VIRTUAL Exhibition Application

CALL FOR ENTRIES  •  2nd Virtual Exhibition (VIRTUAL) 

Show Dates (VIRTUAL): April 12 – May 15, 2021

Submission deadline: Monday, April 5

Open to all artists and all medium.

Juried by: David Masello, art critic and writer based in New York City

GUIDELINES AND PROSPECTUS

We are pleased to announce this opportunity for participation in our 5th annual juried exhibition (virtual) juried by David Masello, art critic and writer based in New York City.

ELIGIBILITY:

1. Open to all artists. 

2. Titles, medium, dimension, and retail prices of the pieces must be included with submission. 

3. All submissions MUST include an abbreviated Biography and/or Resume.

4. All submissions must be done via e-mail and include jpg image files via this online form. We will choose up to two piece from each accepted artist. Please submit up to THREE (3) large resolution images at 300 DPI, resolution size not much larger than 6x6” approximately each image (under 2MB) for consideration of work for the judge to review.

5. Please label image files with: ARTIST’S NAME, TITLE OF PIECE, SIZE and RETAIL PRICE.  It would help us tremedously if you can lable your image with your name prior to uploading the image onto our form.

Jury Fee ($45)  Gallery will not take any commission off sales and all sales handled by the artists. This jury fee includes submission and review of a maximum of 3 images.  Accepted and rejected submissions will be notified by April 8 if not sooner.

Payments can be made on Venmo or Money Orders, please submit the US money order with your submission made payable to Art Essex Gallery. We prefer Venmo, it is easy, secure and all online.

Please send payment through Venmo to @ArtEssex, or send payment money order to:

Art Essex Gallery, 166 Main Street, Westport CT 06880. 

NOTIFICATION:

Art Essex Gallery and/or its jurors reserve the right to choose artwork deemed appropriate. Artists will be notified as early as possible after the jury convenes, either via email, letter, or phone call with the committee’s decision regarding submission on or about April 8 for all accepted and rejected submissions. Please be patient during the jury process as there is a high volume of applicants for consideration each year. Please note that although your work might meet all of the criteria at an acceptable level, the committee reserves the right to refuse work based on suitability to the atmosphere and aesthetics of the invitational and other criteria.  Work chosen and posted on the website will have a direct link to the artist's website..

WORKS SELECTED AND CHOSEN BY ART ESSEX GALLERY FOR THE EXHIBIT WILL BE POSTED BY APRIL 12.

INDEMNIFICATION

Artist agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Art Essex Gallery and each of their respective affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, curators and contractors against all claims, losses, suits, damages, judgments, expenses, costs (including without limitation reasonable legal fees and amounts paid in settlement) and charges of every kind arising out of or resulting from (i) Artist’s execution of this AGREEMENT or its occupancy of the space herein contracted for, or (ii) the acts, omissions, or negligence of Artist, Art Essex Gallery, or, its employees, agents, or contractors, or other Artists by reason of personal injuries, death or property damage or any other cause of action sustained by any persons or others. Changes by Art Essex or its affiliates can be made at anytime.

Application will not be reviewed until payment is received

Thank you for your submission, if you have any questions please email us at art@artessex.com.  We will notify you once we recieve the submission application and the jury fee.  CLICK SUBMIT BELOW TO FINISH THE PROCESS.