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Eligibility & Media
Jurors’ Criteria
The jurors’ criteria for the exhibit includes quality craftsmanship and creative original use of the medium. Artwork must reflect the exhibit theme including at least one element of letterpress printing. The jurying process is anonymous; however artists must submit an Artist Bio and Description of Process.
Agreement to Participate
A signed application form indicates the artist verifies the following:
Permanent Collection and Sale of Work
All work accepted into the exhibition will become part of the permanent collection at the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum. Pieces on exhibit will not be returned to artists. This allows us to continue to exhibit the show in it’s entirety after the initial exhibition schedule.
Artists that would like to sell work through this exhibition may do so. If a piece is accepted the artist may send up to 5 additional prints of the same artwork to sell on consignment during the 2019 exhibition cycle and through March of 2020. Hamilton will receive 40% of work sold from the exhibition, and the artist will receive 60%. Works will be sold via the museum store, Hamilton Dry Goods, and online at woodtype.org. If submitted work is for sale, the list price must be included in the application. Hamilton will not increase the list price to include commission. If work is sold, artists’ payments are mailed within 60 days. Any pieces that do not sell will be returned in March of 2020 and not before.
Shipping of Work
Accepted work must arrive at Hamilton by April 10, 2019. Work must arrive clearly labeled with artist name and artwork title. Labels will be attached as a PDF to the acceptance letter. Accepted work that differs significantly from the entry images or suffers from poor presentation will be disqualified.
Work may be shipped or personally delivered during museum hours (Tuesday through Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm).
Publication
Hamilton and our exhibition partners will be photographing the exhibition. Photographs taken may be used for future promotional materials. By submitting an application and participating in the exhibition the artist waives all rights of photographs taken for publicity purposes.
Insurance
Artists are encouraged to insure their work. Hamilton is not liable for damage caused during shipping for any reason, including mishandling by carrier or failure of packaging to protect work in transit. Artists are responsible for damage caused to submitted work by failure of the work itself, its mounting systems installed or provided by the artist, disintegration/degradation due to the nature/quality of materials or craftsmanship or incidental damage to work whose artist-directed presentation methods put them at risk.
Artist Bio, Description of Process and Images
For documentation and publicity purposes, an artist bio and short description of your process is required with the application. This exhibition is intended to showcase exploration and creativity with letterpress printing techniques; your description will help inspire and inform viewers of this show. Each should be less than 200 words.
Please make sure that submitted images are clear, professionally presented and accurately represent the work. These images will be used for the digital catalog produced by Hamilton.
Entry Fee and Submission
Artists are welcome to contact us with questions and comments; call +1.920.794.6272 or email info@woodtype.org.
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