Call for entries, printmakers : INK!

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The Silpe Gallery at the University of Hartford's Hartford Art School is proud to announce a call for entries for INK! a national juried exhibition open to work in all traditional and digital printmaking techniques.  We are honored to have the jury team of Amze Emmons, R.L. Tillman and Jason Urban of PRINTERESTING choosing works for the Silpe Gallery's second annual juried exhibition.


Submissions will be accepted online only from December 2, 2014 through midnight, February 1, 2015.  The jury fee is $35 for up to three entries. A maximum of three entries may be submitted per person.

Our jury team will choose three entries to receive awards of $500, $250, and $100. These awards will be announced at the opening reception on March 14, 2015.

Accepted entries will be announced online on February 13, 2015, and entrants will be notified by email if their works are chosen for exhibition. Accepted entries must be shipped via the commercial carrier of the artist's choice to arrive at the gallery by March 6, 2015. All round-trip shipping costs are to be paid for by the entrant.

Exhibition dates are March 14 through April 1, 2015. An opening reception and awards presentation will take place on Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 4 p.m. in the Silpe Gallery.

Jurors: Amze Emmons, R.L. Tillman, and Jason Urban
 
All work in the exhibition must either have a sale price or be marked not for sale (NFS). The Silpe Gallery will handle all sales transactions, collect Connecticut state sales tax, and take a 40% commission from the asking price of all artworks sold during the exhibition.  All proceeds from the sale of INK! prints will benefit the Silpe Gallery at the University of Hartford's Hartford Art School.

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Important dates

Deadline for Entries
midnight, February 1, 2015

Notifications Sent
February 13, 2015

Work must arrive at the gallery by - March 6, 2015

Dates of Exhibition
March 14 - April 1, 2015

Reception date
Saturday, March 14, 2015, 4:00-6:00 p.m.

Exhibition closes
April 1, 2015

Work shipped back to artists or will be available for pick up - April 3, 2015

 
For more information, please contact Lisa Gaumond, Silpe Gallery
gaumond@hartford.edu
silpegallery.org
860-768-5559

Silpe Gallery Hartford Art School
200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
860-768-5559