Important dates for this exhibit:

• Exhibition dates: May 29 - July 12, 2025
• Deadline for entries: April 27, 2025
• Juror’s Notification emailed the week of: May 4
• Opening Reception: May 29, 2025
• Drop off accepted works dates: May 19 - 24
• Shipped works accepted May 12 - 24 (Shipping is at the cost of the artist return shipping label must be included)
• Pick up dates after the close of the exhibit: July 14 - 19 (unsold work will be shipped back to the artist at this time)

Our Juror this year is Michael Lotenero. Lotenero has been working as a painter and designer for over 20 years, exhibiting in various galleries and museums throughout the country including: The Carnegie Museum of Art, The Austin Museum of Digital Art, The Westmoreland Museum of Art, UICA/Michigan, and The Mattress Factory.

His work has been published widely in various publications including TIME, The Wall Street Journal, How Magazine, Graphis, London’s Computer Arts, The Book of Probes by Marshall Mcluhan (designed by David Carson), Big Magazine and Speak; and featured in Atlantic Homes and Lifestyles, Beaux Arts, Table Magazine, Perlora Contemporary Home Magazine, The Wall Street International Magazine and the cover of Housetrends.

Recent projects include the main lobby interior collections for Bakery Living and Bakery Living Blue, The Hardy House at Nemacolin Woodlands, large scale works for The PPG Paints Arena and commissioned work for The New York Pro Surf Competition and The Quiksilver Pro France. As well as several feature films and television series, including American Rust, Red Notice, Trouble With The Curve, The Last Witch Hunter and HBO’s Banshee.

Application Requirements

Procedures & Requirements:

• All entries must be completed online by 11:59 MST on April 27th, 2025 through CaFÈ. You will need to set up a free account at callforentry.org
• A nonrefundable $30 entry fee is required at the time of application.
• All 2-dimensional works must be properly framed and a wire for hanging must be attached securely to the back. Absolutely no sawtooth hangers. We encourage you to frame your work simply.
• Work must not exceed 40 inches in any direction. Framed Two-dimensional works larger than 24 x 30 must be framed using plexiglass in place of single pane glass.
• All 2-dimensional works must be properly framed and a wire for hanging must be attached securely to the back. Absolutely no sawtooth hangers. We encourage you to frame your work simply.
• Stifel Fine Arts Center offers framing services. Get in touch with Brad Johnson at (bjohnson@oionline.com) or call him at 304-242-7700 for pricing information.
• No Installations will be accepted.
• Please make sure that your prices are correct in your CaFE portfolio. We will not accept prices changes once a piece is entered for application to this exhibit.
• You must submit a high-resolution image (300 dpi) image for the jury process. The Stifel Fine Arts Center will use submitted images of accepted works for concurrent online exhibit, documentation, the exhibit catalog, and promotional materials for this exhibit.
• Shipping materials will be kept for returning work. However, no incidental packaging including bubble wrap or paper will be kept from hand delivered work by Oglebay Institute. Only boxes, crates and bins with proper labels including the artist’s contact information and the name of the piece will be kept for repackaging. Boxes and such may include paper & wraps.
• Works left at Stifel Fine Arts Center more than 30 days past the pick-up dates (July 14-19) becomes the property of Stifel Fine Arts and will no longer be stored.

Eligibility Criteria

• Open to visual artists 18 years and older residing in West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington DC.
• Artists may submit up to 3 works. Works must have been completed within the last calendar year and not been previously exhibited at the Stifel Fine Arts Center.