On The Rise 2025: Call For Emerging Artists

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Deadline: Applications must be submitted no later than 5pm on March 29th, 2025

Blue Line Arts is thrilled to announce the return of On the Rise, our regional emerging artist exhibition! This exhibit is dedicated to showcasing exceptional artwork created by artists aged 14 to 24. Please note that artists under 18 will need a parent or guardian to sign the consignment agreement upon acceptance.

Part of our mission as a nonprofit is to support and nurture the creative spirit of artists of all ages and experience levels. On the Rise is a perfect opportunity to learn how the process of a juried exhibition works first hand from beginning to end. 

We welcome submissions in any medium, including painting, sculpture, digital art, photography, and more.

  • Free Submissions: Current Blue Line Arts Members at the College Student and Artist Level as well as High school students from Placer County and neighboring Sacramento, El Dorado, Yolo, Yuba, Sutter, and Nevada Counties can submit for free.
  • Discounts Available: 50% off codes for the application fee are offered for high school, community college, or university students outside these areas. 

To request a free entry or 50% discount coupon code, email gallery@bluelinearts.org as early as possible. Coupon codes are processed manually during normal business hours (Tuesday-Saturday from 11am-5pm, so please plan ahead.)

Important Dates

Exhibition Dates: May 10 - June 21, 2025

Deadline to Enter: March 29, 2025, 5pm PST

Artist Notification: April 12, 2025, 5pm PST

Shipping deadline of work to Blue Line Arts: April 26, 2025

Hand deliver work to Blue Line Arts: May 4 and 5, from 10am to 3pm

Opening Reception: May 17, 2025 from 5-7pm

Pick up unsold work from Blue Line Arts: June 22 and 23, from 10am to 3pm

Eligibility

    • Artists aged 14–24 residing in qualified regions.
    • All artwork must be original and completed within the last two years
    • Artwork cannot have been previously exhibited at Blue Line Arts
    • All 2-D works must be ready to hang
  • All artwork must be for sale
  • Accepted artwork that differs significantly from image in online submission will be disqualified
  • No accepted entry may be withdrawn or sold outside of the exhibition prior to the closing date
  • Blue Line Arts handles all sales transactions. Non-member artists receive a 50% commission from all gallery sales and members receive a 60% commission.
  • Size limitations
    • Art must be able to enter through the doors with a clearance of 94”h x 91”w
    • Ceilings in the gallery are 10 feet high
    • Nothing over 60 lbs will be accepted
  • All artwork image files must be renamed in the following format:
    • ArtistName-ArtworkTitle.jpeg
  • The artist is responsible for paying for all shipping and should have a prepaid label from FedEx or UPS (No US Mail) for the return of artwork. Artwork that is shipped may be picked up. 

Note about Shipping/Delivery: If you ship your artwork to us, we’ll return it with the prepaid shipping label after the show closes. However, if you drop off your artwork in person, please plan to pick it up, as we cannot ship items that were hand-delivered. You are welcome to send someone in your place with an email or text confirmation. Thank you for your understanding!

Special Consideration:

For artists who are submitting artworks who are under the age of 18, you will need to have a parent or guardian submit your application and complete our consignment agreement on your behalf.

 Entries to this call will be free to high school students located in Placer county and the connecting  Sacramento, El Dorado, Yolo, Yuba, Sutter, and Nevada Counties. We have scholarships available for high school students outside those counties as well. If interested, please inquire with gallery@bluelinearts.org to receive a coupon code to cover the application fee at checkout. Do not wait until the last second to request this coupon code as these requests are sent out by a staff member and take time to process during our normal operating hours.

We also have discounts for students enrolled in community colleges and 4 year postsecondary educational institutions. Please reach out to gallery@bluelinearts.org with your .edu email address to receive a half-off coupon.

If you cannot afford to apply for the call to artists, please do not hesitate to reach out to us via email at gallery@bluelinearts.org! Thank you.

Legal Agreement:

CONSIGNMENT The Artist will consign to the Gallery the works described in the attached consignment list for exhibition and sale, on the terms and condition set forth in this agreement. For artists who are submitting artworks who are under the age of 18, you will be required to have a parent or guardian complete our consignment agreement on your behalf. The works will be exhibited to the public and to prospective buyers during ordinary business hours and may be exhibited by special appointment. During the Consignment Term, beginning and ending, as shown above, the Gallery has the exclusive right to have and sell the works consigned to the Gallery.

WEBSITE The Gallery may also exhibit the works and other works accepted for website consignment during the Consignment Term and for any additional time as may be agreed, but is under no obligation to do so. SALES PRICE Gallery will sell the consigned works at the price specified in the consignment list unless the Artist authorizes a lower price, but the Gallery may rely upon verbal authorization from the Artist to sell at a lower price. Artist authorizes Gallery to charge less than the agreed retail price, by giving a 10 percent discount to a professional curator, designer or a regular patron of the Gallery.

