Our Purpose

The Parkside Open Door Gallery was created in October, 2004, to encourage local artists to display and sell their work. (Parkside, because we are located beside the Fountain City Park. Open Door, because we are open to all artists in the area.) There are many talented artists in our community, but often they are overlooked. Some may lack marketing skills and opportunities, while others may lack the self-confidence to show their work.

The gallery is located within the Fountain City Art Center, itself a public, non-profit facility offering a variety of creative visual art experiences, from exhibits to classes.  The Fountain City Art center is also a meeting place for sharing points of view, encouraging and inspiring one another.  The traffic generated by the Art Center provides a ready market for the Gallery artists.  The Gallery continues to be a living, growing organism composed of and controlled by the members of the community for whom it was designed.

Standards and Criteria for Membership

• Originality/Creativity - no copies, please.  New ideas, methods or subject matter.
• Artistic Ability - skillful use of media
• Overal Quality of Execution - consistency from piece to piece
• Subject Matter - appealing visually, suitable for family viewing
• Appeal and Impact - overall pleasing or thought provoking
• Paintings/Drawings/Other 2-D Art:
• Composition:  Good use of space, darks/lights, other good design principles
• Presentation:  Frames and/or mats should enhance artwork, not overpower it.

Prospective members should present 3 - 4 representative examples of their work prior to the quarterly membership meetings.  Meetings are held the second Tuesdays of January, April, July and October.  The work will be reviewed by Gallery members and the prospective members will be notified within a week after the meeting of their acceptance or rejection.

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A fee of $25.00 per quarter is charged for membership in the Gallery with an additional commission of 30% for artwork sold. A contract must be signed before any work can be accepted.

As a rule, three pieces per artist will be accepted for hanging. The number of 3-D works depends on space available. Artists may also offer matted originals or prints of their work in bins, providing they are properly shrink-wrapped. All art for hanging must be properly framed (except gallery-wrapped canvasses) and wired. Plexiglass is preferred, as the Gallery cannot be responsible for broken glass.

For more details see Guidelines and Contract for Parkside Open Door Gallery.

Guidelines

Contract