The Annual Juried Photography Exhibition has gone virtual!
“Gallery of Images”

Virtual ​Opening Reception
July 11 @ 5:00 pm

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For more than fifteen years the BAC has been offering exhibitions of all mediums in our River Road Gallery in Belmar. Since our gallery is temporarily closed our Annual Juried Photography Exhibition for 2020 will be a virtual exhibition – “Gallery of Images”.
 
This is a juried exhibition exclusively for photographers and with an open theme.
 
Cash prizes of over $1,000 will be awarded in black and white and color categories during our virtual opening on Saturday, July 11. Along with the cash prizes, all those who receive awards will receive a complimentary art book of the accepted images!
 
Acceptance into the exhibit is not guaranteed and only 60 images will be chosen for the virtual exhibit.  The accepted images will also be available to purchase in a book.

OUR JURORS
We would like to thank this year’s distinguished jurors, Debra L. Rothenberg & Catherine Trapani. 

Debra L. Rothenberg
Debra is an award winning photographer residing in New York City and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Photographic Illustration/Photojournalism from Rochester Institute of Technology. She is an accomplished professional whose photographic range consists of music/concerts, celebrities, news, sports, CD and book covers, newspapers and magazines, portraiture, children, events, and public relations. Her photography has been distributed and exhibited worldwide in galleries, newspapers, magazines, books, CD covers, and many web sites.

To learn more about Debra visit her website https://debrarothenberg.com/

Catherine Trapani
Catherine Trapani is a contemporary, multi-media artist living in Santa Fe, NM. 
She studied studio arts at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design, Fashion
Institute of Technology, New York, NY, and Pratt Institute, Seattle, WA.  In Seattle
she completed digital and film studies at the Photographic Center Northwest.
 
Catherine’s work has been exhibited at the Seattle Art Museum and Portland Art Museum.  She was an original member of Seattle Print Arts. 

For 25 years, Catherine has taught classes throughout the US.  She currently teaches at the Encaustic Art Institute of NM as well as from her studio at the end of a little dirt road in Santa Fe.  Her artwork investigates the relationship between order and chaos.  It is often discreetly photo-based, using digital and hand techniques to alter imagery.

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Digital Submissions Due: June 19  @ 11:59pm
Accepted Artwork will be posted: June 30
Virtual Opening Reception:​ July 11 @ 5:00pm
The 13 x 19 Annual Photography Exhibit Committee Chair: Beverly R & Michael S. Miller

Entry guideline:

• Open to artists of all ages
• All works entered must be original photographs by the photographer and not previously exhibited at the BAC.
• A maximum of 5 submission by each photographer.
• Accepted images will be displayed in a virtual exhibit on the BAC website and in an art book available for sale.
• Do not put signatures, watermarks, or other identifying information on your digital images They will not be accepted.
• Entry into this exhibit is not guaranteed 

To Enter:

• To enter, fill out the entry form below and submit a clear image for each entry. The image must be a jpeg file.
• To resize your JPEG image, open it in an image processing program and change the dimensions to between 800–1200 pixels on the largest side.  Do NOT submit thumbnails (less than 800×800 pixels).  Change the resolution to 72dpi. Make sure the resulting file size is less than 1mb.

• NAME YOUR IMAGE THIS WAY (PLEASE):  Name your image file BEFORE you upload it to the entry form using this format:
  yourlastname_yourfirstname_title
• Do not add any other information to your image name.
• If you are accepted you must provide a high resolution, printable file of the accepted image for our publication and for the online gallery.
• All accepted images must be available for sale as a print no larger than 13 x 19.

Entry Fees:

This is also a fundraiser!  

10% of entry fees will go to Asbury Park Dinner Table, a NJ 501(c)(3) nonprofit, created to address, mitigate, and reverse the economic and food crisis we are experiencing due to the COVID-19 pandemic by supporting local restaurants while feeding our neighbors.

     

• BAC members: $30 for first entry and $15 for each additional entry
• Non-members: $40 for first entry and $20 for each additional entry
  
• Membership may be purchased or renewed at checkout.  All show entry fees are non-refundable and payment must be received before your entry is processed.
• All photographs in this exhibit must be available for sale, through the BAC, at the price of $99/print no larger than 13 x 19.

Sales and Commission:
Art sold is subject to a 25% commission fee for members and 40% for non-members.  Sales tax will be added to the price of work sold.  Remittance of NJ Sales Tax will be handled by BAC.  All artists with sales commissions of $600 or more per calendar year are required to furnish their SS# or Tax ID# to Belmar Arts.  A 1099-MISC for taxable income will be issued by Belmar Arts for sales commissions of $600 or higher.  Commissions are paid at the close of the show.

Media/Press Release:
BAC reserves the right to use digital images of exhibited artworks for the sole purpose of promotion of this exhibit and BAC on social media, websites, and advertising.

Questions: Please contact BAC at info@belmartarts.org

Registration