The Rewards of Artist Membership: Join as an Artist Member and take advantage of the various opportunities to exhibit and sell your art work. We welcome artists working in the fine arts. Artist Members may exhibit throughout the year in the Collector's Gallery, the Annual Members' Exhibition*, the National Fall Open Exhibition, and the Annual Winter Exhibition; all members exhibitions are open to Artist Members at no charge. Once you become an Artist Member, detailed information will be mailed to you prior to each show.

Artist Members receive the following benefits: Free admission for you and two guests to the galleries year round. Festival of the Arts annual catalog and newsletters. Preferred event and exhibition mailings. Discounts on classes, travel programs and selected events. 10% off all purchases in the museum gift shop.* The Annual Members' Exhibition has geographical restrictions

Inquiries: Further information may be obtained from Jocelyn Grayson, Art Sales and Exhibition Coordinator, Southern Vermont Arts Center. PO Box 617, West Rd. Manchester, VT 05254. (802)362-1405. Email: jgrayson@svac.org

The following calendar of exhibits repeats each year.

19th Annual Winter Members' Exhibition
January 8 – February 8, 2011
Open to all Artist Members. Two works may be submitted for the jury’s consideration. All work must be hand delivered.

81st Annual Members' Exhibition and Celebration
May 8 – June 15, 2010
Artist Members with a residence in Vermont or within a thirty mile radius of the Arts Center may submit up to two pieces for this juried exhibition. At least one work is guaranteed to be selected for this exhibit. All works must be hand delivered. SVAC does not accept any work for this show that is shipped.

REQUIRED Entry Information
Click to download the prospectus and entry blank and click here to download label sets to attach to each submission.

The Collectors’ Gallery
June 19 – September 18, 2010
This is a gallery space reserved to showcase work by Artist Members on a regularly rotating basis throughout the summer season. Limited to two works per artist, open to all Artist Members but needs to be juried in. All work must be hand delivered. (For the first time, we are jurying work by CD and slide only).

REQUIRED Entry Information
Click to download the prospectus and entry blank and click here to download label sets to attach to each submission.

Solo Exhibitions
July 31 deadline
Call for Artists for New Solo Show and Outdoor Sculpture Season at the Southern Vermont Arts Center, June 2011 - March 2012. July 31, 2010 deadline. Open to all artists, members and non-members, who work in painting in any medium, mixed medium, photography and indoor or outdoor sculpture. Solo show applications are for the next year’s summer and winter exhibition seasons, 2011-2012. See fees listed below.

Solo Exhibition Application Guidelines
Applicants for Individual Shows must submit a resume, six slides or CD indicative of material intended for exhibition, retail price list, a $10 handling fee, and a self-addressed, stamped envelope for slide return. Address applications to the Visual Arts Committee. Notification is made in November. Chosen exhibitors incur a charge of $200 to defray expenditure on printed materials and invitations, online gallery website, placement in the Arts Center’s publication and publicity. Artists showing in the Sculpture Garden incur a $100 charge.

SVAC Policy
This year the Arts Center will receive a 40% commission on all works sold.
Although every effort will be made to return slides, the Arts Center assumes no responsibility for them and requests that only duplicates be submitted for consideration. All artists are requested to pick up their work on the dates set for each show, including Collector’s Gallery exhibits.

54th National Fall Open Exhibition
October 1 – November 14, 2010
Call for Artists for the upcoming 54th National Fall Open Exhibition: Friday October 1 – Sunday, November 14, juried and co-curated by Gerald Auten, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. This prestigious national exhibition is open to artists who are members and non-members alike; click here for more information or contact Jocelyn Grayson at jgrayson@svac.org. CD deadline is August 3, 2010 and dates for submission of works to be presented to the juror at the Southern Vermont Arts Center are: September 18, 21 and 22, 2010.

REQUIRED Entry Information
Click here to download Entry Form and Labels for artwork