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Own an Original - Labyrinth
http://www.littletongov.org/museum

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Contact Email: mcasey@littletongov.org

Entry Deadline: 9/29/22
Application Closed

Entry Fee (Entry Fee): $30.00
Work Sample Requirements
Images | Minimum:Min. 1, Maximum:Max. 3
Total Samples | Minimum:Min. 1, Maximum:Max. 3
Call Type: Competitions
Eligibility: Local
State: Colorado

Own an Original 2022: Labyrinth

REQUIREMENTS:

Media: Images Only - Minimum: 1, Maximum: 3

Entry Fee: $30.00 (non-refundable)

The City of Littleton Fine Arts Board proudly presents the 57th Annual Own an Original Arts Exhibition. Awarding over $1,800 in cash prizes! This exhibition is open to Colorado residents who are able to deliver their artwork in person to the Littleton Museum. Artwork cannot be shipped to Littleton Museum. This competition is open to any medium except photography, video, or audio. 

Please read submission rules and requirements carefully.

This year's juror: NINE dot ARTS Chief Curator, Molly Casey 
https://ninedotarts.com/about/#molly-casey

Entries will only be accepted through: www.CallForEntry.org

Entry portal opens: Monday, August 15, 2022

Entry Deadline: Thursday, September 29, 2022

This year's theme: Labyrinth

In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth was an elaborate, confusing structure designed and built by Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos. It was intended to hold the Minotaur, a mythical creature that was part man and part bull. Daedalus had so cunningly crafted the Labyrinth that he could barely escape it after he built it.  

In modern day English, the definition of a labyrinth is anything confusingly intricate or complex and difficult to navigate. It has become synonymous with the word maze - a network of paths and passages that is hard to find one’s way through. However, a maze refers to a complex branching puzzle with choices of path and direction, while the classical labyrinth was unicursal: having only a single path to the center. A labyrinth in this sense has an unmistakable route to the center and back and presents no navigational challenge.  

Labyrinths are frequently seen as an ancient symbol of wholeness where circle and spiral combine into a meandering but purposeful journey. For some, the Labyrinth represents a journey or path to our own center and back again out into the world. Often, walking a labyrinth can serve as a metaphor for life’s journey or as a symbol that creates a sacred space and place and takes us out of our ego and into our spirit within. With this concept in mind, labyrinths have long been used in meditation and ritual and are increasingly found in hospitals and hospices for therapeutic use. Depending on one’s perception of the term, a labyrinth can either be confusing and restricting or directional and liberating. We look forward to the various artistic interpretations of this complex theme. 

Submission Rules and Requirements:

All work must be original, produced in the last three years, and not shown in a Denver area juried show in the last two years.

This competition is open to Colorado residents who are able to hand deliver their art to the Littleton Museum located at 6028 S. Gallup Street, Littleton, Colorado 80120. Entry fee is $30 (non-refundable). Entrants may submit up to three works of art for consideration. One image of each work of art is allowed. Deadline for submission is midnight on Thursday, September 29, 2022. All work not accurately represented after digital files are reviewed against actual pieces may be subject to withdrawal at the curators’ discretion. Exhibition materials must not present a hazard. The Littleton Museum is not responsible for maintaining structural components of objects or works of art (i.e. if pieces or materials detach from the main object, the Littleton Museum staff will not conserve or repair the object). The Littleton Museum reserves the right to reject and/or remove an object from the exhibition based on unstable structure. The use of organic matter in exhibitions is discouraged to prevent pest infestation. Use of organic matter is subject to the approval of the Littleton Museum Staff.  If accepted, your artwork must be delivered, in person, to Littleton Museum on Monday, October 24, 2022 between 3pm and 7pm. Accepted artwork will be on display in the Littleton Museum Fine Arts Gallery Friday, November 4 – Friday, December 31, 2022. The Fine Arts Board reserves the right to refuse any artwork deemed inappropriate for the Littleton Museum setting. All accepted entries must have name, contact information, title attached to the artwork. Artwork that is to be hung must be ready to hang and have strong wire or proper material for hanging (no saw tooth hangers). No bin work will be accepted. Artwork shall not exceed 60 inches on any one measurement. Entrants agree that artwork submitted to the City of Littleton’s Fine Arts Board Own an Original Art Exhibition Competition may be used by the Littleton Museum and Littleton Fine Arts Board with its consent for purposes of illustration, promotion, display, or publication, and for any other lawful purpose as it pertains to this exhibition.

Where: Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup Street, Littleton, Colorado 80120

Awards: Best of Show: $1,000

    First Place: $500

    Second Place: $250

    Third Place: $100

Award winners will be notified by phone or email on or around Wednesday, November 2, 2022.

Schedule:

  • Deadline: Entries MUST be submitted through CaFE (CallForEntry.org) by midnight on Thursday, September 29, 2022.
     
  • ​Notifications: Acceptance and rejection notifications will be sent by USPS mail on or around Friday, October 7, 2022
     
  • Delivery: If accepted, your artwork must be delivered, in person, to Littleton Museum on Monday, October 24 between 3pm and 7pm. A proxy may be sent in your place with written permission. 
     
  • Exhibition Dates: November 4 – December 31, 2022
     
  • Pick-up of Artwork: Following the exhibit, you will need to pick up your artwork on Wednesday, January 4, 2023 between 9am and 3pm ONLY.  A proxy may be sent in your place with written permission.

Be sure to include a short statement on how your work relates to the theme of "Labyrinth” in the description field for each piece being submitted. The description of the artwork’s relation to the theme will be included in the exhibit label for your piece should it be accepted into the show.

