Register for the 8th Annual North Ridge Art Gala!
 
7th Annual North Ridge Art Gala

CALL FOR ENTRIES

The North Ridge Country Club Art Society wishes to promote art and area artists, while also developing increased art appreciation within its membership. The NRCC Art Society continues to expand the permanent art collection in the clubhouse for members to enjoy. To achieve these goals, the North Ridge Country Club Art Society sponsors a juried art competition each year, culminating in a special event to showcase the work of the selected artists.

Roger Manley, Director of the Gregg Museum of Art and Design at North Carolina State University, will serve as juror and select 25 pieces for the show from submitted artwork.   Those selected artists will have 10 X 10 booths to offer additional work for sale at the North Ridge Country Club Art Gala on Saturday, February 27, 2016 at 6 p.m.  Club members and their guests will attend the party to view the work and possibly add pieces to their personal collections.  The juror will choose Best in Show, Second and Third Place award winners, who will receive recognition at the Gala and the opportunity to display their work in Gallery Hall for a designated number of weeks at North Ridge Country Club.  North Ridge Country Club will purchase the Best in Show piece to hang in the permanent collection. 
SPECIFICATIONS

All work must be original.

Media accepted:
  • Oil
  • Acrylic
  • Watercolor
  • Pastel
  • Scratchboard
  • Photography
  • Mixed Media, meant to hang on a wall - no freestanding pieces
All entries must be for sale.

Artists must be prepared, should they be chosen, to have a 10 X 10 booth of artwork for sale at the North Ridge Country Club Art Gala on February 27, 2016.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
  • $10 entry fee per each work submitted. (5 entries X $10 each = $50 max)
  • Limit of five total works submitted per artist.
  • Please note that this is a juried show, so not all entries will be exhibited. Entry fees are non-refundable.
ENTRY METHOD

Entries should be in the form of a digital photo of the artwork, with the completed entry form found in the link below.

Each entry MUST include:
  • Artist's name
  • Artist's email address
  • Artist's address and contact phone number
  • Title of artwork
  • Size of artwork
  • Medium (from accepted list)
  • Price
Entry fee checks, made out to North Ridge Country Club, should be mailed to: George Wallace, 1916 Hunting Ridge Rd, Raleigh, NC 27615

PLEASE NOTE: Email entries will not be considered complete nor submitted to the juror until the entry fees are received.
JUROR

Roger Manley is the Director of the Gregg Museum of Art & Design at North Carolina
State University.  He has worked as a curator with more than forty other institutions in this country and abroad, including the NC Museum of Art, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Asheville Art Museum, the Center on Contemporary Art/Seattle and the Collection de l'Art Brut in Switzerland.  He also curated the inaugural exhibition for the opening of the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore.  As an artist (photographer, filmmaker, writer), Mr. Manley has been a fellow of the Headlands Center for the Arts in California, the Fondation d'Art de la Napoule in France, and Mishkenot Sha'ananim in Israel.  His feature documentary film "Mana-beyond belief" premiered at Lincoln Center in New York in 2005 and has won awards at several international film festivals.  Mr. Manley graduated from Davidson College, spent two years living in the Australian Outback with a tribe of Aboriginals, and later completed graduate work at the University of Denver and UNC-Chapel Hill.  
CALENDAR
  • Entries accepted through Wednesday, January 13, 2016.
  • Entrants will be notified of acceptance by January 29, 2016.
  • Set-up for Art Gala begins at 9:00 a.m. Saturday, February 27, 2016 and must be finished by 3:30 p.m. that day.
  • The North Ridge Country Club Art Gala is the evening of Saturday, February 27, 2016, with a possible preview event late that afternoon.
  • Breakdown for Art Gala is immediately following, or Sunday, February 28, 2016 before noon.
COMMISSION
  • North Ridge Country Club will retain a 15% commission on all sales at the Gala, related exhibits and commissioned work.
  • Commissions collected will be used to purchase artwork for North Ridge Country Club.
AWARDS

 

The following awards will be presented at the Gala:

 

Best In Show/Purchase Award
  • Artwork will be purchased by the North Ridge Country Club Art Society to hang in its permanent collection in the clubhouse (Purchase Award not to exceed $5,000)
  • Two month exhibit at North Ridge Country Club in November and December Dinner for four in the North Ridge Country Club Bluebird Grill 
  • Golf for four at North Ridge Country Club
Second Prize
  • One month exhibit at North Ridge Country Club
  • Golf for four at North Ridge Country Club
Third Prize
  • One month exhibit at North Ridge Country Club
  • Dinner for four in the North Ridge Country Club Bluebird Grill
ART GALA - FEBRUARY 27, 2016

Club members and guests will be invited to attend a special evening reception and sale featuring the artists selected by our juror.
  • Each selected artist will have a designated 10 X 10 booth in the North Ridge Country Club ballroom to display additional artwork for sale.
  • Pre-Gala announcement to the artists of the Purchase Award, 2nd and 3rd by juror before the Gala opens.
  • The award winners will be announced and introduced at the Gala.
  • The selected artists and one guest each may attend free of charge.
  • Artists may invite additional guests for $35 apiece.
LIABILITY

North Ridge Country Club will take every precaution against damage or theft, but will not be responsible for loss, whatever the cause.  Concerned artists must provide their own insurance coverage.  North Ridge Country Club reserves the right to decline any entry or withdraw any entry from the exhibition at its discretion. North Ridge Country Club also reserves the right to photograph and reproduce any entry submitted for educational or publicity purposes.  Submission of an entry to the exhibition constitutes agreement of the artist to all terms and conditions in this prospectus. 
QUESTIONS

Should you have any questions regarding the North Ridge Country Club Art Gala, please send us an email or call (919) 889-2010.
North Ridge Country Club
6612 Falls of Neuse Road | Raleigh, NC 27615