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Wish You Were Here
Open March 1​
Wish You Were Here invites artists to explore the postcard as both format and concept. Rooted in the familiar 5 × 7 size, this exhibit challenges artists to consider how scale, limitation, and intention shape meaning. The postcard is traditionally a vehicle for communication—brief, personal, portable, and sent across distance—and this exhibition asks artists to engage with those ideas while reimagining what a postcard can be.
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Artists are encouraged to think beyond the postcard as an image alone and consider it as a message, a memory, a fragment, or an invitation. What does it mean to compress a place, an emotion, or a story into a small, deliberate space? How does working within 5 × 7 influence material choices, narrative, and viewer interaction? Submissions may be literal or abstract, intimate or bold, nostalgic or experimental.
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All media are welcome, including painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, collage, mixed media, fiber, sculpture, and conceptual works, provided the final piece adheres to the 5 × 7 dimensions. Works may be two- or three-dimensional, wall-mounted or freestanding, as long as they clearly reference or inhabit the postcard format.
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Wish You Were Here celebrates the power of small-scale works—art that functions as correspondence, capturing a moment, a place, or a feeling, and offering it to the viewer as something meant to be shared.
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Accepted Media
All visual and interdisciplinary media are welcome, including but not limited to:
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Painting, drawing, printmaking
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Photography, digital art
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Textile, mixed media
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Wood, sculpture
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Submission Requirements
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Up to 3 submissions
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Artwork title(s), medium, size (unframed), year
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Short artist statement (max 250 words)
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Bio (max 150 words)
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Contact information
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How to Submit:
*link to come*
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Selection Process
Works will be selected based on conceptual strength, relevance to the theme, and artistic quality.
Submission Guidelines:
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All mediums are accepted
Artwork must be ready to hang with D-rings only. NO SAWTOOTH HANGERS OR EYEHOOKS. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO NOT ACCEPT ARTWORK UPON ARRIVAL.
SUBMITTING PHOTOS:
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All photos must be cropped and labeled in the following format:
****(example: Van Gogh_Starry Night_oil painting)***
If they are not cropped, well lit and labeled properly, they will be disqualified.
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Important Deadlines:
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Submission Deadline: April 14
Notice of Acceptance: April 20
Drop off: June 2, 3 - 6p
Opening Reception: June 5, 5 - 7p
Pick up: June 29
Exhibit Dates: June 5 - 28
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Submission Fee:
Members - $20
Non-members - $30​
