ARTISTS CALL FOR ENTRIES

OPEN JURIED EXHIBITION

The Shape of Things

Juried by Adria Arch

Exhibition Dates: June 5 – July 13

Art Drop Off: Sunday, June 1, 5PM

Art Pick Up: Sunday, July 13, 5PM

Opening Reception: Sunday, June 8, 5-7PM

Submissions: client.smarterentry.com/rnac

Technical support: entry@rockyneckartcolony.org

All other questions: rnac.exhibitions@gmail.com

Submissions Open: January 20, 2025

Submissions Deadline: Sunday, May 11, 2025, 11PM

Entry Fee: $35 for 5 images

 

The Call

The Rocky Neck Art Colony (RNAC) invites artists to submit work for inclusion in The Shape of Things, to be held at The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and online at RNACexhibitions.com.

Show Description

Everything we see or imagine we see has shape. Nothingness too, has shape, taking its form from all the things of our experience. Shape presents itself as a duality—positive/negative, figure/ground, inside/outside—and creates meaning through relationships. In considering shape within a work of art, we may find that it is subtle, ambiguous, open to interpretation, or that it boldly states its intention. Shape may be derived from a solid mass, or it may appear as an assembly of secondary elements, possibly lines or dots or masses of color. Shape may actually have, or appear to have, depth; or it may be absolutely flat, limited to two dimensions.

With this exhibition, the Rocky Neck Art Colony invites artists to submit 3–5 works in any media that reflects their thoughts and imagination about shape. Artwork submitted, regardless of materials used and the creative methods by which the work is developed, should reflect a strong sense of shape or mass and may read anywhere along a continuum from bold, distinct forms to more subtle interpretations of the theme.

About the Juror

Adria Arch is a painter and sculptor working in the Boston area. She has been awarded residencies at Vermont Studio Center, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sanskriti Foundation in Delhi, and in Auvillar, France. Her work is included in many private and public collections including the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Fidelity Corporation, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Recently, Arch was commissioned by Google to do a room-sized installation.  Arch has shown her work extensively in New England, including Boston Sculptors Gallery, Brattleboro Art Museum, Fitchburg Art Museum and the Danforth Museum. Her work will be on view at the San Luis Obispo Art Museum in 2025.

Eligibility

• Work shown in the past year at another Cape Ann venue will not be accepted.
• Work must be an original creation of the artist.
• Work must be ready to hang; gold frames are discouraged.
• All work is for sale.
• Artists are asked to sign up for at least one gallery sitting shift (link will be emailed when available).
• Entries must be submitted via smarterentry.com/rnac. Use your previous password & ID or click “Start Here” to create a new ID.
• To submit video or other time-based work, contact entry@rockyneckartcolony.org for instructions.
• For technical support, contact entry@rockyneckartcolony.org. Please reach out for tech support as soon as you have difficulty. Don’t wait!

Images used for online submissions

• Photographs submitted should be good quality JPG or PNG images
• Images should be 300 dpi resolution, sized approximately 1- 3MB
• Each image must be labeled with the following information: Last name, first initial, title.jpg. (Example: Smith, J._Sunset.jpg).

Size of Artwork:

If you are submitting 2D work that is greater than 60” wide or installation work requiring a large amount of space, please check with the exhibitions committee to ensure that your work can be accommodated.

Commissions:

• All work must be for sale. RNAC members receive 75% commission on all works sold; non-members receive 60%. RNAC membership is open to all, though not required for participation in this exhibition. To qualify for the member commission, you must be an active member when you ENTER THE SHOW. To join or renew, click HERE. To check your membership status, email rnac.programs@gmail.com.
• All work will remain in the gallery and buyers will be instructed to pick up purchased work at the conclusion of the exhibition. If a buyer is unable to pick up the work, the artist must collect the work and make delivery arrangements directly with the buyer. RNAC assumes no financial responsibility for costs of delivery as coordinated by the artist.

Promotion:

• RNAC will promote the exhibition through its weekly e-Newsletter, social media campaigns, and outreach to a significant list of media outlets through targeted press releases.
• Artists are encouraged to promote the exhibition through their own social media channels.
• Viewers love to “go behind the scenes” with the artists. We welcome any studio visit videos or recorded talks about your works. See examples HERE.

About the Rocky Neck Art Colony

The Rocky Neck Art Colony is one of the oldest working art colonies in the country and has been luring artists to its picturesque shores for more than 150 years. As a 501-c3 nonprofit organization, RNAC is dedicated to nurturing excellence in the arts and celebrating the artistic history and culture of Rocky Neck in Gloucester, MA. Find out more at rockyneckartcolony.org.