Call for Entry: The Holiday Gift Gallery
The Contemporary Dayton is seeking local artists to show their work in the popular holiday exhibition, The Holiday Gift Gallery
Event details
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Call for Entry: The Holiday Gift Gallery
This year, The Contemporary Dayton is giving artists THREE options to submit to our annual holiday exhibition.
Option 1: Submit max of 5 images to Cydnie King, Curatorial Assistant OR Beth DeVilbiss for traditional Holiday Gift Gallery Exhibition, from November 20 – December 23, 2021.
Option 2: Submit an ornament design for our Limited-Edition Ornament Display & Sale during Holiday Gift Gallery.
Option 3: Submit a selection of stock for our new Art Shop to be available year-round, starting February 2022.
HOW TO APPLY: When submitting application, indicate which option you will be choosing for your submission in the Subject Line of email. EXAMPLE: King, Cydnie—Holiday Gift Gallery Submission, Option 3. Be sure to include ALL requirements in application. Incomplete submissions will not be accepted.
REQUIREMENTS:
All Media
Email JPG’s to Patrick Mauk, Gallery Manager, pmauk@thecontemporarydayton.org
Images - Minimum: 3, Maximum: 5
Total Media - Minimum: 3, Maximum: 5
APPLICATION FEE: Free for Current Contemporary Dayton (The Co) Members; $10 for non-Members, payable by calling the office, 937/224-3822 or mailing a check to 25 W. 4th Street, Dayton OH 45402
CURRENT CO MEMBERS: Email Cydnie King Curatorial Assistant cking@thecontemporarydayton.org or call 937/224.3822
TO BECOME A CO MEMBER and receive exhibition and sales opportunities all year long, go to thecontemporarydayton.org and click “Membership,” or call the gallery at 937/224.3822.
Show Summary
The Contemporary Dayton’s Holiday Gift Gallery is the premier fine art and fine craft professional gallery show and sale in the region. Opening with a private Members Reception and running through December 21, it includes targeted marketing for the biggest shopping weekend of the year—Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday —and attracts thousands of visitors from throughout Southwest Ohio.
Setting
Presented in The Co’s downtown, loft-like, contemporary gallery space and displayed on pedestals, walls and custom designed modular wood and industrial hardware cubbies, shelves, pedestals with both direct and natural lighting, the Holiday Gift Gallery is known for its high quality, unique character and wide variety of media. The warm, friendly and art-knowledgeable staff and volunteers showcase work to its best advantage each day while events like Corporate Holiday parties, Dayton’s First Friday and downtown Tree-Lighting events keep crowds coming through the show during its 4-week run.
Links & Tags
The Contemporary Dayton.
