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Artists are invited to submit original artwork exploring themes of portals, passages, and what lies beyond for an exhibition at MVA Gallery.
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Get matched →MVA Gallery's "PORTALS, PASSAGES, AND BEYOND" exhibition is a National Call For Entries. Portals, including doors, entranceways, and windows, function as physical and psychological points of arrival and departure. They can be admired for architectural features or be symbolic. Windows reveal atmospheric views but can be rich with factual or metaphorical meaning. Portals and passages are also associated with corridors, streets, tunnels, and bridges. They can serve as symbolic entrances into other realms, real or imaginary, presenting concepts of crossing over to mysterious, spiritual, macabre, or happy realities or dream worlds. All these themes and subthemes are appropriate for artwork in this exhibition. Artists are encouraged to submit straightforward images or those layered with symbolic associations.
The MVA Gallery (Modern Visual Arts) invites artists, photographers, printmakers, and sculptors of all levels (emerging to established) to submit original artwork. No restrictions on style exist; all genres and techniques are welcome, including representational, abstract, expressionistic, surreal, or personal synthesis.
The MVA Gallery is located in historic Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, one hour from New York City. Bethlehem has a vibrant arts and cultural life, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors annually. Its 18th-century historic district is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Website: https://www.mvaartgallery.com. Instagram: @mvaartgallery.
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All images must be JPEG, under 5 MB, with a minimum of 1200 pixels on the longest side. Applicants should enter the title, medium, size, price, and year of completion. The MVA Gallery has no cutoff date or time restriction for the artwork creation year. Digital images are viewed by Jurors and Curators during the selection process.
Artists should not submit images of art previously included in an MVA Gallery exhibit. No reproductions, modifications, or derivatives of original or copyrighted work of other people will be accepted; the artist must be the sole owner of all rights. Artwork must look professionally finished and be ready for secure installation, equipped with stretched wire attached to the back (sawtooth hangers are not acceptable). Artwork without a wire will not be displayed. The Gallery will consider framed paintings or paintings with gallery-wrapped (finished) edges. Mixed media and digital pieces may be unframed but must have an attached wire. Shipped artwork using standard glass is not advisable.