45th Annual Juried Exhibition

April 2 – April 27
at The Guild Gallery
Chapman Cultural Center
200 East Saint John St.
Spartanburg, SC 29306

The Artists’ Guild receives support from The Chapman Cultural Center and its donors, the County and City of Spartanburg, and the SC Arts Commission, which receives funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Guild is a non-profit organization located at the Chapman Cultural Center in downtown Spartanburg. Its mission is to cultivate, nurture, and grow the visual arts in the community by supporting local artists and art education.

Prospectus of the 45th Annual Juried Exhibition

Eligibility

  • Artists 18 years or older from North or South Carolina may enter.
  • Entries may not have been previously shown by the Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg as part of a single-artist exhibit.

Entry guidelines

  • Artists must identify entries as either 2-D or 3-D.
  • Artists must submit only one image for 2-D entries but may submit two for 3-D entries.
  • Artists must designate the medium/media of each piece.
  • Images must be jpg format, no larger than 32mbs, with a minimum 350 dpi resolution.
  • All works to be hung MUST be securely wired and professionally framed. Stretched canvas with professional, clean edges is also acceptable. No clip mounting allowed.
  • 3-D pieces must rest solidly on a flat surface or be wired and ready to hang.
  • If subject to damage, works must be framed under Plexiglas or glass.
  • Up to two (2) pieces of original art may be entered.
  • All art must be for sale. A 40% commission will be charged, with the artist retaining 60% from a sale.
  • The absolute deadline for entries is Midnight Friday, March 9, 2018.
  • Only digital entries will be considered. NO HAND-DELIVEREDOR MAILEDENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED. Entries will be submitted to artistsguildofspartanburg.com beginning February 19, 2018.
  • The non-refundable entry fee is $75. Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg members whose dues have been paid will pay a $25 entry fee. Current Juried Members (whose dues are up to date) are exempt from any fees. Artists joining the Guild for the first time will become members with payment of the entry fee; however, renewing members will not.
  • Entry fees must be paid online when submission is made. Submissions will be compared to membership status and will be rejected if proper payment is not made. A PayPal account is NOT required to pay, but all credit/debit cards will be processed through PayPal.

Acceptance guidelines

  • Accepted entries will be posted at by midnight March 16, 2018. An email notification will be sent as well.
  • Juried artwork must be delivered to the Guild Gallery (200 East Saint John St.) between 4:00 PM and 6:00 PM on Tuesday, March 27or Thursday, March 29. If the work is shipped, it must be securely packed in a reusable container and include return postage or a prepaid shipping label; it must be received by 6:00 PM Monday, March 29.
  • NO artwork will be accepted after the deadline.
  • Artists whose work is juried into the exhibition will be required to sign an exhibition agreement when delivering their piece(s).
  • All juried artwork must remain in place during the entire exhibition (NO EXCEPTIONS); artwork may be picked up at the Guild Gallery only between 10 AM and 3 PM Saturday, March 28.Work not picked up by March 28 becomes the property of the Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg, unless other arraignments have been made.

Liability

  • The Artists’ Guild will use the utmost care and respect in handling the artwork; however, it is the artist’s responsibility to insure the art during the show as well as while it is being transported to and from the exhibition.
  • The Artists’ Guild not assume liability for damages resulting from broken glass or improperly prepared work, or loss or damages incurred up to the point of acceptance or after pick-up.
  • For publicity purposes, the Artists’ Guild reserves the right to photograph and reproduce any entry.
  • Receipt of an entry into the juried exhibition constitutes an agreement by the artist with all conditions set forth in this prospectus.
  • Sponsors and affiliates are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by any equipment or programming associated or used in the juried exhibition or by any human or technical error which may occur in the processing of submissions in the juried exhibition, including, but not limited to, misprints or typographical errors.

Juror-

Mark Kelvin Horton was born and raised in rural North Carolina. After graduating from East Carolina University School of Art in 1983, Horton moved to New York City to begin a career in advertising and design. He carried with him the dream of someday becoming a painter.

Eighteen years of living in New York were spent working as a creative director in various advertising agencies and eventually founding his own design company. Those years also provided an invaluable opportunity for Horton to view firsthand the seemingly endless number of masterworks of art in the city’s museums and galleries. Horton was captivated by the works of George Inness, Herman Herzog, Frederick Church and the tonalist photographer, Edward Steichen. He also admired and studied the realism of John Singer Sargent and Winslow Homer as well as the romantic landscapes of the Hudson River School painters. The experience had a profound effect on his artistic development.

During his years working as an artistic director and designer, Horton continued to nurture his “fine art side”, drawing, sketching and painting whenever he had the opportunity. In early 2001 Horton made the decision to devote himself to painting full-time. He left New York City and returned to his Southern roots, moving to Charleston, South Carolina.

Horton is particularly fascinated with the effects of light and weather upon the landscape. He paints beyond a literal interpretation of a scene to portray nature in a way that reflects his own ideas and sensibilities while capturing the spirit, color and changing light of a place.

EDUCATION

East Carolina University, BFA-Graphic Design, 1983

Wingate College, 1978-1979

Studies with Michael Workman, Caroline Anderson and T. Allen Lawson

HONORS AND AWARDS

American Impressionist Society 10th Annual National Juried Exhibition, 2009

Salmagundi Club Open Exhibition - Winner: Washington Square Award 2009

Salon International Artist in Residence, Balsam Mountain Preserve, NC, August 2009

2008 Paint the Parks Top 100

Artist in Residence, Lake Keowee Preserve, SC, December 2008

2008 Salmagundi Club Open Exhibition

Artist in Residence, Balsam Mountain Preserve, NC, June 2008

2007 Paint America Top 100

2007 Paint the Parks Top 100

Selected to represent South Carolina Artists, Art in Embassies Program for the United States Department of State, US Embassy, Ottawa, Canada

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Oil Painters of America

American Society of Marine Artists, Signature Member

Charleston Outdoor Painters Association

Important Dates to Remember

  • 3/9 Deadline to enter
  • 3/16 Juror’s choices published
  • 3/27 & 3/29Art intake
  • 4/2Exhibition opens
  • 4/19Art Walk
  • 4/26Awards & Reception
  • 4/28Art pick-up