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“This is America”
SHOW CANCILED DUE

What does America mean to you? We are calling for all artists to submit work that expresses their feelings about America. War, peace, love, hate, hotdogs, veggie burgers, beaches, mountains, cowboys, drag queens, country music, hip-hop, poverty, wealth, excess, freedom, diversity, segregation, tolerance, racism, religion, sex, politics, TV, and even apple pie!What ever your interpretation is, we want to see it! Paintings, photos and illustrations are all welcome to submit. 

Successful entries will be displayed, for sale, at a Pop-up Art show located in Denver’s Garage at Bitfactory over 4th of July Weekend. This event will take place during the busiest first Friday Art Walk of the year! Last year over 10,000  people came to July’s First Friday complete with food trucks, bars, and dancing in the closed streets!

Please read below guidelines to get started with your submission. 

ELIGIBILITY

• Open to artists of any age within the USA.

OUR JUROR

Curated by International modern artist Topher Straus. 

Artist Topher Straus is a Colorado born, New York trained fine artist, known for his raw playfulness and imaginative concepts. His radical color combinations rekindle the wonder and bliss within all of us. Topher's work is featured in numerous art galleries, magazines and sold all over the world.

Topher’s passions are evident in his art. His love for, and views of, the environment—both natural and manmade—spur him to create art that goes beyond the standard boundaries and conventions of his subjects and medium. INSTA: @CreativeTopher

AWARDS

$250 Best of Show Award of Excellence. Voted on both at the show and on line.

EXHIBITION SPACE & DATES

Garage at Bitfactory. An amazing space located in the back section of Bitfactory Gallery at 851 Sante Fe Drive in the historic Denver, Colorado Arts District.

WHAT IS A JURIED EXHIBIT?

• A juried exhibition is a competitive exhibit process. The artworks that you submit will be in competition against all of the other artworks submitted for consideration for this exhibit. Some artworks will be selected for the final show, while others will not be selected. The exhibition Juror, Topher Straus, will make all final decisions as to which artworks are selected for the exhibit. If you do not wish to enter into a competition, then please do not submit your artworks for this juried exhibition.
• Artwork availability: Please do not double-book your artwork, do not commit it for other conflicting exhibits or sell it without possibility of exhibition availability if you plan on entering your work into our show. Only submit artworks for jurying that are available for exhibition.
• All artist-entrants are notified of Invited/Not Invited status by email by June 14, 2019.
• Please do not enter work for jurying if you are not able to follow through with the rules of entry/art & exhibit guidelines.

ENTRY DEADLINE

The deadline to submit works for this exhibit is June 7th, 2019

• PLEASE NOTE that this is an online entry process. The entry & upload process does require time, depending on your advance preparedness and image sizes, so please allow yourself adequate time when applying for & submitting your work to this exhibit. Advance registration prior to entry deadline date and image uploads to a Portfolio are highly recommended.

SPECIFICATIONS-ALL ARTWORKS

• Limit 3 original Painting, drawing, printmaking, or photography. All genres, mediums and disciplines are defined by open call specificities. that respond to the theme of the exhibit, "This Is America" Theme described at top of this call for entry.
• Artwork must be completed between 2010—2019.
• 2-d works must be framed OR, if not framed, pre-approved alternate presentation.
• Works on canvas may be gallery-wrapped, strip-framed or framed. No unstretched canvas.
• Size limits: Final installation size on all 2-d and wall-displayed/hung work not to exceed (48”) WIDE or (48”) HIGH/TALL, this includes frame.
• Weight limit: All hung works may not exceed 30 lbs.
• NO works that are pinned, tacked, taped, velcroed, painted on, glued, adhered, nailed, or affixed directly to/on Gallery walls. Reel Dreams uses traditional hanging hardware (hooks/nails) to hang wall-installed artworks from their wires on the back of the pieces— however, we will not nail or tack an artwork directly to a wall, nor will we velcro, glue or use any other substance to directly apply an artwork to the wall. ALL wall-installed works must hang from standard picture hanging hardware.
• No loose plexi that is clipped or nailed to wall.

