2 nd Annual East Coast Screenprint Biennial PROSPECTUS

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1 2 nd Annual East Coast Screenprint Biennial PROSPECTUS The Second Annual East Coast Screenprint Biennial seeks to showcase a range of screenprint-based art applications, from framed editioned prints to installation, sculpture, video, ephemera, and posters. This exhibition will in no way seek to act as a survey or who s-who of screenprinting, but will assemble an exhibition that is consistent in highlighting artists who utilize adventurous, relevant, and passionate takes on the screenprinted medium. The Screenprint Biennial is announcing its first-ever open call for submissions. Submissions involving video, performance, sculpture, social practice, alternative substrates and processes, and collaboration are encouraged. The exhibition is scheduled to premiere at The Arts Center of the Capital Region and the Collar Works Gallery in Troy, NY, in the fall of Select works will travel to the Center for Contemporary Printmaking in Norwalk, CT, in January Deadline for submissions: Friday, January 15, 2016 at 11:59PM EST SUBMISSION: (THERE IS NO ENTRY FEE FOR SUBMITTING.) Send submission s to screenprintbiennial@gmail.com All subject headings must read Submission 2016 your name, ie: Submission 2016 Joe Smith ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: All entries must be submitted via . Artists may submit up to three JPEG images or one video. FILE SIZE REQUIREMENTS: JPEGs must be 72 ppi, max size 1MB per individual image. Minimum 600 pixels, maximum1200 pixels in either direction. Time-based work can be submitted via a Youtube or Vimeo link. If the link is password protected, the password MUST be included in your work list. IMAGE LABELING: JPEG images MUST BE labeled as follows: LAST Name_FIRST Name_Image number smith_joe_1.jpg smith_joe_2.jpg smith_joe_3.jpg (Image numbers correspond with that work's placement on the Work List.)

2 NUMBERED WORK LIST: Include a Word document with: artist s name, address, , phone number, and slide information (title, size, process, sale price, date completed). If work is for sale, please list the framed sale price, taking into account commission for work sold. In the case of unconventional projects, please include your proposal as part of the work list Word document ACCEPTANCE: Artists will be informed via regarding their acceptance into the show Accepted work may be refused if it does not conform to the entered image. Absolutely NO substitutions of accepted works will be allowed. All accepted work must remain in the gallery for the duration of the exhibition. PRESENTATION: Accepted artwork must be suitable for formal gallery presentation as well as the rigors of packaged shipping. Special display instructions must be explicitly stated and included in shipping. 2-D works on paper must be framed, wired, and ready to hang. A limited amount of video projection equipment will be available. Any sculptural or installation-based work must have clear instructions and guidelines. HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGES: Accepted artists must provide high-res images of selected work for purposes of publishing an exhibition catalog. Images should be 300ppi, approximately 5 x5, in TIFF format. Images will be sent via a free file transfer service like WeTrasnfer. By submitting images for the catalog, you are giving permission for their use in any promotion for the exhibition. Accepted artists will receive three free copies of the exhibition catalog. SHIPPING: Artists are responsible for shipping to and from the Screenprint Biennial. Shipped work must arrive in a reusable container or crate. No mailing tubes. A computer-generated return label for return of work MUST be enclosed. NO EXCEPTIONS. Pre-paid shipping arrangements must be made through UPS or FedEx websites or with other shippers who will pick up work at the gallery. NO U.S. POSTAL SERVICE OR COD RETURNS. DO NOT SEND CASH, CHECK, STAMPS, OR CREDIT CARD INFORMATION FOR RETURN OF WORK. Please include a prepaid return-shipping label where it can be easily located. Works selected for the traveling exhibition to the Center for Contemporary Printmaking will be shipped by the Screenprint Biennial organization. Artists will be responsible for insurance during transit to the Center for Contemporary Printmaking.

3 Depending on selection, Please ship works to: The Arts Center of the Capital Region 265 River St OR Collar Works Gallery 621 River St Depending on selection to the traveling exhibition, return shipping labels should list: The Arts Center of the Capital Region 265 River St OR Center for Contemporary Printmaking 299 West Ave Norwalk, CT INSURANCE: Artists are responsible for the insurance of work during shipping. The Screenprint Biennial is not liable for any damage or loss of artwork during transit to and from the galleries. Once at the galleries, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Collar Works Gallery and Center for Contemporary Printmaking will insure works on the premises. SALES: If sales are made through The Arts Center of the Capital Region, The Arts Center will take a 30% commission on any works sold. If sales are made through the Collar Works Gallery, Collar Works will take a 30% commission on any works sold. If sales are made through the Center for Contemporary Printmaking, the CCP takes a 50% commission on any works sold

4 EVENT SCHEDULE: January 15, 2016: Deadline for submissions March 1, 2016: Selections announced October 1, 2016: Selected artists must send high-res images of work for exhibition catalog October 15-21, 2016: Selected works must arrive at Arts Center or Collar Works, Troy, NY October 28, 2016: Biennial Premieres/Opening Reception, Arts Center and Collar Works Gallery, Troy, NY December 23, 2016: Biennial closes at Arts Center and Collar Works, Troy, NY January 7, 2017: Works not going on to Center for Contemporary Printmaking returned January 22, 2017: Biennial opens at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT March 25, 2017: Biennial closes at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT March 27, 2017: work shipped back to artists ABOUT THE JUROR: Nathan Meltz is a Lecturer in the Department of the Arts at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is the founder and curator of the East Coast Screenprint Biennial. His own work has shown internationally, at venues including the International Print Center New York, the Miami Fountain Art Fair, the IN Graafika Festival, Pärnu, Estonia, the Trois-Rivières International Printmaking Biennial, Canada, and the Museum of Modern Art in Rio De Janiero, Brazil. Recent solo exhibitions include shows at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, IL and Gridspace, NYC. His work has been featured in the publications Paper Politics, Sociological Images, Printeresting and the Mid America Print Council Journal. ABOUT THE HOSTING INSTITUTIONS: The Arts Center of the Capital Region in Troy, NY is the region s preeminent proponent of the arts and creative education, expression, and appreciation, with a main gallery space featuring contemporary art and design. The inaugural exhibition of the Screenprint Biennial at The Arts Center in 2014 boasted attendance levels exceeding 2800 viewers over a 30 day period. Collar Works Gallery in Troy, NY is one of upstate New York s premier exhibition spaces for contemporary art, specializing in the exhibition of emerging and midcareer artists. Founded in 1995, The Center for Contemporary Printmaking was established to support and encourage serious emerging and professional artists in the creation of original prints and to educate the community to a better understanding and appreciation of prints and the process of printmaking. It offers both historic and contemporary view of printmaking, encouraging traditional techniques as well as modern technologies.

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