Call for Art - Flora & Fauna
October 24th - December 14th
The Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Art Gallery is seeking artwork that focuses on Flora and Fauna, whether in materials or subject matter.
Symbiotic coexistence is essential for all life to thrive on our planet. We tend to suppress our inherent codependency and connectedness with nature, resisting the instinctual drive to be one with the natural world. In doing so, we sometimes forgo the opportunity for deeper understanding of our world and how we situate ourselves within it. Acknowledging and appreciating the relationship we have with plants and animals supplies us with an abundance of inspiration and subject matter to explore within art making.
This call focuses on our relationship with the natural world, on the importance of our ever-lasting and salient interconnection with all living things. Creating art that focuses on flora and fauna allows artists and visitors alike to reconnect with nature, and perhaps with a long-lost sense of innocence, child-like wonder and environmental consciousness. Submissions may be 2-D, 3-D or digital and must incorporate flora and fauna in either material or subject matter.
October 24th - December 14th
The Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Art Gallery is seeking artwork that focuses on Flora and Fauna, whether in materials or subject matter.
Symbiotic coexistence is essential for all life to thrive on our planet. We tend to suppress our inherent codependency and connectedness with nature, resisting the instinctual drive to be one with the natural world. In doing so, we sometimes forgo the opportunity for deeper understanding of our world and how we situate ourselves within it. Acknowledging and appreciating the relationship we have with plants and animals supplies us with an abundance of inspiration and subject matter to explore within art making.
This call focuses on our relationship with the natural world, on the importance of our ever-lasting and salient interconnection with all living things. Creating art that focuses on flora and fauna allows artists and visitors alike to reconnect with nature, and perhaps with a long-lost sense of innocence, child-like wonder and environmental consciousness. Submissions may be 2-D, 3-D or digital and must incorporate flora and fauna in either material or subject matter.
Jurors
All artworks will be considered and juried by artist Alice Dillon and naturalist and educator Rachael Drinker
Alice Dillon is a fiber artist from Worcester, MA. Her work focuses on hand-stitching, with themes of identity, communication, and linear design. She has exhibited her work throughout New England, including the Fitchburg Art Museum, Danforth Art Museum, The Dolphin Gallery, Gallery 263, the New Hampshire Art Association, and more. Alice is currently the Associate Director of ArtsWorcester, where she enjoys producing exhibitions of the many regional artists that she exhibits alongside at other institutions.
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Rachael Drinker is a farm and outdoor educator at Turn Back Time in Paxton and a teacher naturalist at the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston. She has been a nature enthusiast since her childhood, having grown up on a small homestead in Vermont. She moved to Massachusetts eight years ago to study environmental science & policy and landscape studies at Smith College. She deepened her love for flora and fauna during her time as a gardener in the college's botanic gardens. Since then, she has worked for farms, gardens, and schools, where she has adored offering people of all ages the opportunities and tools to build their confidence in the outdoors.
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Dates to remember:
Submission format/requirements:
All work is submitted digitally for consideration. Email your submissions in one email to the Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery at [email protected]
Important information:
- Submission deadline: September 27th, 2024
- Email notifications: October 2nd, 2024
- Delivery of work to gallery: October 5th 4-6pm, October 6th 11-5pm
- Exhibition dates: October 24th - December 14th, 2024
- Opening reception: October 24th, 2024 (4-7pm)
- Work pick up dates: December 14th (4-6pm) or December 15th (11am-5pm)
Submission format/requirements:
All work is submitted digitally for consideration. Email your submissions in one email to the Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery at [email protected]
- Include in your email submission:
- attached word document that includes the following info for each submission: Title, media/materials, size and if it is for sale include the price. Also include in this document any social media or website information you would like to include.
- attached 2nd word document that includes a 1-2 paragraph (no more than a page) art/artist statement.
- attached digital image files (up to 5 separate works with up to three views of each) must be .jpg files. Each image file should be named using the following format: Artist name_Artwork title.jpg **Please do not embed your images in your word or pdf documents.**
- All submissions must include high quality image/sound/video files. If your work is accepted, it is that file that will be used for the online exhibition.
- Incomplete or incorrectly formatted submissions will not be considered
Important information:
- Accepted works must be delivered to the gallery by October 6th, 2024. We do not ship work to or from the gallery.
- The Dolphin Gallery reserves the right to reject any work that is significantly different from the original submission.
- All accepted works must remain on display for the duration of the exhibition.
- All work must be display-ready. Hangable work must be framed where appropriate with appropriate hanging hardware installed and ready. 3D work must be structurally sound and safe, ready for display. Any work requiring technical support must include that technical support and/or equipment. Any work with special display issues will require additional consideration before final acceptance.
- All work must be original and not have been shown at the Dolphin Gallery in the last five years.
- Artists are invited to submit up to 5 works of art.
- We do not take commissions or sell work through the gallery. If someone is interested in purchasing your work, we will give you their contact info and let you work that out with them directly.
The Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery, located in the Ghosh Science and Technology Center, offers five main exhibits interspersed with shorter term events throughout the year. The gallery invites artists in all stages of their careers along with our faculty and students to exhibit works that explore the established, edgy, and innovative ideas in the artistic world. The gallery’s mission is to contribute to the cultural offerings of the region by exhibiting work of vitality and interest in the contemporary art world.
