Landscape Perspectives

Art Works Downtown invites visual artists to submit artworks featuring and inspired by landscapes. The exhibit Landscape Perspectives intends to offer a diverse collection of expressions, approaches, and renderings of landscapes from plein air to surreal to abstract and beyond.

Eligibility is limited to San Francisco Bay Area artists only (artist must live within 100 miles from San Rafael, California). The exhibition is open to most subject matter including abstraction and all visual arts media including sculpture. Original artwork only—no giclées or reproductions, though editions are acceptable if they are original works such as printmaking, photography, or limited original digital art. Video artists must include dimensions of equipment in submission and supply all equipment including headphones for the exhibition; projections are prohibited. Artwork must not exceed 60" including frame, stand, and all materials. Images of explicit sexual content or violence will not be considered. Submissions must not have previously exhibited in the AWD 1337 Gallery.

Entry fee is $40.00 (AWD Artist Members receive a 50% discount). Submissions are due April 27, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. MDT via CallForEntry.org. Applicants must submit 1-3 work samples (images and/or videos). Notification by email will be sent May 4-5. Accepted entries must be hand-delivered May 25-27, 1-8pm to Art Works Downtown, 1337 Fourth St., San Rafael. The exhibition runs June 2–July 22, 2023, with public visiting hours Thursday–Saturday, 1-8pm. Opening reception is June 9, 5-8pm, and a second reception is July 14, 5-8pm. Unsold artwork pickup is July 27-29, 1-8pm. Art Works Downtown accepts a 40% donation upon sale. Juror: Kim Eagles-Smith, owner and director of Kim Eagles-Smith Gallery, Mill Valley CA.