The Ice House Cultural Center and Arte Oak Cliff announce a call for entries for the SUR DEL TRINIDAD (South of the Trinity) Juried Art Exhibition.

ELIGIBILITY
An invitation to submit entries is extended to all visual artists who live or have art studios south of the Trinity River in the City of Dallas.
Artwork in all media will be considered. Only work completed in the last three years will be eligible. Artwork must be ready for installation (frames, wires, pedestals, etc.) at the time of delivery or it will be declined. If a work of art requires complex installation, the artist will be responsible for the hanging/installation of the piece. The Gallery Manager will coordinate and supervise such special installations with the artist. For installations that require special equipment (electrical, sound, visual, audio materials) or any other special hardware, it will be the responsibility of the artist to supply such materials.
No artwork shall be removed from the gallery before the closing date.

JURORS
A jury panel will select the artwork for this exhibition. The three jurors for this year’s Sur del Trinidad show are:
SARAH JANE SEMRAD, Executive Director of La Reunion, a non-profit artist residency program in Oak Cliff;

TINA MEDINA, Professor of Painting, Drawing and Art Appreciation at Mountain View College;

JOSE VARGAS, Gallery Coordinator of the Ice House Cultural Center, Art Photographer and Independent Curator.

ENTRIES
Please fill out the downloadable ENTRY FORM and return it with your entries to the Ice House Cultural Center. Artists can submit up to three entries. Only slides and JPEG files will be accepted (all slides OR all JPEGs). Printed images will not be reviewed. Three-dimensional art can be represented with two slides/files: a general view and a detail view. Please do not submit original slides. The Ice House Cultural Center will not be responsible for damaged slides. All slides and CDs will become the property of the Ice House Cultural Center’s Artist Registry.

Please label your entries with the following information: Artist name, title of artwork, medium, size and year completed. Please mark the top of your slides with an arrow.

JPEG Files: Save all your files in the root directory of your disk. Do not save your entries as a Powerpoint presentation or any other software-dependent format. Name your files sequentially and using your last name as the filename. For example, if your last name is Hernandez, name your files HERNANDEZ1.JPG, HERNANDEZ2.JPG and HERNANDEZ3.JPG. Make sure your filenames match the information on your entry form. Files should be no greater than 1.5 MB in size.

ENTRY FEE
Artists can submit up to three entries. A non-refundable entry fee of $10 will be paid to the Bath House Cultural Center Advisory Council, the exhibition co-sponsor.

SCHEDULE
Deadline for submission of entries/slides:
Slides must be RECEIVED by 5 PM on Saturday, July 1, 2006 This is not a "postmark" deadline. Entries received after the deadline will be disqualified. Entries can be hand-delivered during gallery hours.

Selection notification: July 8, 2006

Delivery of accepted artwork to IHCC: Saturday, July 15, 2006 (3-6 PM)

Exhibition Dates: July 22-August 25, 2006

Reception: Saturday, July 22, 2006 (6-8 PM)

Art Pick Up: Saturday, August 26, 2006 (3-6 PM)

INSURANCE
The City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs will provide insurance on most works of art, but only during the exhibition dates specified in the Loan Agreement Form. In some cases, the City of Dallas may refuse to insure certain pieces of art. Artists have the option to purchase their own insurance separately. While on exhibition, the artwork will be given all reasonable care.
Shipping/delivery of artwork to and from the Bath House is the responsibility of the artist. The insurance coverage will not be in effect during shipping of artwork.

SALES
The Bath House Cultural Center Advisory Council, the exhibition co-sponsor, requests a 14% commission on all art sold during the exhibition. Transactions for the purchase of artwork shall be directly between the purchaser and the artist or his/her official agent.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ICE HOUSE CULTURAL CENTER
For more information, please contact Tina Aguilar, Ice House Cultural Center Gallery Coordinator, at 214-670-7524 or tina.aguilarTA@dallascityhall.com

The Ice House Cultural Center part of the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs and provides a Latino - focused venue to promote arts and cultural events that reflect the diversity of Oak Cliff and the surrounding neighborhoods. Arte Oak Cliff is a community- based non-profit organization in the Oak Cliff area that works with the Ice House Cultural Center in presenting a series of arts oriented programs that include exhibits, performances, workshops and art residencies.

The Ice House Cultural Center. 1004 W. Page Street - Dallas, Texas, 75208, located one block south of 12th Street at the corner of Page and Polk Streets (MAPSCO page 54-F). The center is open Tuesday to Friday from 3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. and Saturday from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m. Closed Sunday and Monday.

Ice House Cultural Center web link

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