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Letter from the President We at the Salmagundi Club are always on the lookout for new and emerging artists to exhibit in our Non-Members Exhibitions. These shows act as a perfect venue for recruiting new members while preserving the highest standards of artistic achievement for over 130 years. Many past and present members were introduced to all that Salmagundi has to offer when they first exhibited their work in these open shows. In 2008 we are stepping into the 21st century by allowing entrants to submit their work digitally for the first time. As you can well imagine, this will take some effort on the part of the Salmagundi Club, as for many years these exhibitions have been juried for selection by 35mm slide only. Starting this year, and for the next several years, we will offer potential exhibitors in the open shows the opportunity to submit their work either by slide or on CD’s. We need to offer this transition as there are many artists who have not yet made the cross-over from one technology to the other. In light of this, our prospectuses are undergoing significant revision, and we hope you will be patient with us. The new prospectuses with information on both slide and digital submission will be ready and online by November 1, 2007. Another change this year is the incorporation of the graphics field into the Non-Members Photography Exhibition. This will accomplish two things: First, it will give more exposure to graphics entrants, whose work has sometimes been overwhelmed by the volume of work in the Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphics Exhibitions of the past. Second, it will increase the volume of excellent work in the Photography Exhibition, as the graphics works have been especially strong over the past several years. Therefore, the new prospectuses and their resultant shows for the 2008 Non-Members Exhibitions will now be divided in the following fashion: Non-Members Photography and Graphics Exhibition and Non-Members Painting and Sculpture Exhibition. Please be sure to submit to the appropriate exhibition. We also ask you to note that the deadlines will now be POSTMARK deadlines, not deadlines for receiving work; this will allow a more orderly conclusion to the accepting of submissions. Another change that is being instituted for the 2008 open exhibitions is that applicants will no longer be able to submit work in more than one medium. In the past entrants have been able to submit work in several media, oil painting and pastels, for example, but this has caused many problems both administratively and for our judges. It also dilutes the impression of work presented by one individual, as it is easier for our jurors of selection to get a better understanding of an entrant’s strength if the work submitted is consistent. Thus, it is important when submitting work for 2008 that applicants limit their choice of work submitted to the single medium they feel is their strongest. Today our membership of over 700 is as varied as the stew which gave our venerable institution its name. Artists in many fields of the visual arts, as well as interested non-artists and patrons of the arts, gather in our landmark Victorian brownstone in Greenwich Village for convivial camaraderie. Please explore all that Salmagundi has to offer—classes, lectures, up to a dozen members’ exhibitions per year, receptions, and auctions. We have a great deal to share with you, and we hope you will join us in experiencing all the pleasures that the art world of the Salmagundi Club has to offer. We look forward to viewing your work and hope to see it hanging in our 2008 Non-Members Exhibitions. Claudia Seymour
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