Call for Entry

Entry Deadline: Monday, December 15, 2014, midnight

Peer Review: Friday, December 19, 2014 - Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Exhibition Dates: Tuesday, February 3 - Friday, March 6, 2015

FRIENDS WITH KARMA

Selections by Peer Review

Become a Pro Arts’ member and be Friends With Karma. Juried via a peer review process, this exhibition explores the processes by which artists support, sustain and participate in the launch of each other's work. The top ranking submissions will form a group exhibition at Pro Arts, presenting a survey of contemporary art arrived at through a community process. The program allows insight into review processes, while encouraging artists to think critically about their own work within the scope of Bay Area art.

About the peer review process:

Based on a peer review model, artists who submit work for consideration for the exhibition will be asked to review at least 50 other submissions (via Pro Arts' online 'blind' review system) and make selections based on designated criteria.

Peer Review Criteria:

Artwork demonstrates merit, excellence, innovation, and relevance.

View the Friends With Karma FAQ for more information.

HOW DO I APPLY?

Eligibility:

Current Membership (through end of exhibition) is required for entry. Membership is open to all. Artists can join/renew membership at time of online registration.

Prep Your Submission:

• Submit up to six images of your work.
• All media accepted.
• Original work only that has not previously been exhibited at Pro Arts.
• Recent work only (since 2013).
• Digital Images: Image files should be jpgs. For best results images should be sized to approximately 600 x 800 pixels, RGB color mode, and at a resolution of 72 dpi.
• Media: Video, performance, internet, and sound-based work are considered via website URLs in online submission. Insert URL into the 'media' field of online system.

Submit Your Work:

• Submit entries via our Online Registration System.
• After the entry deadline passes, artists who have submitted their work will be contacted with instructions for accessing the online review system.

KEY DATES

Deadline for Submissions: Monday, December 15, 2014, midnight
Online Peer Review: Friday, December 19, 2014 - Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Artist Notification: Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Artwork Drop-Off: Saturday, January 24, 2015
Exhibition Dates: Tuesday, February 3 - Friday, March 6, 2015
Artists' Reception: Friday, February 6, 6-8pm
Artists' Talk: Friday, March 6, 6:30pm
Artwork Pick-Up: Saturday, March 7, 2015

For more information, please contact info@proartsgallery.org or 510.763.4361

Top Image: Andreina Davila, #I Am, I Contain Multitudes (detail), 2013. Members' Exhibition 2014. Courtesy of the Artist.

Images (above l-r): David Fought, 2triangles fill #1, 2013, Courtesy of the Artist and Traywick Contemporary; Gabriele Bungardt, Waiting, 2012, Courtesy of the Artist; Jenne Giles, Dead Hare, 2013, Courtesy of the Artist; Elaine Nehm, On Newsprint 12, 2013, Courtesy of the Artist

TERMS

1. Entry does not guarantee inclusion in the exhibition.
2. Late entries not accepted.
3. Artists must participate in the peer review process to be considered for the exhibition.
4. Final artwork selections for the exhibition will be based on the top ranking selections that emerge from the peer review process. Pro Arts reserves the right to edit the exhibition.
5. Selected works must be dropped off at Pro Arts during scheduled drop off dates and must include any specialized hardware necessary for installation. Artist agrees that all work performed at Pro Arts will be performed with the care and skill ordinarily exercised by members of the profession practicing under similar conditions at a similar locality.
6. Pro Arts shall insure selected artwork against loss for duration of exhibition. Pro Arts limits liability for handling, installation, exhibition and de-installation.
7. Sales of work in the exhibition are encouraged. Artists receive 60% of the sale price for all work sold.
8. If artwork is damaged or unsuitable for display, it will be removed from the exhibition.
9. Artworks exhibited at Pro Arts are covered by Creative Commons license "Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives". Gallery visitors may take photographs of artworks with the stipulation that images are clearly credited to the creating artist and exhibition at Pro Arts; images may not be used commercially; and may not be changed, remixed, or modified in any way. Artist agrees to allow Pro Arts to photograph and reproduce images of artworks for publicity and educational purposes.
10. All unsold artworks must be picked up on the schedule day of de-installation. Anyone claiming artworks on behalf of the artist must make special arrangements with the gallery.
11. Terms subject to change.