2024 Upcoming Exhibition Schedule

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April 18-May 30 2024: 

The 610 Open

An Open Exhibition of Works by Area Artists

ARTWORK REGISTRATION/DROP OFF: MARCH 28-30, 2024

The Gallery will be closed for cleaning, painting and hanging the Open Show from March 31 - April 17

SHOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: April 18 - May 30, 2024

Public Voting For People’s Choice Award: April 18th-May 23rd

Awards and Reception: Saturday, May 25, 2024 from 5:30 pm-7:30 pm

ARTIST PICKUP: May 30 & 31, 2024
Two and three dimensional original media accepted.
Prints of work will not be accepted, except for photography.
2-D work may not exceed 18”x18”, including frame.
3-D work must have a base no larger than 18x18 and should not expand unreasonably beyond that footprint. 

AWARDS: Best In Show, People’s Choice, and 610 Arts Collective Award.
Each award comes with ribbon and cash prize ($250 Best in Show, $200 610 Arts Collective Award and $150 for People’s Choice Award)

• Work must be suitably framed and ready for hanging.

  • All work, glass, and frames must be clean, undamaged and ready for a show. We reserve the right to refuse hanging dirty work.

  • No wire clip frames/frameless clips will be accepted.

  • No canvas boards with sticky tabs as hanging mechanisms will be accepted

  • Wrapped canvas pieces with finished sides will be accepted, but sides must be clean and/or intentionally finished ---  and pieces should have hanging wires attached on arrival.

  • Photos:  photos on any media (metal, canvas, archival paper, acrylic, etc.) will be accepted -- provided they fit within the size restrictions and are clean and hang-ready.

  • If at all possible, please try to avoid use of gold frames for group shows such as this -- they are very hard to group and as a result, will often find themselves in an isolated space in the gallery.

• Drawings, watercolors and pastels must be under Plexiglass or glass. If an artist opts to not have work under glass, it is under their own risk and work will not be insured for damage.

• SALES All work will be for sale. 60% proceeds from sales will go to the artist and 40% proceeds will go to 610 Gallery, Ridgway Chautauqua Society.

• FEES: $25.00 entry fee per piece, maximum submission: 2 pieces.

  • Any profit from fees help cover annual 610 gallery costs such as electricity, light bulbs, gas, signage, contracted personnel, etc.  This exhibition is a fundraiser for the gallery.  The gallery is co-run by two 501c3 Nonprofit Arts organizations who collectively provide over 600 programs a year to our region -- and this exhibition is just one of those 600 programs.

  • Fees for this show are first used to help cover cash prizes, marketing and promotion and the 6+ full days of labor that it takes to prep for, and repair-after the show.

  • Entry fees are paid through the entry forms. Credit cards may be called-in or processed when artwork is dropped off.

  • Fees are nonrefundable on accepted works.

  • There are no handling fees but artists are responsible for shipping costs, if any

PRINT APPLICATION NOW

(Click Link for Submission Details)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 4-28 2024:

Robin Arthur

Paonia, Colorado artist Robin Arthur grew up in Texas and earned a BFA in drawing and painting from the University of North Texas in the culturally thriving town of Denton. She began her professional art career in San Antonio painting vibrant and joyful custom pet portraits with a nod to Mexico’s Day of the Dead style using brilliant colors, skulls, flowers and butterflies. Her animal portrait business now encompasses a wide range of wildlife, farm animals, pets, reptiles and birds, with a recent focus on exotic chickens and their dramatic plumage. She has painted hundreds of animal portraits for happy collectors around the globe. In 2019, Robin chose to take a sabbatical from the pressures of a commission-based art practice, then painting a well-received series of expressive abstracts. Now residing on a mesa high above the North Fork Valley of western Colorado, she is creating both oil and acrylic landscapes from the beauty that surrounds her.

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July 2 - 28 2024:

Photography Invitational

Featuring works by Steve Traudt (GJ), Lora Slawitchka (Ouray) and Susan Humphrey (Olathe)

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The 610 Arts Collective reconfigured the gallery in late May 2023.  What was once referred to as "The Gallery Shop" is now the "Exhibition Space" and what was once the exhibition space is now the shop. 

 

After four years of watching human behavior in the space, we expect that this move will be beneficial to increase traffic, decrease theft of small items and  most of all, offer a deeper experience between the user and the exhibiting artist in a more-private space for reflection. 

Upgrades were made in the exhibition gallery including upgraded lighting and a hanging system. 

If you are interested in applying for a 2024 exhibition slot in the "new" space, head here.

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