THE GROUND UPON WHICH WE STAND
NCWCA CALL FOR ARTISTS
GREATER BAY AREA JURIED EXHIBITION
DEADLINE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2020
The Ground Upon Which We Stand references the sacredness of the land and standing your ground in times of global upheaval and climate change. This art exhibition will also coincide with Earth Day, April 22, 2020. What is your relationship to nature, the environment, and our planet? Are you worried, hopeful, activated or taking action? Do you oppose technology-industry-capitalism-globalization? Alternatively, do you believe that technology and globalization are compatible with environmental integrity? Are you advocating for a simpler way of life, a return to ancestral lifeways, or for a technological future that imagines the end of pollution, over-crowding and the extinction of species? Echoing Greta Thunberg’s call to action, does your artwork make a point that there is no plan B or planet B? We are looking for artwork that engages on many levels – aesthetically, environmentally, socially, personally – allowing for a range of expression and points of view. What is your message for our Planet? We want to know.
In conjunction with this exhibition, there will be a Call and Response event that explores how visual art, music, narrative, and data respond to each other and reverberate through physical and social space. Call and response is a term derived from the musical technique where a melody sung by one person is echoed by another. At this event, special guests from fields that include music, poetry, tech, and science will respond to your exhibited works in a performance setting.
ELIGIBILITY
Women artists, including all those who identify as women, residing within the greater San Francisco Bay Area. You must be a 2020 NCWCA member in good standing to submit using the discounted member submission fee. You may join NCWCA by going to https://www.ncwca.org/membership-2020.html. Artists selected by jurors whose work cannot be hand-delivered will have their work exhibited on the NCWCA Online Gallery.
CATEGORIES ACCEPTED
Original artwork created through the media of digital media, multimedia, video, painting, drawing, photo, printmaking, collage, wall-hung assemblage, wall-hung sculpture, multimedia, fiber art, artist book, mixed media, storyboard, installation, and sculpture . No reproductions.
JURORS
Elizabeth Addison, NCWCA Exhibitions Chair, Artist, Educator, Curator.
Robert Abrams, Owner, Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Sculptor.
VENUE
Abrams Claghorn Gallery, 1251 Solano Ave. Albany, CA 94706, 510 526 9558.
EXHIBITION DATES
Thursday, April 2 -Thursday, April 30, 2020
OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, April 11, 2020
5pm-9pm
CALL AND RESPONSE EVENT
Saturday, April 18, 2020
3pm-6pm
NON-REFUNDABLE ENTRY FEE
$20 per entry for NCWCA members. $35 per entry for non-members.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION
Monday, February 3, 2020 11:59 pm your time zone.
ARTWORK LIMITATIONS
Work can be wall or ceiling suspended. Abrams Claghorn Gallery requests that wall-hung works are within a maximum width of 24 inches and a maximum height of 10 feet. A variety of sculpture pedestals are available. There are limited outlets for tech equipment. Artists with sound works must provide their own headphones. Artists with video must provide their own equipment. The Online Gallery has no size limitation. Works selected by the jurors that cannot be hand-delivered will be exhibited in the Online Gallery on the NCWCA website.
ARTWORK PRESENTATION
Work must remain on exhibit for the entire show. No exceptions. Artworks must arrive 'ready to hang' and be presented professionally. Saw-tooth hangers and small wire loops on the back of inexpensive frames, scratched glass and plexiglass, poorly constructed frames, and poorly cut mats are not acceptable. Framed work should be under glass or plexiglass unless it is intentionally unframed and professionally presented. Digital picture frames or wall-hung display monitors are acceptable as long as they can be hung on the wall or from the hooks in the ceiling. Weight limited to 16-24 lb. The curators reserve the right to reject any work at delivery whose presentation and quality is sub-standard.
NOTIFICATION TO ARTISTS
Artists will be notified by February 24, 2020.
HAND-DELIVERY OF ARTWORK
All ready-to-hang artwork must be hand-delivered to the gallery on Sunday, March 29, 2020, 10-2PM. We cannot accept shipped works.
PICK-UP OF ARTWORK
Artwork must be picked up on Thursday, April 30, 2020 from 2-6PM
EXHIBITION CATALOG
A catalog of the exhibition will be published and available for purchase. It will include all works selected for the gallery and the Online Gallery.
SALES OF ART
50% to the artist, 10% to NCWCA, 40% to Abrams Claghorn Gallery. Works displayed solely on the NCWCA Online Gallery will not be sold.
