COLOR 24
7th Annual Juried International Exhibition
** EXTENDED ** There’s still time!
The Extended Deadline for Submission is Monday, March 25, 2024 Midnight
COLOR 24, 7th Annual Juried International Exhibition
Get ready for our most vibrant, powerful, and anticipated exhibition of the year coming to the 3 Square Art Gallery in Fort Collins, Colorado—COLOR 24! This year’s exhibit promises to be an explosion of complex and nuanced colors for a sensory feast that transcends traditional boundaries. Splashes of color, lines of colors, dabs of color, colored fabric, colored hair, color color color! Throw yourself full force into the world of color and bath in this showcase of creativity! This exhibit is going to highlight color in every way. The 7th Annual COLOR Exhibit is here this May 2024!
Color is an integral element of artistic expression and finds its roots in the fundamental teachings of art theory. Venture back to the foundations of art where the color wheel, primary colors, and secondary colors dance on the canvas creating a symphony of visual delight. An entire generation of artists who pioneered Color Field painting during the transformative 50s and 60s. Icons like Mark Rothko, Joan Miró, Jackson Pollock, Helen Frankenthaler, and Clyfford Still left an indelible mark on the art world, paving the way for the contemporary exploration of color. Today's artists harness a myriad of unconventional materials and tools – electronics, neon, LEDs, Post-It notes, computers, videos, and markers – to create a symphony of color that transcends the boundaries of imagination.
Brace yourself for a visual adventure where color becomes a language, and the canvas transforms into a playground of emotions, ideas, and interpretations. Join us as we redefine the boundaries of artistic expression in a world where color knows no limits.
Juried by the 3 Square Art Gallery
$700 in cash awards
Submit Your Entry!
Submit your entry to COLOR 24. The EXTENDED Deadline for submission is March 24, 2024.
Entry Fee
Awards & Benefits
Eligibility
Submission Instructions
Schedule
Submission Agreement
The Jurying Process
Artwork by (top to bottom, left to right): Yasuhiro Miyata, Michelle McGrath, Lili Francuz, Robert Schwarzenbach, Paul Art Lee, Taeko Nakano, Michele Hardy, Alica Thompson, James Salisbury, Denise Presnell, Jennifer Levitt, Jan R Carson, Gary Hixon, Bob Coonts, Larissa Gomelsky from the COLOR 2023 Exhibition.
By submitting an entry you agree to all the conditions as outline in this Call for Entry and have read and agreed to the terms of the Submission Agreement. If selected for this exhibit, you agree that your work will be made available for delivery to the gallery for inclusion in this exhibit.
Entry Fee
1-3 images - $43
4 images - $50
5 images - $57
Entry Fees are NON-REFUNDABLE
Awards & Benenfits
3SA GOLD AWARD: $400 + Award Certification
3SA SILVER AWARD: $200 + Award Certification
3SA BRONZE AWARD: $100 + Award Certification
Honorable Mention: Certification
Selected artists for the exhibition receive the following benefits:
Juried physical exhibition with professional curation
Posting to 3 Square Art’s website and social media platforms
Professional exhibition in the 3 Square Art Contemporary Gallery
Inclusion in direct email campaigns and social media platforms
Possibilities for continued promotion through 3 Square Art’s Consignment and Gift Shop programs*
* Note: Not all artwork from the exhibit will be selected for these programs
Eligibility
The COLOR 24 competition is open to artists who are at least 18 years old (by the time of entry) submitting original works of art created within the past 3 years.
Each artist may enter up to 5 artworks.
The competition welcomes all media, including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, printmaking, textiles, and digital art. THE MORE COLOR THE BETTER!
Artworks must be created in the past 3 years (2021-2024); any artworks completed before 2021 will be disqualified. The Entry fee is non-refundable.
There is no size restriction for Entries other than the fact that the piece must be able to fit through a 6ft x 7ft doorway.
All artwork must be original. You warrant that your entry is your original work, which does not infringe on the rights of any third party, and that you have all the rights necessary to submit the entry and is independently created, composed and executed. Artwork that originates from a workshop or a class under the direction of a teacher or instructor is not eligible. No copies from other artists' works or paintings/drawings from other artists' photographs or from published material will be allowed. Source material must be original. For artworks based on reference photographs, eligibility requires that the artists must have taken the photographs (artwork must be created on your own photography).
Artworks that were previously exhibited at the 3 Square Art Gallery are NOT eligible to submit.
Artists who have withdrawn accepted artwork/artworks in any previous exhibitions are not eligible to enter.
Submission Instructions
Step 1: Select the button that says “Submit An Entry” button or on the Postcard image.
Step 2: Select the number of images you would like to submit (1-5) from the drop-down box and then click on the “Purchase Entry Fee” button. You will see a form to enter the submitting artist’s full contact information. Fill on all of your details and press the “Purchase Entry Fee” button again at the bottom. You will be taken to screen to pay the entry fee.
Step 3: AFTER payment, please send all of your submission images with details BY EMAIL in one (1) email to: submissions@3squareart.com.
Submit Image Information and Details to Include in your email:
👉 Quality: We always like to stress the importance of taking high-quality good images of your work for submission. Poor quality or low-resolution images may make it difficult to see and judge the work and may result in rejection of otherwise suitable work. Please do NOT include images of the framing or the surrounding room. Images should be of the work only. Detail images may be included if needed to see the work from multiple angles or to better understand to work.
👉 Size: Images should be at least 1600 or more pixels on the longest edge
👉 Naming: Name your files as follows: “FirstNameLastName_TitleOfArtwork.jpg”… No spaces, no punctuation marks. Use Caps for the first letters of each word. For example… “BobSmith_AbstractOfMountains.jpg”
👉 File Format: Save your images in .jpg format
👉 Artwork Information (be sure to include this information for each image submitted):
Title
Medium (For example: Oil, Aclylic, Watercolor, Graphite, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Fiber Art, Digital Art, Sculpture, Printmaking, Photography, and etc.)
Dimensions (Height x Width). please include both artwork size and framed size (if applicable)
Year Created for each image (must have been created in the last 3 years).
You will receive confirmation of your entry by email once we receive your submission fee and images. If you have any questions at all or need assistance with your submission, please feel free to call us at 970-388-1969 or email us at submissions@3squareart.com.
Schedule
** EXTENDED ** Deadline for Submission: Monday, March 25, 2024 Midnight
Notification: April 3, 2024
Agreement Due: April 12, 2024
Artwork Due: On or before May 3, 2024
Artwork Drop Off Day: May 3, 1-4pm
Opening Night Reception: Friday, May 10, 6-8pm
Exhibition Date: May 10 – June 21, 2024
Pick Up Day: June 22, 1-4pm
Artwork Shipping Process: June 25 - 29, 2024
Juror
3 Square Art Gallery
All works selected and determined by the 3 Square Art Gallery Jury Members.
Curator
Kumiko S. McKee
3 Square Art Gallery Director