Metro Montage XXIII Submission Form

Metro Montage is the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art’s 23rd annual juried exhibition featuring all types of genre, medium, style, subject matter, concept, and technique in art. Metro Montage XXIII will feature works of fine art by contemporary artists that showcase the diversity and skill within our nation’s culture. An anonymous panel will select works of art to be exhibited at MCMA from over 900 submissions. IMPORTANT DATES 2023: April 17 = Submission Deadline—11:59PM May 19 = Accepted and denied notification letters mailed via USPS June 8 = Art Delivery between 9:00AM and 3:00PM July 1 = Opening Day (6:00 — 8:00PM Reception) September 3 = Exhibition closes at 4:00PM September 5 = Art Pick Up between 9:00AM and 3:00PM AWARDS: First Place: $750 · Second Place: $500 · Third Place: $250 JURY: MCMA Curator, Madeline Beck, will once again lead an anonymous committee of arts professionals to judge this year’s Metro Montage. . Cover image by NancyJeanette Long, "Metro Montage XXII"

Metro Montage is the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art’s annual, nation-wide juried exhibition featuring all types of genre, medium, style, subject matter, concept, and technique in art. Metro Montage XXIII will feature, throughout all of the Museum’s galleries, works of fine art by contemporary artists that showcase the diversity and skill within our nation’s culture.

 

April 17                        Submission Deadline—11:59PM

May 19                        Accepted and Denied Letters mailed USPS

June 8                          Art Delivery 9:00AM—3:00PM

July 1                           Opening Reception 6:00—8:00PM

September 3             Exhibition closes—4:00PM

September 5             Art Pick Up 9:00AM—3:00PM

 

ENTRY FEE:

$35 Members of MCMA / $40 Non-Members

-Payment will be processed at the completion of this submission form. Your membership status will be checked to confirm current enrollment.

-Fee is non-refundable.

-Each applicant can upload up to 3 pieces of art per payment/application.

-If you are interested in becoming a member and paying the reduced fee, visit www.mariettacobbartmuseum.org

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Cover image by Allison Doke, exhibited in Metro Montage XXII

 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

• All submissions will receive email confirmation from Eventeny. If you do not receive a confirmation within 3 business days, please contact Madeline Beck.
• All images must be submitted in JPG or PNG format.
• Eligible media includes, but is not limited to, oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, ink, pencil, mixed media, collage, printmaking, photography, sculpture, pottery, mosaic, and fiber. Giclées and video/sound art are not eligible.
• Installations must be approved prior to submission deadline, as they are subject to denial based on size and manner of installing. Substitute submissions may be necessary.
• Only one digital image may be submitted for each 2-D work. A maximum of three digital images may be submitted for each 3-D work.
• Submissions are considered incomplete until all fees, forms and images are received by MCMA on or before the deadline. 

  

CONDITIONS & REQUIREMENTS:

• All submitted pieces must be original artwork that was completed within the last ten years, and has not been previously shown at MCMA in any capacity.
• Submitted artwork may not have a height, width, or depth exceeding 80 inches.
• Accepted artwork must be appropriately framed and ready to hang upon delivery. All works must have securely fastened hanging wire using D rings. No saw tooth hangers are permitted.
• If unframed, paintings on canvas must be gallery-wrapped and have painted sides.
• Images submitted are to be un-enhanced, un-manipulated, and in high resolution; any accepted art that is altered or different in any way from the image submission may be disqualified at time of delivery.
• Photography submissions must be one of a limited edition and not showing elsewhere during Metro Montage.
• MCMA retains 30% commission of any works sold during this exhibition. 
• MCMA will be given consent to use submitted images for any future promotional purposes.