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If you are interested in exhibiting at NCI ARTworks, please send the following documents to [email protected] to be considered for this exhibition:
  • Artwork Images (combined file) including Titles, Medium,  Dimensions, and Price. Also include an Artist Statement.

  • If we do not receive these files, your application will not be considered.

REQUEST FOR EXHIBITION GUIDELINES
  • Requests for exhibition are reviewed and approved by members of NCI ARTworks staff. The committee, in conjunction with the Executive Director reserves the right to revoke exhibition approval should the submitted work fail to meet NCI ARTworks gallery standards. 

  • Please allow up to 4 months for your submission to be reviewed and returned. Once a determination has been made concerning your request, you will be notified. Specific questions about the submission process may be addressed through the NCI ARTworks staff by sending an email to [email protected]

  • If your work is selected for exhibition, you will be asked to sign and return a Memo of Understanding (MOU). MOUs not signed and returned within one month of the date on contract will be voided. The committee may accept artists for a waiting list. Therefore, if a signed Exhibition MOU is not received within the allotted time, the committee will withdraw acceptance and offer the space to another artist.

COST
  • Hanging fee is $100 divided in equal parts by however many artists are contracting the exhibition, this fee includes labels, reception appetizers, refreshments.
  • Gallery commission is 20%

    ARTIST Responsibilities Upon Acceptance:
  •  In order to have a successful exhibit, we will need the following things from you: 
  • Image files of the work you plan to exhibit in jpg format. The images should contain the title, size, and price of each piece. All image files should be emailed to [email protected] as soon as the pieces are available but no later than one month prior to the exhibit date. The images will be used to create a video that plays during the exhibition, is uploaded to our dedicated webpage and to our social media.
  • Please fill out the attached excel inventory spreadsheet no later than 3 weeks before the opening reception.
  • Please bring EVERYTHING you plan to exhibit on set-up day, usually 5 days before the opening exhibition. The Gallery Manager will contact you to confirm the set-up date.
  • Let us know what type of music you would like on the exhibit video we create and run during the event.
  • Please share the promotional material that NCI prepares for your exhibition to your social media.
  • Provide your complete contact information: name, address, phone, email, and website.
  • 3 weeks before the exhibit, artists can either furnish NCI ARTworks a list of friends and family to invite to the event or each artist will receive 20 unaddressed postcard invitations to send to friends and family at their own expense (NCI ARTworks will pay for printing of the entire lot but will only pay postage on our list and the artists’ lists that are delivered to us in time for the bulk mailing, which is always 10 days prior to the event).
  • A brief bio of the exhibiting  artist.
  • On the night of the event, each artist brings a beverage and appetizer for guests.
  • If you are interested in having live music during the reception, you are responsible for arranging and paying for the musicians.
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  • NCIArtworks Responsibilities:
  • Design, print, and mail exhibition postcard invitations and posters.
  • Promote the event on our website and social media, beginning two weeks before the opening reception and throughout the month-long exhibit. We ask that exhibitors share the promotional material we create for them with their social media universes as well.
  • Pay for printing and mailing of all event-related material to our patron list.
  • Send emails/e-newsletters to our subscribers (1000+).
  • Pay for radio ads the week prior to the event and host a press preview the Wednesday afternoon before the exhibition opening reception.
  • Provide food, beverages, and tableware for the opening reception.
  • Manage the sales the night of the opening reception and throughout the month-long exhibit.
  • Provide a detailed bill of sale to each artist at the end of the month-long exhibit.
  • For these efforts, NCI ARTworks will receive 20% commission on all art sold during the month-long exhibit.

  • If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at the [email protected] email. We look forward to hosting your exhibit. 

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