Gallery Hours: Monday-Thursday 9am - 7pm, Friday & Saturday 9am - 5pm
How to Apply for an Exhibition
Send a letter to the Gallery Director describing the exhibition you envision. Include a current resume for each artist plus examples of ten works representing the work to be shown. Examples may be sent as 35mm slides, photo-copies or digital files on CD or via e-mail. If you have a professional website, include the address.
Proposals are reviewed twice a year. Deadlines for submission are May 1, and November 1. Reviews and responses are usually completed in 30 days. Generally, exhibitions are schedule 18 - 24 months in advance.
The Lawrence Arts Center works with community arts groups and the public schools. Annual shows are scheduled for The Lawrence Art Guild and the Lawrence Photo-Alliance. Each spring, the Lawrence Public School art teachers mount an exhibition of their student's work. Other annual Exhibitions include the Lawrence Indian Arts Show and the Lawrence Art Auction. Of the 15 exhibitions scheduled in the galleries each year, 7 are annual events.
Delivery/Pick up of work
It is the responsibility of the artist/exhibitor to deliver and pick-up work for display unless other arrangements are made in advance with the gallery director. If work is to be shipped, reusable cartons or crates should be used and return-shipping fees should be pre-paid or provided to the Center in the form of a check made out to Lawrence Arts Center.
Installation
Lawrence Arts Center staff members, in consultation with the artist/exhibitor, will normally install exhibitions. In the case of group shows that are sponsored by organizations, those organizations may take responsibility for the installation and de-installation of exhibitions.
Wall Labels
The Lawrence Arts Center can, and normally will, produce exhibition wall labels for individual works of art. Copy for labels should be provided to the Arts Center no later than two weeks prior to the opening of the exhibition.
Sales
Works of art may be offered for sale in the Center's galleries. If works are to be offered for sale, prices should be included with information on each piece and a preference specified for either a price list to be available in the gallery or for prices to be individually printed on wall labels. The Center will charge a 35% commission on all sales of art up to $500 in value, 25% over $500. Artists will receive payment for sold work in the form of a Lawrence Arts Center check issued at the end of the first two-week pay period ending after the close of the exhibition.
Public information and marketing
The Lawrence Arts Center will produce media information regarding all exhibitions in its galleries. Artists should provide information about themselves in the form of a current resume, slides or digital files of artwork, and any other suitable document that would be of use in preparing public information.
The Arts Center publishes The Arts in Action, an arts magazine, three times each year and will prepare articles and calendars that inform the public of upcoming exhibitions.
The Arts Center will meet the cost of mailing exhibition announcement cards to its members and to any names and addresses provided by the artist/exhibitor. In some cases the Arts Center will design and have printed at Arts Center expense announcement cards for exhibitions. In other circumstances, artists/exhibitors will have responsibility for their own cards. In the latter case, the Arts Center gallery director must approve card designs before they are printed. All postal regulations related to non-profit bulk mailing must be honored.
Receptions
The Lawrence Arts Center will normally hold a public reception for artists or arts groups having exhibitions in the Center's galleries. Dates for receptions will be set in consultation with the artists/exhibitors. Exhibiting artists are expected to attend the receptions unless circumstances prevent it.
In the case of arts groups that have annual exhibitions in the Arts Center galleries, responsibility for reception invitations, refreshments, and entertainment will be with the arts organization itself rather than the Arts Center.
Gallery Talk/Lectures
The Arts Center encourages exhibiting artists to provide a gallery talk/lecture to the public at some time during the exhibition. Arrangements for such talks will be made individually with the gallery director.
Workshops
The Lawrence Arts Center routinely offers classes and workshops to the public. Exhibiting artists and arts groups are encouraged to consider offering a class or workshop in connection with their exhibition. Coordination and planning for such classes and workshops will be done through the LAC education program director in cooperation with the gallery director.
Insurance
The Lawrence Arts Center does not carry insurance on individual works of art that are voluntarily displayed in its gallery. While the Arts Center takes every reasonable precaution to keep a safe and secure exhibition environment, it cannot be responsible for damage or theft of items exhibited in its galleries. Artists/exhibitors assume all risk for items on display. Artists who wish to insure their work should make arrangements directly with their own insurance agents. The Arts Center gallery director will be happy to supply artists/exhibitors or insurance agents with information related to the building and the exhibition.
Contacts:
Rick Mitchell, Gallery Director - lacgallery@sunflower.com 940 New Hampshire St. Lawrence, KS 66044 (785) 843-2787