Call for Submissions
Asher Gallery
Houston Center For Contemporary Craft
Houston, TX
Asher Gallery, within Houston Center For Contemporary Craft, is a retail showcase for acclaimed local, emerging, and national artists in all craft media. Asher Gallery accepts work based on a number of criteria. Please send submissions to Asher Gallery Manager, Suzanne Sippel, via USPS or electronically to ssippel@crafthouston.org.
Appointments may be scheduled by the Asher Gallery Manager after submissions are reviewed; however, not all submissions will receive a reply. No walk-ins will be considered.
The Asher Gallery works on a 50/50 split consignment basis. Accepted artists are responsible for shipping and insuring any work to HCCC. HCCC assumes responsibility for shipping and insuring work returned to artist.
Criteria
Design: includes originality, creativity, use of color and suitability of materials
Craft Skills: finishing details, technical skills and experience with the materials, function and/or decorative merit
Sales: marketability, pricing and product presentation
The following categories of craft objects may be submitted: (truncated)
Objects of clay, fiber, wood, metal, glass and other re-purposed or recycled materials
Craft using manufactured parts, pieces or fabrics, if these materials are subordinate to the total design and production of the end product
Please note that, although work might meet all of the criteria at an acceptable level, the Asher Gallery Manager reserves the right to refuse work based upon suitability to the atmosphere of Asher Gallery, the number of artists carried and available space. Artists may continue to submit presentations to the Asher Gallery Manager as new bodies of work are created; these will be considered separately from original submissions.
Submission Guidelines (truncated)
- Seven (7) to twelve (12) high-resolution images in jpg format.
- List of retail prices for the works submitted
- Artist statement of approximately 200 words
- Artist resume
- List of galleries where you are currently represented
Visit website for more details: www.crafthouston.org/shop/propose-work
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
ATTN: Suzanne Sippel / Asher Gallery
4848 Main Street
Houston, TX 77002
Or Email: ssippel@crafthouston.org
