Contemporary Botanicals

Art Works Downtown invites visual artists to submit artworks using the motif of plants and flowers as compositional elements or metaphors to convey a feeling or communicate a message. The exhibit intends to celebrate spring by showcasing an artistic garden of varied approaches to, interpretations of, and expression through our relationship to plants. The juror is Vanessa Indies, Director of Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco.

Eligibility is limited to San Francisco Bay Area artists only (artist must live within 100 miles from San Rafael, California). Artwork must not exceed 72" including frame, stand, and all materials. Botanically accurate or scientific rendering is welcome, but not required. The exhibit may also include abstracts, allegories, design, and more. Open to all visual arts media including sculpture. Video artists must include dimensions of equipment in submission and supply all equipment—including headphones—for the exhibition. Projections are prohibited. Original artwork only. No giclées or reproductions. Editions are acceptable if they are original works such as printmaking, photography or limited original digital art. Images of explicit sexual content or violence will not be considered. Submissions must not have previously exhibited in the AWD 1337 Gallery. Artwork must be for sale.

Entry fee is $40.00. Submit 1-3 work samples (images and/or videos). Exhibition dates are April 1 - May 21, 2022. Accepted work must be hand delivered to Art Works Downtown, 1337 Fourth St., San Rafael. Art Works Downtown accepts a 40% donation upon sale. Artists who do not retrieve their work will be charged a storage fee of $3.00 per day. Works remaining after 30 days will become property of Art Works Downtown.