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Call for exhibition – Broken Beauty

BROKEN BEAUTY – CALL FOR EXHIBITION

What is beauty ? When you got it broken ? Broken Beauty … « Beautiful is everything one looks at with love. » Christian Morgenstern

« Broken Beauty« , the new exhibition by Alliages, held in Lille (France) and Munich (Schmuck 2020, Munich city center).

You are a contemporary art jewelry artist, you can apply to participate in this exhibition. If you have any question you can read this FAQ.

BROKEN BEAUTY – EXHIBITION CONDITIONS

Application Form below
1. PURPOSE / THEME
ASSOCIATION ALLIAGES (Contemporary Art Jewelry, non-profit organization) organizes an exhibition to be hold from December 2019 to March 2020 (*) at ALLIAGES gallery in Lille (France) and during Schmuck 2020 event in Munich (March 11-15th, 2020). The exhibition theme is « Broken Beauty » and each artist may submit his/her own vision of the subject. (More dates & destinations will follow after Munich). A paper publication will be done at the end of the exhibition and the artists selected participating to all dates will have a free copy.
2. APPLICATION / SUBMISSION DEADLINE & FEE / SELECTION / ENTRY CRITERIA
APPLICATION : Artists working in Contemporary Art Jewelry can apply for this exhibition with a maximum of 3 finished works (works sent in the application form are those that will be exposed, drafts are not accepted). Jewels presented must be a one-of-a-kind artworks never shown with ALLIAGES and preferably not shown in previous Munich, Valencia & Athens jewelry weeks. Applications must imperatively be sent via the dedicated form on the ALLIAGES website and will contain all requested data. Other ways to submit will not be taken into consideration. If data sent is wrong or incomplete, application will be canceled.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE & FEE : Deadline to apply is Thursday October 17th 2019, midnight. Applications sent after the deadline will not be accepted. Only one application per artist will be accepted (first application sent). A fee of 10 (ten) € will be requested for the application (1 to 3 works) when application sent up to October 6th. A fee of 15 (fifteen) € will be requested if application is sent on October 7th-17th.
SELECTION : Applications will be selected for October 30th 2018 latest date, and artist candidates will be informed of the curator’s choice by email (positive or negative). The selected works will be displayed at the gallery managed by ALLIAGES, in Lille (France) and in Schmuck 2020 event. Additional destinations may be added afterwards (the participation to the new destinations is not mandatory). The exhibition is curated by Juan Riusech (contemporary art jeweler, curator and founder of ALLIAGES).
ENTRY CRITERIA : The artist may present freely his vision of the theme. Free choice of media/materials/size for the jewels. Works presented must be original, one-of-a-kind and created within the last 2 years and never showed before at the ALLIAGES gallery or in Schmuck. Up to 3 artworks can be submitted by each artist. Works can be to sell or only to show (not for sale).
3. EXHIBITION FEE
The selected artists will pay a participation fee of 69 (sixty-nine) Euros to participate in both events, Lille & Munich (why to pay). This amount will include the membership to the organization during the time of the exhibition. Any delay in the payment implies the exclusion of the artist from the exhibition. The artist will pay 15% of sales for the fixed costs of the association. All taxes or payment charges for this payment fee (bank transfer or Paypal charges) will be at the artist’s charge. If new destinations are added after Munich, each destination will have a small fee (25-45 €/each).
4. WORKS PRESENTED / TRANSPORT

The selected artworks must be delivered at least 10 days before the opening (*). Works received after this deadline might not be presented. ARTISTS have total freedom to make their artwork, however organizers may refuse to show the artworks if they are displaced in their message (e.g. discrimination, racism, hate, etc …), are detrimental to the image of association, the quality of execution is deemed insufficient or if works sent are not those presented in the application.
DELIVERY: The artists will send or drop the artworks to their costs, including all kind of taxes and fees (ex. custom taxes). Parcel weight cannot exceed 4kg.
RETURNS: Returns will be done using the original packaging sent by the ARTIST and via “La Poste” French mail-post, not insured and no declared value, with tracking service. The full cost of return is at ARTIST charge, including all kind of taxes (ex. custom taxes) or expenses. The ARTIST can always recover his artwork at ALLIAGES headquarters (at his/her expense) or send his/her own carrier.
The organizers do not assume any liability or responsibility during transport of works (both ways).
5. RESPONSIBILITIES
As member, the ARTIST will be covered under the terms of the insurance contract of organizer during the duration of the exhibition. All transportations will not be covered by organizer insurance. The ARTIST can have his own insurance. ARTIST will respect the Internal Rules of ALLIAGES.
6. CONSENT
Selection decisions are irrevocable. ARTIST allows ALLIAGES to reproduce all media and data sent for the purpose of promoting of the exhibition and its archives, in any form. Assignment of the right of media reproduction granted by the ARTIST is non-exclusive, non-transferable, unlimited territory for the distribution of reproductions.
7. MISCELLANEOUS
Communication between the organizers and ARTISTS will be in English. The ARTIST approves the exhibition conditions by simply sending his/her application.

