This year we’re doing it again: we provide a 6×6″ or 5×7″ birch panel to create your masterpiece on! The $30 entry fee includes one panel, a frame, and glass. A variety of custom frames will be available for you to choose from when you drop off your entry (frames are first-come, first-serve).
Submission requirements:
Limit 4 entries per person.
Frame and/or glass not required (but please stay within 6×6 or 5×7 panel size).
Work must be for sale. There is no price limit. Gallery commission is 30% of sale price.
3D/assemblage work is allowed – it must be attached to the panel and able to hang on the wall (and stay within 6×6 or 5×7 panel).
Plastic and clip frames will not be accepted.
Wet pieces not accepted – please make sure painted pieces are dry.
A limited quantity of shadowbox frames will be available (first come, first serve) but there will be a $5 fee for fitting.
Please make sure work on paper is cropped to 6×6″ or 5×7″ – or we are happy to crop for you for a $5 fee.
Panels & submission forms are available at the shop.
The show will be hung salon-style and is cash-and-carry which means that as art sells, it leaves the gallery and new work is hung in its place. While this allows us to accept many pieces, the show is still curated based on uniqueness and presentation. Due to limited wall space, even if work is accepted it may not make it into the first hanging of the show.
Panels Available: September 19th – until they run out! Submissions Accepted & Frames Available: October 11 – November 26 Finalists Notified: by November 30 Unsold works pick-up dates: January 15 – 31
Exhibit Dates: December 2, 2021- January 11, 2022 Holiday Pie Party: Thursday, December 2nd, 5-8pm
Panels & submission forms are available at the shop.
We are excited to host Aaron Becker’s original drawings, watercolors, and prints from his new book Survivor Tree. Aaron will be here signing copies of his book on Friday, September 10th from 5-8 pm. Stop by and see this beautiful work and meet the artist!
About the Book:“This hopeful story of a resilient tree that grew (and still grows) at the base of the twin towers is a simple introduction for young readers to gain an understanding of September 11th and the impact it had on America.
One September day, the perfect blue sky exploded. Dust billowed. Buildings crumbled. And underneath it all, a tree sprouted green leaves in its distress. Pulled from the wreckage, the tree saw many seasons pass as it slowly recovered far away from home. Until one day, forever scarred and forever stronger, it was replanted at the 9/11 Memorial.
This story of the real Survivor Tree uses nature’s cycle of colors to reflect on the hope and healing that come after a tragedy—and assures readers of their own remarkable resilience.”
In the spring of 2009, I began to make mosaics choosing to work in the indirect method, a technique that I have employed ever since. For the indirect method, I place my materials face-side-down on sticky paper, not knowing the final results of my design until I turn the piece over into a bed of cement. It is through a certain controlled randomness, a willingness to cede one’s expectations to gravitational forces and the power of sticky tape that I apply the indirect technique to expand the boundaries of this art form.
This is a process of chance, choice, and discovery.
Come see a live demonstration Saturday, July 24th at 1:30 PM at Hope and Feathers! Learn about the indirect method and help Isabel create a sparkling mosaic. To RSVP click here.
PLEASE NOTE: walk-ins are welcome for the gallery. Masks optional.