Call Detail
Entry Deadline: 12/30/19
Application Closed
Application Closed
Work Sample Requirements
Images:10
Call Type: Photography
Eligibility: Regional
State: Oregon
Eligibility: Regional
State: Oregon
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Any photographer who is a current resident of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, British Columbia, or Alaska is invited to submit work for consideration. Please ensure that your CAFE profile reflects residency in one of these locations.
Submitting to this Call for Entries requires exactly 10 images (no watermarks) from a single series or body of work created within the last five years. If an applicant has previously been featured in the Drawers, the submission must be of new or different work. Submitted images must be the same as the original prints intended for inclusion in the Drawers. Absolutely no substitutions will be permitted.
Please include a concise artist statement, CV or resume, and details about each print including print type/medium, size, and price.
If accepted, works must be delivered to the gallery matted, mounted, or protected by sturdy backing. Due to the physical dimensions of each drawer, the matted or mounted sizes of accepted works are not to exceed 20” x 24” x 1.5" when stacked together.
All prints selected for the Drawers are eligible for sale with the artist's permission, with a commission (50%) retained by Blue Sky. Artists who are currently represented by a gallery are asked to ensure that a Drawers entry does not infringe on any standing agreements before making a submission. Blue Sky will not be responsible for negotiating commissions with an artist’s representation or sending commission payments to an artist's gallery. Artists must plan to make separate payment arrangements with their gallery representation.
Deadline for submissions is 10:59 PM (PST), Monday, December 30, 2019. There is no entry fee. Only one entry per artist is permitted. Blue Sky cannot respond to inquiries about the status of a submission, nor is the juror able to offer feedback or reasoning for rejected submissions.
Accepted artists will be notified no later than February 4, 2020. Accepted works must be received at Blue Sky no later than 5:00 PM on Sunday, March 22, 2020. Accepted works will debut in the Drawers to the public on First Thursday, April 2, 2020—the beginning of Portland Photo Month.
2020 JURORS:
Kris Graves is a photographer and publisher based in New York and London. He received his BFA in Visual Arts from S.U.N.Y. Purchase College and has been published and exhibited globally. As Director of Kris Graves Projects, he collaborates with artists to create limited edition publications and archival prints, focusing on contemporary photography and works on paper. Graves also servies on Blue Sky's Board of Directors.
Julie Keefe is an artist with 25+ years experience working primarily in documentary and community-based art. Her work includes installations and collaborations with a variety of institutions, health care organizations, artists, children and communities. From 2013 to 2017 she served as Portland, Oregon’s inaugural Creative Laureate, a position that uses the Office of the Mayor, and the Laureate role, as a platform to advocate for the arts, arts education, equity, creative industries and practice and the overall cultural health of Portland.
Any photographer who is a current resident of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, British Columbia, or Alaska is invited to submit work for consideration. Please ensure that your CAFE profile reflects residency in one of these locations.
Submitting to this Call for Entries requires exactly 10 images (no watermarks) from a single series or body of work created within the last five years. If an applicant has previously been featured in the Drawers, the submission must be of new or different work. Submitted images must be the same as the original prints intended for inclusion in the Drawers. Absolutely no substitutions will be permitted.
Please include a concise artist statement, CV or resume, and details about each print including print type/medium, size, and price.
If accepted, works must be delivered to the gallery matted, mounted, or protected by sturdy backing. Due to the physical dimensions of each drawer, the matted or mounted sizes of accepted works are not to exceed 20” x 24” x 1.5" when stacked together.
All prints selected for the Drawers are eligible for sale with the artist's permission, with a commission (50%) retained by Blue Sky. Artists who are currently represented by a gallery are asked to ensure that a Drawers entry does not infringe on any standing agreements before making a submission. Blue Sky will not be responsible for negotiating commissions with an artist’s representation or sending commission payments to an artist's gallery. Artists must plan to make separate payment arrangements with their gallery representation.
Deadline for submissions is 10:59 PM (PST), Monday, December 30, 2019. There is no entry fee. Only one entry per artist is permitted. Blue Sky cannot respond to inquiries about the status of a submission, nor is the juror able to offer feedback or reasoning for rejected submissions.
Accepted artists will be notified no later than February 4, 2020. Accepted works must be received at Blue Sky no later than 5:00 PM on Sunday, March 22, 2020. Accepted works will debut in the Drawers to the public on First Thursday, April 2, 2020—the beginning of Portland Photo Month.
2020 JURORS:
Kris Graves is a photographer and publisher based in New York and London. He received his BFA in Visual Arts from S.U.N.Y. Purchase College and has been published and exhibited globally. As Director of Kris Graves Projects, he collaborates with artists to create limited edition publications and archival prints, focusing on contemporary photography and works on paper. Graves also servies on Blue Sky's Board of Directors.
Julie Keefe is an artist with 25+ years experience working primarily in documentary and community-based art. Her work includes installations and collaborations with a variety of institutions, health care organizations, artists, children and communities. From 2013 to 2017 she served as Portland, Oregon’s inaugural Creative Laureate, a position that uses the Office of the Mayor, and the Laureate role, as a platform to advocate for the arts, arts education, equity, creative industries and practice and the overall cultural health of Portland.