Submissions are *closed for 2025 Exhibit.
*Tried to upload before midnight Feb 16th and want to know if it was successful? Check the entries page.
Did you already successfully enter? You are entered in the online show regardless of jury decision, if your piece is available, it may also be selected for physical exhibition at Kathrin Cawein Gallery.
The thin:
- Women 18+ years and US resident
- Free to enter, all entries will be displayed online for the show
- No restriction on creation date nor subject material, must be work new to Knickers in a Bunch or significantly altered
- Enter online by 11PM Pacific February 16,2025. Jurors vote Feb 17-19
- 5MB per image max (high res photos may be requested by email for post-show online archiving)
- Limit 3 entries regardless of medium
- Work DOES have to be for sale if in the physical exhibit
- Physical exhibit at the Kathrin Cawein gallery in Forest Grove, Oregon (Opens March 14th)
- Artist responsible for insuring work during shipment (or can drop off)
- Artist must provide prepaid insured postage to return unsold artwork (or may pick it up / send someone)
The thick:
ELIGIBILITY
Open to all women 18+ years residing in the US that can meet the submission criteria. Work must be your original creation, no copies of other artist’s work. Eligible Media: All two-dimensional, three-dimensional, and other listed media fitting size criteria not submitted in previous Knickers in a Bunch calls. No restriction on subject matter. Entries will be juried and shown online in electronic format as submitted. <-this means the image quality is up to you and will be judged. Historically marginalized or economically disadvantaged artists are welcome and strongly encouraged to enter, including but not limited to BIPOC, trans-feminine, and artists with disabilities.
THEME
This show doesn’t have a specific theme and is open to all women and their aesthetic. However, consider the title Knickers in a Bunch and these few listed concepts. Controversy. Women’s bodies, ideas, voices, and femininity (or lack of) have been the subject of controversy for as long as any of us have been alive. Feminine. Wrought with meaning, imposed both internally and externally. Beauty. Applicable to anything from people and decorative art to objects and art about and featuring death. Emotion. Sometimes considered weak and tamped when expressed, exhibited in a range from base to immensely deep. Do you have work that speaks to any one of these concepts? Jurors will be provided this same theme description to loosely consider along with technical execution to make their selections.
SPONSOR(S)
Show sponsors are Kathrin Cawein Gallery of Art at Pacific University and Artingales, you may see correspondence or show related publications from Artingales and owner April Hoff. Additional sponsors are welcome to purchase advertising or donate items and services to the 2025 event. Business sponsor inquiries should be directed to knickers@aprilhoff.com for more information.
SUBMISSIONS AND LIMITATIONS
Interested artists may submit up to three total works of art, regardless of medium. There is no creation date restriction, though pieces previously entered in Knickers in a Bunch calls are ineligible unless significantly altered. Visual art submission is limited to a single image per work not to exceed 5MB and is handled through the Knickers in a Bunch online portal. Sculptors and clay artists must be able to stitch together or app collage different views (if they are necessary) to create a single photo prior to submission. Poetry and prose must fit into one image, and be submitted online to the Knickers in a Bunch portal.
SIZE AND MEDIA RESTRICTIONS
Limit 3 entries per person regardless of media type. Two-dimensional entries must be professionally finished and ready to hang if chosen, unless they are reproductions that will displayed only as bin work. Maximum size originals: 40 x 40 inches, including the frame. Three-dimensional & assembled works must be stable and safe for display. Footprint limit is 24”x 24” for sculpture and height proportional to remain stable. Maximum size bin work, 16 in. x 20 in. and must arrive in a protective sleeve, ideally backed with mat. Oversize Work, Overweight work exceeding 40lbs, Assemblages and Installations are welcome at the discretion of the show organizers, but must meet all other specifications and be delivered, installed, and removed by the artist (or their agent) upon arrangement with Knickers staff. If you would like an alternative media considered and you can supply everything needed to display or play the art, and the delivery hardware fits the aforementioned size limitations, you may email knickers@aprilhoff.com for consideration.
ANONYMITY
If you want to enter under a pseudonym, please provide that information during online entry, but you must enter using a working email for show correspondence and payouts.
USE RIGHTS
Artists retain all the rights to their submitted work and only grant license as listed. By uploading to the jury contest you grant Artingales, April Hoff, the Knickers in a Bunch show, and Kathrin Cawein Gallery the right to use the images to facilitate the jury process, market the exhibition(s), and to publicly display online as part of past exhibitions and contests. Artists grant the use of their image(s) as stated without further contact or compensation.
