Application Closed
Entry Fee (Entry Fee): $12.00
Media Fee(Additional Media Fee): $12.00
Images | Minimum:Min. 0, Maximum:Max. 10
Audio | Minimum:Min. 0, Maximum:Max. 6
Video | Minimum:Min. 0, Maximum:Max. 6
Total Samples | Minimum:Min. 1, Maximum:Max. 10
Eligibility: National
State: Indiana
Artlink Contemporary Gallery is currently accepting entries for our upcoming exhibition COMPACT. We invite artists to submit small works of any media that are no larger than 6” in any dimension. Both two and three dimensional works are accepted. For works that are framed, the frame can go slightly beyond the size limit but ideally no more than a few inches.
Sometimes small things can be quite powerful. Consider:
Bruce Lee’s iconic “One-inch punch”
The “snowball effect” resulting in an avalanche
Stepping barefoot onto a Lego piece
This same is true for small works of art. Of the various visual strategies used by artists, scale is a particularly dynamic strategy that, when leveraged effectively, often has a corporal impact on the viewer: a very large-scale work causes us to physically step back to take it all in… whereas a small-scale piece pulls us close, inviting an intimate encounter with the work. Artlink is pleased to offer an exhibition exploring and celebrating the focused power of small works of art. Anticipating a wide variety of media, style, and conceptual intent, the resulting showcase of small works will be unified solely by their “small, but mighty” scale, culminating in an exhibition reflecting Van Gogh’s sentiment that, “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.”
Juried by Artlink's Interim Executive Director, Tim Parsley.
Entry deadline: Sep 20, 2024 at 11:59pm MT
Jury notifications: After Sep 27, 2024
Accepted artwork delivery deadline: Oct 13, 2024
Exhibition: Oct 24 - Nov 17, 2024
Application Requirements
Entry fee: $12 per entry, up to 10 entries.
Size limit: 6 inches in any direction.
Eligibility Criteria
Artists 18+ years of age residing in the United States.