Call for Posters: ArtCrank Des Moines

A bike art poster show, Artcrank Des Moines will be May 2-29. Right now, getting artists interested in the show is key.

ARTCRANK is an event that features original poster artwork celebrating bicycles and the people who ride them. The event started in Minneapolis in 2007. In 2009, the show expanded to Denver, St. Louis, Portland and San Francisco. Right now, we’re working to bring the show to Des Moines in May 2010, and are actively seeking prospective artists to participate in the show.
To give you an idea how popular this event has become in other cities, 85 artists applied for the 2010 Twin Cities show; 35 will be selected.

Currently, the event is scheduled to take place at The Des Moines Social Club between Saturday, May 2 and Saturday, May 29. A Call For Entries is posted on the ARTCRANK web site (http://www.artcrankpostershow.com/des-moines/). We’ll accept submissions from interested artists from now until Saturday, January 30. The final list of 30 artists will be announced in early February.

ARTCRANK is exclusively focused on poster artwork — primarily screenprinting, letterpress and digital or inkjet prints. Here are the basic guidelines for show posters:

Theme:
> The bicycle: Any kind of bicycle, any riding style, any era of history.
> Limit: One poster design per artist.

Poster Format and Size:
> The show is dedicated exclusively to poster artwork, i.e., a flat piece of printed art.
> Folding pieces, multi-page booklets and other types of work will not be accepted.
> Maximum size: 19” x 25”. Posters can be smaller than this, but not bigger.

Poster Quantities:
> 1 Display Copy (Becomes property of ARTCRANK)
> 30 Sale Copies
> Display and Sale Copies must be submitted flat, not rolled or folded.

Poster Prices, Commissions and Donations:
> All posters for ARTCRANK Des Moines will be priced at $30.
> The Des Moines Social Club will receive a 20% commission on all poster sales to cover the costs of supporting the show.
> ARTCRANK will donate a portion of its sponsorship funding to Bikes To Rwanda, a nonprofit organization that provides cargo bikes to coffee farmers in Rwanda. For more information, see www.bikestorwanda.com.