Art Gallery Call For Entries: 215 | 610 Contemporary Juried Exhibition of Regional Emerging Artists

Juror's portrait image credit: Sarah Liz

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About the Exhibition

The Gallery at Delaware County Community College presents the 215|610 Contemporary: Juried Exhibition of Regional Emerging Artists, to be presented in-person in the Art Gallery November 14–December 16, 2022. The purpose of this juried exhibition is to engage the community in regional art and participate in an exchange of ideas and abilities. Artists are invited to bring new life to an age-old method of creating art, building a contemporary definition of their medium. Learn more »

Juror: Alex Klein

Alex Klein is the Dorothy and Stephen R. Weber (CHE’60) Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia where she has organized numerous exhibitions since 2011 with artists including Linda Goode Bryant, Ane Graff, Barbara Kasten, Michelle Lopez, Nathalie Du Pasquier, Sondra Perry, Suki Seokyeong Kang, and Trevor Shimizu. She is currently engaged in a collaborative research initiative, I is for Institute (2016 - present) which invites individuals working within arts organizations to reflect on the potential to enact structural change within institutions. The project website archives a podcast and over 50 conversations with an international group of curators, directors, and educators. In addition to her role at ICA, she has published and lectured widely. She has served as an agent in the Carnegie Museum of Art’s Hillman Photography Initiative and has held positions in the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Roski School of Fine Arts at the University of Southern California (USC), and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. She received her BA in Art History from Columbia University, New York, an MA in the History of Art from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London and an MFA from UCLA, Los Angeles.

Awards

$400 Juror’s Choice
$300 First Place
$200 Second Place
$100 Third Place

Required Non-Refundable Entry Fee

$15 For up to three (3) entries

Deadline

All entries must be submitted Monday, October 3, 2022 at 11:59 a.m. EST. You will receive an automatically generated email upon submission of the entry form below. Limit three (3) submissions per artist.

Eligibility

Regional, emerging artists are invited to submit up to three (3) pieces for consideration:

  • Artists must reside in Pennsylvania, New Jersey or Delaware.
  • Artwork can be in any medium. (Please note special instructions for video work below*)
  • The “emerging artist” is an artist that has established a style of working and creates professional work, yet does not have gallery representation
  • Eligible artists cannot be employees or family of employees at Delaware County Community College
  • Only recent work created within the last three (3) years is eligible (created between 2019 - 2022).
  • Work that has been previously exhibited at the College is ineligible
  • Submissions chosen to be included in the exhibition are at the discretion of the juror, and not all submissions will be chosen to be displayed
  • Work that is altered in any way or substituted after being chosen for the exhibition will be ineligible (the photo of your artwork that you submit is the way you intend it to be displayed)

Entry Process

1. Submit up to three (3) pieces of artwork through the entry form below.
2. Upload at least one (1) image of the piece being submitted and name the file accordingly. 3D Work: Please upload one (1) additional alternate view or detail image of each entry as needed.
3. All images must be in JPEG (.jpg) format and meet the guidelines below:
   • 100 dpi resolution minimum
   • image file must be no larger than 10 inches in width or height
   • maximum of 2 MB in file size
   • file name = lastname_title.jpg
   • positioned to be viewed upright
   * For video pieces: Upload a still from the video and include a link to the full video in the submission form.
4. An automatic entry confirmation will be sent to the email provided upon submission.
5. Submit the required non-refundable entry fee online through the Entry Fee Submission » by Monday, October 3, 2022 at 11:59 a.m. EST.
6. Further details will be provided upon acceptance into the exhibition.

Questions?

Please email Caitlin Flaherty, the College’s Supervisor of Arts Administration.