Call for Art
Every year Fountain Street hosts an international call-for-art that invites a local curator, gallerist, critic, writer and/or artist to jury the artwork. The theme changes yearly and is decided by a group of Core members. The next exhibition will take place in July-August 2023.
The 2024 Call-for-Art will be announced late fall of 2023 with showing dates in August 2024.
Recent jurors include:
Michelle May and Payal Thiffault, founders of Juniper Rag
Michelle May and Payal Thiffault are visual artists and co-founders of Atelier ID Global, a Massachusetts-based design and marketing agency. In 2021, they founded Juniper Rag, a visual art and lifestyle magazine. Juniper Rag’s mission is to elevate visual artists and creative businesses and introduce them to new global markets.
May and Thiffault’s shared values of creativity and community drive their work.
Gabriel Sosa, Artist, Educator and Linguist
Juror Gabriel Sosa is a Cuban-American artist, educator, and linguist. He draws from legal proceedings, personal archives, and contemporary visual culture to explore the mutability of language, the imperfection of memory, and the misinterpretation of both. Raised in Miami and now based in Boston, Gabriel is a lecturer at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and the Deputy Director of the Essex Art Center in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Jameson Johnson, Boston Art Review [BAR]
Jameson Johnson is a writer and community organizer based in Boston. She is the Founder and Editor in Chief at Boston Art Review, an online and print publication committed to facilitating discourse around contemporary art in Boston and beyond. Her research practice is rooted in the exploration and preservation of narratives through contemporary information archives. Most recently, Jameson curated "Contours of Meaning" at the Boston Center for the Arts.
Karina Kelley & Bill Stelling, Kelley Stelling Contemporary, NH
Kelley Stelling Contemporary is a gallery dedicated to the presentation of works by emerging and mid-career artists in 2D and 3D formats. Drawing upon the deep pool of talent both in New England and the wider art world, the gallery is a locus for dialogue about art’s place in the community, and the need to nurture, educate and expose its possibilities to a broad mix of artists, collectors and art lovers. Based in downtown Manchester, Kelley Stelling Contemporary collaborates with area businesses and art institutions such as the Currier Museum of Art and the NH Institute of Art to expose residents and visitors to the rich cultural offerings of Manchester.
CALL-FOR-ART the FINE PRINT
HOW TO APPLY
Application is online only at www.fsfaboston.com/apply. Artists can submit a maximum of 5 pieces and all work must be for sale. Entries not adhering to this procedure will not be juried. Size: 2D works must be no larger than 60” tall or wide. Diptychs/triptychs are considered one entry and should be united as one image for viewing by our jurors. 3D works can be no larger than 60” tall and 24” deep, and should weigh no more than 75 lbs. Sculpture artists may submit 2 images of each submitted work for consideration. The artist may be asked to provide pedestals, if needed.
Three-dimensional installation work is encouraged. If installation artwork is chosen by the juror the artist must be available during install dates.
All video or interactive submissions, or video details illustrating an entry, must be in the form of a link to a viewable online copy of each work AND a single representative jpg image. The work should be shown online in its full length. It is understood that online versions of video files may be lower quality than those expected for exhibition in the gallery due to compression and internet formatting. If the spoken language in the video is not English, please provide a translated transcription. If work is accepted, artist is responsible for providing all necessary display and viewing equipment, including, but not limited to: tv/display monitor, media player, USB drive, mounting hardware, remote controls, batteries.
Only online submissions and payment will be considered.
APPLICATION MATERIALS
Below is a list of materials you will need to be fully prepared:
1. Artist Contact Information. (REQUIRED)
2. An artist biography. The max word count is 75 words. An artist biography talks about your background and is written in 3rd person. (avoiding resume format) Your biography will be printed and displayed with your work if accepted. (REQUIRED)
3. An artist statement written in 1st person. The max word count is 150 words. The format is up to you, but we recommend you either speak about the work you are submitting or what drives your artistic practice as a whole. Your artist statement will be printed and displayed with your work if accepted. (REQUIRED)
4. Artist CV/Resume (OPTIONAL)
5. Up to five high resolution files (300 dpi, JPEG, CMYK, minimum of 1024 pixels wide).
6. Captions for the files, including Title, Medium, Dimensions (in inches) and Price. (REQUIRED)
7. Payment information (REQUIRED)
IMAGE PREPARATION
Before starting your application make sure you have all your information together. To apply you will need the following information:
Artwork Information
Title
Medium
Dimensions (L x W x H)
Price
File Size
Image must be at least 1024 pixels wide and 300dpi.
File Names
Lastname_Firstname_Title.jpg (main image)
Lastname_Firstname_Title_Detail.jpg (additional supporting image - 3D work only)
Lastname_Firstname_Title_Video.jpg (for video still-image submissions only)
NOTIFICATION
Accepted artists will be listed on the Fountain Street Fine Art website (http://www.fsfaboston.com/apply/). No phone calls or emails, please. Upon notification of acceptance: artists allow Fountain Street to use accepted images for promotional and press needs (including social media) for the exhibition. The artist retains all rights to their images.
ACCEPTED WORKS
All works selected for the exhibition must be dry, clean, finished, wired and ready to hang. No saw toothed hangers or clip frames will be accepted. Canvases need not have frames, but should have clean or finished edges and be wired for hanging. For accepted video work, the artist is responsible for providing all necessary display and viewing equipment, including, but not limited to: display monitor, DVD player, USB drive, mounting hardware, remote controls, batteries. Works not adhering to this protocol will not be hung, even if selected by our juror. The juror reserves the right to decline any work that differs markedly from its digital representation, including framing that the juror feels detracts from the overall cohesiveness of the exhibition.
SALES
Fountain Street receives 40% commission and the artist receives 60% on all sales of the work.
PICK UP OF UNSOLD WORKS
WORK MAY NOT BE REMOVED BEFORE THE END OF THE SHOW. The artist must arrange for pickup during the pick-up dates and times. Pickup times are Sunday evening after exhibition closes and the following Monday. Artists are responsible for providing return shipping labels and materials if not picking up in person. Artwork not retrieved by this deadline will incur a storage charge of $5 per day. After 30 days the work will be considered abandoned and become property of the gallery.
LIABILITY
Fountain Street is insured for catastrophic damage, and will use the utmost care in handling artworks, but accepts no responsibility for damage or loss not covered by our policy. It is strongly advised that artists insure their own work.