SNAP TO GRID
The Un-Juried Show
Every Entry Shown!
(un) juried competition
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SNAP
TO GRID:
the
UN-Juried Exhibit
Every entry shown!
November 6-29, 2025
Opening Reception Thursday November 6 , 6-10pm
(in conjunction with the DTLA ArtNight)
reception for prior snap to grid
Show your work in our un-juried exhibit featuring digital art and photography: "Snap to Grid." All entries will be printed (8.5"x11" on heavyweight paper) and shown in our gallery arranged in a grid. Entrants submit JPEG files of original work. Multiple entries are permitted. Separate registration required for each image. Exhibit is limited to space available, early entry is advised.
All styles of artwork and photography where digital processes of any kind were integral to the creation of the images are acceptable. Digital video stills and screen shots of web/new media are acceptable. Documentation shots of digital installation and digital sculpture are acceptable.
Special consideration is given to "Snap to Grid" artists for inclusion in future exhibits. Entrants to our calls for submissions form the pool of artists from which we select the majority of our exhibitors. There have been a number of "Snap to Grid" participants who have been included in large group exhibits, as well as solo shows. Proceeds for this great 'resume builder' exhibit benefit these gallery programs. Everybody wins!
Location:
This call is international, open to all geographical locations.
Show Dates: November 6-29, 2025
Deadline for entries: October 27, 2025
Opening Reception:
Thursday November 6, 6-10pm
(in conjunction with DTLA ArtNight)
Entry Fee:
Registration fee is $45US.
Submission Rules:
Registration and submission are done online only. JPEG file uploads are the only accepted submissions under 2MB each. Please do not send materials to LACDA. All materials sent to LACDA will not be viewed and cannot be returned.
Multiple Entries:
Multiple entries are permitted. $45 registration fee for each additional image. Separate registration required for each image.
Two easy steps to exhibit your work at LACDA...
1) Register here:
https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/3c2jf7t
2) Upload images here (separate upload for each image):
https://lacda.com/upload.html
Gallery Statement:
Every year for 50 years the L.A. Municipal Gallery has held its "Open
Call" exhibit where any artist can show up with their art and an entry
fee (to benefit gallery programs) and the piece is shown. The Los Angeles Center
For Digital Art decided to launch an international experiment of the same nature
where the artists upload images that are printed and hung by the gallery. The
hundreds of works are displayed in a grid like installation (reminiscent of
postcard art shows of the 1980's) where every work submitted is exhibited.
The usual (less than democratic) selection process where only the precious few are chosen is turned on its head in a curatorial anarchy where everyone gets to participate and the viewer is literally left to be the judge. The show represents a snapshot of a current moment in art history when digital imaging has reached the hands of the many, an age where culture belongs to the "mobblogers" around the globe. From Thailand to Texas, amateur to academic, beautiful to banal and beyond the monumental quantity and variety of "Snap to Grid" becomes an aesthetic experience where each individual piece adds to an agglomerative effect that has a life of its own.
reception for prior snap to grid
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