The Tubac Center of the Arts Member's Open is the first exhibition of the 2019-2020 season featuring the outstanding artwork of a varied member/artist community. 

JUROR Carolyn Robles

Carolyn Robies will jury the 2019 Members’ Open. Carolyn’s work can be found in collections all over the United States, as well as Belgium, France, Spain, Germany, Senegal, Japan, Australia, and Canada. She is a grand prize winner of the Pastel Journal’s Pastel 100 and featured in Pure Pastel: Contemporary Works by Today's Top Artists. She also teaches at The Drawing Studio in Tucson. Carolyn will also have her art featured in the Master Galley during this exhibition.

FEES
Members need only submit one (1) 2d or 3d artwork.  The nonrefundable entry fee is $28. Payments are made at the end of the CaFE™ entry process either via credit card online or a check mailed to the art center. 

IMAGES
Artists agree to release the use of images of accepted works to TCA only as a permanent record of the exhibition and only for promotional use relating to the exhibition and the Art Center.

To be considered for exhibition postcard and other print promotions, please email a high-resolution image of your entry to exhibitions@tubacarts.org.  Please include in the subject line of your email, "Members Juried  Print." Please include your last name and first initial along with the title in the name of the file.

example: SmithJ_Painting.jpg. 

AWARDS 
Awards will be selected and presented in person during the Opening Reception.  This year’s awards judge is Carolyn Robles.

Best of Show:                            $200

Award of Excellence                  $100

Ursula Suess Abstract Award   $100

Award of Merit                           $100

Honorable Mention                     $50

Honorable Mention:                    $50

SALES:
All work must be for sale. TCA will retain a 40% commission, Price work accordingly. 

ARTWORK
Giclee reproductions printed on canvas are not permitted.  Members are invited to exhibit one work only.  Entry must be original, entirely the work of the artist, executed within the last 24 months, and cannot have been previously shown at TCA.

No artwork may be removed from the exhibit prior to the close of the exhibition on Sunday, August 31, 2019, including sold art.

DELIVERY/SHIPPING
Artists are responsible for shipping to and from TCA.  Unsold work will be shipped back to the artist after the close of the exhibition.  Artists must provide a PREPAID shipping label for the return of their artwork.

ASSISTANCE
If you are new to CaFE™ and need assistance to register and or enter, please go to the CaFE™ help page on their website at https://www.callforentry.org/cafehelp.phtml 

For help sizing your photos for entry, please visit CaFE™ page https://www.callforentry.org/image_prep.phtml

BEST OF SHOW EXHIBITION
The Best of Show winner will receive a solo show in the Studio Gallery from September 6 to October 7, 2019.

This call and opportunity are open to TCA members only. To become a member of TCA, please register on our website at www.Tubacarts.org or call 520-398-2371.

TIMELINE

Monday, April 22, 2019
Submissions are open.

Friday, July 20, 2019
Entry deadline

Friday, July 26, 2019
Shipped art due

Monday, July 29, 2019
Hand delivered art due

Friday, August 2, 2018
Opening Reception, 5-7pm

Monday, September 2, 2019
Art must be picked up either Monday or Tuesday

Art must be picked up. Shipped art will be returned the week of September 9, 2019 

Tubac Center of the Arts is the core of artistic heritage in Tubac, Arizona.  We are dedicated to providing quality art exhibitions, education, and opportunities for our members, the communities of Santa Cruz County, Arizona and our national and international visitors.

Please contact Michael Fenlason at exhibitions@tubacarts.org with any questions.

Application Requirements

Eligibility Criteria