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 19, 2024. 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 13, 2024. 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.

Entries for 2024 are now closed.

If you would like to receive information about next year’s Small Works, please email us at: smallworks@harpercollege.edu

Laura Bickford

Curator, John Michael Kohler Arts Center

Laura Bickford is Curator at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center where she oversees the Art Preserve and related exhibitions at the Arts Center. Previously, she was the William S. Arnett Curator at the Souls Grown Deep Foundation in Atlanta, Georgia. Bickford has had a lifelong love of all things handmade, embellished, encrusted, fried, miniature and oversized which has led to her professional pursuit of the vernacular, the extraordinary every day, and objects created on the margins of culture.

Bickford has a dual-masters in Modern Art History, Theory, and Criticism and Arts Administration and Policy from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She also has a Bachelor of Arts in Art History and Folklore from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Thanks to all the artists who entered the 2024 Small Works: Harper College National Juried Exhibition.  The following artists have been selected by our juror: 

Peter Baczek
Lisa Bulawsky
Caro Dranow
John Ferry
Kiki Gaffney
Terra Keck
Lorenna Lannes
June Lee
Tina Linville
Julia Marsh
Georgie Miller
Erin ONeill
Raúl Ortiz
Christopher Rose
Beth Shadur
Leah Smith
Sarah Spencer
Melissa Weber
Amy Yeager

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