Call Description

The Summer Show 2025
July 19 – August 16

Palos Verdes Art Center is pleased to announce the artist call for The Summer Show, a juried all-media exhibition hosted by and open for submission only to members of the Palos Verdes Art Center’s seven active artists groups: Artists Open Group, Pacific Arts Group, Paletteers, Peninsula Artists, Photographic and Digital Artists, The Artists Studio, and The Third Dimension.

JUROR: DENNIS KEELEY

Dennis Keeley works as an artist, photographer, teacher and writer. His photographs have been exhibited in numerous one person and group shows and he is published internationally in books and studies concerning urban circumstance. He has works in the permanent collections at LACMA, MOCA, the J. Paul Getty Center Trust, and Conservation and Research Institutes, and was commissioned by the California African American Museum in Los Angeles. He has served on the Board of Directors at Angel’s Gate Cultural Center in San Pedro, CA for more than ten years.

CALENDAR:

Online Submission Dates via CaFÉ:  May 20 - June 19, 2025
Juror’s Selections Announced via CaFÉ:  Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Take-In of Selected Works: Friday, July 11 – 9:00 to 11:00 am
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 19 – 7:00 to 9:00 pm
Close of Show: Saturday, August 16, 2025
Art Pick-Up: Monday, August 18 – 9:00 to 11:00 am

ONLINE SUBMISSIONS PROCEDURE:

·      Go to https://www.callforentry.org/

·      Create a CaFÉ profile.

·      Follow step-by-step instructions in CaFÉ for creating a profile. Please be sure to identify your media and substrate; for instance, oil on canvas, digital print on paper, etc.

·      Apply to call for The Summer Show 2025. You may submit up to 3 pieces of art once your profile in CaFÉ is complete.

·     Artists may submit only one image per artwork entered.

      Image File Type: JPEG or JPG only.

      Image File Dimensions: 1,200 pixels or greater on the longest side.

All artwork must be original to the artist and the source material must be original to the artist or from a permitted source.

Please do not submit work that has been previously exhibited at PVAC.

For assistance with CaFE submission, email cafe@wearecreativewest.org.

REQUIREMENT FOR ENTRY:

·      Current PVAC member in good-standing

SELECTION PROCESS:

·      Juror selections will be announced through CaFÉ via email on July 25. (If you haven’t heard from CaFÉ by this date, check your spam and trash. You can also go to your CaFÉ portfolio and check there.)

·      Juror-selected artwork must be hand-delivered to Palos Verdes Art Center, Main Gallery on Friday, July 11 between 9:00 and 11:00 am.

·      No early deliveries. All work must be delivered on July 11, 2024. 

SIZE LIMIT & FRAMING:

·      Maximum size allowable is 50 x 60 inches including framing for 2-dimensional artwork. This also applies to diptychs and triptychs. Weight is not to exceed 30 pounds.

·      Maximum size for 3-dimensional artwork is 72 x 36 x 36 inches. Weight must not exceed 150 pounds.

·      No damaged frames will be accepted; frames must be in good condition.

·      All 2-dimensional work should be ready to hang; D-rings, wire or French cleats are acceptable.

·      1 1/2 inch stretched canvases need not be framed but should be painted on all sides. Canvases that are not stretched or thinner than 1 1/2 inches must be framed.

·      PVAC reserves the right to refuse artwork that does not meet these requirements, even if accepted by Juror. 

MEDIA:

All media is eligible.

FEES:

·      Each artist may submit up to 3 pieces maximum, for a total fee of $35.

·      Each artist may pay the entry fee on the CaFÉ website by credit card -or- by check made payable to PVAC with The Summer Show written on the memo line:

                        Palos Verdes Art Center

                        5504 Crestridge Road

                        Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275

                        Attn: THE SUMMER SHOW

·      PVAC will take a 25% commission on all sales of exhibited artwork.

·      PVAC is not responsible for lost, stolen or misdirected entries.

INSURANCE:

Coverage applies only to the duration of the exhibition. PVAC carries no earthquake insurance. Artwork must remain in the exhibition until Monday, August 18, 2025.

Application Requirements

Entry Fee: $35

Eligibility Criteria

Open for submission only to members of Palos Verdes Art Center Artist Groups