Exhibition Juror: Rusty Freeman
Two Oak Knoll Park | Clayton MO 63105 | 314.727.6266 | www.stlouisartistsguild.org
Call For Art: Ann Metzger Memorial National All Media Exhibition
Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 by 11:59pm
Opening Reception: Friday, November 21, 2014, 6pm–8:30pm
Exhibition Dates: November 21–January 4, 2014
The Ann Metzger Memorial National All Media Exhibition is a juried, all-media, all-styles,
all-content exhibition with a national call for entries. Cash prizes will be awarded by the juror
to award-winning pieces.
Exhibition Timeline
• Wednesday, October 15, 2014 by 11:59pm: Submissions due
• October 24, 2014: Artists will be notified regarding
acceptance of their work on or before this date.
• November 8, 2014: Accepted pieces must be delivered/shipped to the Artists’ Guild’s galleries on or before this date.
• Friday, November 21, 2014, 6pm–8:30pm: Opening Reception
• Sunday, January 4, 2014: Last day of exhibition.
Entry Procedures
Go to the webpage for Ann Metzger (http://www.
stlouisartistsguild.org/new/ann-metzger-all-media) and
follow the instructions on the website. The Artists’ Guild
will be using EntryThingy to accept submissions for this
exhibition—please go to www.entrythingy.com for more
information. Each artist may submit up to three entries.
Submissions should be jpeg images, image proportions
maximum 5” x 7”. You will receive emails when we
receive your entries and entry fees.We will only accept
online entries—do not send CDs or deliver physical work
for jurying.
• Monday, January 5, 2014: Begin artwork pickup.
Entry Fees
Exhibited artwork cannot be removed from the gallery
until January 5, 2014. All hand-delivered works must
be retrieved from the St. Louis Artists’ Guild’s galleries
(or the artist must make arrangements with the Gallery
Director to retrieve the work) by January 31, 2015,
or else the work will become the property of the
St. Louis Artists’ Guild. Shipped work will be
returned within 30 days of the end of the exhibition.
All correspondence concerning acceptance or
non-acceptance will be done via email.
Artists’ Guild members may submit up to three pieces for
a non-refundable fee of $24. Non-members may submit
up to three pieces for a non-refundable fee of $35.
(You will pay $24/$35 total regardless of the number of
pieces you submit — one, two, or three pieces).
Artwork must meet these requirements:
• Artist must be at least 18 years of age.
• Up to 3 entries may be submitted.
• Art work must be original (not copied from other art
or made from a kit).
Commissions
Sales are encouraged. The St. Louis Artists’ Guild
receives a 35% commission on all works sold through
this exhibition.
Awards
Cash prizes totaling $2000 will be awarded by the juror,
including a $1000 Centennial Prize in honor of this
year’s 100th anniversary of juried exhibitions at the
St. Louis Artists’ Guild. There will also be a $100 ArtMart
gift card awarded to an artist from the St. Louis region.
• Completed within the last two years.
Shipping
• Not shown previously in the St. Louis Artists’ Guild’s galleries.
Artists are responsible for shipping of artwork to and
from the St. Louis Artists’ Guild, Two Oak Knoll Park,
St. Louis MO 63105. Artists must use a level of
shipping with prepaid return shipping that common
carriers will pick up from the facility. The St. Louis
Artists’ Guild will not take packages to drop-off locations.
Otherwise the artwork becomes the property of the
St. Louis Artists’ Guild.
• Works should be priced and marked for sale or not
for sale (NFS). NFS work must include an insurance
value. The St. Louis Artists’ Guild will insure 65% of
the value.
3-Dimensional Artwork:
• Any one piece/art installation must not exceed 72” x 60” x 60”
• Any one piece/art installation must not exceed 75 lbs.
• Shipped work must not exceed 35 lbs. including
crate. Crates must not exceed 30” in width. Artists
may ship multiple crates for components of their
piece. (Please note: all artwork and containers must
fit through a 32” door).
• Ceiling suspended work must not weigh more than
10 lbs.
• Artist must provide cords, projectors, and any/all
equipment if there is an electrical component to the work.
• The St. Louis Artists’ Guild has the right to reject any
work that is unstable, unusually fragile or does not
meet the above requirements.
Rusty Freeman is the Director of Visual Art at
Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon,
Illinois, where he has worked since August 2009.
At Cedarhurst, Freeman oversees the operations
of Collections, Exhibitions, and the Sculpture
Park. While at Cedarhurst, Freeman has curated
exhibitions with a variety of artists including Mary
Sprague, Arny Nadler, Jamie Adams, Joanne
Kluba, Buzz Spector, Jane Birdsall-Lander, and
Sun Smith-Foret from St. Louis and William
Conger and Mary Ann Papanek-Miller from
Chicago, as well as many local artists from the
region. In 2012, Freeman organized the
exhibitions on Ansel Adams and a private
collection celebrating the 50th anniversary
of Studio Glass in America. In 2013, Freeman
debuted the exhibition, Brave New World:
The Art of the Book in the Digital Age. 2014
exhibition highlights include Modern Dialect:
American Paintings from the John and Susan
Horseman Collection; Pastoral America: The
Morrissey Family Collections; Playing with the
Classics: Quilts from the National Quilt Museum;
and We Have Met the Funnies and They Are Us:
120 Years of American Newspaper Comic Strip Art
from the Applegate-Boyle Collection.
During his tenure at the Plains Art Museum,
Freeman curated more than 112 exhibitions,
including Duane Hanson: Portraits from the
Heartland, which toured nationally and to Canada.
The accompanying exhibition catalog included
an interview from Freeman with Tin Ly, Hanson’s
longest serving assistant, and an essay
Dr. Erika Doss, and a pictorial essay from Wesla
Hanson. Also at the Plains, Freeman curated
contemporary art exhibits on the work of Maria
Friberg, Claire Corey, Paul Wong, William
Cordova, Kelly Nipper, Deborah Mesa-Pelly,
Brad Tucker, Sandra Menefee Taylor, and
Adam Chodzko.
Freeman began his curatorial career at the
Cheekwood Museum of Art in Nashville,
Tennessee. While at Cheekwood, Freeman
organized the first traveling solo exhibition for
William Edmondson, the first African American
to have a one-man exhibition at the Museum
of Modern Art. He has published and lectured
on American and contemporary art throughout
the United States. He received his Master of
Arts in History of Art specializing in modern
and contemporary art from the Virginia
Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.
He makes his home in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, with his
wife Rebecca Carter Freeman.
Celebrating Our 100th Anniversary
of Juried Exhibitions
100
years of
juried
exhibitions
In 1914, the St. Louis Artists’ Guild presented its first juried
exhibition, a show of painting and sculpture by regional artists.
Since then, the Artists’ Guild has continuously offered regular
juried and competitive art exhibitions. These exhibitions provide
valuable opportunities for artists to show their work, meet
other artists, and stay informed about contemporary trends,
techniques, and concepts in the arts. If you would like to help
the Artists’ Guild continue to present these exhibition
opportunties, please consider becoming a member of the
St. Louis Artists’ Guild. For more information about Artists’ Guild
membership, please visit our website:
www.stlouisartistsguild.org/new/membership