Open Call: Bay Area Sports Fan Art

Guidelines for September 1, 2024 — One-Day Display (September 1 “Fan-Made Art Event”)

Due to space constraints, we are unable to accept works that are larger than outlined and ask you only bring one artwork.

After intake, works will be displayed informally on September 1 from 10–4 p.m. on tables, shelves, or attached to a white board with magnets for fellow artists and visitors to peruse. Videos will be added to a looping playlist shown on one screen. Please note we cannot guarantee proper playback of all video files.

Please note that all artworks shared during the September 1 Fan-Made Art Event, and any subsequently selected through the juried process for display in Steps Coffee, are displayed at the exhibitors’ own risk. Because Koret Education Center and Steps Cafe are public spaces, the exhibition areas are not insured for damage or loss to artworks, and SFMOMA is not responsible for such damage or loss.

If interest surpasses capacity, we cannot guarantee space to display all fan art brought on September 1. If we are unable to display your work and you would like it to be considered by our juror for possible display in Steps Coffee, subject to space availability, we will store the work in a safe, private location that the juror will visit on that date.

At 3 p.m. on September 1, Juror David Huffman will begin selecting finalists for potential inclusion in the Steps Coffee presentation.

Artworks will be reviewed and selected from the Fan-Made Art Event submissions and in SFMOMA’s sole discretion, for subsequent exhibition in SFMOMA’s Steps Coffee.

Artworks are pre-screened and evaluated by the SFMOMA juried process based on artistic merit, originality, and treatment of subject matter.

All submissions must comply with the Artwork Submission guidelines outlined above.

As noted above, all selected artworks are displayed at the exhibitors’ own risk. Because Steps Coffee is public cafe space, the exhibition areas are not insured for damage or loss to artworks, and SFMOMA is not responsible for such damage or loss.

Selected artworks shall be on view in Steps Coffee for up to 18 weeks. SFMOMA reserves the right to modify display locations and periods in its sole discretion.

A small subset of finalists will undergo an additional round of juried review.

Not all finalists’ works will be displayed at Steps Coffee. Finalists’ artwork not selected for presentation must be picked up by artists by October 1, 2024.

Works not selected as finalists for possible display at Steps Coffee must be picked up by artists between 4–5 p.m. on September 1, 2024. SFMOMA is unable to hold works or return them after 5 p.m. on September 1, 2024.

Not all finalists’ works will be displayed at Steps Coffee. Finalists’ artwork not selected for presentation must be picked up by artists by October 1, 2024.

Selected exhibitors will be notified of the appropriate pick-up date and return process following the close of the Steps Coffee exhibition.

Any artwork remaining on site beyond the designated pick-up period will be treated as unclaimed property under SFMOMA’s lost and found policies.

Submission and participation are entirely voluntary, and no compensation will be provided to participants, including those whose works are selected for exhibition in Steps Coffee.

As a condition of participation in the event and the juried process, participants grant SFMOMA a worldwide, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free, and irrevocable license to use their name, image, likeness, and also to copy, print, display, distribute, incorporate, or otherwise use the submitted artwork(s) in its discretion, in whole or in part, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, for archival, educational, promotional, marketing, website, social media, and/or any other charitable museum purposes as determined by SFMOMA.