(*) Dates schedule will be sent to the selected artists.

Application

You can apply to participate to this exhibition until Thursday October 17th, 2019 midnight. Any application sent after this date or otherwise than through the form below will be considered null. Be accurate, only one application will be accepted per artist (the first one). Prepare well your photos and text and read well texts. No changes may be made to your application after sending. By submitting this application, you certify that you have read and approve the conditions related above.

    FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON, THIS APPLICATION FORM MAY NOT WORK WITH SAFARI AND EDGE BROWSERS. IF YOU EXPERIENCE ERRORS (ALL FIELDS ARE OK BUT FORM SPINS FOR A LONG TIME, TRY TO SEND THE APPLICATION USING FIREFOX OR CHROME.

    name (*)

    email (*)

    website or Facebook page

    country (*)

    artist statement for this exhibition (*) max 900 characters, only English

    how many works proposed ? (*)

    1st work | main work (Read pic tips below or in the FAQ)

    pictures / main view :
    (*)
    pictures / secondary view :
    (*)

    captions for this work, max 500 characters, in English (*)
    Caption must have next information as follows :
    line 1 : jewel type, title, year
    line 2 : materials used, dimensions (specify Unit of Measure)
    line 3 : techniques used
    line 4 : name photographer/© picture (if any)

    2nd work (Read pic tips below or in the FAQ)

    pictures / main view :
    (**)
    pictures / secondary view :
    (**)

    captions for this work, max 500 characters, in English (**)
    Caption must have next information as follows :
    line 1 : jewel type, title, year
    line 2 : materials used, dimensions (specify Unit of Measure)
    line 3 : techniques used
    line 4 : name photographer/© picture (if any)

    3rd work (Read pic tips below or in the FAQ)

    pictures / main view :
    (**)
    pictures / secondary view :
    (**)

    captions for this work, max 500 characters, in English (**)
    Caption must have next information as follows :
    line 1 : jewel type, title, year
    line 2 : materials used, dimensions (specify Unit of Measure)
    line 3 : techniques used
    line 4 : name photographer/© picture (if any)

    TIPS FOR THE PICS
    2 different views of each work are mandatory (brooches & pendants : front & back).
    Pictures can be in any format (1:1 or 4/3), about 1500-2000px/side, 75dpi, jpeg|jpg extension.
    Maximum size for each picture is 500kb. Over this size, upload form will give an error and pictures will not be uploaded.
    You can use a software like Photoshop, Gimp, iPhoto, etc ... to work the file in order to fit format, size and weight.
    Rename the pics this way : yourname-title_x where x is the order number. Do not use espaces in the filename, use dash or underscore instead.
    Only jpg/jpeg files are accepted.
    Pics not having good naming, pics not having the good extension, pics too small, not centered or flur will not be good and proposals related will be discarted. Read these tips

    (*) Mandatory Field

    (**) Madatory Field if you submit a 2nd and 3rd work

    Once the form submitted, if all fields are correct, you will be redirected to the fee payment page. If you have errors in your form, fields not correct will have the errors highlighted in red below each wrong field. Please check, correct and resend.

    If your application does not send, this means something goes wrong with your data. Some clues :
    - You don't fill a mandatory field
    - Your pics are over sized. Please check the requirements.
    - You don't check the last mandatory field to confirm the conditions.
    Please take the time to read well everything before sending the application.

    FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON, THIS APPLICATION FORM MAY NOT WORK WITH SAFARI AND EDGE BROWSERS. IF YOU EXPERIENCE ERRORS (ALL FIELDS ARE OK BUT FORM SPINS FOR A LONG TIME, TRY TO SEND THE APPLICATION USING FIREFOX OR CHROME.

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