Guest Artists Jury Open
Cornelia Arts Building
Spring 2022 Open Studios
The Cornelia Arts Building is now accepting applications for juried guest artists to show and to sell their artwork during our 2022 Two-day Spring Open Studio Events:
MARCH Open Studios :
Friday March 25 6-10pm AND
Saturday March 26, 11am-3pm
MAY Open Studios :
Friday May 20, 6-10pm AND
Saturday May 21, 11am-3pm
The building offers a premium front lobby space in their newly remodeled building, where artists can present work and sell directly to the public.
FINE ART artists can apply to March and/or May date.
If artist is accepted, artist pays a non-refundable fee of $250, but handles and keeps 100% of all their sales.
DEADLINES TO APPLY
• March Show: Apply by March 1
• May show: Apply by April 25
BUILDING
• The building, at 1800 West Cornelia, sits at the border between three Chicago neighborhoods: West Lakeview, Roscoe Village, and North Center.
• The all-working-studios of artists and artisans building has been hosting open studio events for three decades.
• Open studio events feature many of the resident artists and artisans in the building.
• Past open studio events regularly received from 300 - 800 visitors
• The building has recently been extensively remodeled and has new hallway lighting and walls and many new studios.
• All current Chicago COVID19 restrictions are in place. Currently that includes masks required inside.
FRONT LOBBY SPACE
• $250 for the two day event - includes three walls: a 12' wide wall as you come in the front lobby, and two walls forming an L in front lobby that are 8’ 5” wide and 8' 6” wide respectively.
• Shows are Friday night from 6-10pm AND Saturday from 11am - 3pm
• Artists handle and keep 100% of their sales.
• Artists may only use L-style picture hanging hooks with thin nails. Artist may only use removable putty-style poster adhesive for labels and signage, no tape or adhesive labels.
PROMOTION AND MARKETING
• Open Studios are heavily promoted through on-line sources, social media, and through the building's and the resident artist's extensive lists.
• Selected Artist’s name will be listed on most on-line listings.
• Selected Artist can receive digital images to help promote, as well as links to social media.
TO APPLY
• Please put "GUEST ARTIST JURY" in the Subject line of email message to JasonMessingerArt@gmail.com
• Indicate which month(s) you would like to be considered for.
• Artists can apply to more than one month - which may increase your likelihood of being selected.
• Include a link from your web site of the art work you'd like to show, with price ranges and dimensions.
• [Note: if you don not have a web site please send representative images of your work with dimensions, medium, and pricing for each.]
• Artists are juried based on the quality of their work, and their comparison to the building's other resident artists in both pricing and professionalism.
• If accepted, the artist’s fee is due in ONE WEEK from acceptance letter without exception, to ensure accurate listings.
DEADLINES TO APPLY
• March Show: Apply by March 1
• May show: Apply by April 25
• See CorneliaArtsBuilding.com for more information on the building.
