AAWR Competitions / Calls for Entry
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NewNow 2025
NewNow2025: CALL FOR ENTRY:
The exhibition will be held in Tri-C’s beautiful 3,000 sq. ft. Gallery East, 4250 Richmond Road, Highland Hills, OH 44122.
Cash awards totaling $1750 will be given out: Four chosen by the juror, and one additional award by popular vote from attendees at the opening reception. All proceeds from the competition will fund the artist’s awards and benefit the Artists Archives, whose mission is to support Ohio visual artists and preserve their important heritage for future generations.
All entries must be made online at https://client.smarterentry.com/aawr.
A total of three entries may be submitted for $40 and up to 3 additional entries at $10 apiece.
The deadline for entry is 11:59pm JUNE 15, 2025
Please review all entry details, submission instructions and calendar deadlines prior to application. They are listed directly below.
Entry Details:
ELIGIBILITY: This juried exhibition is open to living artists of Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Huron, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Ottawa, Portage, Trumbull, Summit, and Wayne counties.
ACCEPTED MEDIA: Painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, mixed-media, assemblage, collage, ceramics, glass, installations, fiber, weaving, textiles, video & film, and photography. Jewelry will be accepted if it is made using metalsmithing or hand-formed using unique materials or techniques. Printmaking must be original - no giclée reproductions of work done in other media.
FILM AND VIDEO ENTRIES: Film and video submissions must be made separately at The NEW NOW 2025/ film, video.
Photography should be entered in THE NEWNOW 2025, NOT the NEWNOW FILM & Video.
PRESENTATION: 2-D work cannot exceed 8’ in height or 50 lbs. in weight. 2-D work should be appropriately framed and ready to hang (neutral matting only, glass or acrylic where applicable, frames must be strong enough to hold the weight of the piece). Any painting stretched on canvas does not have to be framed. No saw-tooth hangers. 3-D work cannot exceed 8’ in height or 100 lbs. in weight. Work not properly presented for exhibition at the time of delivery will not be accepted.
ENTRY FEES: A total of three entries may be submitted for $40 and up to 3 additional entries at $10 apiece.
CASH AWARDS: Awards of $750, $500, and 2 @ $200 will be given out by the juror, and an additional award of $100 will be chosen by popular vote. Images of award-winning work will be featured in the show catalog and all accepted artists will be listed in the catalog. Awards will be presented at the opening reception, August 28.
INSURANCE: Accepted artists assume sole responsibility for insuring their work.
SALE OF WORKS: Works may be for sale at the discretion of the artist. AAWR will retain a 40% commission on all sold work, and will handle all sales of work during the exhibition.
Submission Instructions:
SUBMISSIONS TO THIS SHOW WILL BE ACCEPTED ONLINE ONLY.
TO SUBMIT WORK, GO TO https://client.smarterentry.com/aawr
To prepare images for uploading please adhere to the following guidelines:
- sRGB or RGB color space (standard) NO CMYK (typically used for printing industry)
- 72 dpi resolution
- Images sized to 1,280 pixels on the longest side, the other size width or height proportional
- Layers must be flattened
- 8-bit mode (standard)
- Jpg format
- Jpg compression at level 7 (Medium)
- Do not use characters other than a period preceding jpg in the file name. The following characters will lead to image uploading problems :!@#$%^&*()_+
As a submitter to this show you grant AAWR permission to include your name as part of future mailings and announcements. If you would prefer to NOT be included on our mailing list, please notify us in writing.
Artists whose work is chosen for exhibition grant AAWR the right to use images of their work for the purposes of promotion, inclusion in AAWR programs, and subsequent display on the AAWR website and social media without further contact or compensation from AAWR.
Calendar:
ENTRIES: Begin April 1, 2025 and end June 15, 2025.
NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE: Artists will be notified of the acceptance of their work the week of July 14, 2025.
DELIVERY OF ACCEPTED WORK: August 19 and 20, 2025, 11am -5pm
Work should be delivered to Gallery East, Cuyahoga Community College, Eastern Campus, 4250 Richmond Rd, Highland Hills, OH 44122. Parking for delivery is free in LOT H3, accessed most easily by the Harvard Road entrance.
