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Expressions! Art Show

Tracy Art League's annual regional juried art exhibit EXPRESSIONS!, brings the finest work of Northern California artists to the community every February.

Open to the public, without charge, the exhibit is supported by a partnership between TAL, City agencies, local businesses, and a staff of volunteers.

2025 Expressions! Exhibit
February 14-21 2025

Eligibility to enter:
 

  • Open to artists over 18 years of age    

  • Work must be original and completed in the last 24 months

  • Work must be conceived and created entirely by the entering artist

  • Work shown in previous Tracy Art League exhibits is not eligible

  • 2D work cannot exceed 48 x 48 including frame

  • 3D work cannot exceed 30w x 20d x 60h 

  • Artwork must be valued/priced at $5,000 or less

Conditions of Entry:
 

  • Limit six entries per category per artist

  • Entries must be wired and the wire ends taped for hanging

  • Entries with multiple parts need to have a single mounting 

  • $25 per entry/$20 per entry for Tracy Art League members

  • Artwork to be hand delivered

  • Suggested donation to Tracy Art League is 15% of any sales

  • File submission can be no greater than 8Mb

Art work is accepted in the following categories:

  • Sculpture & 3 Dimensional (weight limit 50 lbs)

  • Oil and Acrylic

  • Watercolor

  • Pastel and Drawing

  • Graphics and Mixed Media

  • Glass

  • Photography (photos must be ready to hang – mounted or framed)

  • One of the missions of the Tracy Art League is to educate school-age children.  Because of this, we are not accepting any works depicting whole/partial nudity or extreme violence.

Awards:

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  • Best of Show $450

  • Five GOLD awards at $100 each

  • Five SILVER awards at $75 each

  • Five BRONZE awards at $50 each 

  • One Peoples' Choice award at $50

  • City of Tracy to issue Purchase Prize Award(s) up to $500 for inclusion into the City Art Collection.

Calendar of Events:

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December 9 - January 10 – Online entries accepted at

www.SmarterEntry.com/CallsForEntry/TAL

 

Jan 18 - Artists notified of accepted works

Feb 7 - 4pm – 6:30pm  Receiving of accepted artwork

Feb 8  10am – 2pm  Receiving of accepted artwork

Feb 14  6:30 – 9pm  Artists’ Reception

Feb 15-16  10am - 5pm  Public Viewing

Feb 18-21  4pm-7pm  Public Viewing

Feb 22  10am-1pm  Pick up of Artwork

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2025 juror: Rob Stevenson

Dr. Rob Stevenson is a California-based artist who is the Dean of the School of Arts, Performance, and the Humanities at Modesto Junior College where he has been for 23 years. Previous to that was a Professor of Art History and Studio Art. He received his Ph.D. from The University of the Cumberlands Leadership with an emphasis in Instructional Technology, a Master of Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute, a Master of Arts in Humanities with an emphasis in Art History from California State University at Dominguez Hills, and a Bachelor of Arts in Art Practice and Art History from the University of California at Berkeley. His work has been shown throughout the United States as well as in South America and Europe, with recent solo shows at the Carnegie Center for the Arts and University Art Gallery in Turlock.  His works can be found in public collections including the Morrison Library in Berkeley, CA, McNeese University in Lake Charles, LA, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, NY.  Robert has also worked as a printer or as master printer with such noteworthy artists as Peter Voulkos, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Terry Allen. Recent scholarly awards include National Endowment for the Humanities Institute Fellowships to study South Asian culture in New Delhi, India; to Study Islam in Asia at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii; a Korea Society Fellowship to study Korean culture at the Academy for Korean Studies in Seoul, South Korea, and a Dar al Islam Institute fellowship.

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