COMMISSION The Gallery will be entitled to a commission on sales of works consigned to the Gallery when the sale is agreed during the Consignment Term; on sales of works exhibited on the Gallery’s website when the sale is agreed during the time the work is exhibited on the website; and to a commission on all sales of work, whether or not it is consigned to the Gallery or exhibited on the Gallery’s website, for sales initiated by the Gallery and agreed by the Artist during the Commission Term, beginning and ending as shown above. The commission will be a percentage of the sales price, not including sales tax, as shown above.

PAYMENTS AND TRANSFER The Artist authorizes the Gallery to transfer possession of a work to a buyer upon payment in full of the purchase price, or as may otherwise be agreed by the Gallery and the Artist. The Gallery will credit to itself a portion of any payment for the sale of a work, full or partial, in proportion to its commission, immediately upon receipt of the payment. At the end of a month in which full payment for a work has been received, the Gallery will transfer the Artist’s share of the sales price to the Artist. In the event that the Artist receives funds directly for a sale of a work for on which a commission is owed to the Gallery, the Artist shall pay to the Gallery all funds received for the work to the Gallery until the Gallery’s full commission is paid, and only then may retain any part of the payment price. The Artist grants the Gallery a lien against payments received for a work on which a commissions owed, and any works sold by the Artist, to satisfy the Gallery’s commission. The Artist understands that the Gallery does not maintain separate deposit accounts for the Artist’s funds and the Gallery’s funds.

DELIVERY, PLACEMENT, REMOVAL The Artist will deliver to the Gallery and remove from the Gallery the consigned works at the “beginning” and “ending” of the Consignment Term, during ordinary business hours, or as otherwise may be agreed. The location and placement of the works, and the curatorial design of an exhibition will be left to the sole discretion of the Gallery. With the assistance of the Gallery’s staff, and subject to the Gallery’s right to determine location, placement, and curatorial design, the Artist will install consigned works priced greater than $5,000.00 . The Artist agrees to pick up his/her artwork by the assigned pick up date or else he/she will be charged a fee of $25 for every day the artwork remains in the gallery after the designated pick up date. After 30 days, the artwork will be considered property of Blue Line Arts.

LOSS OR DAMAGE The Artist is solely responsible for loss or damage to a work incurred in transportation, delivery and removal of a work from the Gallery. Both the Artist and the Gallery will maintain insurance for loss or damage to a work while in the Gallery, including loss or damage that may result before and during installation, and during and after un-installation. The Artist’s insurance will be sufficient to cover the fair market value of the work. Under no circumstances will the Gallery be responsible for damage or loss due to moisture, water, sunlight, earthquakes, acts of God, or for damage or loss resulting from war or criminal attacks perpetrated by persons who are not acting as agents of the Gallery. The maximum amount the Gallery may be liable is for the share the Artist would have received if the work had sold during consignment at its fair market value, not to exceed $25,000 per occurrence, as established by prior sales of the Artist’s works.

DEFECTS WARRANTY The Artist warrants that the Consigned Art and other works of art subject to this agreement are free of all defects in materials and workmanship, and when properly installed, shall cause no unreasonable risk to persons or property. The Artist shall notify the Gallery in writing of any installation or safety requirements with respect to each work of art subject to this agreement.

OWNERSHIP AND COPYRIGHT The Artist represents and warrants that the Artist solely created and possesses unencumbered ownership of all consigned works and works to be exhibited on the Gallery’s website, and has an unrestricted right to display and reproduce the works in print and other mediums. The Artist hereby grants the Gallery a license to exhibit, display, and to reproduce images of the works for purposes of sale and publicity in print and other every other medium for dissemination during the Term, and any additional time as may be agreed. The Artist further grants the Gallery a right to reproduce the works in print publications for sale by the Gallery to commemorate the exhibition and other exhibitions, at any time before or after the consignment. All other rights are reserved to the Artist.

INDEMNIFICATION BY ARTIST Artist shall indemnify and hold the Gallery harmless from all claims, damages and losses which arise from the actual or asserted breach by the Artist of the LOSS and DAMAGE, DEFECTS WARRANTY, and OWNERSHIP and COPYRIGHT provisions, above.

INSPECTION OF RECORDS The Artist and the Gallery (or their authorized representatives) shall, upon reasonable notice, have the mutual right to inspect financial records of the other party pertaining to any transaction involving the Artist’s work. IN THE EVENT OF DEATH In the event of the Artist’s death, the executor(s) of the Estate will be bound by the terms of this contract.

ENTIRE AGREEMENT This Agreement represents the entire agreement between the Artist and the Gallery and supersedes all prior negotiations, representations, and agreements whether oral or written. This Agreement may only be amended by written instrument signed by both parties.

GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, and all disputes shall be resolved by a court of competent jurisdiction in Placer County, California.

SHADOW SALE POLICY: If the artwork is sold up to three months after it exhibited at Blue Line Arts and was sold as a direct result of the buyer seeing the piece in that gallery exhibit, the artist must agree to take responsibility to pay Blue Line Arts the referral commission rate of 15% within a reasonable time after the sale.

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