Awakening

Pour-d is a new contemporary gallery in Rockford, Michigan.  We invite you to submit your best work to our second juried exhibition of our inaugural year.  Awakening will be featured in our brand new gallery space, opening April 1st 2022

We invite you to explore the concept of Awakening. A revival? something that may have been lost that is once again revealed?  We find awakening comes in many forms, as simple as rousing from slumber, as cosmic as the birth of a new dawn.  It can be as manmade as exploring a new city or as profound as a spiritual rebirth.

Our exhibition seeks to discover the meaning of awakening and reveal what it means to you.  

EXHIBITION | The Exhibition will run for 6 weeks from April 11th 2022 until May 21st 2022.  Featured artists are invited & encouraged to attend reception. 

CALL FEES | The fee is $20 for up to 5 images.  All entry fees are non-refundable

CONSIDERATIONS | Entries on or before 02/012/2022 will be considered. 

NOTIFICATIONS | Notifications are generally sent via email within 3 weeks of the call closing.  Artists selected for exhibition will receive a notification of status. 

INVITED STATUS | An Invited status means you will receive an invitation for the show

WAIT LIST STATUS | A Wait List status means we are interested in working with you, but we may not have an immediate place for you. Artists placed on our waitlist will be featured in at least one exhibition (online or gallery) within the calendar year. 

COMMISSION | Gallery retains a 40% commission on all exhibition sales in gallery.

SALES | All sales remittances are paid by pour-d. Remittances are sent after the close of exhibition. Payment to Artist will be provided within 60 days after the exhibit concludes and receipt of full payment from Buyer. 

QUESTIONS | Please email tree@pour-d.com for all inquiries regarding this call (questions about your status, late entries, additional entries, etc.) Be sure to include the name on your CAFE account and date of submission. 

Application Requirements

SUBMISSIONS | All submissions will be reviewed and considered.  A comprehensive and detailed submission will include at least1 image, a biography and/or artist statement, artist website link and links to at least 1 social media platform. 

GALLERY REQUIREMENTS | All work must be original, unsold work, & the artist must own the sole copyright to art. Frames, mats & wiring must be professional quality & in good condition. No saw- tooth hangers. Wiring must be securely fashioned & support weight of the artwork. All accepted work must remain for the duration of the exhibit. 2D Artwork selected for exhibition MUST BE READY TO HANG. 

SHIPPING REQUIREMENTS | Artists are responsible for round-trip shipping of artworks. All shipments must include a prepaid UPS OR FED EX return label & be shipped in a container suitable to re-use for return shipping. Work sent through the US Postal Service, must include a shipping label, USPS stamps will not be accepted.  If you live within driving distance of the gallery, we encourage you to deliver your work by hand. If accepted, artists will be notified of delivery dates and information after the call has been closed.

Publicity
By submitting a work for inclusion in the exhibition, the artist agrees that the gallery is permitted to use, edit, reproduce, publish, transmit and display images or footage of the artist’s work(s), including those submitted by the artist as part of their entry, in films, video, signage, mailing, programs, online image gallery and other forms of media including social media for the promotion and display of the 2022 exhibition Awakening, and other purposes as the gallery may determine. The gallery will not be responsible for the unauthorized use of the images or footage by third parties.

Liability

All entries will be handled with the utmost care and respect. Pour-d Gallery is not liable for artwork during transportation to or from the gallery. Pour-d Gallery reserves the right to refuse coverage to artwork with inherent vices, high values or that is deemed unstable. By entering into this show, the artist agrees to abide by all rules and regulations as set by exhibition guidelines.

Eligibility Criteria

ACCEPTED ARTWORK | All mediums and genres considered. (Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, Glass, Fiber, Functional, Digital, Photography, Installation, Mixed Media and New Genres.) 

All files should be named like so: 01_LASTNAME_ARTWORKTITLE.jpg, 02_LASTNAME_ARTWORKTITLE.jpg.

Still images should be sent as jpegs should be at least 1000px at their widest dimension, not to exceed 4MB per image.

For 2D Work: Artists may submit one JPEG per entry. Images should be cropped to only show the artwork and nothing else. Follow the filename format for works as indicated above.

For 3D Work: 3D artists may submit three JPEGS (one full shot and up to two details) per entry. Follow the filename format for works as indicated above.