ARTworks

A Soft Opening Benefit Show July 7th-August 5th Common Street Arts 16 & 18 Common Street Waterville ME 04901

Call for artists!

Be a part of the inaugural ARTworks benefit show in Watervilles new downtown art space, Common Street Arts. As a non-juried group exhibition, ARTworks invites artists of all stripes to put their best foot forward. We hope you have heard about and enjoyed Common Street Gallery over the last year and will be as excited as we are to watch it grow in collaboration with many community arts partners, including Freshwater Arts and the Colby College Museum of Art. The collaboration will help us move towards our vision of an expanded and dedicated space for arts exhibition and instruction. This project has been made possible by a Creative Communities = Economic Development Grant from the Maine Arts Commission. The ARTworks benefit show will provide crucial funding necessary to bring more art to more people in Waterville and beyond through education, exhibitions and events.
Our Vision Common Street Arts will: Provide arts education opportunities to all members of the Waterville area community regardless of age, skilllevel, or socioeconomic status through year-round classes and workshops in and beyond our new classroom facility. Host multi-media arts exhibits and events in our gallery and event space, featuring work of local, regional, national, and international artists, all of which will be open to the public at low or no cost. Oversee community arts initiatives including the downtown public art mini-grant program and collaborative marketing of the citys arts and cultural venues.

How to submit pieces for the ARTworks exhibition ARTworks is a benefit show of 2-D artworks any size up to Create a space for area artists to 10x10 and in any medium that can be hung on our walls. converge around art-based Artists may submit up to 4 pieces, and no more than 2 from professional development topics and to share resources. one artist will hang at a time. The total number hung at one time will be dictated by the gallery space, and as work Foster and promote ever-stronger sells, new pieces will be hung to fill the void. connections between community arts and cultural organizations, city Please frame your submissions in wood, black or gray and officials, Colby College, Thomas provide a hanging wire or other fixture on the back. College and KVCC, and the general (Artworks on panels do not need to be framed.) community to make the arts work for All work will be priced on ten-dollar increments between Waterville as an economic driver, $60 and $100 with 50% going to the artist and 50% going cultural catalyst and community builder. to Common Street Arts to support future programming. (You will set the price for your piece(s) and may indicate on the submission form if you wish to donate a greater %.) There is no fee to submit yet artists are responsible for all shipping costs. If your work does not sell, it will be returned to you. Artwork may be submitted Monday through Friday, June 18 through June 29 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 2:00p.m. Since the Common Street Arts space will be under renovation, all artwork can be mailed to or dropped off at:
Waterville Main Street Attn: Common Street Arts 177 Main Street Waterville ME 04901

Questions? Email the Project Coordinator at: Emilie.m.Knight@gmail.com

ARTworks Participation Form

Please complete the form below to indicate your participation in ARTworks. Please cut the labels below and attach them to the back of your pieces prior to submission. Artist Name: Address: Phone: E-mail: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Piece #1 Artist: Title of work: Year created: Medium: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Piece #2 Artist: Title of work: Year created: Medium: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Piece #3 Artist: Title of work: Year created: Medium: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Piece #4 Artist: Title of work: Year created: Medium: Instead of 50%, I would like (circle one) 75% 100% of the profit from my artwork sale(s) to go towards the Common Street Arts initiative. (No pressure here, just an option for those who wish to be extra generous. We appreciate your submission regardless!) Thank you! Price (circle one): $60 $70 $80 $90 $100 Price (circle one): $60 $70 $80 $90 $100 Price (circle one): $60 $70 $80 $90 $100 Price (circle one): $60 $70 $80 $90 $100