Deadline for Submissions: November 7th, 2015
Notification of Acceptance: November 16th, 2015
Exhibition Dates: December 18th-January 2nd, 2015
Opening Reception: December 18th, 2015, 6-9PM
Awards: $175 to First Place Winner
Application Fee: $20 for Art Rise Members for four images; $25 for non-members for four images; $25 for Art Rise Members for six images; $30 for non-members for six images
All media are eligible.
4-6 images per application.

SHOW STATEMENT:
We are often given gifts that are unsightly, unseemly, or straight out of a nightmare. Often these “gifts” stay with us, sometimes for the better. The gifts we never wanted take many forms, both physically and emotionally. In the end we have to ask—are gifts given for the sender or the receiver?

For the exhibition The Gift You Never Wanted, Non-Fiction Gallery seeks works of art that explore the idea of the gift as a burden or a blessing. Artists of all media and practice are invited to submit to this open-ended theme.

To submit to The Gift You Never Wanted, please pay your application fee http://artrisesavannah.org/the-gift/ and send between four and six images to [email protected] by midnight on November 7th.

Please label each image in the following manner:
Artist Name _Title _Medium _Dimensions _Year

The subject line for the email should be The Gift You Never Wanted.
In your submission email please also include a current artist statement, your phone number, address, and artist website.

Your submission will not be reviewed and considered for The Gift You Never Wanted until payment is received, and ALL of your information is accounted for.

For a full exhibition prospectus, and to apply to The Gift You Never Wanted, please visit the show’s website at: http://artrisesavannah.org/the-gift/.