Call Description

Exhibition: Sunday, January 12 – Sunday, February 23, 2020

Reception & Awards: Sunday, January 12, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Location: TBD

PRIZES: 

First Prize: $500 and a solo show with the museum (Dates TBD)

Second Prize: $300

Third Prize:  $200

Juror Selection: Upgraded membership to Director’s Circle membership level and all benefits ($250 value)

Visitor’s Award: Upgraded membership to Director’s Circle membership level and all benefits ($250 value)

Prospectus

JUROR: Juror Richard Michelson is the founder of R. Michelson Galleries, currently celebrating its 40th anniversary year. Art originally exhibited at the gallery now hangs in many of the most prestigious museums in America, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Art Institute of Chicago. Gallery sculptors have created some of our nation’s major memorials, from the FDR Memorial in Washington D.C. to the National Anne Frank Memorial in Boise, Idaho. Specializing in the widest interpretation of representational art, the gallery also has the nation’s largest collection of original picture book illustration. Michelson has handled the work of artists as diverse as sculptor/printmaker Leonard Baskin, photographer Leonard Nimoy, painter Rebecca Leveille Guay and picture book illustrators Jerry Pinkney, Virginia Lee Burton and Mo Willems, among many others.

Dates:

September 23     Submissions begins on CaFÉ

November 25      Deadline for submissions on CaFÉ

December 10      Notification of selected works via CaFÉ and on mattmuseum.org

December 11-27 Delivery of accepted works 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. to Mattatuck Museum

December 29      Deadline for receiving shipped artwork

January 12          Exhibition opening; reception from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

February 23        Exhibition close

March 6-11          Pick-up work 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

ELIGIBILITY:        
Current Mattatuck Museum membership at any level required at time of submission. MIXMASTER is open to all Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont resident artists 18 years and over. Original works accepted in all media.

Work submitted must have been executed in the past three years and not previously exhibited in a Connecticut Museum.

ENTRY FEE:     
A $10.00 entry fee will be charged for each submitted work. Up to three works per artist may be submitted. Check, VISA, Discover, MasterCard or American Express will be accepted through the CaFÉ website.

SUBMISSION:   
Mattatuck Museum will only accept submissions through CaFÉ. CaFÉ is an online application and jury management system for calls for entry. Visit www.callforentry.org and click on How to Apply and follow the 3-step process to submit. Only submissions by the artist will be accepted.

Entries sent via email or by mail will NOT be considered.

MEMBERSHIP:   You must have a current Mattatuck Museum membership to be eligible to submit your work. If you are not a current member, the Mattatuck Museum reserves the right to remove your work from the jurying process with the loss of entry fees as a result. For Membership information go to mattmuseum.org/support/membership and click on ‘Make me a Member.’ Membership must be established before accessing CaFÉ.

GUIDELINES FOR ARTWORK

• Up to three works per artist may be submitted.
• A maximum of one work per artist may be selected.
• All two-dimensional work must be framed and/or ready for installation with hanging hardware, wire, d-rings already installed on work and must not exceed 84 inches in any dimension. The work cannot exceed 75 pounds. Pieces without hanging hardware will not be included in the exhibition.
• Three-dimensional work cannot exceed 48” in any dimension and should be accompanied by a pedestal/or be ready for display as a freestanding or self-containing work. The work cannot exceed 100 lbs.
• Mattatuck Museum will accept installations that have been created in the past three years and not previously exhibited in a Connecticut Museum.
• All work requiring assembly or any work with a complex installation procedure must be accompanied by a detailed set of installation instructions with reference photos from previous installations. Verbal instructions will not suffice.
• The Museum prohibits glitter, wet paint, sharp objects, open flames, balloons, spray (perfumes, hairsprays, etc.), dangerous chemicals, weapons, pressurized containers, plants or animals (alive or dead), hazardous materials (explosive, flammable, or perishable), infested materials (visible mold, or insects), or anything deemed harmful to the Museum’s collections.
• Anything questionable should be cleared by the Collections Department.
• Accepted work may not be removed during the exhibition.

SELECTED ARTWORK

• Only artwork selected for the exhibition should be delivered to the Mattatuck Museum
• Selected works must be delivered ready to install/display.
• Artwork misrepresented or considered unsuitable for presentation will be refused.

DELIVERY AND SHIPPED ARTWORK

• All costs associated with delivery and pick-up, with mailing and return postage and with shipping, and return shipping are the responsibility of the artist.
• Please note deadlines for receipt of works are firm and if work is not at the museum by deadline, the Mattatuck reserves the right to not include it in the exhibition. Delivery accepted only during the stated hours on the stated days. No exceptions will be made.
• All work should be packaged in a manner that allows for materials to be re-used for return.
• In the case of inadequate or nonexistent return postage, or work not picked-up by the dates noted above will be considered abandoned property and disposed of as the Mattatuck Museum sees fit.
• All works should be labeled with the artist’s name, telephone number, title of work, date, medium and dimensions.

LIABILITY

• Please note that the Mattatuck Museum assumes no responsibility for loss or damage to any submitted work of art for any reason, before, during, or after the exhibition.
• Insurance protection is the responsibility of each artist.

AGREEMENT

Submission to MIXMASTER constitutes an agreement with all conditions of this exhibition. The Mattatuck Museum reserves the right to photograph an accepted work for publication and publicity purposes. The Museum reserves the right to reject any work not resembling the submitted entry or work that is not ready to be shown according to the aforementioned specifications.

Application Requirements

Eligibility Criteria