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Call for Artists: 17th Annual Juried Exhibition
About
The Idaho Falls National Exhibition is an annual juried exhibition by the Idaho Falls Arts Council (IFAC) and exhibited at the Willard Arts Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Artists working in all mediums throughout the United States are invited to submit. This is an open show with no geographic boundaries.
Four cash prizes will be awarded: first place ($750), second place ($500), third place ($250), and Curator’s Choice ($125). Honorable Mentions and People’s Choice will also be awarded.
Opportunities
- More than 5,000 exhibition visitors each year
- Exhibition artworks are included in a full color catalogue & on IFAC’s website
- The People’s Choice award winner is featured on all promotional materials for the next year
Rainbow on Rainbow by Lisa Savard, 2024 PEOPLES’ CHOICE
Women of Immigrants Series-Artist Hung Liu by Yidan Guo, 2024 FIRST PLACE
Rules
- Entry fee is $40 or $35 for members of The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho
- Artists may submit up to three artworks
- Submissions must include one JPEG image of each artwork, at least 300 DPI
- Submissions must be made online on or before January 15, 2025
- Artwork must have been created within the last 3 years and not previously exhibited at the Willard Arts Center
- Artists must be at least 14 years of age
- Artists have the option of selling their artwork. IFAC retains a 35% commission on all sales
Important Dates
- January 15, 2025 - Entries Due
- February 12 - Acceptance Notification
- March 17 - Artwork Due to Willard Arts Center
- March 20 - Opening & Awards Reception
- June 2 - Local Artwork Pick-up
- June 3 - Mailed Artwork Shipped
2025 Juror
Garth Claassen
Garth Claassen studied art at the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, earning a BAFA in 1976, with majors in ceramics, art history, and English. He then graduated with a Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Arts 1978.
In 1982, Claassen was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study art history at Indiana University in Bloomington, graduating in 1991 with a doctorate in the history of modern art. During his time at Indiana, he continued to make ceramic sculpture, and mixed-media abstract collages. In 1989 he returned to South Africa and taught there for five years.
Claassen joined The College of Idaho in 1994 and is now a Professor Emeritus. He taught art history, life drawing, and painting. His work has been included in three Idaho Triennial Exhibitions—1995, 1998, 2011, and he was awarded Idaho Commission of the Arts Fellowships for 2001, 2009, and 2023. He has exhibited at The College of Idaho, the College of Southern Idaho, the Stewart Gallery in Boise, the Boise Art Museum, the Visual Arts Collective in Garden City, MING Studios in Boise, the Art Association Gallery, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana, and the Prichard Gallery, University of Idaho. Claassen directed the College’s Rosenthal Gallery of Art from 1994-2023.
