Call for Artists for Honoring Cultures Exhibit– Deadline Aug 4
Pull your creative juices together to expound on Honoring Cultures for our Honoring Cultures Exhibit. Family as we know it, what celebrations come to mind, and how do you honor the past, present, and into the future. Community and how we perceive it, does where and how you celebrate honor your culture? How do you represent bringing together with other cultures other than your own and how it centers within your community and life. This may be where you celebrate the uniqueness of others.
LOCATION
ACCC Art Gallery located in the
Chaska Community Center
1661 Park Ridge Drive
Chaska, MN 55318
IMPORTANT DATES
Entry Fee Deadline: by midnight on Wednesday, August 4, 2021 (Registration Form below)
Notification of Acceptance for Artists: will be sent via email on, or before Thursday, August 5. Please go directly to the How To Submit Art page after Registering/Paying the Entry Fee.
Show Dates: August 11 – September 18, 2021
Artists’ Reception: Thursday, August 26, 2021, 6:30 – 8:30pm
Art Drop-Off: Friday, August 6, 11-6pm or Saturday, August 7, 9-4pm
We will ask you to pick a window of time when you register and pay your entry fee, so we are prepared for you.
Art Pick-Up: Friday, September 17, 11-6pm or Saturday, September 18, 9-4pm
Any artwork left at the Arts Center in the CCC 30 days after an exhibit ends, becomes the property of the ACCC.
EXHIBIT/ART GALLERY HOURS
Monday – Saturday; During the Chaska Community Center hours, the Gallery will be open even when we are closed in the Gift Shop. Gift Shop Hours are Wednesday-Friday 11-6 and Saturday 9-4, or consistent with available volunteer staff and CCC current COVID protocols at the time.
PROCESS
Information about eligible works can be found on our Gallery Standard Categories & Guidelines page. Please read before you submit your Entry Fee below. Please feel free to contact us via phone or email if you have any questions. The ACCC reserves the right to curate the work upon submission. 40% commission due to the ACCC following the sale of artworks.
To be considered for the show, please complete the Registration Form below.
We will notify all artists via email regarding acceptance to the exhibit by the Notification of Acceptance date listed above. If space provides, we may contact you to submit additional work for the show.
PROMOTION
The show will be promoted through postcards, flyers, social media, ACCC newsletter, and local papers. Exhibiting artists will pick up Exhibit postcards to hand out and help promote the Artists’ Reception and the Exhibit, pick up at Art Drop off. Copy the image of the postcard below and post it on your website and social media.
Membership is not required to be in the show. We invite you to join if you are a nonmember to enjoy many benefits and to save on entry fees. To join the ACCC, go to our Membership page, renewals can be done on the Account page on our website.
Members, please SIGN IN to your ACCC Account to Register and pay the Entry Fee online. If you haven’t signed into your ACCC Membership Account for a while, please go to our Account page for instructions and to request your password. Membership status questions can be sent to membership@artsofcarvercounty.org. If your account is past due, you will not be able to pay the Member Rate Entry Fee until annual membership fee is paid.
ACCC MEMBER BENEFIT
Any ACCC Member with artwork in our Gift Shop or in an Exhibit who works 6+ hours in the Arts Center in a given month will earn an extra 10% commission on the sale of their work for that month. To indicate you’d like to become a Volunteer, please complete the Volunteer Form on our Volunteer page on our website.
FEE/REGISTRATION FORM
ACCC Members $15 for first entry, $5 for each additional entry, up to 4 total
Nonmembers $25 for first entry, $10 for each additional entry, up to 4 total
40% Commission to the ACCC for sold works
In addition to contact info, the Registration Form asks Artists to:
- List your medium (For example, photography, greeting cards, pottery, wood, jewelry)
- Briefly describe your artwork
- What is the price range of your items?
- Anything else we should know about your artwork for the Exhibit?
- Please CHOOSE an Art Drop Off Time window from list so we can spread out Artists
If you are a NEW ARTIST to ACCC Exhibits, AFTER your work is accepted, go to the How To Submit Art page and submit your actual works.
RETURNING ARTISTS, go right to the How To Submit Art page after you Register/Pay Entry Fee.
Labeled artwork can be brought to the Chaska Community Center on the Art Drop-Off date listed above. Please make sure your item label matches the artwork submitted for the exhibit. Wall artwork must be ready to be hung with wire on the back of your work.
Thank you for considering showing your work in the Honoring Cultures Exhibit.
CONTACT
Mary Strother, Gallery Coordinator or Cynthia Anderson
visualarts@artsofcarvercounty.org
952-448-4432
ACKNOWLEDGMENT:
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
