Wish You Were Here

Description

Wish You Were HereWish You Were Here invites artists to explore the postcard as both format and concept. Rooted in the familiar 5 × 7 size, this exhibit challenges artists to consider how scale, limitation, and intention shape meaning. The postcard is traditionally a vehicle for communication—brief, personal, portable, and sent across distance—and this exhibition asks artists to engage with those ideas while reimagining what a postcard can be.​Artists are encouraged to think beyond the postcard as an image alone and consider it as a message, a memory, a fragment, or an invitation. What does it mean to compress a place, an emotion, or a story into a small, deliberate space? How does working within 5 × 7 influence material choices, narrative, and viewer interaction? Submissions may be literal or abstract, intimate or bold, nostalgic or experimental.​All media are welcome, including painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, collage, mixed media, fiber, sculpture, and conceptual works, provided the final piece adheres to the 5 × 7 dimensions. Works may be two- or three-dimensional, wall-mounted or freestanding, as long as they clearly reference or inhabit the postcard format.​Wish You Were Here celebrates the power of small-scale works—art that functions as correspondence, capturing a moment, a place, or a feeling, and offering it to the viewer as something meant to be shared.​Accepted MediaAll visual and interdisciplinary media are welcome, including but not limited to:Painting, drawing, printmakingPhotography, digital artTextile, mixed mediaWood, sculpture Submission RequirementsUp to 3 submissionsArtwork title(s), medium, size (unframed), yearShort artist statement (max 250 words)Bio (max 150 words)Contact informationSelection ProcessWorks will be selected by a jury based on conceptual strength, relevance to the theme, and artistic quality.Submission Guidelines:​​​All mediums are acceptedArtwork must be ready to hang with D-rings only. NO SAWTOOTH HANGERS OR EYEHOOKS. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO NOT ACCEPT ARTWORK UPON ARRIVAL.SUBMITTING PHOTOS:​All photos must be cropped and labeled in the following format:****(example: Van Gogh_Starry Night_oil painting)***If they are not cropped, well lit and labeled properly, they will be disqualified.Important Deadlines:​Submission Deadline: April 14Notice of Acceptance: April 20Drop off: June 2, 3 - 6pOpening Reception: June 5, 5 - 7pPick up: June 29Exhibit Dates: June 5 - 28​Submission Fee:Members - $20Non-members - $30​This show will take place at the ShenArts Gallery.Art drop off and pickup will be at the ShenArts Gallery.128 N Loudoun St. Winchester VA 22601ShenArts handles all sales and promotion and takes a 30% commission of the retail price.You must be able to deliver and pick up your piece; we are not able to have artists ship their pieces to our location at this time.​You may watch the Entry Process Tutorial video below