Call for Art
Honoring the Past, Protecting the Future 
Deadline January 27, 2024

Partnering with the Bristol Bookfest and the Rogers Free Library, the Bristol Art Museum invites you to create works of artistic imagery for an exhibit exploring the themes presented in the Bookfest 2025 selection, Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451.

Published more than seventy years ago, this dystopian novel presents a society where classic literature and historical documents are lost through the burning of books. Fahrenheit 451 reflects the concerns of the 1950’s: censorship and governmental controls, individuality, the reliance on electronic media as displacement for interpersonal interaction. How relevant are those themes today?
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What then is the value of books and the freedom to choose and to read them? How do advances in technology change a society and its culture? What is our role as individuals in preserving knowledge from the past and ensuring the future for our descendants?

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

• All works must be original.
• 2D works, including drawings, paintings, printmaking, collage, fiber art, and photography, accepted. No 3D works, ie, sculpture, will be accepted for this exhibit.
• All works must be ready to install, with wire on the back. Maximum size is 18 inches by 24 inches, framed.
• Submitting artists must be at least 18 years of age.
• Artists are responsible for insuring their own work if desired.
• Artists may make their work available for sale. All sales of artwork are negotiated between the artist and the collector. No commissions are taken by the Museum. Collectors will contact the artist directly via email (which will be displayed on the label).

SUBMISSION PROCESS:

• Artists should complete submission registration online with uploaded photo of each submission at the Bristol Art Museum website by Monday, January 27, 2025.
• Submission fee: BAM Members $20 for one submission/$30 for two submissions. Payment by credit card. 
• Submission fee: Non-Members $25 for one submission/$40 for two submissions. Payment by credit card. 
• Works will be reviewed and juried.
• Selected artists will be notified by email no later than February 3, 2025.
• In person intake of accepted works will be at the Rogers Free Library, lower level, 4-6pm on Wednesday, February 19th, and 1-3pm on Thursday, February 20th.
• Selected works will be displayed in the Community Gallery at Rogers Free Library and will be on view from February 25th through April 16th.
• Artists should plan to pick up their works on Wednesday, April 16th between 4-6pm, or on Thursday, April 17th between 1-3pm.
• Address any questions to [email protected]

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