SUBMISSION GUIDELINES + ENTRY FORM
All members of the Arts Center are Eligible to Submit
Spring into Fence! This years annual member’s show is back in time for Summer. Every year we welcome all media to our walls. This includes non-traditional media and electronic arts.
The Fence Show is an annual celebration that pays homage to a time when members’ artwork was exhibited on the iron fence surrounding Washington Park in Troy, the original location of the Arts Center. In our present location on River Street, member artwork is displayed salon style (floor-to-ceiling) in our galleries. All levels of skill and ability are represented, from novice to professional with an array of mediums including but not limited to paintings, drawings, photography, fiber arts, stained glass, and sculpture. We invite you to be part of the tradition in 2023!
Questions about Fence? Email, Callforart@artscenteronline.org for more info!
SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED
Do you need to renew your membership? Are you unsure if your membership is still active? Email, Nicole@artscenteronline.org or call 518-273-0552 x125.
*ARTISTS CAN BECOME A MEMBER & RENEW THEIR MEMBERSHIP ALL THE WAY UP TO OUR LAST DAY OF DROP OFF ON SATURDAY, JUNE 3RD FROM 12PM-4PM.
The Fence 2023 drop-off form is an important document to submit when dropping off your work during scheduled drop-off days. This document will be used to track each artists work during the installation of the exhibition. Please ensure all information included is accurate.
The Fence Show is open to all members of the Arts Center whose membership is valid through August 4, 2023. Memberships can be renewed all the way up to the last drop-off date of June 3rd.
•Artists are limited to submitting a maximum of two works of art. Diptychs will be considered two submitted works due to space limitations.
•Any artist whose work is 48” or larger in any direction will need to get approval from the curator prior to dropoff and will only be allowed to submit one work.
•All 2-dimensional drawings and works on paper must be framed and ready to hang with appropriately installed/attached hanging hardware at the time of drop-off.
•Any artist whose artwork has complicated installation instructions must contact the Curator prior to drop-off to make arrangements.
•All works must be labeled on the back with the artist’s name, title, medium, email address, and phone number.
•All media is eligible for entry, excluding work previously shown at the Arts Center.
Any work that does not meet these guidelines will not be accepted. The Arts Center retains the right to refuse work that is deemed unsuitable (i.e., missing hanging hardware, content, size, etc).
All entries will be insured by the Arts Center. All entrants will be required to sign an artist’s agreement that states acknowledgment of information regarding, commission, pick-up, awards, and receptions.
All artwork must be marked “for sale” during the FENCE Exhibition. Artwork sales during both the Fence Salon and Fence Select exhibits will be handled by the Arts Center at a 35% commission.
1 – Become, renew, or verify current membership to participate. *Fence artists must have a valid membership through August 27th, 2023.
2 – Download and fill out the Fence 2023 Drop Off Form
3 – Bring 2 copies of your previously filled out artwork drop-off form with you when delivering your work. (One copy for the artist, one copy for the Arts Center)
DROP OFF:
Work drop-off begins May 19th through June 3rd.
Friday, May 19, 2023 from 9-5 pm
Saturday, May 20, 2023 from 12-4 pm
Friday, May 26, 2023 from 9-5 pm
Saturday, May 27, 2023 from 12-4 pm
Friday, June 2, 2023 from 9-5 pm
Saturday, June 3, 2023 from 12-4 pm
Removal of work:
Work not accepted into Fence Select at the Arts Center must be removed from display:
July 7, 1 PM – 4 PM
July 8, 12 PM – 2 PM
Any artwork left at the Arts Center after Sunday, July 9th will incur a $5/day late fee. If artwork has not been picked up after 30 days from the close of the exhibit, it will become property of the Arts Center and may be discarded.
Each year we invite a juror to choose artwork for the Fence Select, an exhibition curated from the works displayed in the Fence Salon. This year, we’ve had the honor to invite two jurors, for a more dynamic select exhibition. 50-75 chosen pieces of art will remain on display until the beginning of August.
Yael Erel is an architect, educator, light artist and co-founder of lightexture, where she designs and constructs light fixtures and installations. She interweaves light optics research with academic teaching and practice. Erel graduated with honors from The Cooper Union and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), and has been teaching architecture since 2004; she taught at Harvard GSD, Columbia University, Pratt Institute, The Cooper Union, and is currently an assistant professor in the School of Architecture at RPI
Corinna Ripps Schaming is Director and Chief Curator of the University Art Museum at the University at Albany. Prior to becoming Director in 2019, Schaming served as Interim Director from 2016-2019, and Associate Director and Curator from 2004-2016. During her tenure at the University Art Museum she has organized over 100 exhibitions of emerging, mid-career, and established artists. She has written numerous essays on contemporary artists and produced exhibition catalogs on subjects from the American presidency to the diaristic impulse in contemporary art.
FENCE SALON | JUNE 8 – JULY 3
Artists’ Reception & Award Ceremony: Friday, June 30, 6-8pm
The awards ceremony will take place on June 30, 2023 at 7pm. We will be awarding cash prizes for Best in Show and Runner Up. The awards are made possible through the generous support of our community.
FENCE SELECT | JULY 20 – AUGUST 3
Troy Night Out, Friday July 28
GALLERY HOURS
Monday & Friday | 10 AM – 4 PM
Tuesday – Thursday | 10 AM – 7 PM
Saturday | 10 AM – 2 PM
Photo of Corinna by, Patrick Dodson
