THE FALL SHOW: CALL FOR ENTRY 2025
Lake Granbury Art Association’s Long-Standing Juried Art Show Draws Artists From Across the Nation. Over $4000 in Prize Money to Be Awarded.
-INSTRUCTIONS on how to use the Café Entry Website-
Whether you’re an artist or art lover, 2025’s The Fall Show presented by the non-profit Lake Granbury Art Association is not to be missed. With broad appeal for all age levels, this juried show encompasses a wide range of subject matter, media, and style. Drawing, painting, sculpture, glass work, assemblage and more from photo realistic to abstract can be seen...and purchased. All work is for sale. Local, regional, and national artists are expected to be represented. The Fall Show opens on Saturday, August 30st at the Shanley House Gallery. Don’t miss your opportunity to meet the artists on Saturday, September 20th from 6-8pm during a reception and awards presentation The show will be open during Granbury’s Harvest Moon Festival of the Arts (Oct 25-26) closing that Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 4pm
CALL FOR ENTRY
Artists wishing to enter The Fall Show may apply online. Best of Show prize is $1,000 with approximately $4,000 to be awarded overall. Artwork accepted includes traditional painting and drawing media, sculpture, assemblage, glass, and ceramics. Photography and digital media (NO AI) are included. Entry deadline is July 27th 2025. See the online call for entry for additional media and more information including entry fee. The Shanley House Gallery is housed in a historic 1886 limestone building just off the courthouse square. Granbury was recently given the designation of “the official Celebration Capital of Texas” when Governor Greg Abbott signed a joint House/Senate resolution during the 88th Texas Legislature. Granbury is also one of a handful of cities with a Cultural Arts District designation from the Texas Commission on the Arts. Prospectus and all entry information can be found on the Café online entry website.
You will need to create a Café login in order to be able to enter the show.
Entry Fee for 1st Entry: $45.00
Additional entries: $10.00 each
Minimum: 1 entry
Maximum: 3 entries total
Contact Email: GranburyArtFallShow@gmail.com
IMPORTANT DATES
DEADLINE: Monday July 27, 2025 NO late entries accepted
ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION BEGINS: Sunday, August 3rd, 2025 This will be done by email
ACCEPTED ART DELIVERY ENDS: Wednesday, August 27, 2025
OFFICIAL OPENING: Saturday, August 30, 2025
RECEPTION AND AWARDS PRESENTATION: Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025 | 6:00 - 8:00pm Shanley House Gallery, 224 North Travis St., Granbury, TX 76048
SHOW CLOSES: Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 4pm
HAND-DELIVERED PICK-UP: Monday, October 27, 2025 and Tuesday, October 28, 2025 (10 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day).
RETURN OF SHIPPED WORK: begins October 27, 2025
AWARDS
Prizes: $1000 Best of Show Award and a total of $4000 in awards anticipated.
The juror will select up to 65 images for exhibition. Accepted work will be judged as a whole and in individual media categories. Judge and show committee has the right not to award a category(s) if acceptable artwork is not received for such category.
HOW TO ENTER
Entry MUST made through our Call for Entry (CAFé) page, ONLY.
Entry fee, ($45.00 for 1, $10 for each additional piece-3 entries max), payable via Call for Entry application. (Payment by credit card or PayPal.) Café online entry website.
ELIGIBILITY
- Exhibition is an open competition and all artists 18 years of age and over are eligible.
- Artwork must have been executed in the last 3 years.
- Artwork must NOT have been exhibited in any previous LGAA sponsored juried competition.
- Only original, two or three-dimensional art is eligible.
- Categories and Accepted mediums include, but are not limited to:
Painting: oil, water media, acrylic
Drawing: charcoal, graphite, pastel, pen and ink, pencil
Dimensional Fine Art: glass, ceramics, clay, fiber, sculpture, leather, metal, wood, and jewelry
Graphics: computer art, digital art, print making, photography, and NO AI
Mixed Media: mixed media, collage. - No Nudes.
- Work must be original in concept and execution. Work done in ANY class and/or under the guidance of an instructor is not eligible for entry. Reference photos cannot be copyrighted. Entries must not violate any copyrights.
- Accepted pieces must remain at the Shanley House Gallery for the duration of the show.
- Show committee has the authority to decline unacceptable works.
