Call Description

ENTRY PROCEDURES

Wilson Arts is excited to announce our 4th 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 30, 2024. 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 September 9, 2024. Every artist will receive an email regardless of selection 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 September 20, 202. Accepted works may be shipped or hand delivered beginning September 23-October 1.  

Artwork must arrive no later than October 1, 2024.   

 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 shipping work 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

Jeff Bell is the Executive Director of the North Carolina Arts Council. Previously, he was the Arts Innovation Coordinator for the City of Wilson, which included being the Executive Director of the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park. He attended UNC Wilmington and received two bachelor's of arts degrees, one in Art History and one in Studio Art and received his MFA from UNC Greensboro.  Previously, Bell was the Registrar at Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, The Exhibitions and Gallery Manager at Contemporary Art Museum Raleigh and the Museum Manager at 21c Museum Hotel in Durham.  He has curated exhibitions at CAM Raleigh, 21c Museum Hotel and at the Ackland Art Museum at UNC Chapel Hill.  His artwork has been exhibited in galleries and museums across the state and the region.  Bell lives in Wilson, NC with his wife Amanda Duncan, and their four boys. ​

  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 30,2024. 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.