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Newburyport Art Association

NAA Member’s Holiday Show

Saturday November 27, 2021 - Thursday December 23, 2021

 

Like snowflakes, all art and all artists are unique. Art can warm us like a mug of cocoa or shock us like a cold wind. We are looking for 165 artists to fill our walls for the winter Holiday season, bringing joy to the Newburyport community. Limit one submission per artist.

 

ELIGIBILITY: 

The show is open to NAA members only, 18 years of age or older.

Interested in submitting? We invite you to consider becoming an NAA Artist!

Learn more about membership here.

 

MEDIA:

Acrylic, Digital Art, Drawing, Fine Crafts, Mixed Media, Oil, Pastel, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Watercolor. 

Videos, installations, reproductions of original work, and Giclee prints cannot be accepted.

 

REQUIREMENTS:

All work must be original, completed within the last three years, and must have not been exhibited in a previous NAA gallery show.  Photos printed on metal with proper hanging hardware are accepted.

2D works must be framed and ready to hang with screw eyes or D-rings and wire. Metal frames must have hardware that screws securely in the track.  Plexiglas or glass-covered drawings, prints, photographs, and watercolors are accepted. Frameless glass or plexiglass, frames with tension, or saw-tooth hangers cannot be accepted. Gallery wrapped canvas must be stapled on the back. Gessoed or painted sides are acceptable.

Framed dimensions no larger than 36 inches in any direction. Sculpture and 3-dimensional work must be less than 7 feet in height, 90 pounds or less, and fit within a 3x3 foot area.

No wet paintings

 

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Submissions open 10/22/21 Add Size both framed and unframed to Artcall. The unframed size is the image only and does not include a mat.

  • Digital submissions only. You may enter one work of art in JPEG (.jpg) format. The image should include the submission only, and should exclude any mat, frame, and background. One image per work. Sculpture entries may include one additional digital image per work.

  • Enter online through www.2021naaholidayshow.artcall.org.

  • All accepted work is subject to review and must comply with the NAA framing standards. No artwork substitution is allowed

  • Submission of your entry constitutes your agreement with all the terms of this Call for Entry

  • Submission of your entry acknowledges the right of the NAA to reproduce artwork for marketing purposes.

 

ENTRY FEES:

To celebrate our artists and the coming New Year, we have decided to forgo submission fees.

 

SALES AND INSURANCE

All work must be for sale. The NAA retains a commission of 40% for works sold. Works will be handled with all possible care. NAA provides insurance up to 65% of the value declared by the artist from the day of receipt of the artwork to the final published pickup date. NAA is not responsible for work not picked up after Sunday, January 9, 2022.

 

IMPORTANT DATES

  • Exhibition dates: Saturday, November 27th, 2021 - Thursday, December 23rd, 2021

  • Submission period: October 22, 2021 - November 19, 2021 at 5:00PM

  • Receiving for accepted works: Receiving will be on a rolling basis starting on November 2, 2021 until Tuesday, November 23, 2021. Please wear a mask and follow Covid protocols.

 

  • Opening: Saturday November 27, 2021  Reception: Saturday November 27, 2021

  • Pick-up unsold works: Wednesday January 5, 2022, 1-5p.m. Artists bear responsibility for pickup on date stated above. Work left beyond that date is no longer the responsibility of the NAA and after 60 days becomes the property of the NAA.

 

 

Insurance & Artist’s Responsibility Works will be handled with all possible care. NAA provides insurance up to 60% of retail value declared by the artist, from the day of the receipt of the artwork to the final day of the scheduled pick-up period, or delivery of and payment for work sold to the buyer. The artist bears all responsibility for loss of, or damage to, work not picked up by the end of the scheduled pick-up period. NAA is not responsible for work not removed by final day of scheduled pick-up period. Artists will be charged $20 late fee for work left beyond the pick-up period unless prior arrangements are made with the office. NAA takes a 40% commission on sales. Please provide notification in advance if someone other than the artist will be picking up artwork.



 
 
 

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