Call Detail
Flux: Wax in All Forms
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Contact Email: jean@artsbenicia.org

Entry Deadline: 4/28/20
Application Closed

Entry Fee (Flux: Wax in All Forms - NonMember): $45.00
Entry Fee (Flux: Wax in All Forms - Arts Benicia Member): $35.00
Work Sample Requirements
Images | Minimum:Min. 1, Maximum:Max. 6
Audio | Minimum:Min. 0, Maximum:Max. 3
Video | Minimum:Min. 0, Maximum:Max. 3
Total Samples | Minimum:Min. 1, Maximum:Max. 6
Call Type: Exhibitions
Eligibility: International
State: California

Flux: Wax in all Forms -- please note, dates have been revised as of 3.21.20

Dates of exhibition: June 20 – August 2, 2020 -- physical or virtual
Juror: Sara Post

The exhibition will showcase the diverse and innovative approaches artists employ to create 2-D and 3-D art with wax including encaustic, cold wax, cast wax, and wax sculpture. Artists are invited to submit original paintings, drawings, sculptures, hand-pulled prints, textile art, fiber art, and installation with wax as a primary element. Entries are open to visual artists internationally.

Please note: The exhibition will be produced as a physical gallery installation if the public health environment allows; if that is not feasible, the exhibition will be produced as a virtual, online exhibition.

Other Important Dates: 
Deadline for Entries: April 28, 2020 (10:59 PM Pacific Time)
Online Judging: April 29 - May 10
Artists Notified: May 12
Shipped Artwork Received: June 10-11 -- if a physical exhibition is produced
Hand-delivered Artwork: Wed, June 10, 2-6 pm -- if a physical exhibition is produced

Events to be held -- if a physical exhibition is produced and group events are feasible
Preview: Thursday, June 18, 6-7 pm (for members & exhibiting artists)
Opening Public Reception: Saturday, June 20, 4-6 pm
Free Family Art Day: Sunday, July 19, 1-3 pm

In person art pick-up: Wed, August 5, 2-6 pm -- if a physical exhibition is produced
Shipped Artwork Return Begins: August 5  -- if a physical exhibition is produced

JUROR

Sara Post is a nationally recognized abstract painter currently working in oil and water based mixed media. She is a popular workshop leader, teaching mixed media abstraction at art centers across the U.S.  Her paintings are featured in Cold Wax Medium: Techniques, Concepts and Conversations by Rebecca Crowell and Jerry McLaughlin and in the Squeegee Press video series of the same name. She maintains a working and instructional studio, Art 26, in downtown Davis, California.

ENTRIES & APPLICATION

Read this entire call carefully. Please note that some instructions regarding delivery, pickup, and public events will not apply if the exhibition is virtual. Before you apply, ensure you are available to deliver your artwork on the specified day, and to pick up your artwork on the specified day. You may use a proxy if you like. No other drop-off or pick up dates will be scheduled. Submit your entries through CaFE at https://artist.callforentry.org/

Artists may submit one application. One application allows you to submit up to 3 artworks.

IMAGES TO SUBMIT

For optimal juror viewing, submit the highest quality images. For each image file, 1 MB is the minimum size; maximum file size for each still image is 5 MB. If your photo software specifies quality levels instead of pixels (i.e., you are submitting an image directly from a cell phone), choose "actual size" or “very high quality.”

Do not include your name in any of your file titles. Use the artwork title to name the files. For technical questions or assistance with your image files, and for video/audio file guidelines, visit https://www.callforentry.org/image_prep.phtml.

Up to 6 images may be uploaded...but only 3 artworks may be submitted. You must submit at least one photo for each artwork. For the remaining 3 images, the content depends on your category:

●      2-D work: you may, if you wish, submit a second image.  If your artwork is not wall-mounted, submit a backside/reverse image as your second image. If your artwork is flatwork but is large or detailed, you may submit a detail image as well as the overall image. Your second image should not be merely a zoomed cropping of the first image. 

●      3-D work: you must submit 2 images for each artwork entered. Do not submit a second image that is merely a crop of the first image.

●      For video, sound, and installation entries, you must submit a still image as well as the video or sound file; the still image must be of the set-up in a gallery setting, an installation mock-up, or a drawing of the set-up. 

Large work is allowed. So is small work. Our ceilings are 20 feet high. Our walls range from 8 feet to 14 feet tall. Arts Benicia provides pedestals for 3-D work; if your sculpture comes with its own pedestal, please let us know. We employ a variety of shims, putty, and wax to hold artworks securely, and can offer protective vitrines in some instances. Ceiling-hung works, 3-dimensional work that cannot be on a pedestal, and video works all require contact with the Arts Benicia staff, before applying, to ensure our facility can appropriately receive and install your artwork. Email the particulars to celeste@artsbenicia.org

CONCEPT STATEMENT, OPTIONAL

A brief explanation describing your concept to the juror may be submitted during the application process. This statement will be seen by the juror. Omit your name from this statement.

FEES AND PAYMENT

Entry fee is $45 (or $35 for current Arts Benicia members; selected at checkout) for 1 to 3 artworks. You can submit up to 6 images, but these can depict no more than 3 artworks in total Arts Benicia members may apply for $35; this discount is one of the membership benefits. To review all the benefits of an Arts Benicia membership, including NARM admissions to museums, or to join Arts Benicia before submitting your entry, visit artsbenicia.org. Entry fees are not refundable for any reason, in whole or in part.

