Tenuous Threads

Submission Deadline: December 10, 2022

January 24th – February 11th, 2023

A Juried Group Show with Grand Prize:
A One Week Solo Show at Atlantic Gallery in NYC’s Chelsea Art District

JUROR
Patricia Miranda, Curator & Visual Artists

CALL DESCRIPTION:

A juried Group Show with Grand Prize: a Solo Show at Atlantic Gallery in NYC’s Chelsea art district.

Atlantic Gallery, located in the historic Landmark Arts Building in Chelsea NYC, invites artists to submit work for the upcoming juried show, Tenuous Threads. All of life is connected through networks, systems, fibers, and webs. Communication (visual, verbal, electrical, chemical, and kinetic) enables an exchange of information amongst all life forms. Tenuous Threads alludes to the delicate lines that bring us together and sets us apart; that joins us yet repels us. We are seeking innovative artworks that utilize textiles, fibers, threads (natural and synthetic) in sculpture, collage, 3D, and 2D mixed media that communicates the strength and fragility of what binds all life. The juror, Patricia Miranda, will award one artist a grand prize of a one-week solo show at Atlantic Gallery at a future date. A PDF catalog of the exhibition will be available.

Work Requirements:
Artists are invited to submit artwork, 2D or 3D, which stretches the boundaries of textile and fiber techniques. Mixed media, painting, collage, and sculpture are acceptable and must incorporate a textile/fiber component. Work may not exceed 40” in any direction and must be ready to hang/mount. The cost of submission is $35 for three works and $5.00 for each additional work up to a total of five images.

JUROR: Patricia Miranda, Curator & Visual Artists
Patricia Miranda is an artist, curator, educator & founder of the artist-run organizations The Crit Lab and MAPSpace. She has been awarded residencies at Constance Saltonstall Foundation, I-Park, Weir Farm, Vermont Studio Center, and Julio Valdez Printmaking Studio; and grants from Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance, two artist grants from ArtsWestchester/NYSCA, an Anonymous Was a Woman Covid19 grant and was part of a year-long NEA grant working with homeless youth. Her work has been exhibited at Jane Street Art Center (Saugerties, NY) Garrison Art Center (Garrison, NY), ODETTA Gallery (NYC), Williamsburg Art+Historical Center (Brooklyn), & the Newport Museum of Art (Newport, RI). She has an upcoming solo exhibition at 3S Art Center, (Portsmouth NH), and group exhibitions at the Peg Center for Art and Activism (Newburyport, MA) & Lyman Allyn Art Museum (New London, CT).

HOW TO APPLY
All applications must be processed through CaFÉ/Call for Entry, callforentry.org, an industry-wide digital submission platform.

With CaFÉ, you need to register only once, and then can apply/upload images for dozens of Calls all over the world.

TIMELINE FOR EXHIBITION

December 10th, 2022: Deadline for submissions
December 10th – January 3rd: Juror reviews submitted works
January 4th-5th: Artists notification for accepted and non-accepted works
January 17th-21st, 2023, 12 pm-6 pm: Works to be hand-delivered or shipped to the gallery
January 24th – February 11th, 2023: Tenuous Threads exhibition
January 26th, 5:30pm-8pm: Opening reception of Tenuous Threads
Feb 11th, 5pm – 6pm; Feb. 14 – 16, 12-6pm: Hand-delivered work to be picked up; all artwork to be shipped back this week.

All shipped work MUST include a pre-paid return shipping label

CATEGORIES:
Artists are invited to submit artwork, 2D or 3D, which stretches the boundaries of textile and fiber techniques. Mixed media, painting, collage, and sculpture are acceptable and must incorporate a textile/fiber component.

ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS:
Please be prepared to submit the following when applying: Name, Title of work, Year completed, Materials Used, Size in inches (H x W x D), Retail price.Open to all US artists 18 years or older.

Hanging work, including any frame, may not exceed 40 inches in width and height. All hanging work must be wired or otherwise prepared and ready for hanging. Work that is not ready for installation will not be displayed.
Standing Sculptures: maximum dimensions of the sculpture must be no more than 40 inches in any direction and must be firmly stable.

ALL PEDESTAL WORK MUST FIT ON A 19′′ SQUARE PEDESTAL OR ARTIST MUST PROVIDE THEIR OWN APPROPRIATE STAND. We also have two lower pedestals of 21”x18” and 20”x 24” that can be used if needed.

ENTRY FEE:
The fee is $35 for 3 works.
$5 for each additional work, up to 5 works total. Entry fees are non-refundable.

PAYMENT:
Via CaFÉ/Call for Entry or by check

Mail check to:
Atlantic Gallery
548 West 28th St, Suite 540
New York, NY 10001
Be sure to include your printed entry form with check.

