs relating to shipping and Insurance of work while in transit to and from Shipping address. Work should be shipped in a substantial, reusable container. Please label wrapping materials and container with your name. BDG will not be responsible for damage due to incorrect packing or an insufficient container. All work will be handled with care and returned in the original packing material.

Click onto the followiing link for a PDF of the Entry Form:

FIBER PLUS ENTRY FORM - If you experience any difficulties with your downloading or printing the document please email us and we will be happy to send the documents to you as attachments. Yes, please send me the application forms for FIBER PLUS!

(If, for some reason, you are unable to download the form or print the above instructions, please email us at fiberplus@bluedoorgallery.org and we will be happy to email you the above as attachments.)