calls to artists
Gallery Exhibitions:
We invite artists to submit their artwork for consideration for future shows. Check back for more shows and opportunities in 2024. Emailed submissions should be sent to: submissions.studioplacearts@gmail.com We are currently accepting submissions for the following SPA exhibits and opportunities: Shows & Opportunities: Up and Down, In and Out: Embroidery and its Kin Embroidery is an ancient practice, embellishing fabric for ritual and communal purposes. Although for much of the 20th century it was thought of as a pastime for ladies making tea towels or fancy aprons, recently it has appeared frequently in contemporary art. We are seeking outstanding needle-based, original work, hand and/or machine stitched, on familiar surfaces like linen, canvas and other fabrics and perhaps maverick approaches that might include paper, plastic, and wire screen. Additionally, show us exceptional examples of embroidered crazy or Trapunto quilted works, and hand-embroidered apparel and samplers. We are inviting proposals for 2-D and 3-D works and installations. Power up your hoops! Exhibit Dates: March 13 – April 20, 2024 Deadline for Entries: January 27, 2024 ---- Violaceous While the color purple is relatively rare in the natural world, the SPA gallery will overflow with various shades, from bold magenta and periwinkle to earthy plums, wines and pomegranates. During the season when farm lilacs are budding and bursting into bloom, this symbolic color formerly reserved for royalty will have its day at SPA. We are attaching 2 fascinating essays, one by Hannah Foskett and another by Dian Parker for your inspiration. The show will include a variety of media, both traditional and non-traditional and SPA will consider proposals for installations. To view the essays, click HERE. Show Dates: May 1 – June 15, 2024 Deadline for Entries: March 30, 2024 ---- What’s Cooking? June 26 – August 16, 2024 We’re looking for a variety of artwork – side dishes and full entres -- that examine or elevate our lives at the kitchen counter, the stove or in the dining room. The show will include contemporary examples of food still life, art that explores meals, and the cultural or social dynamics of food. It will include art made from cooking implements, collages involving favorite family recipes or food wrappers, and fine examples of preparatory tools, such as unusual wooden spoons. Exhibit Dates: June 26 – August 16, 2024 Deadline for Entries: April 27, 2024 ---- Rock Solid XXIV This outstanding annual show showcases stone sculptures and assemblages by sculptors in Vermont and elsewhere in region. The emphasis is sculptural works made from stone as the primary material, including granite, marble, alabaster, limestone, slate, and found stones. The show includes a small number of paintings and other works that depict the beautiful qualities of stone. (main fl gallery) Exhibit Dates: Sept. 11 – October 28, 2024 Deadline for Entries: August 1, 2024 ---- Solo Shows: Quick Change Gallery at SPA Calendar Year 2024 SPA has a small gallery made from a vintage telephone booth on its second floor called the Quick Change Gallery that is used for informal, short-term exhibits. Work exhibited in this spaces is unframed and pinned/clipped on a bulletin board-type surface. Inquiries are accepted throughout the year. Please submit your query to: [submissions.studioplacearts@gmail.com] and write this in the subject line of your email: Quick Change Gallery. ---- Inviting Solo & Small Group Shows at SPA: Calendar Year 2025 SPA uses its second and third floor space for solo and small group shows. We encourage artists to submit a proposal to SPA for consideration of such a show. (Please visit SPA to determine whether the second & third floor spaces would be ideal for your show proposal.) Submit: A brief written statement about yourself or the artist group and what you want to accomplish with a show, a CD or DVD with 8-12 images of representative work (please label this information carefully with the name, media, size, price and date of your work). If there is a time of year that you prefer, please note this on your proposal. Please submit your application to: [submissions.studioplacearts@gmail.com] and write this in the subject line of your email: Second & Third Floor Galleries. Exhibit Dates: Late Jan-November, 2025 Deadline for Submissions: June 8, 2024 ---- Other Opportunities: 2024 SPA mounts art shows in spaces outside the art center in Barre City, including "159 North Main" (the AR Market - Pearl Street Pizza address) and the Morse Block (Morse Block Deli site). Inquiries are accepted throughout the year. Please submit your query to: [submissions.studioplacearts@gmail.com] and write this in the subject line of your email: SPA Art Spaces. |
Directions for Submitting Artwork:
Group Shows Submissions should include the following:
Please email your submission materials to: submissions.studioplacearts@gmail.com (PLEASE NOTE: SPA will send an email to you within 3 business days to let you know your application was received via email. Sometimes there are issues with email service. If you do not hear from us, please call us or send another email.) -or- Physical materials (CDs & thumbdrives) can be mailed or delivered to: Studio Place Arts 201 North Main Street Barre, VT 05641 *Please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope if you would like your materials returned after review. $10 Submission Fee for Non-Members (free for members) Payment can be mailed by check or paid online via the PayPal button below. *If using PayPal, please enter the title of the exhibition you are submitting to in the field below: Art Delivery Art delivery days and times are typically scheduled for the Monday and Tuesday, the week before the new show starts. We understand that sometimes it's difficult for artists to deliver on the scheduled days; please let us know in advance and we will do our best to schedule an alternative day/time for art delivery. Freedom of Expression Policy at SPA Approved in 2004, the SPA exhibition policy is the only one of its type in Vermont. Click HERE for the SPA Freedom of Expression Policy. Questions? Call: (802) 479-7069 or Email: info@studioplacearts.com |
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