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Open to all U.S. resident artists at least 18 years of age. Exception:
Artists currently represented by Contemporary Artists’ Services. Eligible
entries include oil paintings, mixed media, works on paper, photography,
sculpture, installation art and performance.
Juried by: Sylvia White
Sylvia White is founder and director of Contemporary Services. She has been
advising artists on matters related to career development since 1979. This year
she will be embarking on a new adventure and opening a new commercial gallery
space, bringing museum quality art to Ventura, California's New Art City. A
Robert Rauschenberg exhibition will inaugurate the official gallery space in
September 2008.
Prizes:
One solo exhibition and one group exhibition.
Event Schedule:
May 15th Entries Deadline
May 30th Notifications sent out
Application Process:
To apply you need to provide the following:
- A CD with 5-15 images (300 DPI, and no larger than 1600 x1600), 35 mm slides, or 8” x10” color computer printouts. No PowerPoint or similar presentations.
- Slides must be mounted, in a top loading plastic slide sheet (please label the slide sheet with your name), and must be labeled with the artist’s name, title, medium, dimensions and “TOP” for orientation of the image.
- Digital Images should be submitted in JPEG format, submitted on a CD which can be read by a PC and a MAC. JPEG dimensions should not exceed 1600 pixels in any dimension and should have a maximum file size of 5 MB. Please label CD with your name and label each JPEG image as follows: Lastname_Firstname_title.jpg
- A list of submitted materials
- Slide/Image Identification sheet. Include: Title, Medium, Dimensions, Price (even if NFS) for each image submitted
- Completed Application (download)
- Entry Fee $40 (US Dollars only)
- Artists Statement (optional)
- Current resume or biography documenting previous exhibitions, education, reviews
- Stamped, self addressed envelope, if you want your work returned. Please
note, if you do not include a SASE your materials will not be
returned.
Please make sure your name appears on every individual sheet
submitted.
Download Application and submit with required materials to:
Sylvia White Gallery
1783 Main Street
Ventura, CA 93001
phone: 310.452.4000
Acceptance:
Accepted work may be refused if it does not conform to the image entry, at
the Juror’s discretion. No substitutions of accepted works will be allowed. All
accepted work must remain in the gallery for the duration of the exhibit. An
opening reception can be arranged by the artist(s), if desired.
Artists will be responsible for delivery and return shipping of all their
artwork. Sylvia White Gallery will assist in providing e-mailing lists and press
contacts.
Sales:
Unless otherwise specified, accepted works will be considered for sale at
the price indicated and 30% of the selling price will be retained by The Sylvia
White Gallery. A purchaser may not remove work until the end of the
exhibition.
Insurance:
Great care will be taken with all work, but artists are responsible for
insuring their own pieces if they wish. The Sylvia White Gallery will not be
responsible for any loss or damage to work while on the premises or in transit
to or from the gallery.
Delivery & Return:
All work must be suitably framed, wired and ready for hanging, or
installation. Graphics, prints, watercolors and pastels must be framed under
Plexiglas or glass.
Shipped work must be packaged in a reusable container. A prepaid waybill
for its return must be enclosed. Please make shiping arrangements through the
U.S. Postal Service, DHL, Fedex, or UPS. COD returns are not acceptable. The
gallery accepts no responsibility for work not retrieved on the pick-up date and
will charge the artist $5.00 a day thereafter for storage. After 30 days the
gallery may dispose of the work.
