Prospectus

Encaustic Art Institute Gallery
Cerrillos, NM 87010
(20 miles south of Santa Fe, 46 miles north of Albuquerque on the scenic Turquoise Trail Hwy 14).

3rd ANNUAL NATIONAL JURIED ENCAUSTIC/WAX EXHIBITION

October 5 - 27th 2013

CALL FOR ART

Awards: $300 Best of Show $150 Award of Excellence

The Encaustic Art Institute is presenting a National Juried Encaustic/Wax Exhibition. Artists working in encaustic/wax are encouraged to apply. This Exhibition is a National Exhibition, open to all encaustic/wax artists whether they are a member of the Encaustic Art Institute or not. However, any artist that is a member of the Encaustic Art Institute and resides in Canada or Mexico are eligible to enter. Artists may enter up to 3 images per entry for jury review. Only one (1) piece per artist may be selected for the exhibition.

JUROR - MICHAEL KESSLER

We are honored to have Michael Kessler as juror. He started working with wax back in 1975. Michael Kessler has been making and exhibiting paintings throughout the US and Europe for thirty five years. His paintings have been shown in over 250 exhibitions in USA and Europe. His work is included in over twenty five museum collections, including the Broad Foundation in LA, The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City, The Brooklyn Museum, The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and The Philadelphia Museum of Art. He has been the recipient of numerous awards including The Whitney Museum of American Art's Independent Study Program (1977), The Rome Prize (1990), The Pollock-Krasner Award (1992), The Awards in the Visual Arts-Five (1985), and The Pennsylvania Council On the Arts (1983). His heavily-layered, innovative approach to painting has evolved over forty years and includes many unusual painting tools such as metal and plastic trowels and squeegees. He is known for his use of a wide variety of unorthodox application methods such as pouring, scraping, masking, tearing, sanding, gouging, and troweling, His work defies categorization as it incorporates a diverse range of cultural and natural influences as well as divergent art-historical references. Mr. Kessler is originally from Pennsylvania but currently lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Open to all artists 18 years or older, working with or incorporating the encaustic/wax medium into their work, two and three dimensional will be accepted as well as mixed media, as long as encaustic is one of the primary materials. Up to 3 images per entry will be accepted with a maximum size restriction of 36" x 36" for 2d works, and 18" x 12" x 12" for 3d. Work must have been completed within the last 24 months. All works in the exhibition must be for sale. Artists will receive 60% of the purchase price with 40% going to the Institute.

Gallery Exhibition: October 5th - 27th weekends noon to 5 pm, or by appointment.

Opening Gala Reception and announcement of awards: October 5th, noon to 5 pm.

Hand delivered work will be accepted only on September 21 & 22, 2013 between noon and 5 pm. Shipped work must arrive at the Encaustic Art Institute by Sat., Sept. 27, 2013. All work must be properly labeled on the back with: artist name, address, phone and email, title and price. Return shipping labels are not necessary, but are appreciated. Artists are responsible for paying the return shipping of unsold art. Information for gallery labels are to be sent to Kari Gorden at: karigorden@yahoo.com. Artists Name, (state, abbreviated NM) title, medium and price.

Promotion

The Encaustic Art Institute will advertise the exhibition on the EAI website, blog, and EAI Facebook. Promotion will include art periodicals throughout the region, press releases, articles, reviews will be distributed, and a large ad in "THE" magazine, New Mexico’s best and widely distribute art magazine. Artists are encouraged to advertise their entries on their websites and networks.

Awards will be given for Best of Show, $300 and Award of Excellence, $150 in addition to special recognition in the Institute media.

The Encaustic Art Institute is a non-profit 501C-3. The Institute's Gallery is housed on 12 acres just South of Santa Fe, New Mexico. For more information, and directions go to EAINM.com.