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Exhibition
Dates: May 25 - July 14, 2012
Opening reception and presentation of awards:
Thursday, June 7, from 6 to 8 PM.
Location: The
Mystic
Arts Center
9
Water Street, Mystic, Connecticut 06355,
Open 11:00
- 5:00 daily & weekends
Open to all artists.
One or two works may be submitted.
All fine arts media:
painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, graphics, mixed
media and collage.
Work must not have been previously shown at the
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts or the Mystic Arts
Center.
See Terms and Conditions
There are
two ways to Enter:
On Line: by March 30
Carry in: May 20 & 21,11AM–5PM at the
Mystic
Arts Center
Awards:
CAFA Awards
Best of Show $1000
Second Place $700
Third Place $400
Fourth Place $200
Painting $100
Sculpture $100
Drawing $100
Photography $100
Graphics $100
Additional Awards:
Art Spirit Foundation, Dianne B. Bernhard
Award for a Pastel, $500
Allied Artists of America: Painting Award, $100
Simonds Photographic: B & W photograph,
$100 certificate.
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Important Dates:
Notification of acceptance will be posted on this site: www.ctacademy.org
For on on line entry:
by April 25, 2012, and
Carry-In Entry by May 23, 2012
Pick up for work not accepted from carry in entries:
Saturday, May 26 & Sunday, May 27
11AM–5PM at the Mystic Arts Center.
End of Show pick up for work accepted:
Sunday, July 15 & Monday, July 16,
11AM–5PM at the Mystic Arts Center.
Opening reception and presentation of awards:
Thursday, June 7, from 6 to 8 PM.
Shipping:
For artists out of the area a shipper will be available to receive and return artwork.
Start your entry here:
Click Here For online entry
(deadline March 30)
Click Here For carry in entry forms
(receiving May 20 & 21)
Inquiry contact: exhibition@ctacademy.org
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Jurors
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Patricia Hickson
http://www.thewadsworth.org/
Patricia Hickson has been the Emily Hall Tremaine Curator of Contemporary Art at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut since 2009. There, she oversees the contemporary art collection and acquisitions, organizes special exhibitions, and leads the MATRIX program, a series of changing exhibitions of contemporary art. Her MATRIX projects have featured artists Claire Beckett, Shaun Gladwell, Kitty Kraus, Justin Lowe, Rashaad Newsome, and Kim Schoenstadt. Hickson previously held curatorial positions at the Des Moines Art Center, Williams College Museum of Art, San Jose Museum of Art, and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. At those institutions she organized exhibitions with Robyn O’Neil, Alec Soth, Michael McMillen, Patricia Piccinini, Enrique Chagoya, and Carmen Lomas Garza, among others. Hickson earned a BA in art from Bates College and a MA in art history from Williams College.
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Jerry Weiss
http://www.jerrynweiss.com/
Jerry Weiss studied drawing with Roberto Martinez in Miami, Florida and painting at The Art Students League and the National Academy in New York City. He has had one-man exhibitions at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, the Boca Raton Museum of Art, and galleries in New York City, Boston, Connecticut, and New Jersey. His paintings are represented in numerous public, private and corporate collections, including the New Britain Museum of American Art; the Boca Raton Museum of Art; the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston; Pfizer, Inc., in Groton, Connecticut; Debevoise and Plimpton, New York and the Harvard Club of New York City. Weiss has taught workshops and lectured at colleges, art schools and art associations in Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, New Mexico, New York, and Washington. He is listed in Who’s Who in American Art and Who’s Who in America. and has been the subject of articles in The Artist’s Magazine, American Artist Workshop Magazine, and The Christian Science Monitor. Weiss is a Contributing Editor for The Artist’s Magazine, for which he writes the ‘Master Class’ column.
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Eligible Work:
Open to all artists. One or two works may be submitted. All fine arts media: painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, graphics.
• Work must not have been previously shown with CAFA or the Mystic Arts Center.
• Hung work: Outside frame dimensions cannot exceed 72” in either direction.
Hung work must be appropriately prepared for hanging by having screw eyes and wire attached and not exceed 35lbs.
Fixed hanging hardware without wire cannot be accepted.
• Sculptors are requested to supply their own well-balanced bases and/or pedestals (white pedestals are available for use at the gallery). Standing and hung
sculpture weight limit is 35lbs. If the base or pedestal is separated or removable from the sculpture, the base or pedestal weight limit is 25lbs.
If the base or pedestal is permanently attached to the sculpture, the weight limit for the integrated work is 35lbs. The sculpture and bas
or pedestal together is limited to 78” in height and 32” in width. Wall hung sculpture may not extend over 18” from the wall.
No sculpture shall have protruding surfaces capable of inflicting physical injury. We request sculptors to weigh their work including the base or pedestal
and list the weight on the entry form. All work is required to be able to be moved.
• CAFA and/or MAC reserve the right to refuse acceptance of any work deemed inappropriate to the exhibit. Work so deemed will not be juried.
Commission and Policy:
Note: A commission of 40% will be retained on all sales.
All works must be priced accordingly or marked not for sale (NFS)
Works not picked up on time may be subject to a storage fee of $10.00.
Unclaimed work will be disposed of at the discretion of the Mystic Arts Center.
The Academy and the Mystic Arts Center assume the right to photograph any work for catalogue or publicity purposes.
Liability:
Every precaution will be taken to protect entries, and due care will be exercised in handling all work submitted, but neither the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, its volunteers, agents, officers and council members, nor the Mystic Arts Center, its officers, directors, employees, volunteers and agents will be responsible for loss, or damage to any work from any cause whatsoever, or the theft of any work submitted, on display or in storage.
The submitting artist agrees to insure or self-insure any work submitted, and to hold the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts and the Mystic Arts Center harmless from any damage resulting from the use of the premises, or any loss of or to submitted work or the personal property of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, members, guests or others. The submission of works to the exhibition constitutes an agreement on the part of the artist or artist’s agent to these conditions.
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