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Now accepting submission for our 2025 Juried Members Show


 


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CALLING ALL ARTISTS!?

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Berkeley Art Center
Juried Members Exhibition
June 14 - August 30, 2025

Deadline to Apply: April 15, 2025
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Applications are now open for the 2025 Members Exhibition at the Berkeley Art Center. This exhibition will be juried by Anthony Graham, Senior Curator at The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. We invite artists living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area to submit their best works. This open call will consider all artwork mediums and themes.?

Submitting work is free for current members. New and renewing members can sign up at a sliding scale of $15¨C$55 on our . Up to three Curator Spotlight awards will be chosen to receive special consideration. An Audience Award will be announced at the exhibition closing. See below for more information!
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ABOUT THE JUROR

Anthony Graham is Senior Curator at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, organizing exhibitions across the museum's program and working closely with the museum collection. His recent projects include solo exhibitions with Tanya Agui?iga, Young Joon Kwak, and Griselda Rosas. He was previously Associate Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, where he organized Alexis Smith: The American Way, the first exhibition and publication of the Los Angeles-based artist in thirty years. He has also organized solo exhibitions with Nancy Lupo and Sadie Barnette, the group exhibition Bound to the Earth: Art, Materiality, and the Natural World, and co-curated Being Here with You/Estando aqu¨ª contigo: 42 Artists from San Diego and Tijuana. His writing has been included in several exhibition catalogs and online journals including HereIn and the Los Angeles Review of Books.
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TIMELINE

Submission Deadline: April 15, 2025, by 10:59PM PT.
Accepted Artists Notified: May 9, 2025
Artwork Delivery Dates: Sunday, June 1 & Wednesday June 4, 2025 or by appointment
Exhibition Dates: June 14 - August 30, 2025
Artist's Reception: Saturday, June 14, 3-5pm
Artwork Pick Up: Saturday, August 30, 4-5pm
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ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

  • Any artist who resides in the Bay Area may submit artwork. This includes the following counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma
  • Artists working in all mediums. Works must be original to the artist.
  • Artist must be a current member of the Berkeley Art Center.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

  • Individual artists can submit up to 5 artworks. Applications with more than 5 works will automatically be eliminated.
  • Artists must fill out a submission form. No artwork will be accepted without a fully completed form.
  • Works can be 2D and 3D and in any medium. Video and sound are welcome.
  • Please provide a short artist or project statement (500 words maximum).
  • In order to accommodate and appropriately present all submitted work, 2D works must not exceed 30 x 30 inches, including frames. Freestanding 3D sculpture must not exceed 48 x 24 inches in any other dimension. Out of fairness to other exhibiting artists, BAC will refuse entries that exceed size limits. BAC will provide pedestals for exhibition.
  • Works must be ready-to-hang. Pieces with special hanging requirements must include hardware and a clear, typed set of instructions.
  • Artists must provide all necessary equipment for sound and video works.
  • Artwork must be clearly labeled with the artist's name and artwork information on the back of the piece, unless the nature of the work makes it impossible to do so.
  • Please note: Notification on selections will be sent directly to artists from CaF?. The Berkeley Art Center will not be sending individual notifications to each artist. If you have not received notification by May 10, please check your spam folder for an email from CaF?.
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RULES AND TERMS TO APPLY

Berkeley Art Center (BAC) and Artist agree to the following:

  • Artist agrees to loan artworks ready-to-hang for the duration of the exhibition, June 14 - August 30, 2025.
  • Artist will label each work on the back with: Artist name, Title of work, Year, Medium, Value (even if Not For Sale) and indicate ¡°top¡± where appropriate.
  • Artworks that are not for sale must be accompanied by a stated value for insurance purposes.
  • Berkeley Art Center will provide full insurance for the stated value of each artwork.
  • Selected artworks must be hand-delivered by the artist or designated representative of the artist. Sorry, we cannot pay for shipping.
  • Artist agrees not to remove exhibited artwork until the end of the exhibition.
  • Sale of exhibited work will be conducted through BAC and all applicable sales tax will be charged. Artist will receives 70% of the sales value of the artwork. BAC will receives 30%. Artist will receive payment by check for all sold works within two weeks of the close of the exhibition.?
  • Artist agrees to allow BAC to use photographic reproductions of work to document and promote the exhibition.
  • Artist or designated representative agrees to pick up work or de-install from BAC on August 30, 2025, between 4pm and 5pm, or make other arrangements agreed to by BAC staff in writing.
  • Artist acknowledges that work left beyond 90 days may be discarded.
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**The deadline for applications is April 15, 2025 at 10:59PM PT **

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