CAC Gallery Members Only Show January 2025 “Love" Call For Entries

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Crossroads Art Center Gallery Members Only  "Love" Show January 2025
Crossroads Art Center (CAC) is excited to announce an online call for a special Members 2025 Exhibition. Theme: Love"Love" is a universal language that transcends time, culture, and boundaries. This exhibition invites you to explore the many faces of love—romantic, platonic, familial, and self-love. Each piece in this collection will reflects the powerful emotions that love evokes, from the joy and passion of new beginnings to the quiet comfort of lifelong bonds.
This exhibition will be LIVE at Crossroads Art Center as well as ONLINE on our website.
Call for Entry Dates: November 18 - December 15, 2024Limit 2 entries--Entry fee: $15 each.   Commission 70% to artist, 30% to CAC
Artists Notified via Email by:  Friday, December 20, 2024
Artwork Drop Off: Wednesday, January 8 – Saturday, January 11, 2025 by NOON
Exhibition Opening: Friday, January 17, 2025, 5pm – 8pm
Exhibition End Date: Sunday, March 2, 2025
Artwork Available for Artists to Pick Up: Tuesday, March 4, 2025
• Work must be executed solely by the artist. No reproductions (like giclee) are permitted, unless the art process IS the printed process, i.e., etching, monoprint, silkscreen, lithograph, etc. Printed digital images created by the artist with a computer program such as Procreate, Photoshop, etc., ARE permitted.
The gallery reserves the right to refuse work. Work that has been in a previous show at the art center may not be entered again.All work must be available for sale through the end of the show (unless purchased from the show). Artists must be able to deliver art for purchase or approval to Crossroads Art Center within 48 hours of request.
For 2D pieces we require 3 images (image, detail, and in frame). If not framed, we require a 2 images of the work. All at the time of submission.
For 3D work, we also need 3 images (front, back, detail).
You must be a Gallery Member is good standing to enter the show. If you are not a gallery member, you may join now so you can enter. Please go to our website. Click on "Just for Artists" and then "Gallery Membership”. https://www.crossroadsartcente...
Important Information:
Before submitting artwork, please read and make sure you understand thoroughly procedures and expectations for participating in our 2025 shows.
Submission Details:
You will need an artist statement - 200 Word limit in first person to enter the shows.
1. You do not have to create a portfolio site to enter the show.
2. The way you fill out the form is how it will be shown on the labels, awards, and publicity.
a. Use Capital Letters for the first letters of your name.
b. Prices - DO NOT TYPE IN A COMMA. This produces the wrong price. ArtCall will add it automatically.
c. Measurements - HEIGHT first, then Width then Depth (H x W x D).
2D IMAGE REQUIREMENTS
**THREE images of each piece are required, one of the art without frame, one with frame, and a close detail image (zoomed into a small section of interest). If the art is unframed, only 2 photos are required. {ALL images must be submitted before the end of Call for Entries!} Work must be WIRED to hang--no sawtooth hangers. If work is not wired, it will not be accepted into show.
NOTE: if the work is framed, we must have the outside measurements of the frame (H x W x D) in addition to the image size. Please do not guess. If we do not have the measurements for the art and/or the framed art, your piece will not be allowed in the show. Walls and backgrounds SHOULD NOT SHOW in photos. When taking the digital image please make sure the photo is not at an angle or crooked.
3D IMAGE REQUIREMENTS
For each 3D, installation, or wearable art entry, submit 3 images: one overall front image, one overall rear or sideview image, and one detail image (zoomed into a small section of interest).
• Detail images must show an important aspect of the art. Make sure that both the full-view and detailed images are oriented correctly.
d. Statement regarding the piece of art - The character limit is 300!! This is used for all publicity online and on labels. Spellcheck it as well as word count it! These statements are displayed with the art.
e. {FYI -You can go back in and add/edit images and edit text until the call ends.}
After entering, please go back and double check your information. Did you enter the required 2 or 3 photos? Is your price correct? Measurements? Is your statement complete? 
If you make changes, don't forget to click on "Update Submission" when you are done.
VERY IMPORTANT: You can delete and change photos, and change text within each submission up until end-of-call. Do not delete an entire submission and then add a new one--ArtCall will charge you for a new submission!