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2025 Delta National Small Prints Exhibition 

CALL FOR ENTRIES 

Bradbury Art Museum, Arkansas State University 

THIS CALL FOR ENTRY IS NOW CLOSED. RESULTS WILL BE DELIVERED BY END OF DAY NOVEMBER 15, 2024. 

Deadline: Sunday, October 20, 2024, at 11:59pm CST 

Exhibition Dates: January 23 – February 26, 2025  

Juror: Pedro Barbeito, Director of the Experimental Printmaking Institute at Lafayette College  

Eligibility: Open to all artists 18 and older. Submissions must be original works on paper, created within the last two years, including but not limited to, digital, intaglio, lithographic, photographic, relief, serigraphic and stencil processes. Monotypes are also eligible but reproductions of pre-existing works are not. Prints exhibited in a previous DNSPE are not eligible.  

Display: Each selected print will be framed by Bradbury Art Museum during the exhibition. In order to ensure that your print will fit into the frame, each print must arrive matted in or mounted on a horizontal or vertical, 16 x 20, 18 x 24, 20 x 24, 24 x 24, or 24 x 32 inch white or off-white mat. 

 If your print is not matted or mounted, it cannot be displayed.  

Works Accepted: Results of the selection process will be emailed to all entrants between November 14 - 15, 2024. Each print selected for exhibition must be received by the Bradbury Art Museum no later than December 6, 2024. 

Images and Catalog: Each artist may submit up to three prints, represented in a digital format (jpeg preferred) with a resolution no less than 300 dpi at 4 x 5 inches or 1200 x 1500 pixels. The digital files must be print quality as all works selected for exhibition will be reproduced in a full-color catalog. By entering this exhibition each artist grants consent for the use of submitted images for reproduction in the catalog, for publicity and for educational purposes. Images without an artist's signature are preferred.
 

Awards: Purchase Awards and Juror’s Merit Awards will be offered and announced at the opening of the exhibition. Each artist receiving an award will have their artist’s statement of 100 words or less printed in the exhibition catalog. Typically, half of the show is purchased for the A-State Permanent Collection of Art and by the viewing audience. 

Entry Fee: A $15 (nonrefundable) entry fee permits each artist to submit up to three prints.  

**IMPORTANT: DUE TO THE IMPACT OF HURRICANE HELENE, THIS ENTRY FEE WILL BE WAIVED FOR ARTISTS RESIDING IN NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, AND FLORIDA. IF YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF ONE OF THESE STATES, SIMPLY DISREGARD THE PAYMENT LINK YOU RECEIVE UPON SUBMISSION.

After your entry form has been submitted, you will receive an email link prompting you to pay the entry fee through A-State Marketplace. If you do not receive an email, contact us by phone or email to let us know. 

Sales: The sale of prints in the exhibition will be promoted. A commission of 30% will be retained from the sale price including purchase awards. 

Email: dnspe@AState.edu 

Phone: (870) 972-3434  

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