Calls for Entry: Columbus - the Crossroads of Ohio

Columbus - the Crossroads of Ohio
Exhibit at the James A. Rhodes State Office Tower
Sponsored by the Ohio Building Authority
September 1 – 30, 2009

How to Apply
• Read this document in its entirety.
• Submit digital images of up to (3) entries (jpeg or tiff formats).
• One detail shot per entry is required and allowed.
• The size of your digital Images must be under 1meg; under 500 K is preferable.
• Provide artist’s name, and title, medium and dimensions of each submission.
• Submit digital images by e-mail to columbuscrossroadsofohio@earthlink.net by 5:00 pm on July 31, 2009

Requirements

• All entries must be original works created by the artist, or original works from collectors.

• The exhibit review panel will bar all works altered from the submitted digital images.

• Because this is an exhibit to celebrate Columbus, Ohio, and the fact that it is located in a State Office Building and the possibility that families and school groups will view the exhibit, art should be appropriate for this venue.

• The exhibit review panel reserves the right to refuse to display any accepted work for any reason.

• 2-D art work accepted for display must be properly wired for hanging. Artists submitting 3-D art such as sculptures will need to designate the amount of space required for their art and provide pedestals if necessary. The Ohio Building Authority has a number of enclosed cases available for 3-D art. Artists may need to assist in installing work in these cases.

• Reasonable care will be exercised by the exhibit coordinators and its agents and the Ohio Building Authority; however, neither the exhibit coordinators, their agents nor the Ohio Building Authority are liable for loss or damage of work either in its care or during transport. Insurance is the responsibility of the individual artists or individual collectors.

• Submission of an entry through emailing a jpeg or tiff of the art shall constitute agreement on the part of the artist or collectors to all conditions set forth in this prospectus.

Delivery and Pick Up of Art
All artwork approved by the exhibit review panel for the “Columbus - the Crossroads of Ohio” exhibit must be delivered on August 27 and August 28, 2009 between the hours of 2:30 pm and 5:30 pm to the James A Rhodes State Office Tower loading dock. The loading dock is located in the alley behind the James A Rhodes State Office Tower at 30 E. Broad St., Columbus, Ohio.

Upon delivering artwork, each artist will be required to sign a form restating the above requirements. Artists must pick up their art after the exhibit has ended on October 1 at the loading dock between the hours of 2:30 pm and 5:30 pm. If someone else will be dropping off or picking up your art, please notify the exhibit coordinators in advance.

Questions: email: columbusthecrossroadsofohio@earthlink.net or call exhibit co-coordinators Jim Siemer at 614-313-6200, or Tom Baillieul at 614-447-1223.