SALON DES REFUSÉS: An independently organized art exhibit complementing the 2007 Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition

SALON DES REFUSÉS

SALON DES REFUSÉS

SALON DES REFUSÉS

An independently organized art exhibit complementing the 2007 Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition

Visual Studies Workshop (Salon exhibit space for non-photographic art)

31 Prince Street

Rochester, New York

Saturday June 16th to Sunday June 24th

Wednesday,Thursday, Friday and Saturday 11-7

Sunday 12-4

Image City Photography Gallery (Salon exhibit space for photographic art)

722 University Avenue (next to Writers & Books)

Rochester, New York

Saturday June 16th to Sunday July 15th

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 11-7

Sunday 12-4

FROM THE SALON DES REFUSÉS COMMITTEE

Congratulations and welcome to the Salon des Refusés! You have joined a distinguished group of artists whose work was not accepted by the Finger Lakes Exhibition.

The original Salon des Refusés was presented in Paris in 1863, when the French Academy rejected 2800 pieces submitted for the annual Salon. The selection committee felt that the public needed to be shielded from the works of such “subversives” as Monet, Manet, Pissaro, Cezanne, Courbet and Whistler. Since the Academy dictated the tastes of most members of the art buying public, rejection threatened many artists with professional extinction. Fortunately the general public protested and Napoleon III (a kinder, gentler emperor than his uncle) listened and intervened. After he viewed the rejected works, he instructed the Academy to reconsider its selection. When it refused, Napoleon decreed that the rejected paintings be displayed in a separate exhibition - the first Salon des Refusés.

This year in Rochester, you and your fellow artists whose work has been declined by the Finger Lakes Exhibition have the opportunity to join the 2007 Salon des Refusés. We are running the Salon for three reasons: 1) To give the public a wider view of what is happening in the art world in upstate New York, 2) To show that just because something has been declined by the Finger Lakes jurors does not mean that it is not excellent work, and 3) to assuage the hurt feelings of artists whose work has been declined.

The Finger Lakes Exhibition is a Western New York tradition at Memorial Art Gallery. For over 100 years, in 61 exhibitions, local artists have turned out in great numbers to honor their own, and the Gallery that praises their work. The desire to participate always exceeds the space allotted, and artists who offer their work for jury scrutiny, do so at their own risk and expense. Memorial Art Gallery selects a new jury every time, and what is chosen is always thought provoking, reflecting the latest trend or a reaction to it. The resulting collection ranges from a delightful array of original work in every medium, to a lopsided mixture of personal taste. This year’s jurors are Mark Alice Durant, Professor of Visual Arts, and Sofia Hernandez Chong Cuy, Curator and Programs Manager at ART IN GENERAL, NYC.

It would be nice to see more of what the jury saw... more of the artists we have admired for years, whose work escaped favor in this round… more of the odd or outrageous or tender. More will be offered by the Salon des Refusés. If you have work that was officially declined by the Finger Lakes Exhibit 2007, you are invited to be a part of the Salon. Salon des Refusés will open the same evening as the Finger Lakes Exhibition, and will be within two blocks from MAG.

Don’t see the Finger Lakes Exhibition without seeing the Salon des Refusés. Celebrate the Finger Lakes Exhibition, and be part of that indefinable something it is missing…….

Salon Committee 2007: Clay Gehring, Lou Lanzi, Cheryl Minchella, Chris Murphy, Dan Neuberger, Dan Olek, Betsy Phillips, Martha Sorriero, Gary Thompson, Phyllis Thompson, Sally Wood Winslow,

SALON DES REFUSÉS GUIDELINES & DATES

ELIGIBILITY: Open to pieces of artwork officially submitted and declined for exhibit in the 2007 Finger Lakes Exhibition at the Memorial Art Gallery. One work per artist will be accepted, Specific placement of artwork will be at the discretion of the Committee.

New this year….even if you have a piece accepted in the Finger Lakes, you may enter the declined one in the Salon. It will be interesting to compare the accepted and the declined artwork !

REGISTRATION DEADLINE & ENTRY FEES Please mail completed entry form, the official Finger Lakes Exhibition declination letter (or a copy), and non-refundable entry fee of $20 (see immediately below), payable to Cheryl Minchella, to Salon des Refusés c/o Cheryl Minchella, 68 Webster Manor Drive #7, Webster, NY 14580. If your postmark date is on or before May 18th, you get a 25% discount, so the fee will be only $15 !

For more information: Dan Neuberger 585-482-1976 dano@rochester.rr.com

TITLES For ease of handling in the Salon, please title your work

INSURANCE The Salon des Refusés exhibits are not covered by insurance. Every effort will be made by the Committee and participating galleries to ensure the safety of the art work displayed.

INSTALLATION Work should be professionally presented and ready to hang. Frames must be wired. For dimensional or unique works, the artist must provide any parts, pieces, or supplies necessary to secure placement of each work. The exhibit committee will sequence and hang the submitted work, and is open, but not limited, to suggestions from artists regarding presentation. Installation works may be accepted at the discretion of the Committee, and if the Committee finds the installation of a work too difficult, it will contact the artist.

DELIVERY/PICK-UP Artwork MUST be delivered, on Wednesday June 13th 4-8 PM to the appropriate gallery.

Please pick up artwork displayed at VSW promptly on Sunday, June 24th, 4-7PM, and work at ICPG on Sunday July 15th, 4-7 PM

INQUIRIES/SALES If your work is for sale, please include the price on your entry form. That price will be displayed on the gallery tag. Salon des Refusés will take a 25% commission on all sales.

VISITING THE EXHIBIT There is no admission charge to visit the exhibit, but there will be an opportunity for voluntary donations

SALON DES REFUSÉS IMPORTANT DATES

Entry forms must be postmarked by

Friday May 18th, 2007 if you want the discount, and sent to: Salon des Refusés c/o Cheryl Minchella, 68 Webster Manor Drive #7, Webster, NY 14580

Drop off work at both locations

Wednesday June 13th, 2007, 4-8 PM

Opening reception at both locations

Saturday June 16th 7-11 PM

Pick up work

At ICPG on Sunday July 15th, 2007 4-7 PM

At VSW on Sunday June 24th, 2007 4-7 PM

SALON DES REFUSÉS ENTRY FORM

Please send this entry form, $20 entry fee payable to Cheryl Minchella ($15 if sent before May 18th), and your declination letter (or a copy) to Salon des Refusés c/o Cheryl Minchella, 68 Webster Manor Drive #7, Webster, NY 14580

PLEASE, PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY

Name (exactly as it should appear on display tags)

Home Address with ZIP

Phone

Fax

E-mail address

Website

County

Other gallery or store affiliation

Non-refundable entry fee of $20 ($15 if sent on or before May 18th, check or cash

Checks payable to Cheryl Minchella (with note in lower left for "Salon des Refusés 2007")

Work Place

Work Address with ZIP

Phone

Fax

E-mail address

Website

Work newsletter contact

Title of work submitted (exact spelling for display tags)

Short visual description for easy identification (ex. abstract landscape, blue field)

Technique and Materials (ex. universe with crochet planets, beaded stars, woven sky )

Size of frame (height x width x depth)

Presentation style (wood frame, rod & sleeve, hook & eye)

Sale price, Not for Sale (NFS) or Price on Request (POR)

If you are interested in volunteering to do some “gallery sitting”, “poster distribution”, or “hanging”, we will welcome you with open arms. Please let us know!

If we decide to make T-shirts (perhaps black) showing the Salon poster, would you be interested in buying one for about $15 (special price to exhibitors) How about buying a poster? Your answers would be helpful in our planning, and in no way obligate you.

Participating galleries do not carry insurance on temporary displays. Submission of an artwork is understood to be an acceptance of the conditions of exhibition including adherence to drop-off and pick-up schedule. All work will be accepted, unless there is a problem with displaying it or if the Committee feels there is a very good reason to reject it. If that happens, the entry fee will be refunded

Entrant's Signature:

USE THIS ENTRY IF YOU WISH TO MAKE AN ARTIST STATEMENT OR IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS ABOUT THE FINGER LAKES EXHIBIT. STATEMENTS MAY BE EDITED FOR DISPLAY.

Correspondence and calls

Salon des Refusés 2007,

c/o Cheryl Minchella,

68 Webster Manor Drive #7, Webster, NY 14580

For more information

Dan Neuberger 585-482-1976 dano@rochester.rr.com