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30x30 Challenge
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Contact Email: info@bluelinearts.org

Entry Deadline: 9/20/24
Application Closed

Entry Fee (30 x 30 Application): $25.00
Work Sample Requirements
Images | Minimum:Min. 3, Maximum:Max. 5
Total Samples | Minimum:Min. 3, Maximum:Max. 5
Call Type: Competitions
Eligibility: National
State: California
Event Dates: 11/23/24 - 12/28/24

30 artworks in 30 days. 

This annual challenge pushes artists to refine and often redefine their work. With the goal of making a complete artwork every day for a month, past artists have found fresh insight about their practice and established new methods of approaching art making. Do you have what it takes to take on the 30x30 challenge?

This is a curated opportunity to show a series of artwork. We will notify artists who are selected before they begin the 30 days of making. To enter, we are looking for 3 to 5 samples of your existing artwork that reflects the kind of work you intend on exploring during the challenge, if selected. Please do not make the 30 artworks before you are notified of your selection!

If selected, each artwork must be 6" x 6". All artworks must be able to be securely mounted to the wall. There will not be any pedestals utilized in this exhibition. Command strips and temporary hanging hardware will not be accepted for 3D artworks.

Important Dates 

Application deadline: Online applications must be submitted by September 20th 

Show dates: November 23rd to December 28th, 2024

Notifications: Results will be sent by 5pm PST on October 4th, 2024

Shipping Deadline: November 6th, 2024 (Artwork should be dropped off with shipping carrier)

Hand deliver work to Blue Line Arts: November 18th and 19th, from 10am-3pm 

Opening Reception: Saturday December 21st, 2024 from 5 to 8pm

Pick up any unsold work from Blue Line Arts: December 29th and 30th from 10am-3pm 

Questions:

If you have questions about submissions, please contact Blue Line Arts staff during gallery hours at (916) 783-4117 or at gallery@bluelinearts.org

Application Requirements

Application Requirements: You must be 18 years or older to apply. There is a non-refundable entry fee for 30 x 30 of $25

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility

  • Open to artists everywhere!
  • All artwork must be original and completed within the 30 day window
  • Artwork cannot have been previously exhibited at Blue Line Arts
  • All artworks must be ready to hang with wire backing upon delivery to the gallery
  • All artwork must be individually for sale
  • No accepted entry may be withdrawn or sold outside of the exhibition prior to the closing date
  • Blue Line Arts handles all sales transactions. Non-member artists receive a 50% commission from all gallery sales and members receive a 60% commission.
  • Size limitations
    • The individual artworks must all be precisely 6"x 6". 3D work must not extend more than 6" from the wall.
  • All artwork images that are submitted must be renamed in the following format:
    • Artwork Title-Artist Name
  • The artist is responsible to pay for all shipping and should have a prepaid label from FedEx or UPS for return of artwork.