gallery unioncoffee

Open Call: The Future is…

October & November 2024

Each day feels as though we are living through an unprecedented Present moment. As a society, we are navigating a barrage of information about the upcoming election, violent global conflicts, threats to human rights, domestic power dynamics, climate crises, excessive corporate greed, discrimination and hatred, and unfathomable personal challenges - all while still finding ways to love and give and connect and hope for a future that is greater than the days of past.  

In “THE FUTURE IS…” we’re seeking work that expresses the artist’s interpretation of the human experience as we collectively press forward into a future unknown. For this Call for Art, The Gallery at Union Coffee is hoping to discover work that explores the concept of Future - near or distant - as predicted, desired, feared or anticipated by the artist and expressed through their preferred medium.

Works in all mediums will be considered and sculpture will be considered given space restrictions of the shop. 

For artists interested in showing their work, please review details and find button to submit below

Submission Details:

  • Submission open September 11

  • Submissions close September 27

  • Selected artists will be notified by September 28

  • All artwork must arrive at Union Coffee by October 2

  • Exhibition opens October 4

  • Exhibition closes November 30

  • All unsold artwork must be picked up by December 3

Cost for Entry:

  • Free

Info for Artist Submissions:

  • All 2D artwork must be under 20” on longest side including frame

  • Submissions must include: Name, Address, Email, Phone Number, Website URL, Instagram/Facebook, and Title, Dimensions (HxLxW), Medium and Price for each piece.

  • Sculpture and small installations will be considered upon space restrictions

  • Send up to 2 images (.jpg)

  • Web -ready images: 72 dpi, 900-1200 pixels on the longest side

  • Quality: cropped, not crooked, focused, neutral background

  • Labeled: Label images with your name, title of the work, the medium and the size: (i.e. Jane Smith-Untitled-Oil on linen-16x20.jpg)

  • Artists may only submit images once, so make sure they are the best they can be

  • Accepted work must be wired and ready to hang. Works on paper must be framed. Photographs must be framed.

  • All work must be available for the duration of the show.

  • All artwork in the exhibition will be for sale. There is no fee to apply. Union Coffee will take 20% of the final sale. Please price accordingly.

  • All comissions obtained from any work sold (up to 60 days after the show closes that contained the artwork) as a result of the work being shown at Union Coffee is subject to a 20% fee of final price, paid to Union Coffee within completion and payment of work.

  • Union Coffee is a family friendly establishment. We reserve the right to refuse any work that is explicit or represents any themes deemed innapropriate or unacceptable. We also reserve the right to refuse accepted work that is drastically different than the submitted image.

  • Union Coffee will not make any sales for artists. Collectors interested in making purchases will be able to reach out to individual artists through websites, venmo and via email. We ask that artists share comission from the sale willingly and without request.

  • Union Coffee has permission to use submitted works for digital and print promotional purposes, including the right to archive to consider for future shows. Artists retain all copyrights.

If above button does not work, please submit artwork and Artist info as outlined abovre directly to galleryunioncoffeenj@gmail.com