Experimentation, Exploration, and Exuberance: Give It a Try!
Regional Juried Exhibition by Alisa E. Clark
September 30 through November 4, 2023
South Haven Center for the Arts in South Haven, Michigan
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Artists can all benefit from stepping outside of their comfort zone and plunging into the experimental. With the opportunity to share exploratory works with other artists and the community, new discoveries sprout. The call to “Give it a try!” is an invitation to share new ideas and techniques through the creation and sharing of experimental works. Artists can answer this call by creating with a new medium, trying an unfamiliar artistic discipline, or creating something for a brand-new purpose: the possibilities for multi-media experimentation are endless. You get to decide how you will “Give It a Try!”
When submitting works, artists should be prepared to answer the question, “How is this art experimental?” This question is important. The viewer wants to know how you stepped outside your usual art practice. The call to “Give it a Try!” is not just an invitation to try something new. It’s an invitation to discover, play, create, and rediscover through the act of investigating, making, and sharing 2D, 3D, and digital exploratory works. This show isn’t just about experimenting. It’s about playing with new possibilities to create works that are fun, fresh, playful, and original. Does this call excite your inner artist? Maybe it’s time for you to “Give It a Try?”
Juror: Alisa E. Clark is an avid acrylic painter, collage maker, and experimental assemblage artist who believes in the power of creative expression—its power to help us find hope as we wait in life’s most challenging places and spaces. Alisa received a B.F.A. from Pratt Institute, and she has an M.S. in education. While her formal training has helped her understand her painting process better, it did not begin her process. Alisa began finding a peaceful “flow” while creating when she could first pick up a crayon. She did what came naturally for many engaged in the artistic process: she created in the “Right Now” while making sense of the past and wondering about the future. Alisa notices that much of her art is made in a liminal space: a place of sitting, waiting, and creating in-between “Yesterday” and “Tomorrow.” She seizes “Right Now” while capturing the past and peeking into “What’s Next.” Alisa's 2D and 3D works invite us on creative, imaginative journeys through time and space. Her experimental works are little adventures that bring a sense of hope to the present moment and invite us to share our own creative process with others.
Entry requirements
Entries for Experimentation, Exploration, and Exuberance: Give It a Try! are open to artists 18-years and older residing in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Ohio. A maximum of three works can be submitted as well as a total of three images. Accepted art work(s) must remain on display for the duration of the exhibition. Close-up images or a video to show a piece of visual art that is 3D, moves, etc. maybe submitted for the juror to view.
All work must be the original work of the artist and completed in the last three years. We reserve the right to decline any work that is substantially different from the submitted images, does not meet size limitations, or is not professionally presented.
Size limits:
2D - 72” high x 55” wide maximum
3D- must fit through standard doorway, max. 50lbs.
No installations or ceiling hung work
Schedule of Events:
Entry deadline: Monday, August 28, 2023 at 11:59 pm (ET) at www.callforentries.org
Notifications emailed: by Saturday, September 2, 2023
Delivery of accepted work: September 12 through September 23, 2023 during normal business hours. (or contact Noelle Ringer or Kerry Hagy for other arrangements)
Shipped work: to arrive by Friday, September 22, 2023.
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 30, 2 – 4pm
Pick-up artwork: November 7 – November 11, 2023 during normal business hours. (or contact the Center for other arrangements). Art work can also be picked up on the closing day, Saturday, November 4 from 4-4:30pm.
Entry Fees:
$35.00 entry fee for up to three pieces of artwork entered.
$15 entry fee for student artists and artists economically challenged by COVID or unforeseen events. You will choose to pay a Reduced Fee at check out.
South Haven Center for the Arts Artist Members receive $10 off their entry fee and should enter the coupon code MEMBER2023
Prospective entrants to the exhibition are required to submit images of each of their desired entries in a jpeg format. In addition, each work requires a title, and can include a brief statement explaining how the piece relates to the theme Experimentation, Exploration, and Exuberance: Give It a Try! Payments by credit card at time of entry through Cafe (https://www.callforentry.org/) or check or money order payable to South Haven Center for the Arts.
Awards:
$250 First Place
$100 Second Place
Framing & Presentation: All work must be framed and/or exhibition ready: wired (NO sawtooth hangers); no clip frames with exposed glass edges. Work must be labeled with artist’s contact information, title of the work, medium, and price.
Installation: Only works appropriately prepared for installation will be accepted. 3D works must be stable and pose no physical threat to visitors. No work can be hung from the ceiling. 2D work must be “ready to hang”. No saw tooth hangers allowed. If any special hardware is needed for hanging, it must be included with work when dropped off, along with hanging instructions.
Deliver/Pick-up work: Deliver and pick up work at the SHCA during the times listed above or by appointment. Any work not picked up after 30 days of the exhibition’s closing may become property of the South Haven Center for the Arts. No work will be released before the close of the exhibit.
Shipped Work: Work must be delivered by Friday, September 22, 2023. It must be shipped in a sturdy, reusable container with all packing materials labeled and reusable. No Peanuts, please and package in a clean box, labeled “handle with care”. A return shipping label must be included for return shipping. If you have questions about including a return shipping label, please discuss with us before sending. Any special instructions for packing should be included.
Hand Delivery: Works can be hand-delivered during specified delivery and pick-up times. Unsold pieces of art that are not to be return-shipped must be picked up during posted gallery hours on the dates above. If the unsold pieces are not retrieved within two weeks of the exhibition close, and pick-up arrangements have not been agreed upon, the items will become the property of the South Haven Center for the Arts. Packaging for artwork may be stored at the SHCA. Aname label must be put on every piece of packaging to be stored at the Center for the Arts. Instructions for any special handling or re-packing needs must be included.
Removing artwork: No artwork may be removed by the artist prior to the conclusion of the exhibition. SHCA reserves the right to temporarily remove any piece of work for reasons the organization deems necessary.
Insurance: SHCA staff and volunteers will handle your work with care. South Haven Center for the Arts carries art insurance for work on display in the gallery. We are not responsible for insuring artwork when it is traveling to and from the gallery.
Sales: Exhibited work may be sold at the price specified on the entry form. A commission of 35% is received by the SHCA for works sold during the exhibition. If work is not for sale, please include an estimated value on the entry form provided, for insurance purposes. Accepted work may not be substituted or withdrawn before the close of the show. The SHCA reserves the right to photographically reproduce accepted entries for publicity purposes.
Please contact Kerry Hagy or Noelle Ringer with questions at info@southhavenarts.org
Entry requirements
Entries for Experimentation, Exploration, and Exuberance: Give It a Try! are open to artists 18-years and older residing in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Ohio. A maximum of three works can be submitted as well as a total of three images. Close-up images or a video to show a piece of visual art that is 3D, moves, etc. maybe submitted for the juror to view.
Accepted art work(s) must remain on display for the duration of the exhibition.
All work must be the original work of the artist and completed in the last five years. We reserve the right to decline any work that is substantially different from the submitted images, does not meet size limitations, or is not professionally presented.
Size limits:
2D - 72” high x 55” wide maximum
3D- must fit through standard doorway, max. 50lbs.
No installations or ceiling hung work
Entries for Experimentation, Exploration, and Exuberance: Give It a Try!
are open to artists 18-years and older residing in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Ohio. A maximum of three works can be submitted as well as a total of three images. Close-up images or a video to show a piece of visual art that is 3D, moves, etc. maybe submitted for the juror to view. Accepted art work(s) must remain on display for the duration of the exhibition.
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