The Berkeley Arts Council announces the Eighth Annual Art and Earth Juried Art Exhibit. The exhibit has the theme ‘Art and Earth: My Art – My World’. Entries should reflect the artist’s view of nature, the environment, or reflect an Earth Day related theme. Any medium or technique, 2-dimension or 3-dimension, is acceptable.

The exhibit will open April 4, 2018 in the Berkeley Art Works, 116 North Queen Street in Martinsburg. The exhibit will be on display through May 5, 2018. There will be reception at the gallery on Friday, April 6 from 5-7pm.

The exhibition is open to all visual artists over the age of 18 in all media. Entries must be original works of art that have been completed within the last three (3) years, and have not been previously exhibited in The Berkeley Art Works.

Juror:

The juror for the 2018 exhibit is Daniel Fulco, curator at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown, Maryland.

Dr. Fulco graduated from Connecticut College, New London, CT, with a degree in Art History and a Museum Studies Certificate (2004). From 2004 to 2007, he served as Assistant Director and Curator of the New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT.  In 2007, Dr. Fulco entered graduate school, receiving his M. A. (2009) and Ph.D. (2014) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Most recently, he taught art history at Marymount University, Arlington, VA, University of Maryland, University College, Largo, MD, and Howard Community College, Columbia, MD. Last year, Dr. Fulco published his first monograph, Exuberant Apotheoses: Italian Frescoes in the Holy Roman Empire, Visual Culture and Princely Power in the Age of Enlightenment (Leiden, Brill 2016). A scholar of European and American art from the 17^th to the 19^th centuries, his research also engages with the exhibition of Islamic art at world’s fairs. Currently, Dr. Fulco serves as Agnita M. Stine Schreiber Curator at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD.

Entry fee:

The entry fee for the exhibit is $35 for the first two works. Artists may submit one or two additional works for $10 each for a maximum of four works.

EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES:
February 26, 2018 (Midnight)
The entried are closed.

Notification of Accepted Work:

The notification announcing the juror’s selections will be sent by email and be posted on our web site (this page) on or about March 3, 2017.

Awards:

Best in Show $500 Total prizes $1,000.

Entries:

Entries for the Art and Earth exhibit must be submitted as digital images for jurying. You may submit up to four works to be juried for this exhibit.

The image file format should be <b>normal (&ldquo;baseline&rdquo;) JPEG.</b> Do not save as &ldquo;progressive&ldquo; JPEG. The images should be <b>1200 pixels on the long dimension with the other dimension proportional.</b> Save at <b>72 PPI</b> at <b>high quality setting</b> (8 out of 10 or 80% is good.) Set your filename to <b>lastname_title_WxHxD_entrynumber.jpg</b> (example: jones_pretty-girl_11x14x1_no1.jpg).

Dimensions should include the frame.

One additional image to show detail for 3-dimensional work is allowed.

Accepted Work:

If accepted, the original works must be ready for hanging and must not exceed 48 inches in width, including frame. Paintings and works on paper must be suitably framed. All entries to be hung must be equipped with wire, ready for hanging. Three-dimensional works, must not exceed 72 inches in height and 36&rdquo; in width or depth. Three-dimensional work must be free-standing. No substitution, exchange, modification, or withdrawal of works is permitted after they are accepted for the exhibition.

All accepted work must arrive between March 26 and March 31, 2018

Sales:

The Berkeley Arts Council will retain a 30% commission on all sales. Works may not be removed during the exhibition.

Liability:

Although the Berkeley Arts Council will take reasonable measures to ensure the safety of the entries in the gallery, the BAC is not responsible for loss of or damage to the artwork, and the artist is responsible for his/her own insurance if desired.

Final Acceptance:

The Berkeley Arts Council reserves the right to reject any work that is not consistent with the work presented in the digital entry image or if the framing or presentation is not adequate.

Enries are Closed

Deadline February 26 (Midnight)