ENTRY PROCEDURES

Wilson Arts is excited to announce our 3rd annual National Multi-Media Juried Art Show! To submit, artists will have to create an account on www.CallForEntry.com. Setting up an account is free. Artists must submit their entry fee and artworks for consideration through CaFE. Wilson Arts will NOT accept works submitted via email. Up to three (3) pieces may be entered. Each artwork may be represented by only one image to be scored by the juror via CaFE. Images of works accepted will be retained by the Arts Center for its permanent records and publicity purposes. Digital Images must be uploaded through CaFE. Each file must be identified by artist name, entry number, and title. Entry Materials are due no later than midnight (EST) on August 4, 2023. We will not accept email submissions. If you have specific questions regarding the show, please email deedee@wilsonarts.com
 

Film /Animation entries must specify any special instructions needed for display.

Artists will be notified of acceptance and invitation into the exhibition by email beginning the week of August 14, 2023. Every artist will receive an email regardless if they were selected for the show.

DELIVERY OF ACCEPTED WORKS

 Accepted works cannot be mailed or otherwise delivered to the Arts Center before a signed exhibition contract is in place.

Exhibition contracts are due no later than August 21, 2023. Accepted works may be shipped or hand delivered beginning August 28-September 2.  

Artwork must arrive no later than September 2, 2023.   

 Works may also be hand delivered during hours of operation – www.wilsonarts.com/directions. Your work should be able to fit through a standard size garage door. If you require assistance moving your piece, you must make an appointment with the Visual Arts Coordinator. Email deedee@wilsonarts.com to make arrangements. The artist is responsible for all shipping and return shipping costs and arrangements to and from Wilson Arts. For return, Wilson Arts will pack each piece in its original packing materials and containers. Artists are responsible for arranging return shipping to the address of origin through their local UPS/FedEx/USPS or other shipping office at the close of the exhibition.

Any artwork that is shipped MUST include a return shipping label. 

Shipping insurance is the responsibility of the artist. Wilson Arts will not accept money for shipping and is not responsible for works lost, stolen, or damaged once picked up by the shipper. • Check your local shipper for prepaid return labels, call tag systems, and printable internet shipping labels. 

• Artists must include the return label with the shipment of the work to Wilson Arts.

INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS

All 3D work must stand alone for the duration of the exhibition without assistance from staff. All work must be completely dry, framed, properly wired, and ready for hanging, or otherwise suitably prepared for exhibition. No sawtooth hangers accepted. Orientation or installation instructions and specialized hardware should be included with work. Wilson Arts trained staff installs all works.

SALES

Wilson Arts will retain 35% commission on works sold. Payments and prize money will be mailed within 30 days after the close of the show. 

JUDGING

Artworks accepted in preliminary judging by digital image do not constitute acceptance into the exhibition. If upon delivery, an accepted artwork is found to have been misrepresented by the image sent or deemed unfit or unsafe for exhibition, it may be disqualified. Award winners will be selected by the juror after the exhibition is installed and winners announced at the opening reception.

JUROR

Ben Bridgers received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting from Barton College in 1995. Bridgers traveled abroad to begin graduate work at The University of Georgia’s campus in Cortona, Italy. He went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting and Drawing from the University of Georgia’s Lamar Dodd School of Art in Athens, Ga., in 1999.

Bridgers taught studio courses at the University of Georgia from 1996-2002, including a 2001 term at the University’s Studies Abroad Program in Cortona, Italy.  From 2002-2004, Bridgers taught as a Visiting Professor of Art at the University of Wyoming in Laramie and later taught and led the Painting and Drawing curriculum at the University of Redlands in Redlands, Calif., where he earned tenure as an Associate Professor of Art.

He has maintained an active studio practice during the past 30 years and has exhibited his work in galleries and museums across the United States. Bridgers’ work is held in public and private collections throughout the United States, Italy, and Japan.

Currently, Bridgers works in his home studio in Durham and serves as the Manager of Park Collection and Exhibitions at the North Carolina Museum of Art.

 Awards

$500 first prize
$250 second prize
$100 third prize

 

Application Requirements

To submit, artists will have to create an account on www.CallForEntry.com. 

Setting up an account is free. Artists must submit their entry fee and artworks for consideration through CaFE. 

Wilson Arts will NOT accept works submitted via email. Up to three (3) pieces may be entered. Each artwork may be represented by only one image to be scored by the juror via CaFE. Images of works accepted will be retained by the Arts Center for its permanent records and publicity purposes. Digital Images must be uploaded through CaFE. Each file must be identified by artist name, entry number, and title. Entry Materials are due no later than midnight (EST) on August 4, 2023. We will not accept email submissions. If you have specific questions regarding the show, please email deedee@wilsonarts.com

Eligibility Criteria

Open to all U.S. artists 18 years of age or older working in any media. Work must be original, executed within the past three years, and not previously exhibited at Wilson Arts. Entry in this exhibit establishes an agreement on the part of the artist to all conditions listed in the prospectus and is a contract to exhibit entries selected by the juror.