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Membership
Who is eligible?
The artist must live, own property,
work, or be a student in Allegany, Garrett or Washington Counties, or within
a 50-mile radius of Cumberland.
Bring 3-6 pieces of your art
to the gallery to be juried. If you work in only one medium, threepieces are
sufficient. Make sure that the pieces submitted are representative of
your typical work. If you work in more than one media, you may
bring works representing up to three different mediums (but no more than 6
pieces total.) Be prepared to leave your work for at least a week.
Make sure that your work looks professional and is ready to exhibit.
There is a $25.00 jurying fee. This is
non-refundable, whether you are accepted or not.
Someone from the gallery will call you to pick up your
work after jurying is completed. If you are accepted, you will be
required to do the following:
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Pay a $25.00 annual membership fee (this is in addition
to the one-time jurying fee.)
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Prepare a biography and include a photograph of yourself
or your work or a combination of the two to be used for publicity. In
addition, include at least one photograph and up to ten of your work for
the gallery website. Make sure this is turned in within one week
after you are accepted.
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Work as a gallery sitter (or pay someone else to do it
on your behalf) for 8 hours per month in two four-hour shifts or one 8 hour
shift.
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Attend the membership meetings.
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30% of your sales will go to the operating expenses of
the gallery.
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Abide by the rules of the gallery and the committees'
rules (membership, hanging, etc.)
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Enjoy your new found opportunity to exhibit and sell
your work in addition to having a lot of laughs and fun working along side
some pretty terrific fellow artists.
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