Call for Art - Current SMFA Students

SMFA Art Sale will be holding a second call for art in September and will be accepting submissions from September 14-21, 2022. We recommend starting your application as soon as possible. You can edit your submissions until midnight on September, 21.

No. Registration for the SMFA Art Sale is free for students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends.

Artists may submit up to three (3) artworks for consideration by our jury. Please keep in mind that it is difficult for us to accommodate large scale pieces that exceed 48 inches in height or width. Extremely fragile works and those that require intricate installations will not be considered.

All selections will go before an esteemed jury of art experts.

High-quality images will be essential to the selection and sale process. Images should be high resolution, at least 1200 pixels tall and 1200 pixels wide. Images between 1-2MB in size are preferred. Please spend time to achieve consistent lighting and be sure the piece is shown without background distractions. Artists should plan to submit three (3) images for each work: the first image should be cropped to depict the piece in its entirety (no people, backgrounds, walls, or furniture), the second image should be a detail shot that shows surface texture, the third image should be an installation shot that shows scale.

As all accepted artwork will be physically present at SMFA this year for in-person viewing, all 2D work must be dropped off "ready to hang," i.e. framed or on canvas/panel with a hanging mechanism (D-rings or wire) on the back. Picture hanging wire is preferred. SMFA will not be able to frame or install hardware onsite. 

All artists will be notified via email whether their artwork was accepted by September 26, 2022. Please do not contact SMFA directly about your acceptance prior to that date.

The SMFA Art Sale is the school’s largest fundraising event, which benefits student scholarships and academic programs. We encourage everyone to consider giving 100% of their proceeds to the school so that we can create opportunities for talented emerging artists to experience all that SMFA at Tufts has to offer. For those that wish to receive a percentage of their artwork sale, we offer the option to receive 50% or 25% of the sale proceeds.

No. Since the art sale is taking place in person there are no online transaction fees this year. 

Artwork will be used to promote the SMFA Art Sale and affiliated events. Participating artists grant the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts perpetual, royalty-free, nonexclusive license to use, without limitation, any artwork or related image to promote the school and associated events and programs.

STUDENTS MUST BE AVAILABLE TO DELIVER ARTWORKS OCTOBER 10 and 11, 2022. Each artist will have a scheduled time slot for delivery. Works must be hand-delivered in-person or via a professional shipping company to SMFA.

All artists will be notified of the sale of their artwork by November 7, 2022.