Bowery Gallery, founded in 1969 and relocated to New York City’s Chelsea district, is sponsoring its’18th annual juried competition. This year’s juror, Rackstraw Downes, is an internationally known painter whose works are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Hirshhorn Museum, and The Cleveland Museum of Art, among others. He received a Guggenheim in 1998 and was awarded a Macarthur Fellowship in 2009. He has written for The New York Times, Art in America, Artnews and other publications.
His work is represented by Betty Cunningham Gallery in New York City.

The juried exhibition will be held Aug 3-Aug 21, 2010 at the Bowery Gallery. The opening reception will be held on Thursday Aug 5, 5-8 PM.

ELIGIBILITY
Two dimensional media including: painting, drawing, printmaking and mixed media. Sculpture and photography are not eligible. Works must be no larger than 36”in any dimension, including frame or other presentation. No work will be accepted from non-US addresses.

PRESENTATION
All works must be suitably framed and ready for hanging. Drawings, prints, watercolors, and pastels must be framed under plexiglass. (Glass is permissible for work to be hand-delivered to and from gallery.)

SELECTION
All work will be juried from jpeg images only. Please do not send tiffs or ppt’s. Each image should be titled in the following format: First Image: Last Name__1__title__size__medium.jpg Second Image: Last Name__2__title__size__medium.jpg, etc.
Size of works should be labeled as inches (in) not as quotation marks. Image files should not exceed 1000 pixels in either dimension.

The Bowery Gallery reserves the right to reject work not accurately represented by jpeg entries.

SALES
All works in the show are for sale unless the artist informs the gallery to the contrary. All proceeds from sales will go to the artist.

FEES
A $30.00 entry fee allows each artist to submit 1-3 images. A $5.00 fee is required for each additional image submitted. A maximum of 6 images may be submitted for the competition. Entry fees are nonrefundable. There are no handling fees for accepted work. Artists however, must pay shipping costs.

The World Artist Network will cover entry fees for selected artists wanting to participate of this competition, record all your info in a CD ready for the gallery to evaluate, complete and submit the application for you ensuring all details are covered. Please submit your images, full address, (required for elegibility verification) statement and bio to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

If you would like to enter the competition on your own, please send us a message and we will forward you the necessary information and application.

DEADLINE: ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY APRIL 15TH, IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE GALLERY'S REQUIREMENT, WE ARE CLOSING ACCEPTANCE OF SUBMISSIONS BY APRIL 5TH.