Join AAC

Next Jury Day in September, 2024 (Exact date TBD)

Detailed information will be emailed to applicants early September, 2024. If you have registered but have not received it, contact Eric Saint Georges at ericsgc@hawaii.edu

Membership is open to local artists only in the Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo County area.

Once or twice per year (depending on the number of applications) , the Abstract Art Collective holds a Live Jury Day when applicants bring three pieces of recent original artwork and a bio/artist statement to be evaluated. Jurors are chosen from the membership list of the AAC, and they are different each time.

If you are interested in becoming a member, click the button “Submit request to join AAC” .

Address any question to the Membership Chair at: ericsgc@hawaii.edu
Submissions are accepted all year round.

The $25 jurying fee is waived for full time students.

ACCEPTED MEDIA

  • Paintings and drawings

  • Printmaking (hand pulled prints)

  • Photography

  • Collage

  • Assemblage

  • Fiber Art

  • Sculpture (limited venues for 3D)

  • Digital Prints: Digital art must exist as an original digital piece and is inclusive of both digitally manipulated photography and digitally manipulated hand-drawn art.

Membership

Jurying fee is $25 (Waived for full time Students)

Annual Membership is $60 ($10 for full time Students)

OUR DEFINITION OF ABSTRACT ART

The Abstract Art Collective (AAC) supports a broad definition of abstract art which ranges from non-objective to conceptual, where the degree of abstraction can vary. Abstract art uses a visual language of shape, form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. This departure from accurate representation can be slight, partial, or complete.
Our guidelines for accepting work into exhibitions allow for submissions that range from non­-objective, fully abstract work to that in which some images, objects or text are recognizable. Since the line between representational and abstract can be fuzzy, we may not include work in a show based on it being not abstract enough. We also allow our jurors to make such decisions autonomously while selecting work for an exhibit. This definition and process also applies to applicants who want to join the Abstract Art Collective.