Flow is a themed juried show presented online and in-person at the Museum of Encaustic Art in New Mexico – exclusively open to all current EAI members to apply to. There is a $20 fee to apply and entered work must be for sale. 

  • we encourage you to submit work done in the last year or to be motivated to return to your workspace and create 
  • artists may submit ONE PIECE for consideration by the juror 

ACCEPTED ENTRANTS, PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

There will be an opening reception at the Museum of Encaustic Art, 18 County Rd 55A, Cerrillos, NM, on June 5th (opening day) from noon – 3 pm. (click here for a map). The exhibit will be open to the public during normal business hours as noted on the top of the home page of this website (Fri/Sat/Sun 11-4).

JUROR – RUTH MAUDE

RUTH MAUDE, is a mixed media encaustic artist based in Toronto. Her work has been shown in solo and group shows throughout Ontario and is in private collections in Canada and the United States.

Maude’s creative practice is one of exploration and play. The founder of the popular All Things Encaustic blog, she is constantly experimenting with a variety of encaustic materials, techniques and tools and sharing her discoveries with her readers. View her work on her artist website.

Maude will select work for this exhibition based on the quality of the work, how well the work relates to the theme of the exhibition, and how well it contributes to the overall cohesiveness of the exhibit.

THEME:

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a Hungarian-American psychologist, showed how everyone from artists to assembly-line workers could be transported to a state of focused contentment by getting caught in the “flow,” a term he coined and later popularized. 

Flow has been on people’s minds, since the tide of disruptions in our personal norms. An older saying has been resurrected, “Go With The Flow,” and seems to be the mantra. In addition, the natural form of encaustic medium is “to flow,”  so is the act of creativity in any form of wax – hot or cold. It is a state of well-being when creating that we hope you will attain with your entries. 

ELIGIBILITY:

Entries are submitted through our jury management program EntryThingy. You will find the portal to submit your entry here and instructions on how to use EntryThingy, or you can watch a video put out by EntryThingy.

Entries open to all current members of the Encaustic Art Institute (EAI). Also any artist who is a member of EAI and resides outside of the US is eligible to enter.

If you have found this Call for Art and are not currently an EAI member, and want to become a member or renew your membership in order to enter this exhibition, contact Mehrens@eainm.com or click the button below.

Click here to become a member or renew your membership

Any artwork created using wax-based media in 2-D or 3-D form is acceptable to submit for consideration by the juror. Wax-based media includes all forms of encaustic, hot or cold wax, and encaustic mixed media (with any combination of media). There are no parameters to your expression, only that your artwork be current, be made from wax-based media, and relates to the theme of the exhibit: “Flow.”

TO ENTER:

Please read the detailed instructions/requirements carefully once you’ve logged in on EntryThingy.* Or click HERE before you log in if you prefer to read through the full call for art prior to starting your entry.

You will then submit your entry through the EntryThingy portal on the EAI website. (Click here to begin your entry. Or click button below or at the bottom of this website page).

Click HERE to begin your ENTRY

Entries open on FEBRUARY 12 and close at midnight on APRIL 17.  

Entry Requirements:

  • All forms of encaustic/wax are acceptable media to submit for consideration by the juror – including cold wax, and mixed media – as long as wax is a key component. 
  • All artwork must be for sale – and remain eligible for sale – from the time the entry is submitted (by April 17) until the close of the exhibition (July 17). Please see notes (below this section) when determining the retail sales price of your work.
  • Entrants may submit one artwork (as a high-resolution jpeg) as their primary image for the entry (with the option to submit up to three additional detail/close-up views of the artwork depicted in the primary image) for consideration by the juror. We suggest the images be saved at 150 ppi with 1500 px as the widest dimension, file size up to 10 MB.
  • Size restrictions on the original artwork you will be shipping to EAI/Museum of Encaustic Art, if selected by the juror:
    • 2-D artwork must be 24 x 24 inches equivalent (or under)
    • 3-D artwork must be 20 x 20 inches equivalent (or under)
  • A statement describing how your entry addresses the theme (50 words minimum – 500 words maximum).
  • Entrants must be willing to ship their artwork to EAI/Museum of Encaustic Art and must supply a prepaid return shipping label included with the accepted artwork for the return of the work, if not sold. No exceptions. We are not storing paintings for members.
  • ENTRY FEE: $20 payable via PayPal, credit/debit card, or by sending a check payable to EAI. Details and buttons to submit fee found within the EntryThingy entry form.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

