Call for Artists
Helen S. Smith Gallery on the Green River College Campus is currently accepting proposals for exhibitions happening summer of 2024 - Summer of 2026. Artists will be selected by invitation and from submissions. Emerging and established Northwest artists are encouraged to apply. (Opportunity is open to artists residing in the Pacific Northwest only.)
Overview:
The Helen S. Smith Gallery on Green River College's main campus was named in honor of the college Foundation's first President. In addition to being one of the college's founding members, she was known as a strong advocate for the arts in the community. Now 50 years and counting, the gallery continues to carry on her legacy by presenting compelling and innovative exhibitions featuring emerging and established Northwest Artists throughout the year. The gallery also highlights works by Green River student artists twice annually.
What we are looking for: As a gallery on an academic campus, we are interested in hosting solo and group curated exhibitions that contribute to or engage social, cultural or conceptual dialogue in line with the college mission, vision and values. Helen S. Smith Gallery accepts only work by artists local to the Northwest. The Visual Arts Program at the college features painting, drawing, ceramics, photography and design. Though we favor exhibitions which highlight media being taught on campus, we are open to proposals that employ wider experimentation which thematically connects with the college mission.
GUIDELINES
Project Description: In a cover letter, please introduce yourself and your artistic background. Please include a brief artist's statement. Address content as well as media. Further, please also indicate if the work samples submitted are new work being created for the exhibition or if they are past work examples of your direction. Name your cover letter Last Name, Cover Letter.pdf.
Work Samples: Please submit up to 10 high quality JPGs (no larger than 2MB). Label files as 01, Last Name, title.jpg, 02, Last Name, title.jpg, etc.
Image List: Upload one Image List as a pdf. (Please label the file: Last Name, Image List.pdf.) Include artist name, title, media, size and year for each image. List the images in order according to the corresponding image file numbers as outlined in the file naming process above.
CV: Please include a CV/resume as a pdf labeled Last Name, CV.pdf.
Submission Process: Proposals are accepted on a rolling basis, however priority is given to proposal which arrive by the posted deadline. To submit your digital files, please click the green button below which will take you to a Dropbox Data Collection site. You will be able to upload your files to this site provided they are under 2MB each. Once uploaded, you will not be able to see or change them.You can put them in a folder first and upload the whole folder to keep content together. Due to a high volume of sumissions, the Gallery Director will reach out to artists whose proposals have been accepted.
THE FINE PRINT
The Helen S. Smith Gallery invites artists to present a closing artist talk or panel
discussion with each exhibition. We typically provide a stipend for your participation
in this event. As a general rule, artists are responsible for shipping and any associated
fees with preparing the work for exhibition. The gallery has a limited budget, but
we are open to discussing additional programming, which may include a modest contribution
toward those expenses, subject to available funding. The gallery does not carry insurance.
The gallery is committed to promoting our exhibitions through press releases, local and regional arts calendars, college PR resources, print and social media.
Installation date-range will be provided to the artist, and the artist is encouraged to hang their own show, though we are willing to work with you individually if assistance is needed.
The Helen S. Smith Gallery does not take a commission on works sold. All inquiries regarding sales will be forwarded directly to the artist.