Call for Art: Open, Regional, Juried Show 2024 at Barn Gallery

CALL FOR ART! This is your opportunity to showcase your talent at one of the most esteemed galleries in Maine. The Barn Gallery in Ogunquit is thrilled to announce the 2024 Regional Artists: An Open, Juried Show, inviting local artists to submit their best works for consideration. Since 2004, the Ogunquit Arts Collaborative has celebrated the robust local art scene by providing this platform for non-members of the Ogunquit Art Association, and this year promises to be even more spectacular.

Why Submit?

Participating in Regional Artists: An Open, Juried Show represents a chance to take part in the cultural activities of the present day Ogunquit Art Colony and to have your work seen at one of Maine’s most enduring galleries by collectors, art lovers, and fellow artists. The opening reception will offer a splendid opportunity to network and celebrate your work in a vibrant, supportive environment.

In 2023, we received an astounding 316 works from 177 artists for consideration in Regional Artists: An Open, Juried Show.

In 2024, we are delighted to once again offer area artists this opportunity to exhibit in our juried show at the prestigious Barn Gallery – and we are very excited to have Bob Keyes and Andres Azucena Verzosa as our 2024 jurors (bios below).

This year, make sure your art is part of this distinguished collection. Whether you are a seasoned artist or emerging talent, this show is the perfect platform to gain recognition and connect with a wider audience.

Key Dates and Details

• Submission Deadline: Sunday, June 23, 2024, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
• Exhibition Dates: Wednesday, June 26 – Saturday, July 27, 2024
• Opening Reception: Saturday, June 29, 2024, from 4:00 PM to 7:30 PM
• Location: Barn Gallery, corner of Shore Road & Bourne Lane, Ogunquit (3 Hartwig Lane)
• Pick-up:
  • Accepted Work: Sunday, July 28, 2024, from 10:00 AM to Noon
  • Declined Work: As soon as possible after jury decision via mail or email (Wed.-Sat. June 26 – 29, 11- 5)

Eligibility and Requirements

• Open to all artists
• NO crafts, NO installations, NO wall pieces over 4 1/2 feet wide.
• Entries: 1 or 2 works per artist
• Entry Fee: $20.00 per artist to Ogunquit Arts Collaborative
• Work Criteria:
  • Work must have been executed within the last 2 years and not exhibited in Ogunquit.
  • All entries must be original and must be for sale.
  • All entries must be suitably framed and ready to hang.
  • Work must be labeled on back with artist name, title of work, medium and price.
  • Barn Gallery reserves the right to reject entries that are inconsistent with its purposes.
• Sales: Ogunquit Art Association retains a 45% commission on works sold

How to Submit

To take part in this remarkable event, ensure your entries meet the specified criteria and deliver them to Barn Gallery by the deadline on June 23. We eagerly await your submissions and look forward to another year of exceptional art and inspiring creativity.

For more details and the full prospectus, CLICK HERE.

Meet the Jurors

We are very honored to have two distinguished jurors for the 2024 show, Bob Keyes and Andres Azucena Verzosa.

Bob Keyes

Bob Keyes is the editorial director at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, and chair of the Maine Arts Commission. He spent nearly 20 years writing about arts and culture for the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram before joining Colby in 2022. Prior to that, he wrote for newspapers in South Dakota, Connecticut, Maine, and Georgia. In September 2021, Boston-based Godine published The Isolation Artist: Scandal, Deception, and the Last Days of Robert Indiana about the suspicious death of the American artist and a series of lawsuits alleging fraud and abuse. A graduate of the University of Georgia, Keyes has presented papers at the World of Bob Dylan symposia in Tulsa, Okla., in 2019 and in 2023. In 2017, he won the Rabkin Prize for Visual Arts Journalism. The Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance recognized him with its Distinguished Achievement Award in 2014, and he was part of the inaugural class of the NEA’s Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater in 2004.

Andres Azucena Verzosa

Andres Azucena Verzosa (he/him/his) is the Executive Director and Curator of Stanley-Whitman House, a celebrated historic house, museum, and living history center in Farmington, Connecticut, a role he has held since 2018. Previously, he served as the Interim Executive Director and Curator of the Ogunquit Museum of American Art and as Director of Aucocisco Galleries in Portland, Maine. Andres is an active member of the cultural community, currently serving on the boards of the Abbe Museum and the Connecticut League of Museums. He is also on the Colby College Museum Board of Governors. His past board positions include the Maine Historical Society, Tides Institute & Museum of Art, Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Maine College of Art, the Quimby Family Foundation, and the Portland Arts and Cultural Alliance. Notably, he co-founded Portland’s First Friday Art Walk. Verzosa studied art history and studio art at the University of Maine and earned his B.F.A. from the Maine College of Art. He and his partner reside in New Britain, Conn., and have a summer home in Downeast Maine.

Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to share your work with the world. Submit your art on Sunday, June 23, 2024, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM and be a part of the 2024 Open, Regional, Juried Show at Barn Gallery!

Feel free to contact us for any further questions or clarifications. We can’t wait to see your artistic creations!