STATEMENTS: The EntryThingy system limits what they will accept for statements to a maximum of 530 characters – which is significantly less than what we will accept. If your statement is longer than what EntryThingy allows, type in “statement sent separately” in the field where EntryThingy requests your statement. Then you may send a Word doc, Pages document, or PDF file of your text to us. We will forward it to the juror to read with your entry. Email it to eainm.info@gmail.com. Be sure to include your entry number as generated in EntryThingy with this statement. This document should not be more than 500 words and should absolutely NOT include any identifying personal information, as all entries are to be submitted anonymously to the juror. Statements sent separately from the EntryThingy entry must be received no later than midnight on April 17 when entries close.

COMMISSION FEE: The Encaustic Art Institute takes a 30% commission fee on sold work, with 70% going to the artist. When setting the retail sales price for your work, please remember to take the shipping costs and the 30% commission fee into account.

PRESENTATION OF YOUR WORK: The in-person exhibition will be held at the Museum of Encaustic Art in New Mexico. There will also be an online component to the exhibit consisting of the jpegs submitted as entries. Please be mindful when editing your jpegs to submit. Choose the best quality images possible to represent your work to the public (as well as to the juror). Both the online and in-person exhibits will present your statements with your artwork.

EDITING OR CHANGING YOUR ENTRY: If at any point after you have submitted your entry through EntryThingy, (but prior to the closing date for entries) you realize you need to edit or adjust anything in your entry, contact eainm.info@gmail.com with your request to change the status of your entry. We will set your entry to “unsubmitted” which will allow you to go back into EntryThingy and make your edits. When you’re finished, just submit your entry to complete the process.

IMPORTANT DATES & DEADLINES

Call For Art opens on  FEB 12  and closes for entries on APRIL 17:

Entries are due no later than midnight on April 17. Please note this deadline is firm and we will not accept entries after the entry period closes. All entries must be complete in order to be considered, no exceptions.

Please note we strongly suggest that you do NOT wait until the last day to submit your entry. It would be best to allow yourself enough time to familiarize yourself with the EntryThingy system before the deadline so you don’t run into problems close to the deadline. Also, please give us (and yourself) at least a one-day cushion should you need to correct something, or we need to contact you to clarify something in your entry.

Notification of Juror results:    MAY 8

Artists will be notified of the juror results via email on May 8 by EntryThingy, and we will post accepted artists’ names to the EAI website by May 9. Notification emails will be sent to the email address you’ve used in your EntryThingy profile and will be coming from an alerts@EntryThingy email address. Watch for the notification, and ensure that your email is a current address that you actively monitor when you submit your entry. Don’t forget to follow up and check your email for the notification – or check the website to see the juror results. Once we send the notices, we will not contact you to verify you’ve seen the results –  this is your responsibility.

Shipped Artwork must arrive at the Museum of Encaustic art BEFORE MAY 29. 

Detailed shipping instructions will be emailed to accepted artists.

Click here to find the label to affix to the back of your work or bottom of your sculpture.

Exhibition opens:   JUNE 5 and runs through JULY 17

Be inspired and enjoy the process!

*  You’ll find instructions here on how to use the EntryThingy portal, or here. Scroll down for button to enter. *

For questions regarding entry or anything related to the exhibition, contact Douglas Mehrens at Mehrens@eainm.com or 505-424-6487.

CLICK HERE TO ENTER