Call to Artists: ESCAPE – Landscapes, Seascapes, Cityscapes, A Juried Competition and Exhibition
On view: April 10- 30, 2022
Artists Awards & Reception: Sunday, April 10, 3-5pm
Deadline: Monday, March 21 at midnight EST

Congratulations to the following artists for their accepted work(s)!

Diane Bares – Yellow Sky
Douglas Barnaby – Dakota, Plaza Hotel
Claudia Bedell – Cold Spring Harbor
Cindy Bender – Patagonia
Anne Barash Breitstein – Along Lloyd Harbor Causeway
Patricia Bridges – After the Storm
Frank Burke – Summertime
Stacy Carner – Mindscape
Aleta Crawford – Wonderland, Fireflies
Dana Epstein – Summer in Italy, The Blue Pearl of Morocco
Bari Fagin – Evolution, Frozen Forest
Amy Gottlieb – The Human Element
William Grabowski – Skyscape, Nora Remembers
Jan Guarino – Desert Dance, Be The Fountain
Marc Josloff – Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
Marceil Kazickas – High Flyers
Randy Kraft – FloryDory II
Joan Laufer – Through a Window in Marseille
Eleni Litt – Fibonacci Bridgescape
Linda Louis – Silver Dawn
Jane McGraw – Shorebound
Avrel Menkes – Awakening
John Micheals – Cape Scape
Melissa Mora – Illinois, In the Woods
Drigo Morin – Robert Moses
Maureen Nappi – A View From the Bridge
Stephanie Navon-Jacobson – 44th and Broadway
Denis Ponsot – City Lights, Kuerner Farm PA
Alice Riordan – Sea Escape
Howard Rose – Sagaponic Pond, West End/By the Bay Side
Carol Salerno – Vacation Island
Jamie Sandler – Street Activity
Irene Sankari – Hanging Out in Soho
Mary Valentino Schneider – Come Sail Away
Lynda Schwartz – River Runs Thru It
Noel Shavzin – Looking Through the Window…
Jana Sheinker – West, Dering Harbor 2
Annemarie Siefert – Winter Morn, Meadow Clover
Barbara Stein – At the Hamlet, Versailles
Joan Stevens – RVC Train Station, Downtown
Bob Stuhmer – Miracle Grow
Helen Towey – Brandywine Valley
Steven Vando – Tempestas
Kay Vickers – East Branch
Richard Vickers – Bryant Park, Rest Stop
Margo Vignola – Provence Square
Steve Walker – Old Delphi India
Carol Weinberg – By The Sea
Patricia Yantz  – The Sentinel
Theodora Zavala  – Meadowbrook To Northern State West

The Art Guild invites all artists, 18 years and older, to submit artworks for consideration for “ESCAPE – Landscapes, Seascapes, Cityscapes”, a Juried Competition and Exhibition.

What excites you about the world around you? Invite viewers to immerse themselves in the environment you have created through your work, whether it’s a landscape, seascape, cityscape or some other expanse. Help them to escape from the tedious repetition of routine. Gaze through the window or step outside to take a creative journey – short or long – and bring it to viewers through your artwork in this exhibition.

CRITERIA All styles from non-objective to abstracted realism are welcome. All works must be original and have been created in the last five years. References used in the creation of the submitted work must be the artist’s own, or copyright-released for use in this work. Works previously exhibited at The Art Guild Gallery will not be considered.

MEDIUMS: Included but not limited to acrylic, charcoal, collage, colored pencil, digital art, ink, mixed media, oil, pastel, pencil, printmaking, sculpture, or watercolor. No Photography, Copies, Master Copies, Reproductions or Giclees.

JUDGE Edward Puchner is the Executive Director of Gallery North in Setauket, NY. He served as executive director of the Greenville Museum of Art in North Carolina. Before that he was a curator at the McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina. He spent some time at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (known for its collection and the famous steps that Rocky runs up in the movie’s training montage). Early in his career he served as gallery manager in NYC at the Luise Ross Gallery in SoHo. He received his Ph.D. in art history from Indiana University

SIZE AND FRAMING: Size, with frame, must not exceed 36” on the longest side.  Work should be cleanly matted and/or framed (if appropriate), wired securely for hanging, with the wire attached via screw eyes or D-rings to the frame (not the backboard).  No saw tooth hangers, tape or string on the back.  Gallery wraps are acceptable, but they must be a least 1” thick. Work must be labeled with artist’s name, phone number and email address.

Framing of your work must comply with the above OR IT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Digital submissions of up to three (3) images uploaded to our website (preferred method) or via email to artshow@TheArtGuild.org

• be between 1MB and a maximum of 3MB each, and 1,000 pixels on their shortest side. To resize or compress your images, go to PICRESIZE.com
• label your images as follows:
  artist’s lastname_firstname_entrynumber_title.jpg
  (ex: smith_john_1_beachsunset.jpg)

If you have problems with the uploader, please email your images to artshow@TheArtGuild.org– with ALL contact information, image titles and mediums. We will invoice you for payment.  Submission will not be included in curating without payment.

If paying by check, download printable form

ENTRY FEE(S) Entry fees are payable online when you upload or by mailing a check. Registration is required and fees are non-refundable.

• Members: $30 (1-2 pieces)
• Non-members: $45 (1-2 pieces)
• One additional entry: $10 (per person)
• No more than 3 works per artist.  Entry fees are non-refundable.

FINALISTS The Selection Committee will review all entries and notify each artist as to the acceptance of the submitted work. The Art Guild has the right, in its sole discretion, to choose which eligible entries will be accepted to be exhibited. All decisions are final. Artists whose work has been selected will be notified after March 29, either by email OR on our website

AWARDS 1st Place $300 • 2nd Place $200 • 3rd Place $100 • Honorable Mentions

LIABILITY & INSURANCE The Liability Waiver on the entry form must be signed by the artist submitting images for consideration. It is the responsibility of the participating artist to insure or self-insure any work submitted for inclusion in this exhibit.

IMPORTANT DATES
DEADLINE: Monday, March 21, 2022 at midnight EST – Application, images and payment must be received.

ACCEPTANCE/REJECTION NOTIFICATION: After March 29, 2022, either by email or here on the website.

EXHIBIT ON VIEW: April 10 – 30, 2022

ARTIST’S RECEPTION & AWARDS CEREMONY: Sunday, April 10, 3-5pm

DROP OFF: Sunday, April 3, 3pm-5pm and Monday, April 4, 1pm-5pm

PICKUP: Sunday, May 1, 3pm-5pm and Monday, May 2, 1pm-5pm