2025 Guidelines for Juried Student Art Exhibition entries
FGCU STUDENT ART ENTRY GUIDELINES 2025
(If, after reading through all of the guidelines, you have a question not addressed,
please email asturdiv@fgcu.edu or call 239-590-7199).
All entries must have been created during the time you have been enrolled at FGCU.
All entries must be exhibition ready; i.e., ready to hang or place on pedestals. You may submit up to 6 pieces of work.
Paintings, works in frames, etc., all must have d-rings or be wired. If you have a
particularly heavy piece, you are advised to use d-rings.
All unframed works on paper will be hung using clips and plexiglass, which the gallery
will supply. However, all work must be matted and backed using white mat board (no foam core will be accepted). The overall dimension of the
mat must be of even dimensions (8" x 10" rather than 8.15" x 7.25"). ANY 2D WORKS MUST BE MATTED AND BACKED - PRINTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, DIGITAL PRINTS, POSTERS,
DRAWINGS, PAINTINGS ON PAPER, 2D COLLAGE, ETC., WORKS PRESENTED NOT FOLLOWING THIS
REQUIREMENT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR THE JURYING PROCESS.
Standard sizes that the gallery can accommodate for covering your 2D works for exhibition
that are not framed.
If your matted work does not fit within these dimensions and is not framed, it will
not be accepted for jurying.
4" x 6" 12" x 16" 5" x 7" 16" x 20" 8" x 10" 20"
x 24" 9" x 12" 24" x 30" 11" x 14" 30" x 40"
FGCU Matting Requirements and Process for Works on Paper (Drawing, Paintings on paper
and Printmaking)
• Matt must be white (any other color matt will not be accepted...unless the work is framed. ALTHOUGH
WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND A WHITE MATT).
• Minimum of 2 inch border (they may be larger than 2 inches)
• Outside dimensions need to be EVEN INCHES…i.e., 8 x 10, 24 x 30 (see above standards)
-- 10 ½ x 14 1/8 (no good, fractions, not even)
All work will have identification written on the back or bottom of the piece, AND
printing on a piece of paper and affixed in such a way that it will not fall off at
any time. The information must be printed from a word processing document. Below is
the format to follow:
Your name
Title of Work
Year work was completed
Medium
Price of work if for sale (Mark NFS if it is Not For Sale)
Submission Number (found on the NCR sheet, top right corner - this same number is
to be repeated on each piece you submit.)
Works on paper must be measured and size written on submission form and identification
on your piece.
GENERAL RULES
Think: Exhibition Ready...can the gallery install the work without having to figure
out how it will be displayed/hung?
• Works submitted that do not adhere to the directions for your medium will not
be included in the jurying process.
• Please bring your submissions in all at the same time, with your paperwork completed.
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission Dates:
MONDAY, March 10, 2025 • 9am to 5pm
TUESDAY, March 11, 2025 • 9am to 4pm
JURYING BEGINS AT 5:00pm TUESDAY, March 11, 2025
THERE IS A CONTRACT FORM ASSOCIATED WITH SUBMITTING YOUR WORK. IT CAN BE PICKED UP
IN THE GALLERY OFFICE. WORK IS NEITHER ACCEPTED OR RETURNED WITHOUT YOUR COPY OF THIS
FORM.
Jurying of Student Work
TUESDAY, March 11, 2025
Posting of Accepted Works
1pm WEDNESDAY, March 12, 2025
Pick-up for NON-Accepted Works
THURSDAY, March 13, 2025 • 9am to 5pm
FRIDAY, March 14, 2025 • 9am to 5pm
Works accepted into the juried exhibition will be on view March 2 - April 3, 2025.
Pick-up of EXHIBITED WORKS
FRIDAY, April 4, 2025 • 9am to 5pm
MONDAY, April 7, 2025 • 9am to 5pm
Any work not picked up on these days will be discarded unless prior arrangements have
been made.
ADDITIONAL NOTES
FGCU Matting Requirements and Process for 2 Dimensional Works (2D)
• Matt should be arctic white (or as close as…)
• Minimum of 2 inch border (they may be larger than 2 inches)
• Outside dimensions need to be EVEN INCHES…i.e., 10" x 14" NOT 10 ½" x 14 1/8"
(no good, fractions, not full increments increments)
List of sizes the gallery can provide plexiglass covering...any unframed works submitted outside these dimensions will not be accepted.
4" x 6" 12" x 16" 5" x 7" 16" x 20" 8" x 10" 20"
x 24" 9" x 12" 24" x 30" 11" x 14" 30" x 40"
WORKS SOLD DURING THE EXHIBITION
Artists exhibiting work are responsible for any works sold during the exhibition.
The FGCU Art Gallery will facilitate communication between potential buyers and the
artist. The arrangement for payment to the artist and delivery to the buyer is the
sole responsibility of the artist. The FGCU Art Gallery takes no fee in the sale of
work and takes no responsibility for the exchange between buyer and the artist. All
works must stay in the exhibition regardless of a sale. Artists may release the work
to a buyer no sooner than April 5, 2024.
PLAGERISM POLICY
This exhibition strongly encourages originality and strictly enforces plagiarism penalties.
No copying is permitted. Simply changing an existing image is not acceptable without
your instructor’s approval. Fan art, concept art, and anime imagery are not accepted
in this exhibition.
The penalty for plagiarism is not being included in the exhibition.
The use of AI and/or appropriation of existing imagery may be acceptable if the context
of the image is changed by you, the artist, to communicate an original message. If
your work uses appropriation or AI, you are required to fill out the following information
for each work of art that uses appropriation or AI.
Artist’s name
Title, date of original image
Source of image
A list of any prompts used when working with AI generated imagery.
Artist statement explaining the reasons why this was necessary to communicate this
idea.
Failure to do so will result in the work of art being removed from the exhibition
