Rules & Information
Dates to Remember:
Take-In:
Thu, Oct 22 (1pm-9pm) • Fri, Oct 23 (1pm-5pm)
Sat, Oct 24 (10am-2pm) • Sun, Oct 25 (1pm-4pm)
Please call for an alternative time.
No entries accepted after 10/25, 4pm
Opening Reception:
Thursday, November 6, 6pm-8:30pm Awards (7pm)
free entry | tasty bites | music | cash bar
Exhibit Dates:
November 5, 2026 - December 3, 2026
Wed 1pm-5pm • Thu 1pm-9pm
Fri 1pm-5pm • Sat 10am-2pm • Sun 1pm-4pm
Artwork Pick-up:
DECEMBER 4 - 5, 2026
Wed 1pm-5pm • Thu 1pm-9pm
Fri 1pm-5pm • Sat 10am-2pm
*contact us if you need to make other arrangments
Awards:
- Best of Show – $750
- 1st Place – $500
- 2nd Place – $250
- 3rd Place – $100
- Wassenberg Art Center Award – $200
- Mary McVay Worthington Award – $150
- Gertrude Sluterbeck Memorial Award – $25
- Youth Best of Show – $150
ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
Eligibility: Entry is open to members of the Wassenberg Art Center Association, ages 6 and older. Membership dues are a minimum $45 per year. In addition, student/senior members are eligible. If your membership is due to expire during the exhibit, we ask that you renew before entry. Copies of other people’s artwork/photographs are not acceptable. If an entry is deemed to be a copy of another person’s work, the entry will be removed. All painting and drawing media, hand-pulled prints, collages, sculpture, mixed media, pottery, ceramics, glass, jewelry, metalwork, fiber art, wood work, and photography are eligible for entry. No artwork may be entered that has been entered in a previous WAC Artists’ Show & Exhibit in addition to artwork that has been entered in a WAC exhibit in the last 365 days.
Accepted Media:
Painting
Drawing
Printmaking
Photography
Ceramics
Sculpture
Fiber & Textiles
Jewelry & Wearable Art
Glass
Woodworking
Metalwork
Mixed Media
Digital & New Media
Collage & Assemblage
Other
YOUTH AWARD: Anyone 18 years and under competing for the youth award should indicate Youth on the entry form.
2-D Works: Must be framed and wired suitable for the weight and size of the piece. Works on canvas must be framed or canvas edges painted and stapled on back, not sides (gallery wrap). Works on paper in any medium, including photography, must be matted and framed under glass or plexiglass. No saw-tooth hangers, clip-frames, glass sandwich frames or acetate coverings. Frames must be wood or metal and enclosed on all four sides. Size of 2-D work not to exceed 75” in any direction including frame.
3-D Works: Freestanding 3-D works may not exceed 55" x 96" in the round or weigh more that 75# total. This includes total dimensions of multiple-part entries. Three-dimensional works intended to hang may not exceed 96"H x 60"W and must be appropriately wired for hanging. Any entry with wet paint, loose dust, wet/sticky substance on any surface or any submission which might cause collateral damage will be disqualified.
Wassenberg Art Center reserves the right to not accept artwork based on presentation and/or not being display ready. Original artwork only.
SALES: Sales will be handled by the Wassenberg Art Center and a commission of 30% will be charged. Works not priced on entry form will be considered Not For Sale (NFS). Entry into this exhibit will be considered by the Wassenberg Art Center as a contract and agreement to these terms.
Entry Procedure: A updated/current $45 or student/senior membership entitles the artist to (5) submissions. Sets (triptychs, diptychs, etc. constitute (1) unit).
Payments can be made HERE !
Jotform must be complete before drop off.
Securely attach labels to UPPER RIGHT corner of the back of 2-D items and to the back or bottom of 3-D items. Find labels HERE !
Delivery: Deliver unpacked entries and forms to the Wassenberg Art Center on the provided dates and times. Packing materials remain with the artists. Deliveries can be made by an artist’s agent. *NOTE. We love to represent you. If you require an alternate day to submit prior to scheduled check-in days please contact art center staff.
Pick-up Dates: Pick up dates and times are specified on the included event schedule. ANY WORK LEFT OVER A PERIOD OF 60 DAYS (without prior arrangements) BECOME PROPERTY OF THE WASSENBERG ART CENTER, and sold in the gift gallery.
IMPORTANT: If you require an alternate pick-up date, PLEASE CALL THE ART CENTER. WE’RE HAPPY TO MAKE OTHER ARRANGEMENTS, 419-238-6837. No work is released without prior consent. If you are sending an agent to pick up your work, please call the art center before pick-up.
Liability: All due care will be taken with entries. However, The Wassenberg Art Center, its staff and members and the Van Wert County Foundation assume no responsibility for damage, theft, etc., during receiving days, setup, exhibit times and during removal. Decision with respect to creativity and originality will be solely the judgment of the exhibition committee and/or the final jurors. The Wassenberg Art Center reserves the right to refuse any entry and/or withdraw any work from the exhibit at its discretion at any time.
Submission implies consent to publishing images of artist/artwork for publicity purposes. Submission of an entry to The Artists’ Exhibit & Sale constitutes an agreement on the part of the entrant to all conditions set forth in this prospectus.
Agreement: Submission of a work for jurying shall constitute an agreement to comply with all the conditions set forth in this prospectus. The WAC and juror reserve the right to a final selection of accepted works. Decisions made by the WAC and juror are final. The juror and/or WAC may exercise the right to reject any work for any reason without explanation. When hanging the show, the WAC is the only entity that will decide where art work will be displayed.
Rights & Reproductions: The WAC reserves the right to photograph exhibited work and use the photograph’s or the artist’s entry images in both print and electronic materials for publicity, promotion, education, and grant proposals.