45th Annual Juried Photography Show - Carriage Barn Arts Center

Juried by Brett Abbott
Executive Director of the New Britain Museum of American Art

Special Exhibition Events

Saturday, Feb. 1 from 4-6pm: Opening Reception

Friday, Feb. 7: Group visit to the NBMAA, including lunch and tour of the exhibition Vic Muniz: Extra-Ordinary with Executive Director Brett Abbott

Wednesday, Feb. 12: Annual Photography Panel Discussion and Reception with Jane Beiles

SUBMIT HERE BY 12/19

IMPORTANT DATES
Submission Deadline: Thursday, December 19 (midnight)
Notification (via email): Monday, January 6
Drop off: Sunday, Jan. 26 2-4pm or Monday, Jan. 27 10am-1pm
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 1 from 4-6pm
Pickup times: Friday, March 7 10am-1pm or Saturday, March 8 10am-Noon

EXHIBITION PROSPECTUS:
Submission is open to regional photographers — amateur, professional, and student. All original photographic media, including film and digital images accepted (excluding A.I. generated images). Criteria the juror will consider include: impact, creativity, style, composition, color balance, presentation, focal point, lighting, subject matter, narrative, and degree of difficulty. All subjects and styles will be considered.

Juried by Brett Abbott, Executive Director of the New Britain Museum of American Art.

Brett Abbott serves as the Executive Director and CEO of the NBMAA, where he is charged with overseeing the operations and strategic direction of the organization. A specialist in American photography of the 20th and 21st centuries, he has organized more than thirty exhibitions and contributed to more than a dozen publications in the field. Prior to his appointment in New Britain, Abbott was Director of Collections and Exhibitions at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth,.

Before the Carter, he served in curatorial roles at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. His honors include the 2012 Ansel Adams Fellowship from the Center for Creative Photography for his research on Wynn Bullock, the 2010 Lucie Award for Curator of the Year for the exhibition Engaged Observers: Documentary Photography since the Sixties and the 2007 Lucie Award for Curator of the Year for his work on Edward Weston. Abbott is a graduate of the Getty Leadership Institute’s Executive Education Program for Museum Leaders. He earned his Master of Arts from Williams College and his Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University.

ENTRY FEES
Members: $25 for up to 3 and $35 for up to 6 entries
Students (age 25 & under): $25 for up to 3
Non-members: $40 for up to 3 and $50 for up to 6 entries

Entry fees help support our non-profit educational arts organization, free public programs and continued free gallery access to all. Become a member today for reduced entry fees and other benefits.

PREPARE IMAGES TO ENTER ONLINE: Resize your images to 72 dpi sized no smaller than 1000 pixels in any direction (about 13”). This should result in most image files ranging from 700kb to 2mb in file size. Files bigger than 3mb will not be accepted. For non-visual art submissions including audio, video, or writing, submit the appropriate files (.mov for video, .avi for sound, and .doc/.docx/.pdf for writing and other proposals) in place of images.

IMPORTANT! Save images as a .jpg file and label each image as “lastname_firstname_01title” (example: Smith_Mary_01untitled.jpg)

SPECIFICATIONS
– Work previously exhibited at the Carriage Barn will not be accepted for the show.

– Photographs must be presented in a manner compatible with a gallery hanging system using secure wire or D-ring securely attached to the back of the photograph. Wire should be mounted no more than 1/4 of the way down from the top edge of the photograph/frame and be taut from side to side so as not to swing away from the top when hung.

– Work delivered to the gallery must be installation-ready. Non-traditional photographic works and two-dimensional form and photographic wall sculptures must be wired or cleated for hanging.

– Work must remain on exhibit for the entire show. Following the pickup dates after the close of the show, there will be storage charge of $10/day for any work left at the gallery.

Note: Photographs may be mounted on a panel (wood, plexi or metal), gallery-wrapped canvas, or framed (neutral frames/mattes preferred). Saw tooth hangers and small wire loops on the back of inexpensive frames are not acceptable along with scratched glass or plexi-glass, poorly constructed frames and poorly cut mats. We reserve the right to reject any work whose presentation is sub-standard.

SALES
For any works sold, artists receive 65% of the sale price before tax. The Carriage Barn Arts Center and New Canaan Society for the Arts retains the remaining 35% as a transaction fee.

Copyright Policy:
Each artist retains all copyrights to their submitted images.

Image Usage Rights:
Artist’s recognition is provided with any use. By submission for jurying, artists whose submissions are chosen for the exhibition grant The Carriage Barn Arts Center the right to use their images for the purpose of promoting the artist, promoting the Center’s programs, promoting exhibitions and subsequent display on the Center’s website of current and past exhibitions. Promotions and images may also be placed on social networks with artist credit. Selected arwork will be exhibited in the Carriage Barn, in an online exhibit on the Carriage Barn Arts Center website.

Liability and Insurance:
While all care will be taken while art is being exhibited in any NCSA sponsored exhibition, NCSA assumes no responsibility for any damage to the artwork during delivery, installation, and de-installation including, by way of example but not limitation, normal wear and tear, such as minor nicks to frames or scratches to Plexiglas. NCSA will not be liable for work not claimed after specified pick-up dates and times.

As a condition for exhibiting work in any NCSA exhibition, the exhibiting artist acknowledges by executing this agreement that NCSA assumes no responsibility for theft or other catastrophic loss beyond the applicable limits of NCSA’s insurance coverage. Except to the extent set forth in a separate written agreement signed by both the Exhibitor and NCSA, and subject to applicable deductions, insurance coverage cannot exceed 50% of the market value of any particular item, with the understanding that the exhibitor’s requested price may not be determinative with regard to market value for insurance purposes.

About the Carriage Barn

The mission of the New Canaan Society for the Arts, Inc. is to promote the visual and performing arts, and to enrich the community through exhibitions, education, and cultural experiences, and to operate the Carriage Barn Arts Center.