QUALIFYING ARTISTS

Artists who are 18 years of age or older and currently reside in one of the nine Bay Area counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma.

SUBMISSION PROCESS

· Artworks will be considered only through the Museums' online application form, which will require the upload of digital images for review. Please check our website www.deyoungmuseum.org/de-young-open

which will be available beginning on June 1, 2020 and open until June 14, 2020.

· Artists must complete an online form in its entirety by supplying their full name, artwork title, date, media, dimensions or running time, contact email address, and other descriptions outlined in the form.

· Artworks should be new works created between 2018 and 2020.

· Each artist may submit digital imagery for up to two artworks for possible inclusion.

· For two- and three-dimensional artworks, artists must submit a high-quality jpeg (min. 300 dpi at at least 3 x 5 in.) of each artwork in its entirety, in focus, and with adequate lighting. Files must be saved in the following format: artist's last name and artwork title (“GarciaSunsetSanFrancisco.jpg,” for example). Cellphone jpegs are acceptable if they meet the above image criteria. For time-based media/video artworks, artists must submit .mp4 files, in H.264 format, containing each artwork in its entirety.

· Artists must provide a value (the value will be considered the purchase price if the work is for sale) for each artwork in US dollars.

· To be considered for the exhibition, the online submission must be received by June 14, 2020. As part of the submission, artists will be required to agree to all terms and conditions set forth by the Museums, including but not limited to a release of liability and an insurance waiver. General terms and conditions are described below, and further specific terms and conditions will be described in the release, waiver, and/or any other forms required by the Museums for submission.

ACCEPTABLE MEDIA AND SIZE, WEIGHT, AND OTHER RESTRICTIONS

Two-Dimensional Artworks:

· Two-dimensional artworks, including stretched paintings, framed paintings, works on paper (including drawings, watercolors, and pastels), prints, photographs, fiber arts, and very low-relief (up to 4 inches deep) sculptures, are acceptable media.

· Two-dimensional artworks can measure up to 36 square feet (6 ft. x 6 ft., for example) and weigh up to 150 pounds.

· To comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, hanging artworks cannot project more than 4 inches from the wall.

· Artworks that include materials that could attract pests will be subject to further review and may not be permitted (see “Prohibitive Media” below for more details).

· Two-dimensional artworks must have two “D” rings for hanging, suitably placed at the left and right sides on the back of a frame or painting stretcher.

· To facilitate a smooth and safe installation, artists agree to allow the Museums' art handlers to remove and/or replace existing hanging wire or hardware. If removed and/or replaced, the original hanging wire will not be replaced and/or returned by the Museums.

· To further ensure a smooth and safe installation, artists agree to allow the Museums' technicians to add hanging hardware to frames. If possible, existing holes will be used, otherwise new holes will be drilled into the frames. This modification may include, if necessary, the addition of small “mending plates” on the backs of frames or painting stretchers to ensure security and seismic safety. If added for installation, these mending plates will be removed at the close of the exhibition, before the art is made available for retrieval.

Three-Dimensional Artworks:

· Three-dimensional artworks, including works made of stone, metal, ceramic, glass, wood, and fiber, are acceptable media.

· Three-dimensional artworks can measure up to 27 cubic feet (3 ft. x 3 ft. x 3 ft., for example) and weigh up to 150 pounds.

· Three-dimensional artworks must be seismically stable and able to stand freely without mounts and/or other interventions. To facilitate a smooth and safe installation, artists agree to allow the Museums' staff to secure objects with earthquake wax, tethers, and/or other removable mounting materials.

· The Museums will supply platforms and/or pedestals for the display of three-dimensional artworks. Artists may not provide their own platforms, pedestals, and/or any other devices for display.

Time-Based Media/Video Artworks:

Now is the times to contact the De Young Museum's Open Call for an Exhibition of Bay Area art. Sunni Gibbons, Michael Sunzeri and Barb Gottesman have submitted their 2 art works as of June 6. De Young's limit is 6,000 submissions, and they will exhibit 1,000 at the museum when it re-opens.

The entry deadline has moved up from June 14 to this weekend, June 6 and 7, because they already have almost 6,000 entries. Get yours in on this Sunday if you want to enter.

Please contact: www.deyoungmuseum.org/de-young-open

for the rules, registration form, and submission form.

Registration is open only June 1 - June 14.

You must address the concept "On the Cutting Edge" and the work must have been done in the last 2 years.

Marigold

Harriet Fernandez

Italian Villa

Kelley Julien

Montgomery Lane

Shanah Cole