Allied Arts Association Annual Juried Show
July 1 - August 22, 2025
Reception and Awards Ceremony: Friday, July 11, 6-8 PM
Entry materials must be received by May 4, 2025.
Artists will be notified of art selected for the show by May 31, 2025.
Selected works must be delivered to the gallery on June 27-28 and if unsold retrieved August 22-23.
ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS
Following these instructions allows us to represent your artwork at its best, provides a level playing field for all entries, and helps the show volunteers. Please read and follow these instructions carefully.
Entries must be received by May 4, 2025.
Pay your registration fees at the link, in person, or through mail.
Email to alliedjuriedshow@gmail.com a digital photo of each registered art piece.
The photo file name should match the title of the art. For example, if your art is titled “Everlasting” the photo file will be named “Everlasting.jpg.” Artwork submitted must match the entry image. Three-dimensional pieces are allowed two photos and one video to depict the dimensions.
Format: Save the files in JPG format.
File Size: Files should be less than 5 MB. Images should not exceed 1920 pixels in the longest dimension.
Color: Images should be in color.
Editing: We may edit images to meet these specifications.
Photo Session: If you need assistance photographing your art, volunteers will be available in the gallery on April 11 & 12. Please call the gallery at (509) 943-9815 to schedule an appointment.
2025 JUROR
Benny Fountain
Benny Fountain is a painter and art educator, born and raised in Moscow, Idaho. Fountain recently returned to the Northwest to lead the drawing and painting track at Whitworth University in Spokane. Fountain’s work has been exhibited in numerous national and international exhibits. In 2018 he was awarded Artist in Residence at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation and in Spring of 2022 he was Resident Fellow at the American College of the Mediterranean in Aix-en-Provence, France. Since returning to the Northwest, Fountain has been creating a body of large scale landscape paintings to be exhibited in his sixth solo exhibition at the Froelick Gallery in Portland.
ELIGIBILITY
Open to all artists residing in the US age eighteen and over. Only original work created, conceived, and executed entirely by you, the artist, since 2022 and not previously shown in an Allied Arts Juried Show will be considered. Work from commercial kits, tutorials, copies, or done under instruction are ineligible.
More than $3,000 to be awarded!
CONDITIONS
The following conditions apply to art entries submitted for exhibition:
Allied Arts reserves the right to photograph exhibited art for publicity purposes.
All art must remain on exhibition throughout the designated show schedule.
Allied Arts charges a commission on sales (35% for members, 40% for non-members). Items may be indicated as Not for Sale (NFS).
Prior to installation, the juror and Allied Arts reserve the right to reject pieces that are too fragile, oversized, unbalanced or in poor condition.
Allied Arts cannot assume responsibility for loss or damage during shipment to or from the exhibit.
Allied Arts retains the right to cancel this show. If the show is canceled, entry fees will be refunded.
MEDIA
Entries may include any traditional media: watercolors, oils, acrylics, mixed media, drawings, ceramics, fibers, metals, photographs, prints, jewelry, wood, glass, nontraditional materials (separate or in combination).
FRAMING
Two-dimensional work must be wired for hanging. No sawtooth hangers or clip-on frames are permitted. Unframed canvases must be gallery wrapped with at least 1-1/2inch deep stretchers and staple free edges. Drawings, watercolors, prints, and photographs require glass or acrylic glazing unless alternative methods are used to protect the artwork, and, if shipped, must use acrylic glazing. The Chair reserves the right to reject work that is not safe or suited for display.
SIZE AND WEIGHT
Dimensions of two-dimensional pieces (frames included) may not exceed 72” x 72”. Three dimensional pieces must fit through the entry way to the gallery, which measures 42” x 120”. Pieces must not weigh more than 150 pounds. No exceptions unless previous arrangements have been made with the Juried Show Chair.
FEES
$12 per entry for members / $15 per entry for nonmembers.
Artists who submit three paid entries may submit a bonus fourth work without a fourth entry fee. Multiple units, when priced as a single unit will be judged as one entry. No more than four works/sets may be submitted.
Entry fees must be paid prior to consideration:
In Person: Bring check, cash, or card to the gallery during open hours
Mail check to:
Gallery at the Park, 89 Lee Blvd, Richland, WA 99352 ATTN: Juried Show
Fees will only be refunded if the event is canceled.
DELIVERY
Those pieces selected by the Juror may be hand delivered or shipped to The Gallery at the Park. Hand delivered pieces must be received on June 27-28 and any packing materials used must be removed from the gallery. Shipped pieces must be sent in sound, reusable containers with appropriate prepaid return label included. Artists must pay shipping, handling, and insurance costs both ways.
Shipped pieces must reach the gallery between June 25-28.
Oversized, heavy (over 50 lbs), delicate, or difficult to install items must be delivered and installed by the artist or artist's designee on the day of installation to the specifications of the gallery representative and removed on the day of deinstallation by the artist or artist's designee.
Unsold art must be picked up from the gallery on August 22 or 23 during gallery hours. Art with pre-paid return shipping will be returned by the gallery. Pieces not claimed will be placed in storage. Any artwork not picked up after three months becomes the property of Allied Arts.
QUESTIONS
If you have questions about the show or the entry process, contact the Juried Show Chair at alliedjuriedshow@gmail.com.
We look forward to your receiving your entries and wish you the best for selection to the show.
—David Wyatt, 2025 Juried Show Chair