Submission Information for Artists


Thank you for your interest in showing your artwork at Framations!
Framations Art Gallery is located at
218 North Main Street in St Charles, Missouri 63301

       As a historic, family oriented district, we reserve the right not to display excessive nudity or offensive subject matter. All artwork submitted to Framations Art Gallery is subject to the gallery owners' review. Framations Art Gallery currently shows only regional artists. Submissions are accepted only from St Louis Metro Area Artists. (If you receive St Louis television & radio signals, we consider you metro area). 
        Only completed submissions will be reviewed. Incomplete submissions will be automatically rejected. Once we have received your application & art submissions via email or postal mail, your application will be reviewed. If your artwork is accepted, we will contact you via email &/or telephone. We do not accept submissions in person. All submission information & photos are kept on file with the gallery and will not be returned. 
         At Framations Art Gallery, we offer different types of exhibition space for a small rental fee. Rental fees maintain the gallery's operating costs. We do not profit from rental fees.
 
Gallery Floorplan

Solo Exhib Information:
   
   Individual Artists can rent Gallery 2 for a period of 5 weeks. (See Diagram above for wall dimensions) The rental fee for the whole room is $215.00. 

 All rental fees from your show are used for promotion & reception costs.

The gallery receives a 25% commision on artwork sales from Featured Artist Exhibitions.

Framations will provide the following services during your show:

- A vegetarian "Wine & Cheese" Reception (punch is also served as a non-alcoholic alternative for the guests). The opening Reception is held in conjunction with the group exhibit in the Main Gallery. (usually held from 6-8 pm on the Friday of the exhibition opening, hang dates are the Tuesday before the reception, retreival dates are the weekend after the show closes).

- Press releases sent out to the media about the show.

- Your show will be featured on our website & links to your website will be included.
 
-Framations will email announcements to our private email lists. (We will also provide you copy of the email to forward to your own private email lists).  The artist will need to provide the gallery with 4-6 JPEG images for use on the website & email promotions   at LEAST 6 weeks prior to the show opening.

- Featured artist exhibits will be listed on the back of the coinciding Group Artist Exhibition Postcards and mailed to our private gallery mailing list.  If a featured artist would like individual postcards created, they can be purchased at our cost.

- Hammers, hanging hardware up to 100lbs, ladders, & tags are all provided by the gallery during the hanging. We do NOT hang your show for you , so be prepared to hang the show yourself! All artwork must be "take home" ready. This means the customer should be able to hang it as is, so if it needs a frame, make sure it is framed! If it is gallery wrap canvas, the sides should be finished!

In an effort to keep artwork fresh at Framations, Featured artists are required to wait 13 months before booking another Featured Exhibition.

 Artist Group Exhibition Information:
     
Artist Groups can rent the group exhibiition space in the Main Gallery for a rental fee of $275 for 5 weeks.  An Artist Group must consist of a minimum of 5 artists & have a group name. This exhibition space is 42'W x 12'H . All rental fees from your show are used for promotion & reception costs. The gallery receives a 25% commision on artwork sales from Artist Group Exhibitions.

Framations will provide the following services during your show:

- A vegetarian "Wine & Cheese" Reception (punch is also served as a non-alcoholic alternative for the guests). The opening Reception is usually held from 6-8 pm on the Friday of the exhibition opening. (Hang Dates are the Tuesday before the reception, retreival dates are the weekend after the show closes).
 
- Up to 500 postcards will be printed for the Exhibition. In addition,  Framations will mail & email to our private gallery mailing & email lists. (We will also provide you copy of the email to forward to your own private email lists).  If the group needs additional postcards, they can be purchased at our cost.  The artist group will need to provide a 300 DPI J-Peg image for the postcards at LEAST 6 weeks prior to the show along with 4-6 other JPEG images for the website & email promotions.

- Press releases sent out to the media about the show.
- Your show will be featured on our website & links to your website will be included.
- Hammers, hanging hardware up to 100lbs, ladders, & tags are all provided by the gallery during the hanging. We do NOT hang your show for you , so be prepared to hang the show yourself! All artwork must be "take home" ready. This means the customer should be able to hang it as is, so if it needs a frame, make sure it is framed! If it is gallery wrap canvas, the sides should be finished! 

In an effort to keep artwork fresh at Framations, Artist Groups are required to wait 13 months before booking another group exhibition. 

 
 Resident Artist Gallery Information:
   
  Our Resident Artist Galleries are permanent exhibit spaces & are rented to artists on a contract basis. Spaces range in monthly rent from $20.00 to $100.00 per space & commision of 20% on sold artwork. Resident artists are also entitled to a 15% discount on their purchases from Framations. Once an artist is approved for a resident exhibit space, it is their space as long as they desire to contract the space. There are 20 spaces in the resident artist galleries. At this time all Resident Artist Gallery Spaces are full & under contract. You are welcome to submit your work for the Resident Artist Gallery waiting list. We have very little turnover on these spaces. It is a very long wait. 
 
To see a list of the current & upcoming shows please see our Exhibition Schedules.  Feature shows book fast so submit sooner than later!  

Submission Requirements:

Please Note: All artists submitting must strictly follow requirements below. We do not accept submissions in person. You must either email or mail your submissions to the gallery. Incomplete submissions will be rejected automatically. Due to the volume of submissions received, response time is generally 2-4 weeks.

 
For EMAIL Submissions:

Please submit up to 6 images in JPEG format (no larger than 500KB each) as
attachments to  framations@earthlink.net along with the following information:

                                       Name
                                       Address
                                       Contact Phone number(s)
                                       Titles & Descriptions of artwork images you are submitting
                                       Artist Biograghy
                                       Type of exhibit desired (Resident Gallery, Feature Artist Exhibit, Group Artist Exhibition)
                                       Website Information if applicable
Please Note: If you have a website, instead of sending attachments,  you may simply send us the URL of the images you wish to submit & the link to your site.

 

For Postal Mail Submissions: 
Please submit up to 6 photos (sizes 3x5 to 8x10) along with the following information:
                                       Name
                                       Address
                                       Contact Phone number(s)
                                       Titles & Descriptions of artwork images you are submitting
                                       Artist Biograghy
                                       Type of exhibit desired (Resident Gallery, Feature Show, or Both)
                                       Website Information if applicable

Mail to: Framations ATTN: Gallery Submissions
            218 N. Main Street
            St. Charles, MO 63301
DO NOT SUBMIT ORIGINAL ARTWORK.  Your photos will not be returned to you. After reviewing submissions, we will keep your application on file for future gallery openings. If you have any questions, please email or call us at (636) 724-8313.  

The images contained on this site are copyrighted by the artists and cannot be downloaded, copied or used without written permission.

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