- In the event the artist sells the artwork any time before July 27, 2025, the artist MUST send an email to the Chair, requesting the withdrawal. An acknowledgement confirmation email back to the artist MUST be received for this withdrawal to be valid. No refund will be given on the entry fee. Assuming the artist had previously submitted the max of three (3) entries, if a withdrawal takes place before the close of "Entry Deadline" of Monday, July 27, 2025, and the artist is able to submit another artwork, then the artist will have to pay the entry fee for the additional art directly to LGAA.
SPECIFICATIONS
Two-dimensional work must not exceed 44" in width and 72" in height including the frame. Art image size must be a minimum of 9x12 inches or larger, excluding the frame/mat.
Three-dimensional work not to exceed 60lbs. in weight or 60 inches in any direction and may require artist or agent installation.
Two-dimensional work must be either suitably framed, or a 1 1/2 inch gallery-wrapped canvas used with all sides painted (NOT White).
ALL two-dimensional work must be ready to hang with heavy-gauge wire attached to the back. NO saw tooth hangers. All work MUST be ready to hang or it will not be displayed.
Please note plexiglass is preferred for the safety of the artwork!
The exhibition committee reserves the right to exclude any works from exhibition that are not gallery ready, ready to hang or are received in unsatisfactory condition.
SALES
All works must be available for sale. Please state a valid price reflecting current market value for your artwork. For any artwork sold, LGAA shall be entitled to retain twenty five percent (25%) of the selling price as commission. Lake Granbury Art Association will conduct all sales during the exhibition. Price, not including tax, MUST be listed on the entry.
Lake Granbury Art Association reserves the right to photograph artwork and/or to use digital images submitted in entries to produce an exhibition program and for publicity purposes. Included but not limited to print, and social media.
All reasonable care of artwork will be given. However, LGAA is not responsible for loss, theft, damage, or replacement of artwork, nor liable for damage during shipment, to any work while in our custody. Please consider insuring your work. Submission of an entry to this exhibition constitutes agreement on the part of the entrant to all conditions set forth in this prospectus.
SHIPPING INFO FOR ACCEPTED WORK
Earlier
delivery arrangements must be made ONLY with the show Chairwoman, Susan Phillips. (Emails must start with Subject RE: FALL SHOW 2025 To
Chairwoman).
GranburyArtFallShow@gmail.com
Shipped Deliveries MUST arrive by Saturday, August 27, 2025 to be accepted. NO late deliveries will be accepted.
Shipping Address:
Lake Granbury Art Association
Kay Wirz
703 Goldeneye Dr.
Granbury, TX 76049
All
shipped art must be pre-paid, No COD shipments accepted and MUST
include a reusable shipping carton and a pre-paid return address label.
All work will be return-shipped in the container in which they were
received. It's the sole responsibility of the artist to insure their
art.
HAND DELIVERY OF ACCEPTED WORK
NO
late deliveries will be accepted. Hand Delivered pieces accepted at
Shanley House - Tuesday, August 26 and Wednesday, August 27 - 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
HAND DELIVERY ADDRESS
Shanley House Gallery
224 North Travis St.
Granbury, TX 76048
DO NOT SHIP TO THIS ADDRESS
Shanley House Gallery
224 North Travis St.
Granbury, TX 76048
ABOUT THE JUROR MARY RUSH WATERS
While Mary was growing up, she studied with several wonderful teachers who recognized her abilities in art at an early age. These teachers were an inspiration to her because they gave her many opportunities to excel. As a young adult she attended Asbury University in Kentucky and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Secondary Art Education. She chose Art Education as her major so she could be that teacher in a young person's life to encourage and inspire the love of art and creating.
She was blessed to have worked with children in several different school systems throughout her teaching career. She taught high school art in 7 different schools in 3 states. She says that after getting married every time her husband made a career move requiring her to help with the family income, God provided a teaching position for her! After twenty-four years of teaching art in public schools, she retired to travel with her husband and do her own art work.
In the following years Mary learned a new medium, sculpture. Mary says, “God has blessed me with many opportunities to learn and He has put people in my life who have taught and encouraged me. In 1987, I apprenticed with the sculptor, Barvo Walker, and learned the lost wax method of casting bronze. He encouraged me to create my own sculptures, and so I began sculpting my first piece called, “Work’s About Done.” I was so excited because my very first sculpture sold before it was even cast!”
Since then, she has sold her work in numerous galleries and art shows, has been commissioned by various organizations and her work can be found in many collectors’ homes. She states, “each of my sculptures is a limited edition and has a Scripture reference to help broaden the owner’s experience.
