Limited Submission CALL TO ARTISTS in NC and SC for Furman University's Herring Center Permanent Collection

Transformation, Community and Self

JURIED EXHIBITION AND PURCHASE AWARDS

The Herring Center for Continuing Education (HCCE) at Furman University is pleased to announce the establishment of a permanent collection. Artists are called to submit work for a juried exhibition to be shown in the Herring Center’s Baiden Gallery. Accepted works will be considered for as many as twelve individual purchase awards. Purchased works will form the core of the Herring Center Permanent Collection.

Artists working in any two-dimensional media who reside in the following North and South Carolina counties are encouraged to apply: Anderson, Laurens, Greenville, Henderson, Oconee, Pickens, Polk, Spartanburg and Transylvania.

DEADLINE: 9/4/13 all electronic entries must be submitted by 5 p.m.

9/25/13 Notification sent to all artists
10/22/13 – 10/24/13 and 10/29 – 10/31 hand delivery of selected works (T-Thu, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.)
10/30/13 artists notified of purchase awards
11/4/13 – 12/16/13 Exhibition
12/17 – 12/19/13 pick up of works not purchased, T-Thu 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Applicants must be eighteen years of age or older. Artists must show evidence of professional activity. Artists must reside in the following North and South Carolina counties: Anderson, Greenville, Henderson, Laurens, Oconee, Pickens, Polk, Spartanburg and Transylvania. Art may bin any two-dimensional medium including, but not exclusive to, painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, mixed media, hanging textiles.

• Art must be original to the artist.
• Work must have been completed within the past three years.
• Limit three entries per artist.
• Entry fee: $10 per jpg image.
• Works must be in keeping with the Herring Center’s mission and constituency.
• No size limits.
• All entries must be available for purchase. Purchase awards are in amounts ranging from $300 – $1200. The Art Committee reserves the right to determine the total number of purchases up to a maximum of twelve works.

Entries must be submitted by 5 pm 9/4/13

• Entries must be submitted electronically as Word attachments and JPG image format only to herringcenterart@gmail.com
• Entry fee to be paid at the following link http://www.campusce.net/furmanlearningforyou/course/course.aspx?C=373 (Choose payment for 1, 2 or 3 images)
• JPGs should not exceed 1 Mb
• Each JPG must be numbered and labeled with artist’s last name, first name, entry number, title of work, medium, size, date, using the following format: Smith_John_1_title_oiloncanvas_15”x20”_2013_$1,000
• Submissions not in the correct format will be disqualified
• Entries must also include the following:
• Separate list of images (name, title, medium, dimensions) numbered to coincide with jpgs
• Artist’s statement
• Resume with exhibition record
• E-mail contact for notification by e-mail