Interested in applying to be a member of our Cooperative?
This page will provide important dates and tips for the application process.
FAQ
Other ways to get involved with the coop:
- Arts and Crafts Cooperative, Inc. meets biannually to jury applicants for membership to the coop.
- The jury meets twice a year in March (spring) and September (fall).
- Applications will open online for spring jury on December 1 and close March 1.
- Applications for the fall jury will open online June 1 and close on September 1.
- Check our website for the Application page; it will appear under the "Connect" tab in our navigation menu.
- Applicants will be notified of acceptance or exclusion by March 31 and September 30 respectively.
- Applications are open for all media unless otherwise specified on the Application page.
- There are two levels of membership open to artists accepted by the jury: Active and Associate. Active members contribute 36 work hours annually to the gallery, receive 60% of retail sales of their work, and have voting privileges. Associate members are not required to contribute work hours to the gallery, receive 50% of retail sales of their work, and do not have voting privileges.
Other ways to get involved with the coop:
- Sign up for our weekly newsletter to be informed about Open Calls for exhibitions, street sales, and special events
- We typically hold two open call Exhibitions per year, a Spring Art & Plant Sale, and a Holiday Street Fair.
TIPS
- Quality of photographs is paramount. Make sure your photos have proper exposure/brightness, crisp detail, and are cropped close to the boundaries of the work.
- Choose a selection of your work that is cohesive and shows continuity of style and technique.
- Make sure images of drawings, paintings, or mixed media on paper are flat with clean, finished edges. Avoid submitting works with noticeable warping or wrinkles.
- Make sure your image files are .jpg format: 1000 pixels on the long edge, and no more than 1MB per file.
- UNACCEPTABLE file types: .pdf, .heic, .psd. These will not come through with your application, even if the application submits successfully.
- Your browser must have pop-ups enabled for https://www.accigallery.com/. If you have a pop-up blocker installed with your browser, you may not see the "submission successful" notification and you may try (multiple times) to submit the application again.