Atlantic Gallery will take a 30% commission on any work sold.

LABELING IMAGES:

Max image size: 5 MB
Image Dimensions: 1200-1800 pixels on the smallest side JPEG images MUST BE labeled as follows:
FILE LABEL FORMAT:
YOUR LAST Name_ FIRST Name_title of artwork_HxWxD.jpg
For example: smith_joe_ title of artwork_12x16x10.jpg

(Applicants’ names will be blind to the juror.)

Delivery and Pick-up Instructions for Artwork to Atlantic Gallery

Shipping Address:
Atlantic Gallery
Attn: Gallery Manager
548 West 28th St; Suite 540
New York, NY 10001

Contact Information:
Gallery Manager
(212) 219-3183

atlanticgalleryinfo@gmail.com

FOR SHIPPING:

  • Packages need to be Delivered: January 17 – 21, 2023. All shipped work MUST include a pre-paid return shipping label
  • Please be sure to tell the preferred carrier service that packages need to arriveduring our business hours: Tuesday – Saturday; 12:00pm – 6:00pm.
  • Please include (AND email ahead) DETAILED instructions for unpacking and re-packing work, as well as any specific installation instructions.
  • Work should be shipped in the smallest reusable container that will safely transport the piece.
  • Please DO NOT use packing peanuts.
  • A computer-generated return label for the return of work MUST be enclosed in an envelope taped to the back of your artwork or email label to atlanticgalleryinfo@gmail.com. NO EXCEPTIONS. Pre-paid shipping arrangements must be made through UPS or FedEx websites or with other shippers who will pick up work at the gallery. No U.S. Postal Service Or COD returns. DO NOT send check, stamps, or credit card information for return of work.
  • If you are shipping via UPS please be sure to pay for the pickup of your piece. It is a separate fee when you purchase your return label.
  • The gallery will do its best to repack work in shipped packaging, but responsibility for providing adequate packaging and instructions rests with the artist.

FOR HAND DELIVERY:

  • Hand Delivered: January 17 – 21, 2023; Tuesday through Saturday; 12pm-6pm
  • Please wrap artwork in bubble wrap if you choose not to package it in a box.
  • Hand-delivered packaging must be removed from the gallery upon delivery. Floor stands must be brought with sculpture unless arrangements are made to use a gallery stand. Gallery stands are 19”x19”.
  • Hand-delivered work must be picked up on Feb 11th, 5pm – 6pm or Feb. 14 – 16, 12pm-6pm The gallery accepts no responsibility for work not retrieved on pick-up date. If other arrangements need to be made please contact gallery manager via email atlanticgalleryinfo@gmail.com or phone (212) 219-3183.

The gallery accepts no responsibility for work not retrieved on pick-up date. If other arrangements need to be made please contact gallery manager via email atlanticgalleryinfo@gmail.com or phone (212) 219-3183.

Terms of Entry for Entrants:

All works must be for sale.

Accepted work may be refused if it does not conform to the entered image. Absolutely NO substitutions of accepted works will be allowed. All accepted work must remain in the gallery for the duration of the exhibition.

Submission to this juried exhibition constitutes an agreement on the part of the entrant to the conditions set forth in this prospectus. Atlantic Gallery reserves the right to final curatorial, educational, installation and marketing decisions. Entry fees are non-refundable.

Great care will be taken with all work, but artists are responsible for insuring their own pieces if they wish. Atlantic Gallery will not be responsible for any loss or damage to work while on the premises or in transit to or from the gallery. The payment of the entry fee will serve as your acceptance of the terms and conditions stated in this prospectus. Acceptance of a work of art to this exhibition shall be understood to constitute an agreement on the part of the artist to the terms and conditions stated in this prospectus.

About Atlantic Gallery

Atlantic Gallery is located in the Landmark Arts Building, half a block from the High Line, in Manhattan’s Chelsea gallery district. This historic building is home to more than two dozen art galleries. The Gallery may be accessed from either the building’s West 27th or West 28th Street entrances.

Atlantic Gallery represents a select group of artists, who jointly own and manage it. Rotating exhibitions feature the work of the Gallery’s member artists, as well as the work of other artists. Atlantic Gallery is committed to supporting creative autonomy and excellence. Its innovative programs create a forum where both participating artists and the public provide mutual challenge, support and inspiration.

Founded by painters and printmakers in 1974, Atlantic Gallery migrated from Brooklyn to SoHo in 1979 and to Chelsea in 2007, having added photographers and sculptors to its roster of artists. In 2012, the Gallery moved further west to its current location.