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Falmouth Art Center Open Juried Photography- Spring 2024
Falmouth Art Center
Open Juried Photography Exhibition-Spring 2024
April 26th-May 27th
Falmouth Art Center
Falmouth, MA
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Falmouth Art Center's Photography Open Juried Exhibition will be held in the Hermann Gallery from April 16- May 27. The Falmouth Art Center hosts a variety of juried exhibitions including the spring exhibition dedicated to photography. This year’s open juried photography exhibition will kick off the season for our 2024 juried shows.
ENTRY IS BY WEBSITE UPLOAD ONLY: https://www.smarterentry.com/CallsForEntry
For more information about the Falmouth Art Center:
https://falmouthart.org/exhibitions/schedule/
Please make sure that you submit only images that accurately depict the photography you are entering. If the submitted on-line entry is not an accurate depiction of the photograph it will be disqualified. No substitutions for the accepted artwork are allowed.
Awards
$200 Best in Show
$100 each- four judge’s awards
Juror
Michael Hawley is the Chair of the Getty Museum Photographs Council. He is a founding board member and past President of the Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles and is part of the Photography Initiative at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. His eclectic photography collection has been growing since the early 1990s and includes classic twentieth-century works but is ever leaning toward contemporary photography. He has served as a guest curator and as a judge for various photography awards over the past several years.
Michael has a background in the fields of publishing, film, and online media. He is a writer who has been creating content for the Internet since the mid-1990s for outlets from People magazine online to e-commerce sites. He currently creates websites for major studio films and has won numerous awards for this online work.
Michael was raised outside the United States in Australia, Asia, Europe, South America, and the Middle East and is a graduate of Stanford University.
Eligibility
Photographs must not have been previously exhibited in the Falmouth Art Center.
All work must be by a living artist.
Artists may submit any number of original works.
All work must be done independently. Do not submit photography that has been completed under instruction, in classes or workshops.
Open to members and non-members. Members receive a discount. Please check your email notices from FAC with the discount code.
Typically no more than two entries per artist will be accepted.
Any art work exceeding 40 inches in either direction, including frame, is less likely to be accepted.
Work not suitably framed may be rejected from the exhibit with no refund of entry fee.
Any work normally under glass and exceeding 30 inches in either direction must be framed using an acrylic glazing (such as Plexiglas) only.
No clamped glass, cardboard, paste on or saw tooth hangers. Wire hanging only.
No guarantee of acceptance with entry
Entering Your Images
Before entering images please make sure that your photo image is an accurate depiction of the art you are submitting. Regardless of being accepted by the juror, it will be disqualified if you deliver art that does not match the on-line submission image.
The entry form must be filled out in its entirety.
List sizes up to the nearest inch.
Submitted images must not include matting or frame. Crop the photos to include only the image being entered. Be sure your images are right-side-up.
Do not submit photography with a visible signature.
Please ensure photographs are available for the exhibition dates.
Your image must be in JPEG format, at least 1920 pixels on the longest side and no more than 8MB.
ENTRY IS BY WEBSITE UPLOAD ONLY to enter online. If you have used Smarter Entry in the past you must log in as a Returning User at the bottom of the page. If you are new to Smarter Entry you must first register as a First Time User. After log in, choose FAC Open Juried Photography Exhibit, then follow the steps for payment and upload. Please add Smarter Entry and Falmouth Art Center to your safe senders email list to ensure notifications are received.
If your artwork is accepted:
All art that is accepted must be available for the duration of the exhibit. If your art is not available for the exhibit, a 2 year ban from submitting to juried exhibits at FAC will be imposed.
Images of the photograph that is entered must match the work that is delivered for the exhibit. FAC will not hang any accepted artwork that does not match the submitted on-line entry image.
Fees
Members: $15.00 for the first entry and $10 for each entry after the first
To receive discount, members should use promo code received in FAC email notice
Nonmember: $20.00 for the first entry and $15 for each entry after the first
If you would like to join FAC, please visit our website at
https://falmouthart.org/product/falmouth-art-center-membership/
Photography Exhibition Dates -.
March 6 JPEGS due by midnight of this date
March 16-19 Notification of acceptance will be posted on FAC website.
Notifications sent to artists by email from
Falmouth Art Center. Please check spam if you have not received
notification by March 16th please contact FAC office.
April 19 Shipping deadline for receipt of works shipped to Art Center. All
shipped work must be suitably packed and must include a prepaid
return label and FAC entry label
April 23 9-4pm Receiving of Accepted Works hand delivered to 137 Gifford Street,
Falmouth MA
May 10 5-7 pm Awards Reception
May 28 9-4 pm Pick -up of artwork not sold. Shipped work to be packaged and
sent within one week of the show closing
Sales will be handled by the Falmouth Art Center
Commission to the Falmouth Art Center
30% for members
50% for nonmembers
REGULATIONS By entering through Smarter Entry the artist agrees to the following: The Officers, Board of Directors and employees will use care in handling art work, but in no way are responsible for any damage that may occur in uncrating, moving or hanging art work. FAC reserves the right to reject any work which cannot be displayed in a safe and secure manner, (including poorly framed or wired work) or which does not fully reflect that which is portrayed on the jpeg. Accepted pieces may be used on our website in regards to this exhibit. Pieces will be listed for sale using the JPEG submitted. I understand that the FAC receives a commission on all sales.
Disclaimer/Legal ---
- The Falmouth Art Center assumes permission for photographing and reproducing entries for publicity purposes unless otherwise stated.
- The Falmouth Art and anyone connected to it will take the utmost care of artwork submitted but is NOT responsible for damage, loss or theft of artwork. The Artist should obtain necessary insurance.
