Adirondack Artists Guild Gallery 24th Annual Juried Competition
The Adirondack Artists Guild announces its twenty-fourth annual juried competition. Entries will be accepted through OnlineJuriedShows.com and the actual exhibit will be both on our website and in the Gallery. NOTE: all accepted pieces need to be hand-delivered, so please do not enter if you are unable to deliver in person.
The Adirondack Artists Guild is a cooperative retail art gallery representing a diverse group of artists residing and working in the Tri-Lakes region of the Adirondack Park in northern New York State. The gallery is located at 52 Main St, Saranac Lake. The Adirondack Artists Guild is on Facebook, Instagram, and on the web at www.adirondackartistsguild.com.
DATES
Registration opens: Jan 2022
Submission deadline: March 4 2022
Notifications: March 11 2022
HAND DELIVERY of accepted work: March 12-16 2022
Show opens: March 18 2022
Show closes: April 20 2022
Pick up of exhibited work: April 21-24
ELIGIBILITY
• This competition is open to all living artists, 18 and older.
• Must live close enough to hand-deliver actual work to Gallery.
• There is no specific theme.
• Work must have been completed in the last three years.
• Work must not have been previously exhibited at the Adirondack Artists Guild.
• All media are acceptable, including 3D items such as ceramics, jewelry, fiber art, etc.
• All work must be original.
• No work done in class or under supervision may be submitted
• No prints of work originally done in a different medium (i.e. prints of paintings).
• AAG reserves the right to not display work that does not meet our standards for exhibition.
• The Gallery reserves the right to use photos of exhibited works for publicity purposes.
ENTRY PROCEDURE
Apply and submit your images online at OnlineJuriedShows.com.
Help in photographing your work and properly sizing your images can be found at:
www.OnlineJuriedShows.com/help.aspx For best results, make sure your image is 72 dpi and 1920 pixels on the longest side. Images should be in JPEG format, RGB color space, and less than 4 mb. If you need help entering your images please contact onlinejuriedshows@gmail.com or call 949-287-8645.
AWARDS
Awards will be announced on the opening day of the show. All accepted works will be displayed and available for purchase (unless NFS) on the Adirondack Artists Guild website and in the Gallery. Prize winners will be featured on the home page. Press releases and email announcements will be sent out to publicize the exhibit.
ENTRY FEE
A non-refundable entry fee of $35 for one or two works, with the submission of a third piece optional for an additional $10, must accompany entries.
SALES AND COMMISSION
The gallery will handle all sales of artwork, retaining a 30% commission. Checks for sold pieces will be sent to artists at the conclusion of the exhibition.
SELECTION & AWARDS JUROR: Ken Wiley
Ken Wiley received his BFA in art from the New York Institute of Technology and earned his MA and MFA degrees in painting and drawing from the University of Iowa. In 1968, the year North Country Community College opened, he was hired to teach art and develop the art program, teaching there for thirty-four years. In 2003, he was invited to join the Guild and was a member until 2017. Stylistically, as an oil painter, Wiley has run the gamut starting with naturalism. In the following years he produced semi-abstract and abstract paintings. Now and for more than thirty years, he works in watercolors and acrylics in a representational manner. Wiley taught the college’s photography courses and uses the camera as his sketchbook while traveling. His works have been accepted in national and regional shows in California, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, New York City, and many juried shows throughout the North Country where he has won numerous awards.