05/28/2012
Project Description
The Chelsea Center for the Arts (CCA) is requesting artwork to be considered for reproductions to be made for the new 50-bed addition to the Chelsea Community Hospital (CCH), a member of the St. Joseph Mercy Health System.
Artwork will be juried by committee through CCH. Twenty-five original works will be reproduced for
one-time only use, into two prints, which will be placed into 50 in-patient rooms.
The 25 selected original works will be featured in an exhibition entitled The Nature of Art, to be presented at the CCA from October 15, 2012 – January 18, 2013.
Submissions must be received by Friday, June 29, 2012.
Artists will be notified if their work has been selected by Tuesday, July 10, 2012.
Entry Fee - $15
Make checks payable to:
Chelsea Center for the Arts
400 Congdon Street
Chelsea, MI 48118
or
Call 734.433.2787 and pay with Visa or MasterCard
Total number of works to be selected for project: 25
Maximum Number of Submissions per artist: Three
Honorarium to Selected Artists: $25/print
Project Background and Purpose
Supporting Patients Through the Arts
Hospital inpatient rooms are designed to support patient healing and regeneration. Nature-themed artwork is intuitively and scientifically supported for placement in hospital rooms and brings a special sense of familiarity and beauty to the environment.
Supporting our local and area artists
Michigan is rich with artists and natural elements from which they draw inspiration. This project supports local and area artists in bringing their unique perspectives and inspiration to patients at CCH.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Selection Criteria
Selection will favor images of nature that have qualities considered calming and pleasant to a general population through the use of color and subject matter.
Images with certain chaotic or dark interpretations have potential to evoke agitation. For this reason, certain colors, themes and styles are not appropriate for patient room artwork for example,
o Blood red or black pigments
o Figures, body parts or animals or animal parts
o Dark or gloomy colors or values
Format Types:
Artist submits artwork for review in one of the following formats:
• JPEG files (preferred)
o A photographed image of the artist’s 24”h x 12”w (vertical format) original work or
o a cropped image of an original work that can be reproduced into a 24”h x 12”w print.
• Unframed original painting, photograph, print, mixed media collage: 24”h x 12”w (vertical format).
Each work should be identified with:
• Title
• Date of creation
• Dimensions
• Media
Attachments
• Artist’s resume/CV
SUBMISSION CONTACT INFORMATION
Submit files to [email protected]
Submit originals to:
Chelsea Center for the Arts
400 Congdon Street
Chelsea, MI 48118
TIMELINE
Files or originals must be received by Friday, June 29, 2012
Artists will be notified if their work has been selected by Tuesday, July 10, 2012.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012: Selected artists will bring
• unframed work(s) to the CCA
• signed release form (supplied to selected artists) which gives artist’s permission to create 2 reproductions of each selected work for one-time use only.
August 29-31, 2012: Artists will pick up their work from CCA to prepare (frame) works for the exhibition.
October 1, 2012: Prepared/framed returned to the CCA
October 15, 2012 – January 18, 2013: The Nature of Art exhibition at the CCA.
Please contact the CCA at 734-433-2787 or [email protected], with any questions.