SHOW SCHEDULE – 2025
- Online Entry Timeline: Mar 8, 2024 – Feb 16, 2025
- Jury Timeline: Feb 17 – Feb 19, 2025
- Jury result email notification: by 11:59pm Feb 22, 2025
- Accepted work delivery schedule: last day Noon – 2PM Monday before opening
- Exhibition schedule: March 14 – April 12
- Opening reception March 14, 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Kathrin Cawein Gallery, 2043 College Way, Forest Grove, OR
- Online Show Duration: From show opening through at least April 30, 2025
- Unsold artwork pack up and return begins April 12th
JURORS
More jurors will be invited, and once confirmed, will appear here.
April Hoff, show organizer and professional artist, is committed to bringing art to as many people as possible. She shows internationally, teaches various art media to kids and adults, and has a newfound passion for organizing pop-up art shows to give emerging and experienced artists an opportunity to show professionally. She owns Artingales, is co-founder of Wingtip Press, and co-organized the 97116 Art Show with artist colleague Emily Lux.
Amy Nack, founder of Wingtip Press Printmaking Studio, teaches printmaking as adjunct professor for Boise State University. Nack received her BFA in Printmaking and BA in Art History from Boise State University in 2008 after a three decade career in paper and graphics marketing, she is currently working on her masters in art education. Amy is internationally recognized as the organizer of Wingtip Press’ annual Leftovers print exchange which has shown in the United States, New Zealand, Wales, Australia, and China.
Emily Lux is a native Oregonian painter, illustrator, educator, and organizer. She earned her BFA at the Pacific Northwest College of Art, MAT at Pacific University. She has participated in shows both locally and internationally, including in Rome, Italy and Daegu, South Korea. She has served on the Forest Grove Public Arts Commission for the past four years, with a primary focus in murals and public art. Emily is passionate in her goal to spread the idea that art belongs everywhere, in multiple forms, and should be accessible to everyone.
PRESENTATION AND DISPLAY
Upon delivery, artwork should be *exhibit ready and labeled on back with the name of artist, title, medium and price. A duplicate label should be loosely taped to the piece for potential use as a show card. Works with protruding nails (except as is conceptually relevant), staples or saw tooth hangers will not be accepted.
Since this is also an online exhibit, good quality, well lit, properly cropped images should be uploaded.
*EXHIBIT READY
Exhibit ready 2D artwork – Canvases: wired with D-hooks one-third down from the top. Framed work: wired with D-hooks one-third down from the top. Unframed work: sent with alternative hanging hardware such as magnets, binder clips, or tacks with clearly labeled instructions on where the work should be attached to said hardware if it is important. Failure to send alternative hanging hardware for unframed / loose hanging work may result in the work not being exhibited.
Exhibit ready 3D artwork – Ceramics: finished base with no sharp areas that might scratch pedestals. Sculpture: adequately constructed to have low risk of tipping. Fiber displayed as 3D: bottom side for contact with pedestal or clear instructions / photo of how the fiber art should be viewed.
ENTRY FEES
No fee to enter the show unless you need April to print your work for bin display, then $15. Limit 3 entries per person regardless of media type.
SHIPPING AND DELIVERY
Artist is responsible for transit of accepted artwork to and from the Knickers and a Bunch show or designated shipping address. Upon delivery, artwork should be *exhibit-ready. If artwork must be shipped, please utilize a reusable container. Work must be professionally packed for safe shipping. Use screws only if shipping in wooden crates. Works must arrive during the show’s listed intake dates. Shipped work must have a prepaid insured return label. Final judging will be after accepted artwork arrives at to-be-designated show address. Work that significantly deviates from submitted photograph or isn’t exhibit ready may be rejected.
LIABILITY
Kathrin Cawein Gallery, Pacific University, Artingales, April Hoff, and Knickers in a Bunch assumes no liability for theft, loss, or damages caused by participating in the exhibition(s) until the exhibit is fully installed and approved by the gallery director. Once approved, Pacific University will insure work on display until the time of deinstallation only if the artist has properly filled out the online inventory sheet and it matches what was delivered. By entering the jury pool through image upload, the artist acknowledges they are rightful owners of the work submitted, and in agreement with exhibition policy and requirements.
EXHIBITION
The physical exhibition venue is Kathrin Cawein Gallery on the Pacific University campus. 2043 College Way, Forest Grove, Oregon 97116. Opening reception is March 14, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
COMMISSIONS & PAYOUT
In the event of sales during the exhibit, the artist will receive 70% of retail price (set by the artist) and Knickers in a Bunch will retain a 30% commission. Payment from sales will be made to the artist via PayPal, Venmo, Cash App, or check no later than 30 days of exhibition closing.
QUESTIONS & TECHNICAL HELP
Email: knickers@aprilhoff.com
Phone: April Hoff 503-929-4088 (texts welcome)