OPPORTUNITY: CALL FOR ENTRIES
The Big Small Show 2024, 11/22/24 - 12/21/24
OPENING 11/22/24 - 11/24/24

We invite you to submit work for consideration in this year’s The Big Small Show 2024, our year-end holiday fundraiser exhibit. The Big Small Show 2024 will be a review of works on paper made in the past 2 years. 10% donation from Drawing Rooms on sold works will go to Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

Now in its ninth year at Drawing Rooms, The Big Small Show will include multiple pieces by each artist in our expanded gallery space which includes The Terrarium Gallery and The Alcove Gallery at Drawing Rooms. Our goal is to gather together a large array of innovative and exceptional new works on paper to produce an exciting survey show.

We will create a catalog with all of the works, which will be available to view online and will be for sale on Amazon and at Drawing Rooms. The exhibition will be featured on Artsy, shared on our website, email newsletter and social media platforms. The Curator will write a Statement and the show will be reviewed. 

EVENTS
Opening: 11/22/24 - 11/24/24
Meet The Artists: Saturdays 12/7/24, 12/14/24 & 12/21/24, 3-5p 

CURATION
The curator will choose a small group of each artist’s works and place them in context together to create visual, formal and conceptual connections, amplifying themes and deepening ways of understanding the works. 

ACCEPTABLE WORKS 

• Works on Paper, framed or mounted on cradled panel, completed in the past 2 years.
• All works must be For Sale.
• Works can be up to 18 x 24 in
• (Interior) Frame size can not be more than 18 x 24 in
• Price must be $500 or less.

HANGING PREPARATION
All works MUST be framed, or mounted on a cradled panel. 

Please use simple frames in white, black or wood tones, no floating acrylic frames. All works must be ready-to-hang. Works can be hung from the top of the frame or cradled panel. Please self-assess if your frame is strong enough for this. Otherwise, please use picture wire (not fishing line); d-rings are ok. Cleats are not acceptable, nor anything that requires the use of screws in the wall. Works that present hanging problems may not be included in the exhibit. Works will be checked at drop off.

SALE OF ARTWORK
All works in the exhibit must be for sale with 60% to artists and 40% to Drawing Rooms. 10% donation to Breast Cancer Research Foundation from Drawing Rooms.

FEES 
All Artists: Application Fee through CAFE $5
Hanging Fee for Accepted Artists: $40 fee includes your copy of the catalog

​SUBMISSIONS DUE: 10/27/24

NOTIFICATION: 10/29/24

DROP OFF: 
Drawing Rooms 926 Newark Ave Jersey City NJ: Journal Sq PATH 11/8/24, 4-7p; 11/9/24, 2-6p                                         
The Oakman 160 1st St Jersey City NJ: Grove St. PATH 11/7/24, 5-7p; 11/9/24, 3-5p

PICKUP: 
The Oakman: Grove St PATH 1/10/25, 5-7p; 
Drawing Rooms: Journal Sq PATH 1/11/25, 2-5p; 1/12/25, 3-6p

Application Requirements

JPGS

• You may submit up to 5 images of your (unframed) work on paper.
• Each jpg must measure at least 1200 pixels on the shorter dimension.
• Jpg file names MUST BE LABELED as follows: 
  First Last Name, Title, Size, Medium, Date, Price.jpg

BIO / STATEMENT

• Please add both your Bio and Statement into the Artist Statement section of the application.
• Bio should be no longer than 2-3 sentences.
• Artist Statement should be 200 words or less.

Eligibility Criteria

• Artists must be over the age of 18.
• Artists or their representative must be able to drop off and pick up their work. (No shipping)