Fellow Artists,
Due to the corona virus The Museum of the Southwest has decided to present our Spring Show as a “virtual show.”
What this means to us:
1. We will not bring our actual art works to the Museum and they will not be hung in the galleries there. We will not have an awards reception.
2. Our juror-accepted art works will be displayed as photos on the MoSW’s Facebook feed and their website, with links to MAA’s Facebook and website.
We all know that viewing a photo of a painting or sculpture is not the same thing as seeing it in the flesh. This is unfortunate, but the alternative is cancelling the show altogether.
3. The photos we submitted for acceptance in the show will be the ones posted online by the Museum. If you, the artist, feel that the photo of your accepted work is not of good enough quality for this, you may submit a new, higher quality image of the same art work(s). Museum staff may also request that you do this.
4. Our juror, Emily Buescher, will be giving awards based on these same submission photos.
The good news is that the grant money (plus matching funds from MAA) budgeted for the Spring Show has to be spent. So, since there will not be a reception, there will be additional merit awards – with cash – given out!!! Ribbons and checks will be mailed to the winning artists via USPS.
5. The virtual show will be organized so that the work awarded Best in Show will be posted first, First Place will be next, etc. Then works will be organized by artist, and the works that won awards will be shown again with the others by the same artist.
We would like to have a short bio for each of you, and a “head shot” also, to post on the MoSW website in conjunction with the photos of the art works. This is optional.
If you would like to have your bio and face posted, please send them to this email address by midnight April 22.
Your contact info (email address and artist website, if applicable) also will be included.
Please reply to this email if you do not want your contact info to be posted.
6. If you do not wish your artworks to be displayed online, that is your right. (The Museum does not offer a copyright or any type of cyber security for this virtual show.) Just let us know.
The Museum at this time does not have a waiver for us to sign or anything like that, but of course that could change.
7. Sales: Some of the show-accepted art works are offered for sale. The museum does not handle sales, so MAA will be doing this. Virtual show buyers will be directed to this MAA email address. In the event of multiple buyers for the same art work, the first buyer to email will be the ultimate purchaser. MAA will retain a 20% commission on sales.
8. Virtual Show Timeline, going forward:
Deadline to submit new and improved photos of accepted art works (if requested): midnight April 22
Deadline to submit short (100 words, max) artist bio and head shot (both optional): midnight April 22
Deadline to notify MAA if you do not wish to have your artwork included in the show (i.e. posted online), or if you do not wish to have your email address included: midnight April 22
Date for the virtual show to go live on MoSW Facebook and website, along with the announcement of awards: May 1 (the time TBD)
Thank you all!
If there are any questions, please feel free to reply to this email or to contact me directly at lizandrick1982@gmail.com or call or text me at 405-570-9381.All the best,
Liz Bartlett Culp
President, Midland Arts Association