OPEN CALL

Healing Nature

April 26 - May 24, 20225

Entry Deadline: March 22nd, 2025 at Midnight

Notification of Accepted Works: April 1st, 2025

There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature– the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.  -Rachel Carson

AHArts in collaboration with Wild About Atlantic Highlands presents “Healing Nature” in celebration of Earth Month.  Show us the infinite healing, the repeated refrains and assurances.  We are looking for work that celebrates Nature’s capacity to comfort, sustain and renew, and our ability to heal and sustain Nature.

Juror: Gina Cioffi Loud

Gina Cioffi Loud: Gina’s introduction to poetic storytelling through photography began with at Maine Media Workshop studying with Thatcher Hullerman Cook, Mentorship with Nina Davenport, and Michel Negroponte at the Vermont College of Fine Arts, and continued locally with Michael Miller at Visions Workshops. Her work has been shown at Atlantic Highlands Art Council, Second Story Art Gallery, Atlantic Highlands, where she had a solo show “DoubleTake” and organized the community photography and storytelling show “Vignettes”.  At the Belmar Arts Council, Gina has been recognized with Best in Show among other awards in annual juried photo shows.

A patient advocate working in a public policy role on behalf of the rare disease community, she received a JD from Catholic University and holds a BA from St. Mary’s College of California majoring in the Great Books. At the Vermont College of Arts, she was enrolled for three residences in the MFA Film program.

Eligible Works: The exhibition is open to artists, 18 years and older. All media will be considered. Artwork submitted must be original creations of the exhibiting artist and must be for sale. Two dimensional work must be properly framed with secure wire for hanging, with clean, undamaged frames (and matting if included). No sawtooth hangers or sandwich frames.

Submissions must be sent digitally through the Airtable Submission form.  All entries must be in JPEG format, RGB, 1200 pixels or more on the longest dimension, 300dpi and file size not to exceed 2MB. Artists may submit up to two pieces for their submission fee of $25 or $35.

Name your JPEG file as follows:

Last Name_First Name_entry #_Title_Size in inches_Price_Medium.jpg 

For example: Doe_Jane_1_SummerScene_13Wx20H_$345_watercolor.jpg 

Artworks must not have been previously exhibited at the AHArts and all artwork must be for sale during the exhibit.

Entry Fee: Artists may submit up to two artworks with their submission fee.

$25 for AHArts Members and $35 for Non-members

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