2024 Annual December Juried Show
State of the Art Gallery is a cooperative fine art gallery operated by its artist-members from the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. We are open four days per week, and we host a new exhibit each month. As a non-profit organization, we seek to enhance the cultural and economic vitality of the community.
Entries are now being accepted
The deadline is Friday November 1 at 11pm. The exhibit will run from December 5 to December 28, 2024.
Selections for the show will be judged based on the digital images uploaded to EntryThingy.
Up to $1,000 will be awarded at the discretion of the prize judge.
The prize judge (TBD) will make award selections based on seeing the art in the gallery.
Categories
All 2D and 3D media except for photography.
Entry Requirements
All entries must be original art that has never been exhibited at our gallery. Current members of State of the Art and their family members are not eligible.
The Entry Fee of $35.00 covers up to four (4) per artist and must be paid via PayPal at the time of submission. (A PayPal account is not required.) The fee is non-refundable and does not guarantee your work will be accepted into the show.
If your work is accepted into the show, it must be hand delivered and retrieved by you or someone you designate to the gallery during the times specified in the calendar below.
Submission of Work
All entries will be processed through our page at EntryThingy.
Applicants must be the originating artist of all work samples submitted. AI generated work and prints of original art will not be accepted. Original hand pulled prints will be accepted.
Submitted art may not exceed 48” in width and if a piece is heavier than 50 lb. the artist will have to assist in installation and removal.
Describe medium and process
Tell us what you used to make the art work, what substrate you put it on, and how you used those materials to make your art. This is especially important when dealing with printmaking, and the use of a computer.
Contact information
Submission of work must include your contact information: name, address, phone number, and e-mail address. Only your website is optional.
Image files
Images of up to 4 works can be submitted. In addition,you may optionally submit up to two additional images to show detail for 2D work or up to three images for 3D work.
All image files must have unique titles. Do not label more than one image with the same title. If you have duplicate titles, give each its own number. For instance, “Untitled No. 1”, “Untitled No. 2”, etc.
The image file size must be between 750 kb and 2 mb.
Final Submission
When you click the Submit button, you will be taken to PayPal to make your entry payment. Submission is only complete after the entry fee is paid.
No entry information can be changed after the entry is submitted.
Show Design
Sales
The gallery will handle all sales, including appropriate sales tax.
The gallery will charge a 30% commission on all sales.
Exhibit Promotion
State of the Art Gallery will promote the show widely. It will be featured on the main page of our website for the month of December and then archived. We will post on social media and in online newspapers, and there will be links to it on the Ithaca Gallery Night website. A reception for the show will be held on Gallery Night (First Friday) from 5–8
Terms and Conditions
Submissions to the STATE Of THE ART JURIED SHOW shall imply an agreement on the part of each artist to all conditions of this prospectus. Permission for State of the Art Gallery to use images of accepted works for publicity, education, and reference purposes is assumed.
Calendar
| November | 1 | Friday | 11pm | Deadline for all entries |
| 10 | Sunday | Email notification of entry status | ||
| December | 1 | Sunday | 1pm-5pm | Accepted art work hand delivered to gallery |
| 2 | Monday | 10am-12pm | ||
| 5 | Thursday | 12 | Exhibit opens. | |
| 6 | Friday | 5pm-8pm | Gallery reception and announcement of awards. | |
| 28 | Saturday | 5 | Exhibit closes. | |
| 29 | Sunday | 12pm-5pm | Exhibitors remove all work from gallery | |
| 30 | Monday | 10am–12pm |
FAQ
- Applicants must be the originating artist of all work samples submitted. AI generated work and prints of original art will not be accepted. Original hand pulled prints will be accepted.
- Describe the medium and process. Tell us what you used to make the art work, what substrate you put it on, and how you used those materials to make your art. This is especially important when dealing with printmaking, and the use of a computer.
- Submitted art may not exceed 48″ in width and if a piece is heavier than 50 lb. the artist will have to assist in installation and removal.
- The image file uploaded to EntryThingy must be between 750 kb and 2mb.
- No entry information can be changed after the entry is submitted.
Each entrant may submit up to four images. All images must be original work created by the artist, and the work should not have been exhibited at State of the Art Gallery in the past.
You may designate someone else to hand deliver your work to the gallery. We do not accept artwork by mail, nor can we store packing material. You must also arrange to pick up the work at the end of the show.
The jury will consist of 3–5 artist members of State of the Art Gallery.
The prize judge is TBA and will be an artist or art professional from one of the region’s museums, galleries or colleges. Previous prize judges have included art professors from Cornell and Ithaca College, other regional colleges or staff members from Cornell’s Johnson Museum.
After the entry deadline, a panel of members from the gallery decide what will be accepted for the show. After the show is hung, a prize judge, selected from outside the membership of the gallery, looks at the show and decides how the prize money will be awarded.
Standard practices of matting and framing should be followed. Frames should complement the artwork while not dominating it. Simple floaters or narrow frames, in natural or painted wood or metal accomplish this better than large ornate gilt frames. Gallery wrap canvas and cradled wood panels are an exception to the frame requirement. Works on paper should be matted and protected under glass or plexi-glass. Scrolls and fiber art can hang from a rod or secure clamp. They should be ready to hang by means of a wire or hanging device across the back or a clearly identified secure device. Finally, the jury reserves the right to turn down any submission that is not presented in a professional manner ready to hang on the wall, exclusive of the content.
It has no bearing on whether the work is accepted into the show. We do encourage everyone to offer their work for sale. It enhances the value of the show and helps to promote the idea that it is a relevant, professional offering. However, we will not reject good work if the artist does not want to offer it for sale. SOAG will take a 30% commission from the sale.
If you have any questions, please direct them to decemberjuriedshow@soag.org.
