The Village Through The Years

About the Exhibition

In 1871, The Salmagundi Club began with an illustrators meeting to critique their illustrations and show their paintings. Among our members were Thomas Hartley, Howard Pyle, N.C. Wyeth, and Norman Rockwell. In 1917, the Club made its home at 47 Fifth Avenue, an 1852 mansion built when Fifth Avenue was the most fashionable address in Gilded Age New York. This December, following last year's "Illustration: Then & Now," we invite artists to choose their own path:

Our stretch of Fifth Avenue has seen bustles give way to minidresses, carriages give way to cars. We have seen protests and parades of all sorts. The Village was and is a center of our culture and change. Illustrate a single scene of Village life and events in whatever medium suits the image.

Exhibition Requirements

• All mediums of illustration are accepted.
• Artists may submit one work for consideration.
• Artwork size (including the frame) may not exceed 18”.
• Sculptures are not eligible for this show.
• Only work not previously shown at Salmagundi will be accepted.
• Artists are responsible for submitting images with accurate representation of their work. All submitted images are assumed to be images of the completed piece.
• Framed images are not required for submission. If accepted, the option to submit extra shots of your work will be available via a separate form that's included in the acceptance email.
• Artists are able to edit their own entries during the entirety of the submission period through ShowSubmit. After the submission deadline, changes to your submission entry will not be accepted.
• Submissions not adhering to the Exhibition Requirements will be omitted. The decision of the Art Committee as to placement and installation is final.

Accepted Works

• Acceptance / Rejection emails will be coming from ShowSubmit. If you do not receive yours by the acceptance notification date, please login and check your ShowSubmit account notifications. Your acceptance will also include a PDF of preprinted REQUIRED tags that MUST be attached to the work and package. Instructions for tag replacement are on the tag pdf.
• All works must be professionally framed with wire for hanging. If framing is not applicable to your work, it needs to be professionally presentable for exhibiting in a gallery space with appropriate mounting to hang or display.
• If displaying the artwork under glass, it's recommended that artists use plexi-glass to avoid breakage. The Salmagundi Club is not responsible for broken glass damage.
• Accepted work will remain in place during the exhibition and cannot be removed until it ends.
• The artist has the option of delivering accepted works in-person at the Club during our receiving days or shipping the works to the clubhouse.

Deinstallation

Works must be removed immediately after the exhibition. If artists did not provide a return shipping label, the work will be returned only at the artist's request and expense. 30 days after the end of an exhibition, each uncollected work will incur a $50 monthly fee which shall be billed to the artist, while the work stays at the Club. Uncollected works after 180 days will legally be considered abandoned property.

Sales

• The club will receive a customary 30% of all sales. 70% to the artist.
• Artists will be notified by Salmagundi's administrative staff when a sale is made.

Liability

The Salmagundi Club is not responsible for loss, fire, burglary, or any other damage to artwork submitted. Submitting or sending a work of art implies an agreement on the part of the artist with the conditions set forth above. Images of accepted artwork may be used by the Club for publicity, advertising, or other purposes.

Awards

All submissions will be entered into the Salmagundi Card contest and winning entries will be reproduced as note cards sold to benefit the note cards Artist-In-Need Fund.

Submitted works are reviewed by the Art Committee, which has final decision on placement and installation. Accepted and rejected artists are notified by email from ShowSubmit.