IMAGE REQUIREMENTS

• Judging is only done by JPEGs online only at CallForEntry.org.
• LIMIT: 3 artworks.
• NOTE: Multi-paneled artworks count as one artwork, as long as they are presented as one artwork and the total size of the artwork does not exceed our size limit rules. An artwork that is a diptych (2 panels) = one artwork; a triptych (3 panels) = one artwork, and so on. Please photograph the overall artwork. If you submit images of all 3 panels and a full view of your triptych, you have exceeded your image limit.

Rights of Refusal

Reel Dreams LLC reserves the right to refuse artwork(s) that are not professionally presented or that do not resemble original submissions. Refused entries or submissions are not eligible for refunds.

Please make sure that the digital images of your artworks are:

• In focus.
• Cropped to feature only your artwork.
• Please, NO watermarks .
• Free of a time-date stamp.
• Please photograph your 2-d work before you have it professionally framed. If the only image you have of your artwork is of the work framed, please use image editing software to crop the frame out of the image. Your artwork is what will be judged, not the frame.

Upload options for image files:

• File format: JPEG only.
• File dimensions: 1200 pixels or greater on the longest dimension.
• File resolution: 72 ppi/dpi (standard web resolution).
• File size: 5MB maximum.

If you are unclear about how to apply for a Call for Entry using CaFÉ, please view their handy document here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e-eiPx-uukbrpSciO1cmg2KCfO66chdXalmm3Ue8oMw/edit?pli=1

You can also view a How to Apply for Artists video here: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4hLvyPfgM2wc29oZjM2V1RZMUE/edit?pli=1

Submissions that do not comply with rules of entry will not be considered. Artworks selected for exhibition that are not accurately depicted by JPEGs may be refused/will not be exhibited at Artistic Director’s discretion.

SALES & INSURANCE

• If you are accepted for this exhibit and sell your accepted artwork prior to the show, we recommend that you please sell it with the condition that it will be available for this exhibit. If that condition isn't possible, please do not enter that artwork for our show. Entry fee is non-refundable.
• All works submitted for this exhibit must be available for the show dates.
• We will not exhibit substitutes.
• All artworks must either have a sale price or be marked Not for Sale (NFS). If NFS, please provide an insurance value (50% retail).
• No works marked POR (Price on Request) will not be accepted.
• Artwork prices may not be changed once submitted for jurying.
• All sales are through Reel Dreams with 30% commission on work sold and 70% to artist.
• Your sale price should include Reel Dreams' 30% commission.
• Artist responsible for delivery of sold work to buyer at end of exhibit including being responsible for all cost related to shipping.
• The utmost care will be taken in handling all works. Neither Reel Dreams LLC or any of the exhibition venues are responsible for faulty hangers or mounts on framed or unframed works. Beyond our limited liability coverage for theft or natural disaster, it is the artist's responsibility to carry additional insurance for any of their works sent for exhibition. 

FRAMING & PRESENTATION for EXHIBITION

• All rules listed in above "SPECIFICATIONS" section apply.
• All work selected for exhibit must be delivered to Gallery ready to install.
• 2-d works must be framed or, if not framed, pre-approved presentation.
• 2-d work must be equipped with hanging wire stretched across back of artwork.
• NO sawtooth hangers, clip-style frames or keyhole mounts.
• French Cleat mounts okay.
• Works on canvas may be framed, strip-framed or gallery-wrapped.
• NO works that are nailed, pinned, tacked, taped, velcroed, painted on, glued, adhered, or affixed directly to/on Gallery walls.
• No loose plexi that is clipped or nailed to wall.
• Specific installation requirements must be resolved in advance with directions/devices provided by artist.

ENTRY FEE

• Entry fee is non-refundable.
• Artist may submit up to 3 artworks for the one fee.
• $35/entry fee.
• Fee payable through CallforEntry.org 

PUBLICITY

• Reel Dreams reserves the right to photograph all exhibited works for web use and publicity purposes. Reel Dreams reserves the right to use digital images submitted for jurying for publicity of exhibition including but not limited to email, web use and social media. Accepted artists will be required to send high resolution JPEGs of accepted artworks to Reel Dreams for exhibition records/paperwork and publicity.
• In addition to sharing your featured artwork from our exhibit on our website, press releases, and social media (including but not limited to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and more)This will provide not only additional exposure for your artwork but further international sales opportunities as well.