Falmouth Art Center Summer Open Juried Exhibition
Falmouth Art Center
Summer Open Juried Exhibition 2024
June 28th – July 29th
Falmouth, MA
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Falmouth Art Center's Summer 2024 Open Juried Exhibition will be held in the Falmouth Art Center’s Hermann Gallery. The Falmouth Art Center hosts a variety of juried exhibitions with the open juried summer exhibition being held during the height of the summer season on Cape Cod. Artwork will be hung in the main gallery, offering visitors to Falmouth Art Center an opportunity to view the selected images. Both 2D and 3D art work accepted. No photography for this exhibit.
ENTRY IS BY WEBSITE UPLOAD ONLY: https://www.smarterentry.com/CallsForEntry
Visit https://falmouthart.org/ for more information about the Falmouth Art Center.
Please make sure that you submit only images that accurately depict the artwork you are entering. If the submitted on-line entry is not an accurate depiction of the artwork it will be disqualified. No substitutions for the accepted artwork are allowed.
Awards
$200 Best in Show
$100 each- four judge’s awards
Juror
Christine McCarthy is the Chief Executive Officer of PAAM (since 2001). She is responsible for all artistic, administrative, fiscal and strategic directions at PAAM, the largest presenter of Cape Cod art by national, regional and international artists. Since 1985, McCarthy has worked in numerous galleries and museums in New England. They include the Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery at Providence College; the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, CT; The Erie Canal Museum in Syracuse, NY; and The Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, MA. She received a B.A. from Providence College in Providence, RI in 1989 and an M.A. from Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY in 1992. She was an adjunct professor at Boston University’s Metropolitan College, and taught Managing a Visual Arts Organization for 12 years
Eligibility
Art must not have been previously exhibited in the Falmouth Art Center.
All art must be done by a living artist.
Artists may submit any number of original works. Do not submit art that has been completed under instruction, in classes or workshops. No copying other art. Art must be done from your own photo references.
No Photography for this exhibit.
Open to members and nonmembers. Members receive a discount. Please check your email notices from FAC with the discount code
Typically no more than one entry per arist will be accepted.
Any art work exceeding 40 inches in either direction, including frame, is less likely to be accepted.
Please contact Falmouth Art Center if you require display unit for any 3D art
All 2D art must be framed and wired ready for hanging. No clamped glass, cardboard, paste on or saw tooth hangers.
Any work normally glassed and exceeding 30 inches in either direction must be framed using an acrylic glazing (such as Plexiglas) only. Exception: Pastels exceeding 30 inches may be framed with glass.
Work not suitably framed may be rejected from the exhibit with no refund of entry fee.
Entering Your Images
Before entering images please make sure that your photo image is an accurate depiction of the art you are submitting. Regardless of being accepted by the juror, it will be disqualified if you deliver art that does not match the on-line submission image.
The entry form must be filled out in its entirety.
List sizes up to the nearest inch.
Submitted images must not include matting or frame. Crop the images to include only the art being entered. Be sure your images are right-side-up.
Your image must be in JPEG format, at least 1920 pixels on the longest side and no more than 8MB.
ENTRY IS BY WEBSITE UPLOAD ONLY to enter online. If you have used Smarter Entry in the past you must log in as a Returning User at the bottom of the page. If you are new to Smarter Entry you must first register as a First Time User. After log in, choose FAC Open Juried Photography Exhibit, then follow the steps for payment and upload. Please add Smarter Entry and Falmouth Art Center to your safe senders email list to ensure notifications are received.
If your artwork is accepted:
You will receive an email with details regarding delivery to Falmouth Art Center for either drop-off or shipped options. All art that is accepted must be available for the duration of the exhibit. If your art is not available for the exhibit, a 2 year ban from submitting to juried exhibits at FAC will be imposed.
Images of the art that is entered must match the work that is delivered for the exhibit. FAC will not hang any accepted artwork that does not match the submitted on-line entry image.
Fees
Members: $15.00 for the first entry and $10 for each entry after the first
To receive discount, members should use promo code received in FAC email notice
Nonmember: $20.00 for the first entry and $15 for each entry after the first
If you would like to join FAC, please visit our website at
https://falmouthart.org/product/falmouth-art-center-membership/
Exhibition Dates -.
May 10 JPEGS due by midnight of this date
May 20-23 Notification of acceptance will be posted on FAC website.
Notifications sent to artists by email from
Falmouth Art Center. Please check spam if you have not received
notification by March 16th please contact FAC office.
June 21 Shipping deadline for receipt of works shipped to Art Center. All
shipped work must be suitably packed and must include a prepaid
return label and FAC entry label
June 25 9-4pm Receiving of Accepted Works hand delivered to 137 Gifford Street,
Falmouth MA
July 5 5-7 pm Awards Reception
July 30 9-4 pm Pick -up of artwork not sold. Shipped work to be packaged and
sent within one week of the show closing
Sales will be handled by the Falmouth Art Center
Commission to the Falmouth Art Center
30% for members (artist receives 70%)
50% for nonmembers ( artist receives 50%)
REGULATIONS By entering through Smarter Entry the artist agrees to the following: The Officers, Board of Directors and employees will use care in handling art work, but in no way are responsible for any damage that may occur in uncrating, moving or hanging art work. FAC reserves the right to reject any work which cannot be displayed in a safe and secure manner, (including poorly framed or wired work) or which does not fully reflect that which is portrayed on the jpeg. Accepted pieces may be used on our website in regards to this exhibit. Pieces will be listed for sale using the JPEG submitted. I understand that the FAC receives a commission on all sales.
Disclaimer/Legal ---
- The Falmouth Art Center assumes permission for photographing and reproducing entries for publicity purposes unless otherwise stated.
- The Falmouth Art and anyone connected to it will take the utmost care of artwork submitted but is NOT responsible for damage, loss or theft of artwork. The Artist should obtain necessary insurance.