Quad City Arts 2022 Annual Call For Entry

Quad City Arts invites artists residing within a 250-mile radius of Rock Island, IL (most of Iowa, Illinois, parts of WI and MO.) to submit a proposal for a gallery exhibition during 2022-23. Selected artists will be paired with one or two additional artists for a 2-month long exhibition between August 2022 and August 2023 in one of our two large exhibit spaces. Cohesive bodies of work are highly desired. All media will be considered. All exhibited work will also be featured and for sale online!

The purpose of the exhibition is to not only show your work but to further your career through sales of your work. If selected, most of the work exhibited should be for sale. We encourage new and up-and-coming artists to apply! Artists and gallery locations will be selected by the visual arts committee. Read more about our galleries below. 

The application process is through the CaFÉ entry system. Used by more than 160,000 artists and over 700 arts organizations, CaFÉ is the leading online system to manage art calls and reach more artists. Creating a profile is simple and easy, please create a CaFÉ profile to submit your work. 
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Quad City Arts’ Rock Island Gallery occupies a 1908 department store space near the banks of the Mississippi River. Features include original wood floors, a 14' high, tin ceiling, and a wall of windows that face the Mississippi River. The exhibition gallery has 1500 sq. feet of space and 106 running feet of wall space. This gallery is ideal for large work, both 2D and 3D, cutting edge or experimental work, very small work that requires close-up viewing, installation work, performance art, nudes, and everything in between. A free public reception for the artists is held at this space.
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Art at the Airport Gallery is in front of the arrival/departure seating area in the Quad Cities International Airport, Moline, IL. It houses 1,600 square feet of exhibition space behind floor to ceiling glass panels with a depth of 4 feet. Numerous electrical outlets and controlled lighting make this an ideal space for works incorporating neon or video. It can accommodate works up to 7’ tall and sculptures 4’ wide. Over 2 million visitors pass through this space annually. Due to the highly public nature of the space, no nudity nor highly controversial works will be displayed. Currently, no public receptions for the artists are held.

Application Requirements

Entry fee: $10
Deadline: Jan. 9, 2022.
Notification: Feb. 11, 2022
Proposal: Briefly state the overall theme, idea, or inspiration behind your work.
Submit Images: Submit six images through the online “CAFÉ” application to represent the body of work proposed.

Additional Option: Two person or group proposals. If you wish to exhibit with another specific artist or a group containing up to 6 artists, then each artist must fill out an application and state who they wish to show with. It will be helpful if all members in the group submit applications on the same day. Exhibition pieces must have been completed in the last 3 years and not previously shown at Quad City Arts. 2D work must be framed for exhibition, unless gallery wrapped canvas is used; some exceptions allowed.

Eligibility

• This is a regional competition open to all artists over 18, residing within 250 miles of Rock Island, Illinois (most of IL, IA, parts of WI and MO.)  

• Only original works of art not previously shown at in a Quad City Arts Gallery and created within the last three years can be exhibited.
• Quad City Arts retains 35% of all sales and most exhibited work must be for sale. Commission on sales extends two months after the close of each exhibition for sales brokered by Quad City Arts.
• Our gallery staff will exercise careful handling of all works and will not be held responsible for any damage or loss due to faulty hardware or poorly made work.
• All exhibited work will also be featured in our online sales gallery.  Artists will be expected to provide good quality photographs of all work to be exhibited, three weeks prior to the exhibition for the online gallery.

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