Call for Entries- Gilpin County Arts Association- Central City CO

Gilpin County Arts Association 

67th Annual Juried Fine Art Exhibition 

June 8, 2013 to August 3, 2013 

Central City, CO 

Call for Entry Deadline: April 15, 2013 (Must be postmarked by 4/15/13) 

Gilpin County Arts Association 

PO Box 98, 117 Eureka Street 

Central City, CO 80427

ww.gilpinarts.org

PROSPECTUS AT 

http://www.gilpinarts.org/uploads/GCAA_2013_show_prospectus.pdf

GCAA Jurors 2013:

Two Dimensional Fine Art:      Desmond O’Hagan        www.desmondohagan.com

Three Dimensional Fine Art:  Jonathan Kaplan             www.plinthgallery.com

Photography:                           Gale Gatto                      www.galegatto.com

This will be our 67^th consecutive year showing art and craftwork in this distinctive mountain setting.

The Juried Show is open to all artists living in the Rocky Mountain States of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.  The Entry Fee is $35.  You may submit up to 3 pieces of two dimensional fine art (includes photography), and 5 pieces of three dimensional work.

$2000 in awards will be given across all categories.

GCAA advertises in the local area papers and places an advertisement in the Central City Opera program. GCAA mails postcards to past customers and distributes rack cards in the Denver metro area, including the Denver Visitor Centers. We are now featured in the ArtSeen magazine.  An internet web page www.gilpin.arts.org  is utilized as well as Facebook social media. Local events are held in the gallery to promote the gallery in the local community - Democratic fund raiser, a Central City Rotary Club luncheon, and the Creepy Crawl fall event. After being in existence for 67 years, we have many returning patrons especially those attending the Central City Opera, which is across the street from our gallery.

We also ask artists to volunteer some time in helping with the gallery such as cleaning and setting up the gallery before the check in date, checking in artists’ work and hanging art for the show, assisting with receptions, helping with sales and wrapping during opera times, or doing demonstrations for the public.  The Association depends on volunteers to keep the gallery functioning.  This summer we will have more presence in the streets during Central City events on many weekends.  Watch for more information to participate with the ability to sell your work directly and promote the gallery.

To Enter Images for the Juried Show:

We only accept digital entries.  You may submit one image per two-dimensional entry, and two images per three-dimensional entry.  Digital images need to be in jpeg format, 300 dpi @ 4”x 6”= 1200 x 1800 pixels, on a CD.  CDs’ will not be returned.  They will be destroyed at the end of the show.  Some images will be used for advertising purposes with credit to the artist.

Questions about the Prospectus?

Contact:

Suzie White, Vice President (303) 980-0872; SuzieGCAA@msn.com

Sandy Early, Gallery Manager (303) 455-4142; earlyclay@comcast.net

GCAA 2013 Juried Show Category Guidelines

All artwork must be original, not copied from other artists or images or photographs taken by anyone other than the submitting artist.   No work from kits or work executed in a class or workshop is eligible for entry.

Two Dimensional Fine Arts:  Three (3) entries are allowed.

Drawing:  Dry media including chalk, charcoal, pastels, crayon or inks/oils applied by pen or brush.

Graphics & Printing:  Works in which the artist manipulates the plates, the stone or the screens by hand.  All must be signed and numbered as a limited edition.  No photogravure, photocopies, and

/or offset reproductions are permitted. 

Mixed Media:  Includes both two dimensional and three dimensional work incorporating more than one kind of medium/material in this category.

Three Dimensional Fine Arts:  Five (5) entries allowed.

Ceramics:  All original, signed clay work other than jewelry.  No machine-made or mass-produced work is permitted.  Groupings are considered one entry.

Fiber:  This category includes Basketry, embroidery, weaving, leatherwork, and paper making.  No machine tooling, screening or other mass-produced forms.  No factory-produced wearable items are permitted, regardless of enhancement.

Glass:  No forms of mass-produced work are permitted.  Free-standing work must be stable.

Jewelry:  All Jewelry must be handcrafted originals with at least 75% of the piece fabricated by the artist.  No assembled work, commercial casts, molds, or production studio work is permitted.

Metal & Woodwork:  All sculptural non-jewelry work from metal, wood and stone.  It must be original work that is hand tooled, sculpted, worked carved or turned.