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juried show prospectus 2025
& application
Please read 2025 prospectus
before applying!
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Over $2,000 in prizes will be awarded!
It's time for one of our favorite shows of the year - the annual Juried Art exhibit!
Open to all Juried Level members of the Artists' Guild of Spartanburg.
This year's exhibit will run April 1st - 28th, with awards and artists' reception during
Art Walk, Thursday April 17th from 5-8pm.
Not a member or need to renew your membership? Join using the link below before the submission deadline to apply for the show.
details:
STEP 1.
Not a Juried member? Join now!
(Click the link below to join)...
> join as a juried member link >
Then come back to this page and proceed to step 2...
STEP 2.
Fill out the juried show application below >
51st annual juried show prospectus
Eligibility
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Applicants must be Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg Juried Level Artists.
All Artists must be Juried Level Members in good standing, or join as a New juried member before applying for Artists' Guild juried shows or your application will not be accepted - Thank You!
Entry Guidelines
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Artists must identify entries as either 2-D or 3-D.
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Only two (2) pieces of original art may be entered.
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Artists must submit only ONE image (each) for 2-D entries but may submit TWO or more images for 3-D entries.
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Artists must designate the medium/media of each piece.
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2D Art must be 36"x36" or less and weigh less than 60 lbs.
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3D Art must be 36"x36" (floorspace) or less (If a podium is required for your 3D art, you must provide your own podium.
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3D artists submitting small works must provide their own pedestals. Items like jewelry or knives must also provide an enclosed locking case for display.
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All works to be hung must be securely wired and framed. No plastic frames, wired according to size and weight, acrylic should be free of scratches if used instead of glass.
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Stretched canvas without a frame should be a gallery-wrapped canvas 1.5 inches in depth or deeper with professional, clean edges. Any canvas less than 1.5 inches should be framed. **Any work not meeting the requirements will be returned until requirements are met**
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All art must be for sale. A 30% commission will be charged, with the artist remaining 70% from a sale. NOTE that all art sales transactions are made through the Artists' Guild only.
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Only digital entries will be considered. Entries will be submitted to dwoodson@spartanarts.org from
March 14th - March 23rd 2025. No hand-delivered or mailed entries are accepted.
Liability
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The Artists’ Guild will use the utmost care and respect in handling the artwork; however, it is the artist’s responsibility to have the art insured during the show as well as while it is being transported to and from the exhibition. The Artists' Guild is not held responsible for any damages that may occur.
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The Artists’ Guild does not assume liability for damages resulting from broken glass or improperly prepared work, or loss or damages incurred up to the point of acceptance or after pick-up.
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For publicity purposes, the Artists’ Guild reserves the right to photograph and reproduce any entry.
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Receipt of an entry into the juried exhibition constitutes an agreement by the artist with all conditions outlined in this prospectus.
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Sponsors and affiliates are not responsible for any incorrect information, whether caused by any equipment or programming associated or used in the juried exhibition or by any human or technical error which may occur in the processing of submissions in the juried exhibition, including, but not limited to, misprints or typographical errors.
Important Dates To Remember - 2025
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Entries accepted March 14th - March 23rd 2025
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Chosen artists will be informed on March 26th.
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ALL ENTRIES MUST HAVE LABEL on BACK with Artist Name, Title and Price.
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Art drop-off will be Friday, March 28th between 4pm-5pm and Saturday, March 29th, between 10am-4pm
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If selected artwork drop-off times don't work please contact Danielle Woodson at dwoodson@spartanarts.org for special arrangements.
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The show will hang from April 5th until April 28th.
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An Artist Reception will be held and winners will be announced on April 17th between 5-8.
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Art Pick up Saturday, April 27th between 11-4 or Tues. May 2nd, between 11-5.
Artists' Guild Juried Show 2025
Juror:
Julia Burr
I have 40+ years making my living as an artist and I have had one hell of an incredible journey. I received my M.F.A. from the California Institute of the Arts, studying under some of conceptual art’s greatest practitioners like John Baldessari and Barbara Kruger. My motorized kinetic sculptures opened a door for me in Hollywood, California during a time of explosive growth and historic innovations in the film and tv industry. I stumbled upon a renegade and visionary set, prop and f/x company that made Hollywood history. It was one of the most brutal, exciting and instructive periods of my life. Learning how to make it perfect, have it done yesterday and on budget were lessons that I used for my entire career.
I returned to the South because I missed the change of seasons. The company I worked for in Hollywood opened a shop in Orlando and asked me to join them; instead of film and tv, we concentrated primarily on long term builds for clients such as Disney, SeaWorld and Universal. Other projects included my carving 50-foot wide high-relief billboards engineered to survive 100mph wind loads; being the lead artist and in-house art director for a computer driven animated Christmas display installed every year for five years on Radio City Music Hall’s marquee. I also had the honor of being lead sculptor and art director for super-realistic sculptures installed at Michael Jackson’s Neverland ranch. After sculpting and installing a computer-driven piece for the Hard Rock Cafe in Madrid, Spain, Hard Rock International offered me a job; I logged thousands of miles traveling around the world doing 3-D design for new and established Hard Rock Cafes. Connections developed in that company ushered me into freelance art and design; one of my first jobs was designing the façade of ESPN’s flagship entertainment center in Baltimore, Maryland. I climbed higher and higher in this world of retail entertainment and yet still could not push through truly innovative ideas. Hitting this roadblock over and over propelled me to return to my fine art, to see what I really had in me artistically and not to have any regrets about ‘what might have been’.
I moved to Black Mountain in 1999 and for the next 25 years, I pursued my fine art: within the first three years I had my first solo show and from there other solo and group shows, public art commissions, private commissions, a nice selection of kudos and lots of rejection letters. I have had an extraordinary professional life and the most profound singular influence on my art has been living on these 2 acres in Black Mountain. Every day this sweet piece of property offers the opportunity to see alternate worlds: sometimes real, sometimes imagined, always authentic. Now in a position to do exactly as I please, I have every intention of using these resources even further for an unencumbered exploration into Julia’s world.
