Rules
• NEW DEADLINE FOR ENTRY April 15th, 2025.
• By entering the competition, the artist agrees that all entered work will be available for exhibition if chosen.  No substitutions will be allowed.       
• Each artist may submit TWO full view (multiple views of 3D works can be put into one file) works of art with a non-refundable entry fee of $40. 
• Additional works may be submitted for a fee $20 per each entry.
• Entries will be blind juried by digital images. 
• All digital images submitted must be smaller than 5MB and saved as a JPG at the highest resolution possible, be full screen and square. 3D entries can submit more than 1 image. 
• Video files must be a maximum of 100 MB. Video entries must not exceed 30 minutes in length.
• No work should exceed seven (7) feet (84”) in any direction, and/or 200 lbs. in weight. Entries exceeding these limitations will automatically be disqualified.
• All works must be framed and/or ready to exhibit, and adhered to a backing for exhibition, nothing will be painted or adhered directly to the museum walls. (No vinyl or paint will be applied directly to the museum walls)
• If digital images are not accurately representative of work chosen, AMoA has the right to disqualify the entry from the exhibition.
• By entering the competition, the artist agrees to allow their work to reproduced for the purpose of publicity.
• Entry must include digital images, entry fee, and a required maximum 100-word artist statement for catalog and label use only (not available to juror before selected).
• ALL SELECTED WORKS MUST ARRIVE PRE-PAID BY June 15th, 2025 – ALONG WITH A PRE-PAID RETURN ADDRESS LABEL (no order forms will be accepted, must be a completed label).  
• Artists who do not adhere to any of the above rules will be subject to disqualification at the discretion of museum staff. 
• All works must be available for exhibition during entire exhibition period, July 8 - October 11, 2025. 
• Artists will be notified by email if piece is selected for exhibition

Awards
Awards will be presented at the exhibition opening reception on Friday July 11th, 2025 at 6:00pm.
• First Place: $800
• Second Place: $500
• Third Place: $300
• Honorable Mention: $100
• Honorable Mention: $100
• Honorable Mention: $100
To be awarded at the close of exhibition: 
• Purchase Award selected by museum staff & collections committee 

Juror
Erika Mei Chua Holum is the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Associate Curator at the Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston. Recent projects at the Blaffer include Makeshift Memorials, Small Revolutions with KADIST San Francisco (2024), and solo exhibitions with Cian Dayrit (2024), Saif Azzuz (2025), and Ja'Tovia Gary (2026). She organizes Ecofictions and Understories (2023-24), a city-responsive curatorial program to speculate potential worlds for gathering, resisting, and regeneration in artistic practices in conjunction with the exhibition Climate Migration with the Houston Climate Museum supported by the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts. In 2024, Erika launched the Sahara Dust Season, an artist collective activated by forms of knowledge-sharing across a migratory region created by Saharan dust clouds. They have contributed to projects and exhibitions globally, such as Majority Rule: Myth-making and survival strategies from AAPI artists at Sanman Studios (2023), makibaka! Fifty Years of Filipino-American Youth Activism at Alief Art House (2021), Duro Olowu: Seeing Chicago at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (2020), the Second Edition of the Lagos Biennial in Nigeria (2019), and Obscura Festival of Photography in Malaysia (2018). Erika holds an MA in Museum and Exhibition Studies from the University of Illinois Chicago, a Masters in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and is completing a PhD in Art History at Rice University.

Calendar

April 15, 2025: Application deadline.        
May 20, 2025: Jury notification by email. No phone calls please.
June 15, 2025: Deadline for receipt of accepted works and pre-paid return shipment label.
July 11, 2025: Opening Reception, Juror Gallery Talk and Awards
October 11, 2025: Last day to view exhibition.
November 1, 2025: Deadline for pick-up of hand delivered work.
Return shipping of art work with pre-paid return label (provided by the artist) will begin between October 14th and November 1st, 2025.
 

Exhibit Delivery and Packaging
• After notification of selection, ship entries to: 
Alexandria Museum of Art, 933 Second Street, Alexandria, LA  71301.  
• All artwork must arrive no later than June 15, 2025. 
• ALL SHIPMENTS MUST HAVE A PRE-PAID RETURN LABEL FOR THE RETURN OF WORK.  (Example: FedEx, UPS, or USPS.)  NO ORDER FORMS WILL BE ACCEPTED. 
• Be sure to select a carrier that delivers to Alexandria, LA.  
• Hand deliveries will be accepted Tues.-Fri., 10am-5pm.  
• Please do NOT include personal checks for return shipping.
• All artwork must have a completed identification card attached to the backside.
• All shipped works must be in sturdy reusable packaging. 
• Do not use Styrofoam peanuts or pieced boxes. 
• Opening instructions should be printed on the outside.  
• All necessary installation instructions must be included with the work.  
• All damaged packages will be returned unopened C.O.D. 
• When open packages contain damaged works the artist will be consulted.
• Return shipping of artwork will begin between October 14th and November 6, 2024.  
• ALL WORK WILL BE SHIPPED USING THE PRE-PAID RETURN LABEL SUPPLIED BY THE ARTIST.  
• AMoA will not take responsibility for works returned undeliverable.  
• Art work unclaimed after one year becomes the property of AMoA.

Application Requirements

Exhibitor Obligations
• Selected work must be display ready.  
• All 2-D work should be wired or fitted with D-rings for hanging, and where appropriate, framed with Plexiglas.  
• Any work notably different from the submitted digital file will be disqualified.  
• Any submitted artwork must be available for exhibition.  No substitutions will be allowed.  
• All works must be framed and/or ready to exhibit, and adhered to a backing for exhibition, nothing will be painted or adhered directly to the museum walls. (No vinyl or paint will be applied directly to the museum walls)
• Entry must include digital images, entry fee, and a required maximum 100-word artist statement for catalog and label use only (not available to juror before selected).

• All work must be original and must have been completed in the last two years (2023 or later). 

Sales and Liability
• A 30% commission will be charged on all sales.  
• Every reasonable precaution will be taken to assure protection of entries, but the Alexandria Museum of Art assumes no responsibility for loss or damage from any cause during transit. 
• Works will be insured for the duration of the show while on AMoA premises.  
• Any entries delivered without insurance value will be assigned a maximum value of $500.   

Eligibility Criteria

• All entries must be completed via CaFÉ:
• All artists over the age of 18 – working in any medium – are eligible.  
• All work must be original and must have been completed in the last two years (2023 or later).