108th Annual Open Juried Exhibition
2025
May 6 – June 8
Online entry from March 1 - April 7, 2025
The Bendheim Gallery
299 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich CT
JUROR: Kelly Long is an art worker and writer currently serving as Senior Curatorial Assistant at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, where she has worked with the Photography Acquisitions Committee since 2017), developed exhibitions across mediums, including Rachel Harrison Life Hack (2019), Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: The Art of Harry Smith (2023, and a forthcoming exhibition focused on surrealism and the 1960’s. Most recently, she curated Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe and the Last Gullah Islands (2024), and Trust Me (2023), a group exhibition exploring the role that vulnerability plays in forging connection, and the overlapping lives and loves of photography’s creators, viewers, and caretakers. Previously, she has held curatorial and teaching positions at the George Eastman Museum and at the University of Rochester. Her writing has appeared in the catalogues for Chiharu Shiota: The Hand Lines and Gail Thacker: Fugitive Moments, and in publications such as InVisible Culture and MOSSFLOWER. She holds a B.A. in art history from Vassar College, and an M.A. in visual and cultural studies from the University of Rochester, where her research focused on the engagement of postmodern and contemporary art with housing, exploring notions of being and belonging, access, and ownership in the art of our time.
Digital Entry is open to all members and non-members. Works are not eligible if previously accepted for one of our juried exhibitions; if they have been exhibited in the Bendheim or GAS Galleries; or if completed before 2022.
ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS:
* Online Entry March 1st thru April 7th, 2025, via Entrythingy.com.
* Entry fees must be paid via PayPal through Entrythingy.com.
* A non-refundable fee of $35.00 first piece entry and $25.00 for up to 2 more entries.
Multiple entries from the same artist must be submitted at the same time to take
advantage of the lowered additional entry fee.
* Accepted artwork posted online GreenwichArtSociety.org on April 18th, 2025.
* Artwork drop off Saturday May 3rd and Sunday May 4th from 2-4 PM.
* Submitted work must be attractively and appropriately matted, framed, and presented.
* Works NOT on stretched canvas MUST BE FRAMED. Frames for stretched canvas
paintings are not required.
* Size: Wall-hung works are limited to a 5' height & 5' width including frame & must be
dry & wired securely for hanging.
* Freestanding sculptures are limited to 8' in height mounted and 12' square floor area.
Sculptors must provide bases if needed & must secure small works firmly and install
difficult-to-handle pieces. Works not meeting these requirements will not be accepted.
* All works must be for sale. If a portrait, the price of a similar commission must be
stated. No PORs.
* The Bendheim Gallery reserves the right to final approval of the selection of artwork for
the exhibition. Entry fees will not be returned if the gallery chooses to remove a work
from eligibility for exhibition.
* Exhibition opens May 6th, 2025.
* Reception date TBD.
* Exhibition closes June 8th, 2025.
* Artwork pickup Monday, June 9th from 4 – 8 PM
and Tuesday, June 10th from 11-2 PM and 5-8 PM.
CATEGORIES: Painting: Oil, Acrylic, Drawing, Pastel, Watercolor, Sculpture, Photography, Original Digital Art, Fiber Arts, Other Media (printmaking no digital prints of original or AI-generated artwork.)
ARTWORK IMAGES: G.A.S. will produce an online digital, virtual gallery of ALL exhibited works.
AWARDS: Cash and other awards totaling over $2000 will be presented at the closing reception TBA. The juror will also do a walk & talk tour of the exhibition on reception date TBA.
LIABILITY: Although care will be taken, neither the Greenwich Art Society, the Arts Council nor the Town of Greenwich will be responsible for loss or damage. Entry constitutes agreement to this condition.
SALES: 30% of each work sold as a result of this exhibition will be divided between GAS & the Bendheim Gallery.