The Art Complex Museum, 189 Alden Street, Duxbury, MA
September 21, 2025 - January 11, 2026
Artist Reception – September 21, 2025, 1-4pm – Free and open to the public
The Boston Printmakers announces our upcoming members’ exhibit. Founded in 1947, the mission of the Boston Printmakers is to promote public knowledge of printmaking, encourage and support artists working in printmaking, and promote excellence and innovation within the field of printmaking. We are a juried group of about 300 printmakers residing in North America.
The title of the exhibit is Making Waves: The Boston Printmakers Members’ Exhibit 2025. It will be held at The Art Complex Museum in the historic town of Duxbury, Massachusetts, about 30 miles south of Boston on the Atlantic coastline. Although the title references the museum’s proximity to the ocean and its roofline of rolling waves which is carried into the gallery space, the theme can be taken in many, many directions.
The Art Complex Museum is a “jewel-box” of a museum that houses the art collection of the Carl A. Weyerhaeuser family. The museum has generously hosted a variety of exhibits of the Boston Printmakers since its opening in 1971.
Calendar
May 1, 2025 Submission process opens on ArtCall at NOON Eastern Time
June 15, 2025 Submission process ends at 11:59pm
June 30, 2025 Notification sent: Instructions for delivery of work to gallery or notification that the work will be shown virtually and no delivery of work is needed
August 25-29, 2025 Period to receive shipped work
September 7, 2025 Hand delivery of work – Sunday, 9am - 4pm
September 21, 2025 Exhibition opens
September 21, 2025 Artists’ Reception – Sunday, 1-4pm – Free and open to the public
January 11, 2026 Exhibition closes
January 11, 2026 Pick-up at museum – Sunday, 4-6pm or by appointment the following week
January 26-30, 2026 Shipped work returned
Eligibility
Entry is open to all members of the Boston Printmakers in good standing. Submissions must incorporate printmaking techniques. Works shown at the Art Complex Museum in the past five years are not eligible. The Exhibition Committee and the gallery director may reject any piece that differs significantly from the digital image, does not fit the criteria, or is not framed in a suitable manner for museum display.
Specifications
We are happy to announce there will be no fee for participation in the exhibit.
Art can be either 2- or 3-dimensional, i.e., books and sculpture are welcome.
Members may submit one
work as a high-quality jpeg (minimum of 1200 to a maximum of 1920 pixels on the longer side). All
work will be submitted via ArtCall.
In order to allow ALL interested members to participate, the first 80 works submitted will be shown in the gallery physically. Works submitted after that number is reached will be shown virtually on a large monitor in the gallery which will rotate through a display of the works not physically in the gallery.
If you want your work to appear physically in the gallery, the work must not exceed 36 inches in width (no restrictions on height/length) and it must be one of the first 80 works submitted requesting gallery space.
During the submission process you will be asked to choose your preference from one of the following options:
For work exhibited in the gallery, two-dimensional work should be framed in a slim black or neutral-color frame, covered with plexiglas, and be ready to hang with a wire. Clip-on frames, saw-tooth and keyhole hangers will not be accepted. We encourage those with large two- or three-dimensional work to contact the Exhibitions Committee via exhibitions@bostonprintmakers.org to ensure it can be installed in the gallery.
On June 30, the Exhibitions Committee will notify you via email message from ArtCall whether your work will be exhibited physically (delivery instructions will be included) or exhibited virtually in the gallery (no delivery needed).
Image format and publicity
Digital files must be submitted as print-quality JPEGs at a minimum of 1200 pixels and a maximum of 1920 pixels on the long side and a maximum file size of 5MB. By entering this exhibition, each artist grants consent for the use of submitted images by both the Boston Printmakers and the Art Complex Museum for use in print or on-line media for publicity and for educational purposes.
Art-making process description
In ArtCall, you will be asked to supply a short description of the printmaking process used to create the work you’ve submitted.
Sales
The Art Complex Museum does not handle sales and does not take a commission on work sold. The museum will keep a price list at the front desk along with contact information. If someone is interested in buying your work, the museum staff will give them your contact information.
Delivery of artwork
If you were notified to deliver your artwork, please print the label provided on ArtCall for the work to be shown in the gallery and attach it to the artwork.
Liability Release
The Boston Printmakers and the Art Complex Museum gallery staff will handle your work with the same care and respect that they accord their own work and the work in the museum collection. The Boston Printmakers assumes no responsibility in case of loss or damage to submitted or accepted works. You must agree to a release of the Boston Printmakers during the ArtCall entry process. The Art Complex Museum insures all artwork while on the wall in the gallery. Artists should insure their shipped work while in transit to and from the exhibition. Artists may be asked by the Art Complex Museum to ascertain current market value of loaned objects.
Submitted art work must be retrieved from the exhibition space on the dates stated in the prospectus by the artist or by a designated representative. Work that is not retrieved within two weeks following the pickup date will become the property of the Boston Printmakers. The Boston Printmakers is not responsible for the retrieval, storage, or delivery of unclaimed work.
Agreement
Filing the submission form constitutes an agreement on the part of the participant to all conditions set forth in this prospectus, including permission to use images of the exhibited work in print or online media for promotional, educational, or archival purposes.
Additionally, it is agreed that the Boston Printmakers, its members, and/or volunteers will not be held responsible for any loss or damage to participants’ work while being transported, stored, hung, exhibited, taken down or otherwise handled during the course of this exhibition. All work will be treated with respect and care.
Work not picked up becomes the property of the Boston Printmakers and will be disposed of as we see fit.
Apply! 2025makingwavesbpmembers.artcall.org/ – May 1 at noon eastern time thru June 15. (The link will be activated on May 1 at noon.)
To submit work, click the register or login buttons at the top of this page. There's a User Entry Process Tutorial (see below) if you'd like more info on the submission process.
Questions? Contact the Exhibitions Committee at: exhibitions@bostonprintmakers.org
Just a note: Each print submitted through ArtCall must have:
After entering the text fields above for each print and clicking on “Submit Entry Details->”, you will be prompted to attach the JPEG image (drag and drop or attach file). The JPEGs should be good quality and sized between a minimum of 1200 to a maximum of 1920 pixels on the longer side.
For a quick turorial on the submission process, you can view this video.