DELIVERY & PICK-UP

• Artworks juried into exhibit are to shipped to Reel Dreams between notification June 14 to the deadline on Friday, June 28, 2019, between 9am-5pm. Works accepted for exhibit but not delivered by 5 p.m. June 28th will not be exhibited.
• Exhibited artworks are to be picked-up at the end of the show at the gallery Sunday, July 7 2019, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m., or via sent back shipping. Artist that ship must provide reusable shipping materials with paid postage and filled out labels back to artist. Artist will communicate their wish to arrange the pick up or return shipping prior to show open.

Shipping

Artists are responsible for round-trip shipping & insurance of artworks. Reel Dreams LLC is not responsible for artwork damaged or lost during shipping. All shipments must include a prepaid UPS or Fed Ex return label. Parcel packaging must be suitable to re-use for return shipping. Absolutely no packing peanuts! Crates, boxes, even small packages containing packing peanuts will be resealed & shipped back to you, no exceptions. Work sent through the US Postal Service, must include a pre-paid shipping label, USPS stamps will not be accepted.

LEGAL

Having submitted artworks for jurying & having paid the entry fee, artist (1) accepts all conditions listed in the aforementioned rules of entry/exhibit prospectus; (2) represents, warrants and covenants that artist is not infringing on any proprietary right, copyright, patent right or any other right of any third party, and artist will indemnify Reel Dreams Llc and its agents, employees, affiliates, licensors, and business partners harmless from and against any and all costs, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in relation to, arising from, or for the purpose of avoiding, any claim or demand from a third party that the submission, ownership, display, sale or the presentation of your artworks violate any applicable law or regulation, or the rights of any third party. This is legal & binding. Accepted artworks may not be substituted and prices may not be changed once submitted for jurying.

The utmost care will be taken in handling all works. Neither Reel Dreams LLC or any of the exhibition venues are responsible for faulty hangers or mounts on framed or unframed works. Beyond our limited liability coverage for theft or natural disaster, it is the artist's responsibility to carry additional insurance for any of their works sent for exhibition.

Artists are responsible for round-trip shipping & insurance of artworks. Reel Dreams LLC is not responsible for artwork damaged or lost during shipping. All shipments must include a prepaid UPS or Fed Ex return label. Parcel packaging must be suitable to re-use for return shipping. Absolutely no packing peanuts! Crates, boxes, even small packages containing packing peanuts will be resealed & shipped back to you, no exceptions. Work sent through the US Postal Service, must include a pre-paid shipping label, USPS stamps will not be accepted. 

COMMUNICATIONS RE: EXHIBIT

All communications to artists in regards to this exhibition are made by email. Please be sure that you have a working email address. Save topher@topherstraus.com as safe senders. If you use gmail, please be sure to check your Promotions folder for any emails from Topher Straus or Reel Dreams, as sometimes our mail ends up there.

C A L E N D A R

• DEADLINE to ENTER: DEADLINE
• This is an online entry process, so we recommend giving yourself plenty of time (and patience) before the final entry date and time. Advance registration and image uploads to a Portfolio are highly recommended.
• Jury notifications will be e-mailed to ALL entrants by June 14, 2019 end of day.
• Deliver all accepted artworks to Reel Dreams June 28, 2019.
• “This Is America” Pop Up exhibit dates: July 5, 2019-July 6, 2019. Times will be solidified before exhibit opens.
• Free RECEPTION with DJ on Friday, July 5, 2019, 5-10 p.m.
• No artworks may be removed from the Gallery prior to 10 a.m., July 7. Artist must either pick up their pieces or have prearranged shipping via a pre paid UPS or FED EX pre paid lable. See return shipping details above.

QUESTIONS? Contact Topher Straus, Artistic Director of Reel Dreams topher@reeldreams.com 

Office hours: M-F 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.

Application Requirements

Eligibility Criteria