Show Your Work at Fire for the Kalamazoo Art Hop
Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative is committed to showcasing high-quality art being created by both traditional and non-traditional artists, all ages and levels of experience.
How to submit:
1. Go to the submission form below and follow the directions.
If selected, artist must agree to the following obligations:
How to submit:
1. Go to the submission form below and follow the directions.
If selected, artist must agree to the following obligations:
- If the artist is considerably late or misses the scheduled appointment with the Fire art curator for putting up his/her work, he/she may lose the show and another artist will be called in.
- Artist must make an appointment with Fire's curator to take down the show BEFORE the first Friday or the month after their show. If the artist is considerably late for the appointment to take down the show, we will do it for him/her for a fee of $50.
- The artist must provide his/her own materials and tools for hanging.
- All art must be hung/installed in such a way as to not interfere with customer traffic.
- Artist must use current hanging apparatus or other pre -approved non-permanent removable adhesive for hanging artwork. No new holes may be made in the walls/ceiling.
- The show must include an artist’s statement and all pieces must be clearly labeled with titles and prices. Artist’s statement, titles, and prices must be mounted in a similar fashion and must be ready to put up on the day the show is hung.
- The artists should leave a phone #, email, or business card so customers can contact the artist with questions.
- Artist must be at the show from 4:30pm -7:30 pm on the evening of the Art Hop. He/she is required to provide snacks for this opening reception.
- All art must remain on the walls for the duration of the show, usually 1 month.
- Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative will not be responsible for lost, stolen, or damaged artwork.
- Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative will collect a standard 10% commission on all pieces sold, to be paid immediately after the show is taken down. This is to cover the cost of curating the show, accepting money for the artist and distributing artwork to purchasers. The artist will receive checks for all artwork sold when after the commission is deducted.
