Small Works

ELIGIBILITY AND MEDIA

• All artists age 18 and over living in the United States are eligible.
• In its largest dimension, artwork must be 24 inches or less, including frame if applicable.
• All media are eligible, excluding jewelry and film/video.
• Weight limitation: 45 pounds
• Work that requires special installation or instructions will NOT be accepted.
• Only work created within the last three years is eligible.

ENTRY AND ONLINE PROCESS 

All Small Works entries will be judged from digital files. Before entering, prepare the following:

1.  Required Artwork Information for each entry:

• Title
• Medium
• Sale Price or NFS
• Insurance Value
• Actual and Framed Art Sizes in inches (height" x width" x depth") 

2. Required Digital Image File

• One (1) image file per entry, up to three (3) entries per artist.
• File Format: .jpg only, maximum 2 MB file size
• File Name: Artist’s last name_First initial_number of image
  (Note: Do not place your name into the digital image.) 
• Example: Smith_M_1.jpg

ENTRY FEE
One $30 nonrefundable fee entitles each artist to submit up to three entries.

NOTIFICATION
Accepted entries will be posted on this web page by July 11, 2025. Individual notification will NOT be sent. Please check this webpage for the jury results.

ACCEPTED WORK
Presentation: All works must be delivered to Harper ready for hanging/ installation/display. For framed work, use Plexiglas only. Original work not accurately represented by the digital file may be declined at the discretion of the Juror. All work will be insured during the exhibition for the artist’s stated valuation.

Shipping: Work must be shipped in sturdy, reusable cardboard containers to arrive at Harper College no later than August 12, 2025. In-person deliveries for local artists may be arranged during August, pending campus safety protocols.  DO NOT use loose Styrofoam “peanut” packing. Works should not require special handling or instructions.

RETURN OF ACCEPTED WORK
Works will be returned in original containers via UPS as soon as possible after the close of the exhibition. The Exhibition will pay for return shipping, insuring containers per stated valuations.

CATALOG, SALES AND REPRODUCTION
In conjunction with the Small Works exhibition, a color catalog will be produced. Each participating artist will receive catalogs by mail after the exhibition closes. Harper College will not retain commission on sales. Consent to reproduction for publicity purposes for this or future Harper national exhibitions is considered granted.

ARE YOU READY TO BEGIN THE ENTRY PROCESS? 

Before clicking on the entry button, be sure you have prepared all required artwork information and digital image file(s) with required file and naming formats listed above.

Enter Small works

Ionit Behar

Curator, DePaul Art Museum (DPAM), Chicago, IL

Ionit Behar is the Curator at DePaul Art Museum (DPAM), Chicago. Recent exhibitions at DPAM are Selva Aparicio: In Memory Of (2024); Life Cycles: DePaul Art Museum Collection (2023); A Natural Turn: María Berrío, Joiri Minaya, Rosana Paulino, and Kelly Sinnapah Mary (2022); Solo(s): Krista Franklin (2022); Claudia Peña Salinas: Quetzalli (2021) and co-curated LatinXAmerican (2021). Recent independent projects include Del Otro Lado (2023) (a large-scale public art project at O’Hare International); 50 años (50 years since the military coup in Uruguay) (2023) at SUBTE, Montevideo; Nelly Agassi: No Limestone, Nor Marble (2022) at the Chicago Cultural Center. Previously she was the Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at Spertus Institute, Chicago and Research Assistant for the exhibition Hélio Oiticica: To Organize Delirium at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Behar holds a Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Illinois at Chicago, an M.A. in Art History, Theory, and Criticism from the School of the Art Institute, and a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts from Tel Aviv University.

2025 selected artists will be posted by July 11, 2025.

For more information about Small Works, contact us by email at: smallworks@harpercollege.edu