The Work of Our Hands -Year of St Joseph

Call for Entry:

This juried exhibition hosted by The Angelico Project is to showcase excellent and beautiful contemporary artwork honoring laborers, fatherhood and family in this Year of St Joseph.

Our rich heritage of western art includes innumerable images of St Joseph. His strong and vital example of a heroic life of virtue and faith is a much-needed light to us. Contemporary art, if it is excellent and beautiful, will promote the Truth of his life of silence and work, his vigor, his courage, his role as guardian of the Word and his example of a just man, a man in love with Beauty, entrusted with the care of the Holy Family.  

Submitted artwork should evidence elements of Goodness, Truth and Beauty; witness to the dignity of the human person; attest to the reality of the spiritual life; and demonstrate mastery of the artist’s medium.

Subjects sought (but not limited to) include scenes from the life of the Holy Family, images of Fatherhood, and depictions of St Joseph’s virtues and attributes, especially his titles in the Litany of St Joseph.

Read this inspiring Blog contemplating and envisioning St Joseph at the Angelico Catholic Arts Guild! The World Needs St. Joseph – The Angelico Project

Submission for Entry Opens: June 25, 2021    
Submission Deadline: September 5, 2021
Notification Date: September 6, 2021
Exhibition September 10 - 21, 2021
Opening Reception Friday, September 10, 6 – 9 PM

Woman's Art Club Cultural Center
6980 Cambridge Ave., Mariemont, OH 45227

Curated by Bernadette Carstensen Cody
Bernadette Carstensen is an illustrator working in gouache and watercolor from her home studio in San Francisco.  She obtained a BFA in illustration in 2010 and has been freelancing ever since.  With a focus on catholic subjects, Bernadette is much influenced by the austere, Northern Renaissance masters, and the excellent Pre Raphaelites.  A second and third place winner in the St. Vincent College Catholic Art show, she has been commissioned by the Diocese of Columbus Ohio, the Dominican Province of St Joseph, the Benedict XVI Institute and has lately been published in "Consecration to St. Joseph" by Fr. Donald Calloway. In 2017 she married and is living happily ever after with her husband and four children.
Website:  Bernadette Carstensen Illustration

The focus of the jurying process will be on excellence in concept, technique, and expression- work that will inspire and move the heart and mind toward God.

Submissions​

Media: painting, illumination, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, work in precious metals, enamel, liturgical textiles.
 
Copies of existing works are not eligible.

Eligibility:  This exhibition is open to any artist over the age of 18, professional or amateur, of any faith tradition.  All entries must be original, by the submitting artist, and created within in the past five years.  Limit three entries per artist. Work may be for sale or not-for-sale (NFS).

​Please Note — accepted artwork must be hand delivered.

Submission Fees: for up to three entries- $25.

Pay Entry Fee online at time of submission or pay by check to The Angelico Project.

Checks must be received by September 1, 2021.

Mail to: The Angelico Project - Show

             PO Box 18092

             Cincinnati, OH  45218​

Image Requirements:​

Images should be of good quality and no larger than 5MB, 1200-1500 pixels on the longest side at 72 dpi. Images should be in JPEG format.

We cannot assist participants in preparing their images but there is help available at

Help – CaFÉ™ (callforentry.org)

Submission

Entries are digital and must be submitted online at CaFÉ- (CallforEntry.org)

• Fee Payment — CaFÉ website at time of entry submission or by check made out to The Angelico Project as noted above. Checks must be received by September 1, 2021, in order for submission entry to be eligible for the competition/exhibition. Artists will be notified when checks are received.
• All work must be of original concept and design.
• Work created in an instructional setting, including, but not limited to, workshops and art classes, are not considered original artwork.
• Maximum entries, three (3).  (Entrance fee is the same for one, two or three entries.)
• Work may be for sale or Not-For-Sale (NFS).  A 20% commission from sales will be required by the Woman’s Art Club of Cincinnati (WACC).  Please consider the 20% commission in the price of your work.
• Work must have been created within the last 5 years and not have previously been in a juried exhibition.
• Frames are required for most 2-D pieces — exceptions are gallery-wrap stretched canvas showing no bare or stapled edges, wall-mounted pieces designed to be displayed without frames (for example: fabric pieces, works on panels, wall sculptures, 2-D glass art, etc.) All works must be delivered ready-to-hang with all appropriate hanging hardware — saw-tooth hangers will not be accepted.
• Size of wall art, including frame, must not exceed 40″ x 40″.
• Sculpture, glass, and other 3-D artwork must be of a measurement to be exhibited atop a pedestal measuring 20″x20″x39″.
• Photography entries cannot be digitally enhanced, manipulated or altered.
• Small items such as jewelry must include display props.
• Accepted work must be hand-delivered and retrieved. No shipped works will be accepted.

Liabilities and Responsibilities: All entries will be made at the risk of the entrant. Care and caution will be exercised in the handling of all art work. Neither  The Angelico Project nor the Women's Art Club  Barn may be held responsible for loss or damage. Insurance is the responsibility of the artist.

Exhibition Schedule
June 25, 2021, the Call goes active on CaFE
September 1, 2021, Entries close
September 6, 2021 Entrants notified of jury results
September 8, 2021 Deliver work to the Barn
September 10, 2021, 6-9 pm Opening Reception
September 21, 2021  Artwork pick up

The Angelico Project 
PO Box 18092
Cincinnati, OH   45218

Application Requirements

Entries are digital and must be submitted online at CaFÉ- (CallforEntry.org)

• Fee Payment — CaFÉ website at time of entry submission or by check made out to The Angelico Project as noted above. Checks must be received by September 1, 2021, in order for submission entry to be eligible for the competition/exhibition. Artists will be notified when checks are received.
• All work must be of original concept and design.
• Work created in an instructional setting, including, but not limited to, workshops and art classes, are not considered original artwork.
• Maximum entries, three (3).  (Entrance fee is the same for one, two or three entries.)
• Work may be for sale or Not-For-Sale (NFS).  A 20% commission from sales will be required by the Woman’s Art Club of Cincinnati (WACC).  Please consider the 20% commission in the price of your work.
• Work must have been created within the last 5 years and not have previously been in a juried exhibition.
• Frames are required for most 2-D pieces — exceptions are gallery-wrap stretched canvas showing no bare or stapled edges, wall-mounted pieces designed to be displayed without frames (for example: fabric pieces, works on panels, wall sculptures, 2-D glass art, etc.) All works must be delivered ready-to-hang with all appropriate hanging hardware — saw-tooth hangers will not be accepted.
• Size of wall art, including frame, must not exceed 40″ x 40″.
• Sculpture, glass, and other 3-D artwork must be of a measurement to be exhibited atop a pedestal measuring 20″x20″x39″.
• Photography entries cannot be digitally enhanced, manipulated or altered.
• Small items such as jewelry must include display props.
• Accepted work must be hand-delivered and retrieved. No shipped works will be accepted.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility:  This exhibition is open to any artist over the age of 18, professional or amateur, of any faith tradition.  All entries must be original, by the submitting artist, and created within in the past five years.  Limit three entries per artist. Work may be for sale or not-for-sale (NFS).

​Please Note — accepted artwork must be hand delivered.