ABOUT THE GALLERY
The M-NCPPC occupies approximately one quarter of the Gateway Arts Center, in which we feature a gallery, a contemporary craft showcase, and an arts classroom. The art gallery is approximately 1,300 square feet. It has high, open ceilings, track lighting, and pristine white walls.
JUROR
F. Lennox Campello is one of the Mid Atlantic’s best known arts personalities. Educated in art at the University of Washington School of Art, Campello is a widely published freelance art critic, a curator with more than one hundred exhibitions under his belt, an award winning artist, a radio and TV personality often heard on NPR, the Voice of America, and MHZ TV’s “ArtsMedia News”, a former and charter Associate Dealer for Sothebys.com, and one of the internet’s seminal visual arts bloggers. His Daily Campello Art News (dcartnews.blogspot.com) is one of the web’s earliest and most popular art blogs with nearly a million visitors a year. Campello is also the co-founder of the Fraser Galleries of Washington, DC and Bethesda, Maryland, which he co-owned for ten years until 2006.
ELIGIBILITY & SUBMISSION CRITERIA
This call-for-entries is open to all artists 18 years old or older who live, work, or have studios in the Gateway Arts District in Prince George’s County, that includes Mt. Rainier, Brentwood, North Brentwood, and Hyattsville, MD.
Due to space limitations and the high volume of traffic expected at the grand opening events, only 2-D and wall-mounted 3-D work will be considered.
WHAT TO SEND
Materials should be submitted by mail or delivered in person. We can not accept submissions via email. Please send:
A CD/DVD containing images and/or segments of audio/video, each no longer than five minutes in duration.
Artists may submit a maximum of 3 art works for consideration.
All works must be original (no reproductions.)
A printed list of the works submitted, with titles, media, and dimensions.
if you would like your materials returned, please include an SASE.
GUIDELINES FOR DIGITAL FILES
Effort will be made to review all submissions, regardless of format. However, applicants should be aware that incompatible files may cause submissions to be rejected. Applicants are encouraged to format files as described below.
All materials should be clearly labeled with the artist’s name.
Name each file according to the following format: “last name” underscore “document”. Example: jones_statement.pdf.
Please number each image file corresponding to the work sample list, the following format: Example: 01_jones_untitled.jpg.
Image files should not be larger than 1MB., and should be formatted as jpeg, tiff, or png.
Video and audio submissions may be submitted as a DVD, or on a CD and formatted as Quicktime, Windows Media, .wav, or .mpeg files, as appropriate.
Text files must be compatible with Microsoft Office 2003.
DELIVERY & INSTALLATION
Artists are responsible for transporting work to and from the gallery. Art work must be delivered ready to hang and appropriately presented. Art works that differ significantly from the images submitted for judging may be rejected. We invite you to deliver your work in person. If you need to ship the work, please call us to let us know what arrangements you have made.
The exhibition will be installed and dismantled by M-NCPPC staff unless the nature of the work requires special assistance.
SALES & INSURANCE
The M-NCPPC will retain a 25% commission on all art works sold during, or as a result of the exhibition. M-NCPPC will be responsible for the safekeeping of all consigned artworks while they are in the custody of the Brentwood Art Center or while being handled by authorized M-NCPPC staff, from the agreed delivery date through the agreed removal date.
Send Materials To:
Arts & Cultural Heritage Division, M-NCPPC
7833 Walker Dr. Suite 430
Greenbelt, MD 20770
If you have any questions or would like additional information, please contact:
Phil Davis, Assistant Director, Gateway Arts Center
tel. 301-277-2863; tty. 301-446-6802; fax. 301-277-2865
phil.davis@pgparks.com
