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B.J. Spoke Gallery is a member operated, not-for-profit 501(c)3 gallery of professional artists who have a broad diversification of styles and media. Our artists have been featured in press and media, won numerous awards, taken roles as teachers, mentors, and exhibit jurors, and are represented in public and private collections. The gallery presents members’ shows monthly, offers solo exhibitions for artists, yearly invitational shows and two international juried art competitions The EXPO competitions Have been hosted by the gallery for over 15 years

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PROMOTION: If selected as a finalist, images of your art, your name, voice, video, artist’s statement and/or bio will be used on the gallery website social media, print and any other publicity used to promote EXPO 43. Entering the competition implies your consent for b.j.spoke gallery to use your name, artist statement and images of your work in all advertising and publicity for EXPO 43, including but not limited to: print, video, online, bjspokegallery.org and social media.

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EXPO 43 INTERNATIONAL JURIED ART COMPETITION

This competition will be a virtual show with a virtual reception on Zoom.

ACCEPTED MEDIA: All fine arts media are acceptable (no crafts): watercolor, mixed media, printmaking, pastel, oils, acrylic, drawing, collage, sculpture, installation art, video (short), photography, original digital art, fiber art. Artist will be allowed to submit up to 6 images and/or 2 videos. Submissions must be the original work of the artist / No collaborations will be accepted.

JUROR: Emily Olek is a Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Drawings and Prints at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Currently, Emily is working closely with Esther Adler on the upcoming exhibition of textile abstractions, Woven Histories, set to open at MoMA in 2025. She recently completed work on the exhibition Georgia O’Keeffe: To See Takes Time, with curator Samantha Friedman and conservator Laura Neufeld. Before joining MoMA, Emily was the Janet and Craig Duchossois Curatorial Assistant in Prints and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago, where she worked on projects including Joseph E. Yoakum: What I Saw, Hairy Who? 1966-1969, and Lygia Pape: Tecelares. She also worked on exhibitions at the Chicago Cultural Center and the Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Emily recently completed her M.A. at the University of Illinois at Chicago with a concentration in American works on paper and holds a B.A. in Art History from Loyola University Chicago. Her Master’s Thesis entitled “So-Called Outsiders: A Case Against the Moniker” won UIC Graduate College’s 2022 Outstanding Thesis Award

 

REGISTRATION: Starts September 20, 2023 (Open to artists over the age of 18 living in the United States or abroad).

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: December 13, 2023.

ENTRY FEE: $35.00 for up to 6 images and/or 2 videos. All artists will be judged on their body of work.

SIZE LIMITATIONS: There are no size limitations.

NOTIFICATION: Finalists will be notified by January 3rd, 2024.

AWARDS AND RECEPTION: b. j. spoke gallery will promote the virtual show and display the finalists work on the gallery website (bjspokegallery.org) and social media platforms. The virtual show dates will be February 1st through March 30th, 2024. Cash prize for First Place is $300, $200 for Second Place and $100 for Third Place. A Zoom Reception and Awards Presentation will be held on Wednesday, February 7, 2024, for artists, their guests and the public, at which time the award winners will be announced. The Zoom reception will be recorded.

PROMOTION: If selected as a finalist, images of your art, your name, voice, video, artist’s statement and/or bio will be used on the gallery website social media, print and any other publicity used to promote EXPO 43.

Entering the competition implies your consent for b.j.spoke gallery to use your name, artist statement and images of your work in all advertising and publicity for EXPO 43, including but not limited to: print, video, online, bjspokegallery.org and social media.

 

LINKS: Full prospectus at https://www.bjspokegallery.org/call-for-artists/expo-43/.

SUBMISSIONS: through the Call for Entry (café) website, http://www.callforentry.org. To apply, you must become a member of their organization (it’s free). The sign-up address is https://artist.callforentry.org/register.php.

 

FIND OUR CALL: The EXPO 43 call can be found through the CaFE home page by selecting: VIEW ALL CALLS, and then searching for EXPO 43. Or, you can go directly to the call with this link:

https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=12391

For more information, please visit the Event Website.