SEPTEMBER SHOW: Members Call for Art.
Deadline: July 10, 11:59 PM
Poetry of the Ordinary
The Arts Society of Kingston (ASK) invites artists to submit work for Poetry of the Ordinary, a juried exhibition celebrating the beauty, mystery, and meaning found in everyday life.
The ordinary often goes unnoticed – a morning cup of coffee, neighborhood streets, quiet rituals, fleeting gestures, familiar objects, or the subtle rhythms of daily existence. Yet within these seemingly commonplace moments lies a profound poetry that reveals our shared humanity.
We seek artwork that transforms the mundane through artistic vision. Through observation, memory, humor, intimacy, or reflection, artists are encouraged to explore how the everyday can become a source of wonder, connection, and insight.
All visual media are welcome, including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, printmaking, fiber, ceramics, mixed media, and installation.
Whether your work documents reality, abstracts lived experience, or reimagines the commonplace, we invite submissions that reveal the poetry hidden in everyday life.
We look forward to seeing how you uncover the extraordinary within the ordinary.
Abstraction allows artists to move beyond representation, using color, form, texture, movement, and composition to communicate ideas, emotions, and experiences. Whether your work is bold and expressive, subtle and contemplative, geometric, organic, or entirely experimental, we welcome contemporary interpretations of abstraction in all media.
Submission Requirements
- Up to 2 works may be submitted for consideration. Work hung will be decided by Hanging Crew and refunds are not permitted. Every member is guaranteed 1 work will be exhibited.
- All artwork must be original and created within the last three years.
- Work must be ready for exhibition – see hanging guidelines below.
Eligibility
- Open to emerging and established Artist Members
- Work should be created within the past few years
- Artists are encouraged to submit work that has not been previously exhibited
- Must be artist members.
- Original artwork only.
- All work must be for sale
Dates: OPENING Saturday 9/5 @ 3 PM
DEADLINE: 7/1 – 7/10
Drop-off: 9/1 (5-8 PM) and 9/2 (1-4 PM)
Pick-up: 9/29 (5-8 pm) and 9/30 (1-4 PM)
Artwork Submission Requirements
- For Member shows, artist must be a current member of ASK. Open Call shows do not require ASK membership.
- Submit one or two works. To prevent overcrowding, ASK may limit submissions to 1 work, if needed.
- Must be relevant to the Show theme. Please note: photographed nudity is not accepted at this time.
- All artwork must be original and must be owned by artist.
- Work must not have been exhibited at ASK within 1 year.
- Artists will submit 1 jpg/png/mp3/mov file per work.
- Artists must have means to transport the work to/from ASK.
- All work must be for sale. Artists receive 70% of sales during the run of the exhibition. ASK retains 30% of sales.
- All artworks will be exhibited as entered in submission form. This includes the Artist Name, Artwork, Title, Date, Medium, Dimensions, and Price. No changes and/or substitutions will be permitted. Please check your details carefully.
- All exhibitors must schedule 2 (2.5 hour) dates to gallery sit. (ASK survives on volunteerism.)
Artwork Preparation
- Please wire your work to be hung. No sawtooth, strings or hooks please.
- Please create a label and tape to the back of your work:
- Your name
- Phone number – cell numbers are preferable
- Current mailing address
- Email address
- Name of artwork
- Materials used
- Price
- Please create a label and tape to the front of your work:
- Your name
- Name of artwork
- Materials used
- Price
All artists are required to properly frame work to prepare for hanging in our shows. Please find our page of resources created by our Hanging Committee for your use: