Details
Start Date
Fri, January 17, 2025 @ 10:00 AM
End Date
Sat, January 18, 2025 @ 2:00 PM
Location
The Cuyahoga Valley Art Center
Call for Entries: Winter Exhibition
Dates: Friday, January 17, 2025 & Saturday, January 18, 2025
Location: Cuyahoga Valley Art Center – Main Gallery
The Cuyahoga Valley Art Center (CVAC) seeks to highlight the creative abilities of participating artists throughout the winter season. The theme of the artwork is not limited to winter-related subjects; instead, CVAC aims to showcase the diverse range of interests and explorations present in recent paintings, sculptures, ceramics and works on paper created by participants. This exhibition is organized into seven distinct categories for submission: Watercolor Media, Water-Based Media, Oil-Based Media, Dry Media, Mixed Media, 3-Dimensional Media, and Photographic Media. Submissions will be accepted:
Friday, January 17, from 10-3 pm &
Saturday, January 18, from 10-2 pm
The cost is $10 per entry; no more than 3 entries will be accepted per artist.
This popular annual juried exhibition opens on Tuesday, January 21, and runs through February 27, 2025. The public is invited to participate in the Cuyahoga Valley Art Center’s People’s Choice selection process, which shall determine a People’s Choice winner for each category. These awards give the public the chance to have their say regarding the artworks they believe deserve recognition. This voting will conclude at 6:30 pm during the Artist Reception on Friday, February 14, 2025, from 5:30-7 pm in the main gallery of CVAC. Patrons will have the opportunity to mingle with the artists, enjoy refreshments and hors d’oeuvres, and purchase art during this free reception.
Interested in submitting artwork to this exhibit? CLICK THIS LINK: 2025 Winter Exhibition Prospectus
This is a juried exhibition. Please review the prospectus guidelines for more details.
Marketing Image Credit: James W. Leslie, Indigo Autumn, Oil-Based Media
CATEGORY DESCRIPTIONS:
WATERCOLOR MEDIA: This category will include any media for which water, not oil nor polymers, are used as the binding agent, with the resulting artwork considered to be a watercolor. Mediums such as; watercolor paints, watercolor pencils, watercolor markers, and watercolor pastels are all included within this category, even if utilized together in one image. Acrylic and Tempera paints are not applicable within this category.
WATER-BASED MEDIA: This category will include any media that is water-based such as acrylic paints and tempera paints.
OIL-BASED MEDIA: This category will include any media that uses oil as its binder such as oil paints, oil pastels, oil-based markers, etc.
DRY MEDIA: This category will include media that is dry such as graphite, charcoal, pastels, colored pencils, Conté crayon, silverpoint, etc., and media that uses a fluid solvent or carrier such as marker, pen, or ink (alcohol ink).
MIXED MEDIA: This category will include any work that combines traditionally distinct visual art media such as work that might include both paint, ink, and collage.
3-DIMENSIONAL MEDIA: This category will include any work that occupies space through the dimensions of height, width, and depth.
PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIA: This category will include any lens-based media, including but not limited to images made by film, scanner, screen-capture, digital camera, and any means of mobile photography. CVAC invites photographers working in all mediums, styles, and schools of thought to participate. Experimental and mixed techniques are welcome. Only 2-D work is eligible for this category.
*The final decision regarding category placement will be left up to the juror.