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CALL for ENTRIES: Coupling from Gallery 110

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SOMETIMES YOU FEEL
LIKE A NUT

Some things just go together.  And, athough I always think of myself as a strong, individual personality.  I’ve come to realize that I clearly value being part of a duo.  My husband Jon and I are rarely apart.  My friend Toni and I are “two nuts in a pod,” and even my artwork has become collaborativeWhich duo in your life adds the pea-nuty center?

Check out the Call for Entries for Couplings from Gallery 110 in Seattle.  This International Juried Art Show is looking for work that explores personal relationships.  Here’s a great opportunity to add a gallery from another major art center to your resume.  Take the chance…

CALL for ENTRIES:  Couplings

In February 2011 Gallery 110 will host an international juried show titled Couplings.  As a tie-in to Valentine’s Day, the gallery is calling for artwork that explores personal relationships.

Learn more about Gallery 110!In our world of many dualities and increasing isolation the idea of “couplings” has many modern interpretations of love and affection. Gallery 110 invites artists to submit works that celebrate these pairings and the power of the bonds they create.

JUROR: Rock Hushka is Director of Curatorial Administration and Curator of Contemporary and Northwest Art at Tacoma Art Museum. He also serves as an Affiliate Assistant Professor at the University of Washington. Before joining the Tacoma Art Museum, Hushka held positions on the curatorial staff at the Seattle Art Museum and worked in the collections of the Henry Art Gallery at University of Washington.

At Tacoma Art Museum (pictured right), Hushka has curated more than 45 projects including Sparkle Then Fade, The Forty Part Motet by Janet Cardiff,  A Reworking of Spem in Alium 1573, by Thomas Tallis, and the nationally touring Lewis and Clark Territory: Contemporary Artists Revisit Place, Race, and Memory. He has completed eleven major exhibition and catalogue projects including The Romantic Vision of Michael Brophy, Where Sky Meets Earth: The Luminous Landscapes of Victoria Adams, and two Northwest Biennials.

Learn more about the Tacoma Art Museum!Under his leadership of the artistic program, Tacoma Art Museum has received major grants from the National Endowment for the Arts for a collection handbook of the Northwest collection and from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts for the forthcoming exhibition Art, AIDS, America.

AWARDS: First and second prize winners will take home $300 and $200 respectively.

ELIGIBILTY: Couplings is an international juried show open to artists over 18 years of age. Art work may be in any two or three dimensional media and must be original works of art by the artist submitting the entry.

Learn more about Gallery 110 online!CONDITIONS AND RULES: Entries accepted for exhibition must have a professional appearance. Two-dimensional artwork must include a wire and must be ready to hang. Works on paper must be framed and protected under glass or Plexiglas. The finished size cannot be more than 48” in either dimension and image size cannot be less than 8” in either dimension. Artwork cannot weigh more than 30 pounds. Artists may not substitute another work for the accepted work. Entries must be for sale and priced with the intent to sell. A gallery commission of 50% will be deducted from sales. Artists grant permission to Gallery 110 to reproduce accepted artwork for promotional uses in both printed and electronic forms.

Ode to Urban Sprawl 1 by Amy OatesENTRY FEE:  The fee is $35 for 3 entries. Add $10 for each additional piece. Payment must be in US dollars. Entry fees are non-refundable.

DEADLINE:  Entry deadline is November 1, 2010.

NOTIFICATIONS: A list of accepted artists will be posted on their gallery website in early December 2010. Selected artists will be notified by email and telephone. Shipping and delivery instructions will be provided with acceptance notification. Delivery and return charges are the artist’s responsibility.

To download this prospectus click here.

QUESTIONS? Email juriedshow@gallery110.com or call Sarah Dillon,
Gallery Director at 206-624-9336, noon-5pm, Wednesday through Friday.