Entries must be submitted through CaFE, but entry fees do not need to be paid through CaFE. You may pay on CaFE by either Paypal or a credit card, or you may pay Arts Benicia directly. To pay Arts Benicia directly, upload your images onto CaFE, complete the entry form on CaFE, and select “check” as the payment method; then contact Arts Benicia to pay by check, cash, or by credit card either over the phone or in person, when our offices are open: Wed-Sun, noon to 5 PM when there is an exhibition in the gallery, or Wed-Fri, noon to 5 PM when the gallery is closed for installation. Check our website for exhibition dates to see whether we are open on the day you wish to pay. Entry fees must be received before the deadline.

NOTIFICATION OF JURY RESULTS

The deadline is April 28, 2020 at 10:59 PM, PDT (revised). An email will be sent via CaFE to all submitting artists by May 12 with jury results. Additionally, the results will be available in CaFE artist accounts after May 12.  Accepted artists will be invited to the member preview and juror talk; the opening reception is open to the public. Arts Benicia will produce promotional materials and make them available to exhibiting artists at no cost; these materials may be in digital or printed format, at the gallery's discretion.

TECHNICAL ISSUES

●      If you have never used CaFE before, you will need to register your name and email address with them. This is free and allows us to communicate with applicants more easily.

●      Be aware that your ”portfolio” in CaFE is not the same as your application in CaFE.

●      You can SAVE your application in CaFE at any time, and return to it later, before the deadline.

●      For technical assistance with CaFE, they have a help page. They also have telephone assistance, M-F, during Mountain Time business hours.

ARTWORK DELIVERY AND RETURN

Walk-in Delivery is on Wednesday, June 10, 2:00 – 6:00 pm. We do not store packing materials of hand-delivered work, so expect to take with you any packing you used during transport. Walk-in Pick Up of unsold work is on Wednesday, August 5, 2:00 – 6:00 pm. Remember to bring any packing material you might need for transport.

Shipped artwork. We receive packages and crates from all common carriers, as well as freight and private art shippers. Artists are responsible for all shipping costs. Unsold artwork will be returned after August 5, using the same shipping container and packing materials the artwork arrived in, and the pre-paid return shipping provided by the artist.

ARTWORK PREPARATION

Please prepare your work in a professional manner. Wall-hung framed work must have D-rings and wire, or a cleat system. Do not send artwork that has only sawtooth hangers, has already been exhibited through an Arts Benicia exhibition, is a giclée, or is a gallery wrapped canvas that has exposed staples on the sides, or artwork or frames that are soiled. If special hanging or installation devices are required, please supply them. If special installation instructions are required, include them in your delivery or shipment. Secure to the back or bottom of your artwork an identification label that will remain in place during the exhibition, with your name and the title of the artwork.

ART SALES

Arts Benicia has a history of successfully selling multiple works at every exhibition. Upon sale, a check and purchaser contact information will be mailed to the artist within 30 days after exhibition closure. Artists receive 60% on the sale of their work. Arts Benicia, a non-profit, receives 40%. Arts Benicia bears all transaction fees and collects and reports sales tax on artwork sales. Artwork does not have to be for sale.

POLICIES

●      Artists may not remove artwork from the gallery before the close of the exhibition.

●      Accepted artists will be asked to sign a release allowing us to photograph and market their art.

●      The artist or their proxy must deliver and retrieve artwork within the stated dates and times. 

●      Work not retrieved within 30 calendar days of the designated date is considered abandoned.

●      Unsold artworks not picked up on the designated dates will be placed in storage. Artwork shipped to us without a pre-paid return will also be stored. We charge both storage fees and retrieval fees. Artwork will be available for retrieval from storage only when there is sufficient staff scheduled, and only during office hours.

INSURANCE

Artworks are covered by Arts Benicia insurance while they are at the gallery. Our gallery includes a fire suppression system, a security alarm system, and a security camera system. Arts Benicia is not responsible for the safety or condition of any artwork stored after the designated pick-up date.

GALLERY

Arts Benicia
991 Tyler Street, Suite 114
Benicia, CA  94510

Located in the historic Arsenal, Arts Benicia has been a vital part of the Bay Area regional art scene for over 33 years, supporting artistic development and enriching the larger community. Arts Benicia is a community-based non-profit organization offering diverse and relevant exhibitions in its gallery, and at other venues in Benicia, and providing creative workshops for adults and inspiring youth arts educational programming in its classroom and engaging public programming.

GALLERY AND OFFICE HOURS

Gallery is normally open Wednesday through Sunday, 12:00 to 5:00 pm, during exhibitions. Between exhibitions, the office is open Wednesday through Friday, 12:00 to 5:00 pm. Receipt of shipped artworks and installation of artworks may have variable hours.

If the exhibition is produced virtually, the gallery will not be open and staff will be working and accessible via email from off-site locations.

There is an accessible entrance to the gallery on Jackson Street, behind the building. This is our back door, which has a threshold level with the street (there is no sidewalk) and is also used for heavy or large artwork deliveries that need a hand truck, jack, or lift.

CONTACT

Website: artsbenicia.org
707-747-0131
jean@artsbenicia.org

Application Requirements

Eligibility Criteria