The 25th Annual National Juried Competition and Exhibition at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, on Long Beach Island, New Jersey. Works on Paper can include but is not limited to Drawing, Painting on Paper, hand pulled Prints, Photographic Prints, Digital Works on Paper, and Paper constructions that can be wall hung.
DEADLINE TO APPLY: APRIL 15, 2023
EXHIBITION DATES: May 20 - July 4, 2023
Reception & Awards: June 23 (Tentative)
AWARDS: $500 first prize, $250 second prize, $100 third prize and three honorable mentions.
Cash Awards will be announced at the reception. Other awards to be announced.
The Juror for 2023 Marilyn Symmes, Independent Curator, NYC.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:
The 25th annual exhibition, Works on Paper 2023 at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences welcomes entries of original work, created within the last two years, which explore the varied media which utilize Paper. The Competition and Exhibition is open to artists in continental USA only. Works on Paper can include, but are not limited to drawing, painting on paper, hand-pulled prints, photographic prints, digitally created artwork displayed as prints, and paper constructions which may be wall hung. Three cash Prizes and three Honorable Mentions will be awarded by the Juror, TBA, at the reception. Artists do not have to be present to receive their awards. The competition and exhibition are open to emerging as well as established artists working in the continental US.
An exhibition catalog is planned, pending funding.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Artists 18 years and older, residing in the continental USA, are eligible.
Works on Paper can include, but are not limited to drawing, painting on paper, hand-pulled prints, photography, digitally created artwork displayed as prints, photographic prints, and paper construction that are wall hung. Entries must have been created within the last two years and not been previously shown at LBIF.
Two-dimensional works should not exceed 60 inches in width and 60 inches in height, and not exceed 10 lbs. Work may not project in the third dimension beyond 18 inches. However, larger size work is encouraged and allowed. The artist must provide return prepaid postage or pre-paid return shipping label for work and sturdy, reusable packaging. Please do not submit work that has a retail value over $7,500.
The work submitted must be available for the duration of the exhibition. ALL WORKS MUST BE FOR SALE. The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences will retain a 40% commission of the purchase price on all works sold during the exhibition. If any artwork is commissioned from this exhibition, the LBIF will retain 40% of the commissioned price.
Work submitted must be suitably framed, firmly wired, prepared and ready for hanging, and professionally presented. Large work is encouraged. No saw-tooth hangers; no sandwich frames. We recommend that all work on paper must be displayed framed and protected under acrylic (Plexiglas). No frames with glass allowed. 3-D work will be considered, but should be wall mounted, or able to be displayed on a 10” deep wall mounted shelf. Please do not submit three-dimensional works in the round that require pedestals. Frames must be white, black or natural wood.
Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences reserves the right to exclude from the exhibition any works that do not arrive in sturdy condition, ready to hang, or are deemed too fragile to be successfully exhibited. Work that has not been suitably prepared will be hung at LBIF's discretion.
Please only submit work that will be available at the time of the exhibition and will remain for its entirety. No accepted entry may be withdrawn prior to the close of the exhibition. No pricing changes will be allowed after acceptance. Work that is copied or done under the guidance of an instructor is not eligible. Entries must not have been previously exhibited at LBIF. If the work does not fully reflect what is represented in the submitted images, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences reserves the right to exclude it from the exhibition.
TIMELINE: March 31, 2023 Deadline for entries on callforentry.org
April 17: Accepted entries posted on LBIF website by this date; artists will also be notified by email
Information for the printed Catalog will be requested on April 7.
May 1: Work must be received by this date at LBIF
May 20 – July 4: Exhibition dates
June 23 (tentative): Reception for Artists & Public. Prizes & Awards announced by the Juror.
July 7, 2023: Unsold Artwork returned to artists after close of show
About the Juror Marilyn Symmes is a New York City-based art curator with expertise in prints, drawings, and photographs. After starting her career at the Smith College Museum of Art, followed by the Detroit Institute of Arts, she was the curator in charge of graphic arts collections at the Toledo Museum of Art, the Cooper Hewitt/Smithsonian Design Museum, and the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University. At those museums, she has organized almost a hundred exhibitions over the decades, and managed museum collections with works of art on paper from the Renaissance to contemporary American art. She also has also been a grant reviewer for the Association of Print Scholars organization, as well as for the National Endowment for the Humanities Indemnity advisory panel. Currently, as a consultant curator, she works for the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, in addition to serving as a research cataloguer in the Department of Drawings and Prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.