Call for Art

ARCHITECTURE IN ABSTRACTION

A submitted form and digital submissions are due by Saturday, August 23, 2025. An email notification of acceptance will be sent on Thursday, August 28. 
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Submission Instructions and Guidelines:

• This Call for Art is for photography submissions. Digital, analog and experimental processes are acceptable, with minimal digital manipulation and enhancement.
• Your artwork submission must express the concept of our theme: Architecture in Abstraction. (This exhibition will participate in the annual 20/20 Photo Festival. The festival’s 2025 theme is Structures. More information can be found at 2020photofestival.org.)
• Open to all artists in the Greater Philadelphia region
• Box Spring Gallery is only accepting artwork for wall display at this time, and work should not exceed 36 inches in any direction.
• All work must be for sale, and Box Spring Gallery will take a 50% commission on sales.
• Images of at most two artworks per artist can be submitted to contact@boxspringgallery.com, along with your contact information, a brief statement about how your artwork expresses the theme, and identification info (title of work, medium, dimensions, price) for each piece.
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• Image files must be labeled as “FullName_TitleOfWork” (example: “JohnDoe_CityHall”). Please also put “CFA, Full Name” (example: “CFA, John Doe”) in the subject line of your email.
• JPG, PNG, and PDF formats are acceptable.
• A $25 non-refundable submission / administration fee for each artist must be made by Venmo only, to @boxspringgallery. Please also put the same “CFA, Full Name” in the memo.
• All images must be submitted by Saturday, August 23, 2025. Artists will be notified about participation on Thursday, August 28 if not earlier.
• The 2nd Thursday Opening Reception is on September 11, 6–9 pm at Box Spring Gallery, 1400 N. American St, #100C, Philadelphia, PA 19122. The exhibition will run from September 11 – October 4, 2025.

For Accepted Artists:

• Box Spring Gallery is only accepting artwork for wall display at this time. Work should not exceed 36 inches in any direction, and be ready to hang.
• All work must be for sale, and Box Spring Gallery will take a 50% commission on sales.
• Artwork must be received no later than Friday, September 5, 2025, at Box Spring Gallery (at Crane Arts), 1400 N. American St, #100C, Philadelphia, PA 19122. Drop-offs can be made Thursday and Friday, 1–6 pm, or by appointment by emailing contact@boxspringgallery.com.
• Please attach identification info (your name, title of work, medium, dimensions, price) to each artwork, and any special handling and hanging instructions.
• An agreement form regarding participation will be attached to your acceptance email. Please include your completed and signed agreement with your arriving artwork, or send it via email to contact@boxspringgallery.com.
• Once received, Box Spring Gallery has the right to refuse artworks that do not properly adhere to the theme or guidelines.
• All boxes and wrapping material must be taken back with you. Unfortunately Box Spring Gallery does not have any storage space.
• The 2nd Thursday Opening Reception is on September 11, 6–9 pm at Box Spring Gallery, 1400 N. American St, #100C, Philadelphia, PA 19122. The exhibition will run from September 11 – October 4, 2025.
• Pick-ups of unsold artwork will be DATES TBA.

This form below and digital submissions are due by Saturday, August 23, 2025. An email notification of acceptance will be sent on Thursday, August 28.