Peninsula Art League (“PAL”) and Peninsula Metropolitan Park District (“PenMet Parks”) have joined forces to bring exciting new art activities and education to the Gig Harbor Peninsula and beyond. As part of this collaborative effort, PAL is procuring artwork for public display at PenMet Parks' facilities. The first of these exhibits will be at PenMet Parks' new Administrative Headquarters at 2416 14th Ave NW, Gig Harbor, WA (the “Venue”). The Venue is next to PenMet Parks' fabulous new Recreation Center (“RC”) set to open in late 2024. The RC is a 58,000SF facility for indoor sports, walking, and community gathering spaces, and is accessible from the Cushman Trail.

The Venue is a beautiful new building with a bank of windows opening to the RC and event lawn. The Venue has large open wall spaces to exhibit your artwork. The PenMet Board of Park Commissioners holds its public board meetings at the Venue on the first and third Tuesdays of every month, public service groups meet at the Venue monthly, and with the opening of the RC, the Venue will become a hub of public activity and gathering space for visitors to the RC.

For more information about the RC and Venue, go to: https://penmetparks.org

For more information about Peninsula Art League, go to: https://peninsulaartleague.org

You can view the full prospectus here. 

Application Requirements

• Submit all entries by August 30, 2024 online at CaFé artist.callforentry.org (look for PAL/PenMet Parks “Art in the Park” Exhibit)
• Juror to select artwork from online submissions August 31, 2024 - September 8, 2024.
• PenMet Parks Commissioners to review juror selected images September 9, 2024 - September 13, 2024
• Selected artists will be notified by September 16, 2024. Or check your results by logging into your account at CaFé artist.callforentry.org
• If you need help submitting your artwork or help photographing and uploading your images go directly to callforentry.org/artist-help-cafe/
• NOTE: The Exhibit catalog is generated directly from the information submitted in your online entry, so accuracy is the artist’s responsibility.
•  ENTRY FEE - There is NO entry fee.  Artists may submit up to three (3) pieces for jurying at no charge.

DELIVERY DEADLINES AND STORAGE FEES:

• All artwork must be hand-delivered to the Venue by September 23, 2024, between the hours of 10:00AM and 2:00PM. No mail delivery of artwork will be accepted.
• All artwork must be picked up on January 31, 2025. If art is not picked up by the artist (or alternate arrangements for pick-up are not made) by February 9, 2025, PenMet Parks will dispose of the art.

Eligibility Criteria

• Artists must be 18 years or over.
• All entries must be original works of art, entirely the work of the artist and completed within the last three years.
• All entries must be for sale - all sales will be handled by the artist. No commission will be charged by PAL or PenMet Parks on the sale of Exhibit artwork.
• Entries must not be prints or copies, in part or whole, of painting or photographs by other artists.