Call Detail
2020 ArtPop Charlotte Region 12 County SC/NC Call
Entry Deadline: 10/27/19
Application Closed

Entry Fee (2020 ArtPop Charlotte Region 12 county SC/NC call): $30.00
Work Sample Requirements
Images | Minimum:Min. 1, Maximum:Max. 1
Total Samples | Minimum:Min. 1, Maximum:Max. 1
Call Type: Public Art
Eligibility: Regional
State: North Carolina
Event Dates: 1/1/20 - 12/31/20

Art + Public Outdoor Project = ArtPop Street Gallery 
IMPORTANT:  ONE image only can be submitted and it must be cropped to the specs. Please verify your submission as incorrectly prepared images will not be accepted. 
The CaFE website converts CMYK color space JPGs to sRGB. This is because CMYK is print color space and not a web viewing color space.  Below are the acceptable file specifications for uploading to the CaFE website.

Watch this tutorial video on how to crop your work for entry: https://vimeo.com/316360608 

Ask a graphic designer for help if you have difficulties with the specifications.
We recommend:  ArtGuyCraig@gmail.com or rileyvisualdesign@gmail.com for thier paid services on correctly sizing your art to spec.  $150,000 in advertising is worth getting your fiiled sized correctly.  Call ends on 10/27/210 at 11:59 MOUNTAIN time, not ESTEligibility

• You must be at least 18 years old or a high school senior who will be studying the arts through higher education in the 2020.2021 academic year. High School Sr.'s do not have to be 18 or have a website. 

• You must have an active artist website for your artwork. This requirement is waived for high school senior applicants.

• You must reside in one of the following NC/SC counties:

o Cabarrus

o Cleveland

o Gaston

o Iredell

o Lincoln

o Mecklenburg

o Rowan

o Rutherford

o Stanly

o Union

o York (SC)

o Lancaster (SC)

• You may not have been selected as an ArtPop artist in the last three years. ArtPop artists from the 2014, 2015, and 2016 classes are now welcome to reapply.

• Submissions must be the work of one individual. Collaborations/teams will not be accepted.

• Submissions must be your original work and must have been created in the last three years.   DO NOT copy another artists art & claim as your own work.  

What is ArtPop? 

Imagine your artwork spanning 672 square feet of canvas and placed on display up in the air for thousands of people throughout the Charlotte region to see and enjoy each day. At ArtPop Street Gallery, we make that vision a dream-come-true reality. Our goal is to promote local artists’ work and make art accessible to communities through available media space. If you are selected to be one of this year’s 20 ArtPop Charlotte artists, your winning submission will appear on one of 20 billboards provided by our media partner, Adams Outdoor Advertising for a 12-month period. Each artist will also receive an Uptown newsstand for 6 months brought to you by our partners at Charlotte Center City. Additional media space and benefits may be added to the program as they are confirmed later in the year.

This advertising space translates to a $70K-150K value and creates a one-of-a-kind, city-sized gallery for your artwork in order to beautify Charlotte and the surrounding area to make art accessible to all. Becoming an ArtPop artists means gaining career-boosting exposure. You will also become a member of the larger ArtPop family of artists, supporters, and volunteers who are passionate about advocating for local artists. All disciplines are welcome, and we thank you for sharing your submission with us! We hope to see you join the 112 area artists who have already been through and benefitted from the ArtPop program!

Materials to Submit:

• You must submit a brief artist statement that explains your medium of work, lists your website URL and social media accounts, and includes a brief explanation of why you would like to be a part of the ArtPop program. High school senior applicants should speak to their academic plans in the arts.  Be sure to include in your submission that you are a High School student if that is the case. 

• You must submit a 5MB maximum file size image of your work, per the specifications below.  

Image Requirements for Submission:

• All disciplines are welcome! Previous artists have submitted drawings, paintings, sculpture, print making, textiles, photography, digital illustration, etc. If your work is not digital in nature, please photograph and crop your piece to a 24" x 5.5" rectangle. Your work must be pre-cropped in order to be accepted. We will not crop your work to scale.

• Your file for submission cannot exceed 5MB.

• **Please see "site details" for a visual template of where and how your art will be placed on the billboard.**

• Work depicting nude subjects or any slanderous creative will not be accepted.

Artist Selection Process:

• A seven-member jury, comprised of art professionals, collectors, and ArtPop alumni, will judge all submissions that meet the above requirements. Twenty submissions will be selected. You will be notified whether or not you are chosen as a 2020 ArtPop artist

If Your Art is Chosen:

• Congratulations! You’re now among 350 artists around the country who are ArtPop artists. We will inform you via email or by phone on or by November 12th if you have been chosen. Look out for an ArtPop Artist Welcome Kit with additional instructions.
You will be responsible for a reciprocal relationship with ArtPop and to hyperlink our website to yours as well a 1 x per month social media posts about your art being juried into the program and promoting the program.  We may add to this list of duties, stay tuned for updates. 
• The juried ini 20 artists will receive specific instructions regarding the best way to provide us with a final high-quality photograph of their artwork according to the required specs.
• Please be available on the evening of Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019 to attend the ArtPop
Artist Reveal Reception event which will be held in Uptown Charlotte. You will be allowed to bring one guest.

• The 20 ArtPop billboards are expected to be installed in early January of 2020. 10 of the 20 newsstands will install in the first weeks of January.   All other forms of space will be confirmed in the new year.  There is always more.  

• Selected artists will also receive an academic course from ArtistsU.org on the business of art, if our funding is secured for this benefit. 

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT: October 27th, 2019 at 11:59p.m. MST

Application Requirements

Eligibility Criteria