OPENING RECEPTION AND AWARDS CEREMONY: Thursday August 28, from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
PICK UP OF EXHIBITED WORK: October 13, 14, 2025, 11am – 5pm
AAWR & Tri-C will not be responsible for work left after 10/16/2025. Work not picked up will be subjected to storage fees and disposed of at the discretion of the Gallery Coordinator
Juror information:
Our juror for this year is Tiffany Gaines, Associate Curator of art for the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo NY.https://www.buffalospree.com/best_of_wny/interviews/q-a-with-tiffany-gaines-of-the-burchfield-penney-art-center/article_4436349a-29b5-11ef-8e47-bb61636505d7.html
NewNow Film & Video 2025
NewNow Film & Video 2025: CALL FOR ENTRY:
The exhibition will be held in Tri-C’s beautiful 3,000 sq. ft. Gallery East, 4250 Richmond Road, Highland Hills, OH 44122.
Cash awards totaling $1750 will be given out: Four chosen by the juror, and one additional award by popular vote from attendees at the opening reception. All proceeds from the competition will fund the artist’s awards and benefit the Artists Archives, whose mission is to support Ohio visual artists and preserve their important heritage for future generations.
All entries must be made online at https://client.smarterentry.com/aawr.
A total of three entries may be submitted for $40 and up to 3 additional entries at $10 apiece.
The deadline for entry is 11:59pm JUNE 15, 2025
Please review all entry details, submission instructions and calendar deadlines prior to application. They are listed directly below.
Entry Details:
ELIGIBILITY: This juried exhibition is open to living artists of Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Huron, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Ottawa, Portage, Trumbull, Summit, and Wayne counties.
FILM AND VIDEO ENTRIES: Film and video submissions must be made separately at The NEW NOW 2025/ film, video.
ENTRY FEES: A total of three entries may be submitted for $40 and up to 3 additional entries at $10 apiece.
CASH AWARDS: Awards of $750, $500, and 2 @ $200 will be given out by the juror, and an additional award of $100 will be chosen by popular vote. Images of award-winning work will be featured in the show catalog and all accepted artists will be listed in the catalog. Awards will be presented at the opening reception, August 28.
INSURANCE: Accepted artists assume sole responsibility for insuring their work.
SALE OF WORKS: Works may be for sale at the discretion of the artist. AAWR will retain a 40% commission on all sold work, and will handle all sales of work during the exhibition.
Submission Instructions:
SUBMISSIONS TO THIS SHOW WILL BE ACCEPTED ONLINE ONLY.
TO SUBMIT WORK, GO TO https://client.smarterentry.com/aawr
Please be prepared to upload a link to your media where it can be found on the internet
As a submitter to this show you grant AAWR permission to include your name as part of future mailings and announcements. If you would prefer to NOT be included on our mailing list, please notify us in writing.
Artists whose work is chosen for exhibition grant AAWR the right to use images of their work for the purposes of promotion, inclusion in AAWR programs, and subsequent display on the AAWR website and social media without further contact or compensation from AAWR.
Calendar:
ENTRIES: Begin April 1, 2025 and end June 15, 2025.
NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE: Artists will be notified of the acceptance of their work the week of July 14, 2025.
DELIVERY OF ACCEPTED WORK: by August 13, 2025.
Work should be delivered on a portable media device to Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, 1834 E 123rd St, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
*Please note, all accepted Film and Video entries will be combined into a single video loop that will be played on a single video monitor device in the gallery. Any audio will be levelled to a consistent volume range and volume level will be set by the Gallery staff.*
OPENING RECEPTION AND AWARDS CEREMONY: Thursday August 28, from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
PICK UP OF EXHIBITED WORK: October 13, 14, 2025, 11am – 5pm
AAWR & Tri-C will not be responsible for work left after 10/16/2025. Work not picked up will be subjected to storage fees and disposed of at the discretion of the Gallery Coordinator
Juror information is coming soon!