Gallery Route One - Connected Call for Artists

Exhibition Dates: Saturday, January 13 – Sunday, February 11, 2024 Reception and Awards: Saturday, January 13, 3-5 PM DEADLINE FOR ENTRY: Friday, November 17, 2023, Midnight (MDT) Deliver work: Sunday January 7, 5-7PM or Monday, January 8, 10AM-2PM Pickup unsold work: February 11 (5-7PM) or February 12 (10AM-2PM)

Notification of acceptance or exclusion from the exhibition will be sent via email in the first week of December.

Eligibility: All artists currently living in California Media: All media except video, crafts or installation Size: Not to exceed 5’ (60”) in any direction Entry Fee: $15 per artwork entry, up to a maximum of 4 total entries. Application fees are nonrefundable.

APPLICATION: Online only, through callforentry.org.

JURYING PROCESS: Our jurying process is blind. Jurying will be from digital images submitted through callforentry.org. During the jurying process any contact with the juror by an artist applying for the exhibition automatically disqualifies the artist.

AWARDS: Juror will select one Best of Show for an award of $300; two Gift Awards for $100 gift certificates from Blick Art Materials and three non-cash Awards of Merit.

ACCEPTED WORK: Artwork must be clean, framed, wired and ready to hang or place on a base. Paint and other materials must be dry. Each artwork must be clearly labeled on the back or bottom of the piece with the following information:

ARTIST NAME PHONE # EMAIL ADDRESS TITLE OF THE WORK, MEDIUM, HxWxD PRICE OR NFS

INSURANCE: GRO does not offer insurance to cover your artwork. By applying to this exhibition you accept the condition that Gallery Route One will not insure your work during the exhibition or in transit to or from the exhibition.

DELIVER WORK:January 7, 5-7PM or January 8, 10AM-2PM Work that cannot be hand delivered must be shipped at the artist’s expense via USPS both to Gallery Route One and from GRO if the work is not sold. Artist must ship work in a returnable carton. Art must be prepaid for return. Artwork packed in Styrofoam will not be accepted.

SALES: Artwork will be for sale unless the artist indicates NFS (not for sale). Gallery Route One’s commission is 45% and should be included in the sales price. Work will be for sale at the price indicated by the artist upon submission of entry, plus tax. Sale of artwork is subject to GRO’s commission until the end of the exhibit. For framed work, artist must indicate if the price includes the frame or not.

ABOUT THE JUROR: TaVee Lee has been the director, coordinator or on the curatorial team handling close to 150 exhibitions over the past 15 years. An artist herself, she is passionate about supporting the vision of other artists in her current roles as Transmission Gallery manager and as the Exhibitions Director at Gearbox Gallery, both in Oakland, California. As a artist, she has earned a BFA in painting and printmaking from Kansas City Art Institute and now explores more esoteric and unconventional work in her own art practice.