calls to artists

Gallery Exhibitions:
We invite artists to submit their artwork for consideration for future shows.

Please Note:
Emailed submissions should be sent to:  submissions.studioplacearts@gmail.com

We are currently accepting submissions for the following SPA exhibits:
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​​Gallery Shows in 2020:

FUTURES - Studio Place Arts (SPA) is proud to participate in “Vermont’s “2020 Vision:  Seeing the World through Technology” as Vermont museums of art, history, and science, as well as galleries and other exhibiting institutions, will collaborate on a suite of exhibitions around the theme.  Here at SPA, we want to celebrate the role artists play in envisioning the future.  This show invites artists to share works of science fiction, in traditional and non-traditional media (proposals for installations are welcome). 
Exhibit Dates:  March 17 – May 2, 2020
Deadline for submissions:  Fri., January 24, 2020
Click here for more details...

Cranbrook Connections
The Cranbrook Academy of Art located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, is known as one of the preeminent centers of education in fine art, crafts, design, and architecture since the early 1930s.   SPA will be honoring the late Marc Awodey, local artist and art critic, who attended Cranbrook, by organizing an exhibit in 2020 of work by those in our area who also attended Cranbrook. 
​(photo credit:  P.D. Rearick) 
Exhibit Dates: May 12 – June 27, 2020
​Deadline for submissions: February 1, 2020
Click here for details about this show...

 
The Parade is Coming!
This vibrant show includes work in a variety of media and installations that depict the excitement, content, and vivid colors associated with parades -- marching bands, floats, color guards, politicians working the crowd, parade stands, and characters in the parade audience -- as well as more solemn processions and marches.  In addition to works on the walls, we will assemble a parade involving a group of artists’ sculptural works in a variety of media.  Join the parade!  Individual works in this part of the show (floats, marchers, vehicles, animals, musicians, and etc.) should measure approximately 12-36 inches high.
Exhibit Dates:  July 7 – August 22, 2020
Deadline for Submissions:  April 24, 2020

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Directions for Submitting Artwork

Submissions should include the following: 

• Artist(s) name and contact info (phone number, email, mailing address)
• A brief artist bio and statement about the work, as well as any specific goals you hope to accomplish with the proposed exhibition.
• Up to 12 images of artwork that is representative in style and technique of the work you propose to exhibit. Files should be in jpg format. (please label files with artwork title).
• Please include an artwork list to accompany image files. Include the following info: title, medium, artwork dimensions, year completed, retail price (35% commission to SPA / 65% to artists).

 
How to Submit:
Please email your submission materials to:
submissions.studioplacearts@gmail.com
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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:

​Questions? 
Call: (802) 479-7069
or Email: info@studioplacearts.com
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