CFE: 111th Annual Membership Exhibit – California Society of Printmakers

By CSP Board of Directors Posted on October 22, 2025October 22, 2025 Category :

111th Annual Membership Exhibition Call For Entry

The CSP Annual Exhibition allows all qualifying members to exhibit one print. Work is not juried for this Call, and it is free of charge to submit your piece. This year we will be showing at the Piedmont Center for the Arts, in Piedmont, CA.

We are suggesting frame size be under 26, with upper limit not to exceed 36″ in any dimension, (including frame) this restriction will insure all work can fit. All work must have a hanging wire affixed across the back, and be set up to display professionally; framed or mounted on a panel. Please, no unframed work, sawtooth hooks, magnets or clips. Pedestals for display of 3D work are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

The gallery is open for viewing most Saturdays and Sundays pending CSP volunteer support.

Please consider signing up to help staff installation, gallery sitting, receptions, or drop-off & pick-up. We will need your help to make the exhibition a success!

Thank you, CSP Exhibitions

111th Annual Membership Exhibition

Exhibition Dates: January 17 -February 22, 2026
Piedmont Center for the Arts
801 Magnolia Avenue, Piedmont, CA 94611

KEY DATES:

Artwork Delivery

SHIPPING:
Ship your work to be received between December 17 & 22, 2025 or between January 3–7, 2026. (Your respect of this timing around the winter holidays is appreciated.)
• Please make sure you have included a prepaid return shipping label.
• Make a copy of your label for backup purposes.
• No stamps please!

Ship to:
Donna Brown
ATTN: CSP Annual Exhibition
1360 Pinetree Drive
Alamo CA, 945071

Shipping Contact:
Donna Brown – donnaprints101@gmail.com (contact with shipping specific questions).

DELIVER BY HAND:
Drop-off on January 10, 2026, 10-2pm at Piedmont Center for the Arts.
• 801 Magnolia Avenue, Piedmont, CA 94611
• Artwork wrapping /packaging must be taken away at time of drop off and will not be stored.
• Please consider arranging a caravan with the work of fellow CSP members from your area.

Events

Gallery Hours:
Most Saturdays and Sundays 11-2pm
January 24, 25, 31, February 1, 7, 8, 15, 21, 22.

Reception:
Saturday January 24, 1–4pm.

Closing Reception:
Saturday Feb 28, 11–1:30pm.

Deinstall, Pickup, Return Shipping

Saturday Feb 28, 1:30–4pm
(artwork may not be retrieved before 1:30pm)

ELIGIBILITY:

Open to all Artist, Student, Legacy, and Honorary CSP Members.
Must be current in CSP membership dues: Late dues can be paid online.

Friend, Business and Institutional members are not eligible for exhibition benefits.

ENTRIES:

Eligible CSP members may enter one work for inclusion.
Entries must be submitted using Submittable website.

Upload one image* 1200 pixels on the shortest dimension.
Include your first and last name and the artwork title in the file name.
Label as: LASTNAME_FIRSTNAME_TITLE.jpg
Save as a jpeg or png.
Artwork Label Information
Please include:
• Artist Name
• Title
• Medium
• Dimensions of image in inches, H x W x D (include all 3 dimensions if 3-D)
• Year
Artist Bio* and Artist Statement*, 150 words or less, each.

*Please make your images “publish ready” without need to crop or edit the image. Artists materials to be included in an exhibition binder and may be used for publicity and posted on social media, so please proofread carefully.

REQUIREMENTS FOR ARTWORK:

All printmaking media, with the exception of works that are solely digital, are acceptable. Works may combine traditional printmaking techniques with digital or other media. There is no date of creation requirement.

Piedmont Gallery contract specifies: “Artist agrees that no installation may protrude more than twelve inches (12”) from any wall; any and all three-dimensional artworks must be approved prior to installation. The Center reserves the right to reject the display of any work depicting nude or semi-nude figures or subjects of an extreme macabre nature (due to the use of the Hall for children’s classes.)”

ARTWORK SALES AND COMMISSION:

Artist agrees to handle any and all sales of their works.

Artists are asked to make donation(s) equal to 25% of the artists proceeds on any artwork sales (10% of the sale price to Piedmont Center for the Arts, and 15% to California Society of Printmakers).

INSURANCE & LIABILITY:

Insurance will not be provided during artwork transport, storage, installation/deinstallation or exhibition. CSP & PCA will take all reasonable care to protect artwork from damage, theft or deterioration. Artist agrees that no insurance coverage of artwork(s) shall be provided by CSP or PCA, and artists understands that CSP & PCA are not responsible for theft of or damage to artwork(s). Artists hereby indemnifies and releases CSP, PCA and their agents and volunteers from any liability.

VOLUNTEER:

Please consider helping to produce this exhibition by volunteering. Volunteer form

Gallery Sitting
We have been offered use of the Piedmont Center for a long run. While this is a great opportunity, with ample time and exposure to our work, it also means we need volunteers to keep the doors open for gallery hours.
• Without CSP members to cover gallery sitting, the gallery will not be open for viewing.
• We will need (2) CSP volunteers for each of the 9 gallery sitting shifts

Other Areas that Need Assistance:
Organizing submissions, responding to emails, gallery sitting, receiving shipped work, artwork drop-off, install, reception prep, and deinstall.

There is a lot to do, but it is always a fun time, and a great way to network!

Artwork Drop-off Carpool
Please reach out to your fellow members via the CSP member List-Serv to ask for, or offer support in transporting your fellow members’ artworks.

(Thank you for your kind assistance!)