Helping People Succeed shares a Call to Artists for the 2025 Art For Living Calendar. HPS helps improve the community’s viability and diversity through programs that assist children to become ready for school, and adults to find and maintain employment. The Call is open to artists in Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River, and Okeechobee Counties and 13 artworks will be chosen. EXTENDED Deadline is July 22, 2024.You will have opportunities to sell your original artwork and meet art patrons. Subject matter should be tropical and/or local scenery (Examples: fish, birds, trees, beaches). Local scenes may include Indian River Lagoon, St. Lucie or Loxahatchee Rivers, covered bridge roads, the savannas and views of nature or historical sites. The Rickie Report shares the details and urges emerging artists to apply! Please note: nodigital art, photography, jewelry,3D or 4D art will be accepted.
Helping People Succeed
1601 NE Braille Place Jensen Beach, FL 34957
hpsfl.org 772.320.0778
Helping People Succeed transforms lives by realizing potential, creating hope and building futures through education, counseling, training and employment.
CALENDAR INFORMATION FOR 2025 SUBMISSIONS
Your own digital photo in high resolution may be submitted via email to jguaba@hpsfl.org. If you need Helping People Succeed to take a photo of your artwork you can contact Jeraldine Guaba to coordinate arrangements to bring the original piece of art to our office.
If emailing your submission, please include the completed artist application (attached). The application fee is $25.o0 per submission and may be mailed to our office:
Helping People Succeed 1601 NE Braille Place Jensen Beach, FL 34957
The $25.00 application fee may also be paid online at www.hpsfl.org.
Please note: emailed submissions will be considered once the application and fee have been received.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Please note:
No digital art, photography, jewelry, 3D or 4D art
Open to artists in Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River and Okeechobee counties.
Only the artist who created the original work may apply.
Please submit in a jpeg format. No frame or glass should be included.
Horizontal artwork format only. The actual calendar measures (Paintings may be in
proportion at 16” w x 12”h, 24” w x 18” h, etc.)
Framed artwork no larger than 48” wide.
Final selections are based on quality, format, suitability for reproduction and subject matter.
Subject matter should be tropical and/or local scenery (Examples: fish, birds, trees, beaches).
Local scenes may include Indian River Lagoon, St. Lucie or Loxahatchee Rivers, coveredbridge roads, the Savannas and views of nature or historical sites.
Applicants to submit a 300-word biography by email with the jpeg artwork.
Artists must be more than 18 years old to submit an entry for the 2025 Art for LivingCalendar.
A Selection Committee will review the artwork and notify all artists once the selection processis complete.
ARTISTS SELECTED FOR THE 2025 CALENDAR:
When notified, please bring your original artwork to our office in Jensen Beach to be scanned.
Artwork may be framed or unframed. If framed please note that the actual painting showing iswhat will be scanned for the calendar.
You may have your own artwork professionally scanned and sent, via email, to Jeraldine at jguaba@hpsfl.org.
Original artwork for the calendar to be available for sale by Helping People Succeed from thetime of acceptance through December 31, 2024. 20% of the sales will be a contribution to Helping People Succeed.
ARTISTS ARE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FOLLOWING EVENTS:
Artists are invited to submit up to 10 pieces of artwork (in addition to the calendar art) for our Art for Living Gallery. Your artwork will be displayed in the gallery from November, 2024 through April, 2025. Visit our website to view the current artwork displayed in our gallery. www.hpsfl.org. 20% of the sales of each painting will be a contribution to Helping People Succeed.
Once the calendars arrive, each artist will sign their page on approximately 100 calendars. This will be a coordinated effort with the staff at Helping People Succeed.
Our Pinot & Picasso event will be held on November 23, 2024 at the Harbour Ridge Yacht & Country Club in Palm City. This will be a formal reception and dinner and the calendar artists will be available that evening to autograph calendars and are invited to display a limited number of art pieces for sale.
There may be additional event activity that will require the 2025 Art for Living Calendar Artists to be present. Notice will be given once those activities are known and/or established.
Please note that Helping People Succeed will handle all sales and cover all costs of sales, including credit card fees, etc.
SUBMISSION CHECKLIST:
_____ Completed application
_____ Check for $25.00 made payable to Helping People Succeed Foundation
_____ Original artwork jpeg for review by judges
_____ 300-word bio in the body of the email or attached as a Word document
