Call for entries for the Santa Barbara Printmakers at JCC

CALL FOR ENTRIES

SANTA BARBARA PRINTMAKERS 2016 JURIED SPRING EXHIBITION

at the

Santa Barbara Jewish Community Center

524 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

THEME: Wellspring

Definition:

1. the source of a spring or stream; fountainhead

2. a source or supply of anything, especially when considered inexhaustible

SCHEDULE  

Exhibition Dates: April 7 - June 22, 2016

Register and pay entry fee at CaFÉ (https://www.callforentry.org)

Deadline:  March13, 2016 at 10:59 pm.

● March 17           Notification of invited artists

● April 6      Delivery of invited artwork between 10 am and 12 noon

                    Note: No storage or shipping is available.

● April 7      Opening reception and awards from 5 to 8 pm

● June 22    Last day of exhibition

● June 23    Pickup artwork from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm

JUROR: Dan Welden

PRIZES: Ten Awards of Excellence - $100 each

GUIDELINES AND FEES

ELIGIBILITY: Open to artists who can hand deliver prints on April 6 (10 am-12 pm only) and pick up them up on June 23 (11:30 am-1:30 pm only).

Note: Nude studies and violent images are not appropriate for this venue.

ENTRY FEE: $28 for up to three entries. Register and pay entry fee on line at CaFÉ (https://www.callforentry.org). Only credit cards are accepted.

MEDIUM: All types of original, hand-pulled prints, including but not limited to: silkscreen, linocut, woodcut, lithograph, etching, collagraph, monotype, monoprint, photo polymer etching, and these techniques combined with photochemical or digital printing, chine collé (not collage), transfer images and hand coloring with translucent media.

PRESENTATION REQUIREMENTS: All artwork must be framed and wired for hanging. The frame must be sturdy and in good condition. Glass must be clean and mats must be white or off-white, without colored liners, with a minimum of 2” around the image (unless the artwork is floated).  Frames should not overwhelm the artwork.  Mats may not cover the plate mark (lithographs excepted). Images printed to the edges of the paper must be floated.

Please observe these guidelines. All accepted work is reviewed when delivered. The final arbiter of presentation requirements is the Santa Barbara Printmakers Organizing Committee.

DELIVERY OF ARTWORK: Artwork must be hand delivered to the Jewish Community Center, 524 Chapala Street between 10 am and 12 pm, April 6, 2016.

SALES: Sales are handled by the Jewish Community Center, which takes 25% commission.

QUESTIONS?  Contact Sara Woodburn at 805-563-9668 or Santa Barbara Printmakers at mail@sbprintmakers.com.