A Call for Art!
Beyond the Beaten Path
Juror - Kathy Hodge
On View in our Community Gallery at The Rogers Free Library
July 26th – September 14th  |  2022
Deadline July 1
Accepted Mediums: Drawing, Painting, Printing making, Collage, Fiber Art, Photography
(No three-Dimensional or Sculpture accepted)

Step off the beaten path with us. The Bristol Art Museum announces a Call to Artists for a juried, community exhibit at the Rogers Free Library. The theme of the exhibit is sparked by the Library Summer Reading program “Read Beyond the Beaten Path”.  

​Artwork can be inspired by the quotes and poems below – how did you take a different path in your artwork, how did you explore something new in your life? Or by nature – what can we see when we explore “beyond the beaten path” to explore our natural world?  
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It was all according to the way you see things.  Some people could look at a mud-puddle and see an ocean with ships.” 

• Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

Change is made of choices,
and choices are made of character.

• Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry

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​Keep your kingdoms
Give me only
the open road
the stars in the sky
the smell of a campfire
around the bend
and I will be as rich as any king.

• Atticus

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

• Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken

• Artists to include a brief artist statement (25 words or less) explaining how your work relates to the theme Beyond the Beaten Path.
• Artworks cannot be larger than 18"x24". 
• All artwork must be original.
• Submitting artists must be at least 18 years of age.
• All artwork must be ready to install with a wire on the back.
• Short artist statement (25 words or less) explaining how the work relates to the theme Beyond the Beaten Path.
• Artists are responsible for insuring their own work if desired.
• Artists may make their works available for sale. All sales of art work are negotiated between the artist and the collector.  No commission is taken by the Museum.  Collectors will contact the artist via email, which will be displayed on the label. 
• Submission fee:  $20 for one submission/$30 for two submissions.  Payment by credit card.
• Artworks will be reviewed and juried. Selected artists will be notified by email no later than July 15
• Intake of accepted works at Rogers Free Library, lower level, July 20, 1–3PM and July 21, 5–7PM.
• Selected works will be displayed in the Rogers Free Library from Tuesday, July 26 through Wednesday, September 14, 2022.
• At the close of the exhibit, artists must pick up work from the Library on Sept 14 and 15. 1:00-3:00PM
• Artists should complete submission registration on line with uploaded photo of each submission through the link below by July 1, 2022.

Address questions to: BAMlibraryexhibit@gmail.com

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To Review the prospectus and submit your artwork follow the link.

Prospectus & Submit Work

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About the Juror

Kathy Hodge has been painting since she first picked up her parents' paint brushes at the age of 16. Like her parents, who met there, she attended RISD and has a BFA in painting from the Swain School of Design. Kathy has been appointed Artist in Residence at 11 National Parks and 2 National Forests, most recently in Denali National Park, Alaska. She was awarded a Fellowship in Painting from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts in 2017. Her work is in private, corporate, national park and museum collections.

Visit Kathy's website to review all the National Parks she has worked in as artist in residence