Call For Artists!
Art Exhibition: Inspired by the Written Word
Dates: December 1, 2020 - February 28, 2021
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Submission Fee: $5 per piece of art. Five piece maximum submitted per artist. Artists will have the option to pay for another artist’s submission fee. See application form.
Submission Email: info@searchingforidentity.org with a copy or screenshot of the submission fee receipt and signed waiver.
Call Description:
Searching For Identity offers writing workshops, Chapter Endnotes Online Book Discussions and LiterARTure Discussions, all infused with a love for books, writing, art, literature and storytelling. We are looking for artists that have created works of art inspired by the written word.
LiterARTure aims to encourage all Americans to acknowledge and embrace our country’s inherited arts and literary works so we want to showcase your art for this program!
Will My Art Be Displayed? Yes. In-person and online.
Selected artwork will be displayed at San Marco Books & More at 1971 San Marco Blvd. Jacksonville, FL 32207
Your website/social media links will be mentioned on the San Marco Books & More, Facebook page, Searching For Identity Facebook Page and Chapter Endnotes Facebook Page and the Searching for Identity website.
Application Form
Requirements:
1. Artist must have an artist social media page or website.
2. Media accepted: Visual artwork including painting, pastels, pen and ink, photography, mixed media, sculpture, including clay, and paper mache. Artwork must be ready-to-hang/display and no larger than 6ft x 6ft. Framing is not required.
3. All artwork included must not promote hate, nudity, politics, etc.
4. Artist will submit didactic information that will be printed and displayed near the artwork. Required Didactic Info: Name of artist & birth year, name of artwork & year created, materials used, description of artwork & short artist bio no more than five to seven sentences. Include your social media channel and/or website information.
Didactic Example:
Leonardo da Vinci (b.1452) (Name & birth year)
Mona Lisa, 1503 (Title & year created)
Oil on poplar panel (Materials)
(Description about artwork)
This portrait was doubtless started in Florence around 1503. It is thought to be of Lisa Gherardini, wife of a Florentine cloth merchant named Francesco del Giocondo - hence the alternative title, La Gioconda. However, Leonardo seems to have taken the completed portrait to France rather than giving it to the person who commissioned it. After his death, the painting entered François I's collection.
(Short biography of artist)
Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was one of the leading artists of the High Renaissance. Fifteen artworks are generally attributed either in whole or in large part to him. However, it is believed that he made many more, only for them to be lost over the years or remain unidentified.
FB, IG, TW: @daVinci leonardodavinci.com
5. Ages 18+
6. All submissions accepted via email at info@searchingforidentity.org with “Artist Submission” in the subject line. Due to the large number of applicants, only artists whose works are accepted will be notified via email with details about the show's process to follow, artwork drop off, and pickup dates.
Submission email must include:
Copy or screenshot of paid submission receipt
Jpeg image(s) of artwork
Attach signed release/waiver
7. Submission fee $5 per piece. Artist can submit up to five works of art. Include a .jpeg image per submitted piece and image size must not exceed 3MB. Apply the following naming scheme to the .jpegs:
YourLastName, First initial-Title-materials used-size-year of completion.
Example:
daVinci-Mona Lisa-oil on poplar panel-77x53cm-yr1503.jpeg
8. Sign and attach Release Form/Waiver to display artwork.
9. Submission deadline: November 15, 2020 by 5pm.
10. If you’d like to pay for an artist’s submission fee, submit a copy or screenshot of your receipt to info@searchingforidentity.org with “Sponsor an Artist” in the subject line. If there is a specific artist you are sponsoring, please include their name, contact info, and let us know if you want to be mentioned or anonymous.
Please contact Lisa if you have any questions at Lisa@searchingforidentity.org