Please note: Artwork not picked up at the specified time will be forfeited and become the property of the City of Littleton and may be sold at auction.

 

Application Requirements

Own an Original 2022: Labyrinth

REQUIREMENTS:

Media: Images Only - Minimum: 1, Maximum: 3

Entry Fee: $30.00 (non-refundable)

The City of Littleton Fine Arts Board proudly presents the 57th Annual Own an Original Arts Exhibition. Awarding over $1,800 in cash prizes! This exhibition is open to Colorado residents who are able to deliver their artwork in person to the Littleton Museum. Artwork cannot be shipped to Littleton Museum. This competition is open to any medium except photography, video, or audio. 

Please read submission rules and requirements carefully.

This year's juror: NINE dot ARTS Chief Curator, Molly Casey 
https://ninedotarts.com/about/#molly-casey

Entries will only be accepted through: www.CallForEntry.org

Entry portal opens: Monday, August 15, 2022

Entry Deadline: Thursday, September 29, 2022

This year's theme: Labyrinth

In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth was an elaborate, confusing structure designed and built by Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos. It was intended to hold the Minotaur, a mythical creature that was part man and part bull. Daedalus had so cunningly crafted the Labyrinth that he could barely escape it after he built it.  

In modern day English, the definition of a labyrinth is anything confusingly intricate or complex and difficult to navigate. It has become synonymous with the word maze - a network of paths and passages that is hard to find one’s way through. However, a maze refers to a complex branching puzzle with choices of path and direction, while the classical labyrinth was unicursal: having only a single path to the center. A labyrinth in this sense has an unmistakable route to the center and back and presents no navigational challenge.  

Labyrinths are frequently seen as an ancient symbol of wholeness where circle and spiral combine into a meandering but purposeful journey. For some, the Labyrinth represents a journey or path to our own center and back again out into the world. Often, walking a labyrinth can serve as a metaphor for life’s journey or as a symbol that creates a sacred space and place and takes us out of our ego and into our spirit within. With this concept in mind, labyrinths have long been used in meditation and ritual and are increasingly found in hospitals and hospices for therapeutic use. Depending on one’s perception of the term, a labyrinth can either be confusing and restricting or directional and liberating. We look forward to the various artistic interpretations of this complex theme. 

Submission Rules and Requirements:

All work must be original, produced in the last three years, and not shown in a Denver area juried show in the last two years.

This competition is open to Colorado residents who are able to hand deliver their art to the Littleton Museum located at 6028 S. Gallup Street, Littleton, Colorado 80120. Entry fee is $30 (non-refundable). Entrants may submit up to three works of art for consideration. One image of each work of art is allowed. Deadline for submission is midnight on Thursday, September 29, 2022. All work not accurately represented after digital files are reviewed against actual pieces may be subject to withdrawal at the curators’ discretion. Exhibition materials must not present a hazard. The Littleton Museum is not responsible for maintaining structural components of objects or works of art (i.e. if pieces or materials detach from the main object, the Littleton Museum staff will not conserve or repair the object). The Littleton Museum reserves the right to reject and/or remove an object from the exhibition based on unstable structure. The use of organic matter in exhibitions is discouraged to prevent pest infestation. Use of organic matter is subject to the approval of the Littleton Museum Staff.  If accepted, your artwork must be delivered, in person, to Littleton Museum on Monday, October 24, 2022 between 3pm and 7pm. Accepted artwork will be on display in the Littleton Museum Fine Arts Gallery Friday, November 4 – Friday, December 31, 2022. The Fine Arts Board reserves the right to refuse any artwork deemed inappropriate for the Littleton Museum setting. All accepted entries must have name, contact information, title attached to the artwork. Artwork that is to be hung must be ready to hang and have strong wire or proper material for hanging (no saw tooth hangers). No bin work will be accepted. Artwork shall not exceed 60 inches on any one measurement. Entrants agree that artwork submitted to the City of Littleton’s Fine Arts Board Own an Original Art Exhibition Competition may be used by the Littleton Museum and Littleton Fine Arts Board with its consent for purposes of illustration, promotion, display, or publication, and for any other lawful purpose as it pertains to this exhibition.

Where: Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup Street, Littleton, Colorado 80120

Awards: Best of Show: $1,000

    First Place: $500

    Second Place: $250

    Third Place: $100

Award winners will be notified by phone or email on or around Wednesday, November 2, 2022.

Schedule:

  • Deadline: Entries MUST be submitted through CaFE (CallForEntry.org) by midnight on Thursday, September 29, 2022.
     
  • ​Notifications: Acceptance and rejection notifications will be sent by USPS mail on or around Friday, October 7, 2022
     
  • Delivery: If accepted, your artwork must be delivered, in person, to Littleton Museum on Monday, October 24 between 3pm and 7pm. A proxy may be sent in your place with written permission. 
     
  • Exhibition Dates: November 4 – December 31, 2022
     
  • Pick-up of Artwork: Following the exhibit, you will need to pick up your artwork on Wednesday, January 4, 2023 between 9am and 3pm ONLY.  A proxy may be sent in your place with written permission.

Be sure to include a short statement on how your work relates to the theme of "Labyrinth” in the description field for each piece being submitted. The description of the artwork’s relation to the theme will be included in the exhibit label for your piece should it be accepted into the show.

Please note: Artwork not picked up at the specified time will be forfeited and become the property of the City of Littleton and may be sold at auction.

 

Eligibility Criteria

This exhibition is open to Colorado residents who are able to deliver their artwork in person to the Littleton Museum. Artwork cannot be shipped to Littleton Museum. This competition is open to any medium except photography, video, or audio. 
Please read submission rules and requirements carefully.