Call for Entry- The Enticing World of Plants Art Online Auction Challenge

Deadline Extended to October 15, 2024 

2024 Benefit Online Auction Challenge (Click to Download prospectus and entry form here) 

The Enticing World of Plants!

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN FROM JULY 15 – OCTOBER 15, 2024

Deadline Extended: October 15, 2024 at 11:59 PM PST

The Gail Harker Center for Creative Arts Open Call for Art for our Benefit Art Online Auction returns this year for the first time since 2013! We invite visual, embroidery and textile artists to submit works to be included in our 2024 Auction. A portion of the work will be on exhibition within our booth at the International Quilt and Fiber Art show in Everett October 3-6, and the full body of work will be available to see in person at an Open House at the Center and online at http://gailcreativestudies.com.

ABOUT THE AUCTION

The Gail Harker Center for Creative Arts Auction is a fundraising event bringing together artists, community members, our students, collectors, donors, and friends, while supporting the activities of the Center to share educational opportunities within our community. This is a wonderful way to have collectors and fellow students see and be able to obtain your work.  All proceeds will go to benefit the Gail Harker Center for Creative Arts.

Parameters for Submission:

Theme:  The Enticing World of Plants!

Think of the beauty of our natural world and everything green and growing.  Or maybe you’re fascinated with the concepts of entropy and decay and want to explore skeletal leaf forms.  Do you like to magnify and look at things close-up?  Or would you rather do a scene of an entire garden? Whatever stage of plant life excites you, we want to see it in your artwork!

Size: All artwork to be 5” x7” finished size (either horizontal or vertical orientation).

Finishing: Textile art edges should be finished.  Paper arts can have raw edges.  Please do NOT frame or mat.

Click here for instructions on how to finish edges!

Click here for instructions on how to mount and lace an embroidery!

Number of Allowed Submissions: No limit on how many pieces you submit/donate.

Mediums and Techniques: 2-D Art, design, and stitch using any art medium and any substrate.  (Not accepting 3-D pieces.)  Suggestions:

• Textile art
• Collage (paper or textile)
• Embroidery
• Paper with paint, felt pens, crayons
• Textures from mediums/papers/silk paper/ flower petals or leaves
• Natural dye pieces or botanical printmaking on either cloth or paper
• Stitched photographs (printed on paper or fabric)
• Hand-made block prints
• Beaded artwork
• Let your imagination go wild!

Entry Form:

Please submit an entry form with your submissions (download prospectus and entry form here).  Feel free to add additional sheet for more than 3 entries.

Here are some words and phrases which might inspire you (or you can choose your own):