Introducing Lowe House
Maryland Federation of Art (MFA) has been invited to exhibit artwork at the Lowe House Building in Annapolis, MD, the office building for the Maryland State Delegates. Entry is open to MFA Members or artists residing in Anne Arundel County. Original 2D work created through any media and following entry guidelines are eligible for entry. Works selected by the Juror will be exhibited at the Lowe House of Delegates Office Building (6 Bladen Street, Annapolis, MD, 21401) from January 13 – April 12, 2027.
Juror: Teddy Johnson, Academic Chair of Visual Arts and Associate Professor of Visual Arts at AACC
Teddy is currently the Academic Chair of Visual Arts and an Associate Professor of Visual Arts at Anne Arundel Community College, where he also served as the Cade Gallery Director from 2017-23. His education includes a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art, an MFA from The Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia, and two semesters of study in Cortona, Italy. His paintings explore storytelling, history, color, culture, and form. Solo exhibits include: The Matney Gallery, The American Poetry Museum, The Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower, MK Gallery, and the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley. His work has also been exhibited at Art Gwangju, the Pearl Museum of Fine Art, Studio 39, Current Space, the Peale Museum, and St. Charles Projects. He completed artist residencies at La Macina di San Cresci in Chianti Italy in 2022, 23, 24 and 25.
Exhibition Schedule
- Sept 8 — Online Entry Opens for Submissions
- Nov 11 — Entry Deadline
- Dec 10 — Notification @ 5 PM
- Jan 6 – 10 — Accepted and Shipped Work Must Arrive at MFA Circle Gallery
- Jan 13 — Exhibition Opens
- Jan 20 — Virtual Awards Ceremony from 5:30 – 6:30 PM via Zoom
- Apr 12 — Last Day of the Exhibition
- Apr 13 — Pick-up Hand-Delivered Work from Lowe House 11 AM – 2 PM
- Apr 14 — Pick-up Hand-Delivered Work from Circle Gallery 11 AM – 4 PM
- Apr 21 — Shipped Work Will Be Sent
NOTE: Should Circle Gallery or any other exhibition space be closed for reasons beyond our control, MFA reserves the right to move a planned physical exhibit to our online gallery.
Terms of Entry
Artist Conditions
- Entry is open to artists who are either MFA Members or Anne Arundel County Residents.
- Entering this exhibition indicates understanding and agreement on the part of the artist with the conditions stated herein and with MFA's approved Statement of Equality and Diversity and MFA's General Guidelines. Work must meet exhibition guidelines to be included in the event. MFA may determine work ineligible if entry guidelines are not followed. Work delivered must correspond with the image(s) submitted to the juror.
- Images of accepted works may be used at the sole discretion of MFA for promotional purposes including, but not limited to: the invitation, catalog, website, social media, or a subsequent year's prospectus. Images will include attribution wherever possible.
- Work cannot be withdrawn before the end of the event.
Entry Requirements
- All work must be uploaded through artcall.org. File size may be no more than 10 MB.
- For video submissions: you must put the link to the video in the Linked Web Resource field, and then upload a still frame from the video. For accepted video submissions, the artist will be expected to deliver the file to MFA on a thumbdrive.
- To enter online, you will need an artcall.org account that includes an email address and a password. There is no charge to create an artcall.org account.
- Non-member entrants who have a discrepancy between the entry fee paid and their membership status must pay the difference before the display date or their work will not be shown to the juror.
Work
- Images for the juror must correspond with the actual work.
- All entries must be original and completed solely by the artist's hand. A maximum of 6 original works created within the past 3 years may be entered.
- MFA does not accept work created via image-generative AI. No reproduced artwork will be accepted.
- Work previously exhibited at the Lowe House Office Building is not eligible for re-entry.
- Maximum size of work, including edges of artwork or frame, cannot exceed 30” in height and 24” in width.
Sales
- Artists will retain 70% from sales (75% for MFA Members). MFA will retain 30% commission (25% for MFA Members) on any work sold through MFA.
- Work must be for sale. Work may be set to Price on Request (POR).
- MFA processes all sales, no exceptions. Payment from sold work will be mailed to the artist 30 days after the close of the exhibition.