The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC) is excited to announce our first really Affordable Art Show, a national juried show opening October 3, 2015.

Our juror is Carolyn Ramo, Executive Director of Artadia.

This is a selling show with art priced for anyone and everyone. Thousands of NY art lovers and collectors will see your work up close and personal. It is time to expand your collector base in NYC. To make it easy for new collectors, all work submitted must be for sale at $499 or less. You will get 75% of the selling price.

Gallery Space:
Ours is a truly unique gallery – a massive Civil War-era warehouse on the Red Hook waterfront in Brooklyn, NY. Its enormous space allows us to present the 100+ pieces selected by Carolyn Ramo as well as the bonus pieces selected by the artists. We will be using 8,000 square feet for this show, and look forward to exhibiting artists’ work from all over the USA.

Submission Deadline: The Early Bird deadline is August 15 and Final Application Deadline is August 29, 2015.

Gallery Exhibition Dates: October 3 – October 25, 2015 weekends 1-6 P.M.

Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony: Saturday, October 3, 2015 from 2-6 P.M.

$2050 in Cash Awards
BEST of SHOW GOLD: $1000 The work selected as ‘Best of Show’ will be purchased by BWAC for $1000 and added to Carolyn Ramo’s personal collection.
BEST of SHOW SILVER: $250
CERTIFICATES of RECOGNITION: $800 $100 each for eight winners.

Show Details:
really Affordable Art Show: The broad theme encompasses all the possibilities of your imagination – allowing you to think, play and create outside the box with few inhibitions, restrictions, rules, or guidelines. Just set yourself free to explore the possibilities of creativity and let Ms Ramo put together an exciting show. She may select none, just one or several from any artist. She does not see the artist’s name when making the selection for the show.

ELIGIBILITY: This call for submission is open to all residents of the U.S. and its Territories 18 years of age or older. This is a juried exhibition for artists working in all traditional and non-traditional 2-D and 3-D media, including film/video when self-presenting.

SUBMISSIONS AND FEES:
Early Bird Submissions (through midnight, August 15, 2015): $45 for up to five (5) images plus $5.00 for each additional image.
Submissions between August 16 and midnight August 29, 2015: $65 for up to five (5) images plus $5.00 for each additional image.

SALES, COMMISSIONS AND DELIVERY: BWAC will retain a 25% commission on all exhibition sales.

See FULL PROSPECTUS for more details at separate link.

CONTACT/QUESTIONS: Please direct all questions to [email protected]