INSURANCE & LIABILITY
Abrams Claghorn Gallery liability insurance covers theft and damage. It does NOT cover 'Acts of God'; i.e. natural disasters. Nor does it cover problems that are the artist's fault i.e. artwork defects and inadequate framing due to artist's negligence. It is advised that participating artists have their own insurance. NCWCA does not provide insurance for your work.
APPLICATION
Online only, through Entrythingy below.
QUESTIONS
Email ncwcachapter@gmail.com with subject header "2020 The Ground Show." If you would like someone to respond to your questions by phone, please provide your phone number with your email.
Women artists, including all those who identify as women, residing within the greater San Francisco Bay Area. You must be a 2020 NCWCA member in good standing to submit using the discounted member submission fee. You may join NCWCA by going to https://www.ncwca.org/membership-2020.html. Artists selected by jurors whose work cannot be hand-delivered will have their work exhibited on the NCWCA Online Gallery.
CATEGORIES ACCEPTED
Original artwork created through the media of digital media, multimedia, video, painting, drawing, photo, printmaking, collage, wall-hung assemblage, wall-hung sculpture, multimedia, fiber art, artist book, mixed media, storyboard, installation, and sculpture . No reproductions.
JURORS
Elizabeth Addison, NCWCA Exhibitions Chair, Artist, Educator, Curator.
Robert Abrams, Owner, Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Sculptor.
VENUE
Abrams Claghorn Gallery, 1251 Solano Ave. Albany, CA 94706, 510 526 9558.
EXHIBITION DATES
Thursday, April 2 -Thursday, April 30, 2020
OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, April 11, 2020
5pm-9pm
CALL AND RESPONSE EVENT
Saturday, April 18, 2020
3pm-6pm
NON-REFUNDABLE ENTRY FEE
$20 per entry for NCWCA members. $35 per entry for non-members.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION
Monday, February 3, 2020 11:59 pm your time zone.
ARTWORK LIMITATIONS
Work can be wall or ceiling suspended. Abrams Claghorn Gallery requests that wall-hung works are within a maximum width of 24 inches and a maximum height of 10 feet. A variety of sculpture pedestals are available. There are limited outlets for tech equipment. Artists with sound works must provide their own headphones. Artists with video must provide their own equipment. The Online Gallery has no size limitation. Works selected by the jurors that cannot be hand-delivered will be exhibited in the Online Gallery on the NCWCA website.
ARTWORK PRESENTATION
Work must remain on exhibit for the entire show. No exceptions. Artworks must arrive 'ready to hang' and be presented professionally. Saw-tooth hangers and small wire loops on the back of inexpensive frames, scratched glass and plexiglass, poorly constructed frames, and poorly cut mats are not acceptable. Framed work should be under glass or plexiglass unless it is intentionally unframed and professionally presented. Digital picture frames or wall-hung display monitors are acceptable as long as they can be hung on the wall or from the hooks in the ceiling. Weight limited to 16-24 lb. The curators reserve the right to reject any work at delivery whose presentation and quality is sub-standard.
NOTIFICATION TO ARTISTS
Artists will be notified by February 24, 2020.
HAND-DELIVERY OF ARTWORK
All ready-to-hang artwork must be hand-delivered to the gallery on Sunday, March 29, 2020, 10-2PM. We cannot accept shipped works.
PICK-UP OF ARTWORK
Artwork must be picked up on Thursday, April 30, 2020 from 2-6PM
EXHIBITION CATALOG
A catalog of the exhibition will be published and available for purchase. It will include all works selected for the gallery and the Online Gallery.
SALES OF ART
50% to the artist, 10% to NCWCA, 40% to Abrams Claghorn Gallery. Works displayed solely on the NCWCA Online Gallery will not be sold.
INSURANCE & LIABILITY
Abrams Claghorn Gallery liability insurance covers theft and damage. It does NOT cover 'Acts of God'; i.e. natural disasters. Nor does it cover problems that are the artist's fault i.e. artwork defects and inadequate framing due to artist's negligence. It is advised that participating artists have their own insurance. NCWCA does not provide insurance for your work.
APPLICATION
Online only, through Entrythingy below.
QUESTIONS
Email ncwcachapter@gmail.com with subject header "2020 The Ground Show." If you would like someone to respond to your questions by phone, please provide your phone number with your email.
