Curator’s Biography

Renée Richetts is an American artist best known for her hinged, metal books and eco-fashions created from upcycled materials. Her mixed-media sculptures and Artist’s Books are on public display throughout the year, and in public collection locally in the U.C.S.D. Geisel Special Collection. Her fashion designs are a regular presence at runway shows in Chicago and San Diego.

As a member of the San Diego County Arts and Culture Commission, Richetts has had the honor of reviewing work submitted from San Diego creatives for purchase by the County. She served as a member of the selection team for the new Public Health Laboratory on the County site in Kearney Mesa.

Richetts is also an RN. She knows that creating art enhances the creator’s well-being and emotional health. For over 25 years she has been facilitating art workshops to relieve stress, restore a sense of calm, and to help others use the process of creating visual art to express feelings that have few or no words.

Curator’s statement

I don’t remember ever not using recycled, re-used and repurposed materials to create 3-D art. I just didn’t have the ecological context for it until the 60’s when I read Rachel Carson’s The Sea Around Us.

Fast forward to now, and I am still motivated by making thoughtful, weird, calming 3-D art from what many would call useless stuff. I’m also very directly mindful of keeping our oceans clean, the landfill not so full, and our air breathable. Reduce, reuse, recycle is my lifestyle.

May it be yours, too.

Eligibility

• The exhibition is open to creatives in any medium who embrace the use of at least 60% recycled and/or upcycled materials, mash-up videos and/or mash-up music tapes.

• Entries must be original, created entirely by the artist, All reference material must be captured by the artist and should not be copyrighted or published.

• No AI-generated art.

• Artwork altered in any way after entry is submitted will be disqualified.

• All work must be available for sale. Once entered, the selling price cannot be altered.

Fallbrook Art Center reserves the right to withhold any work from display, including unsuitably presented, or misrepresented work.

Sales

Artwork must be for sale. Exhibited works will be consigned for sale at the price submitted on the inventory form. Fallbrook Art Center will handle all sales, collection, reporting, and payment of applicable sales tax. Artists are responsible for all tax reporting.

Commission on Sales

Fallbrook Art Center will retain 40% of the retail price and the artist will receive 60% of the retail price.

Payment to the Artist

Commission checks are issued, at minimum, on a monthly basis. All commissions for the month will be paid out  no later than the second week of the following month.

Insurance

Works selected for the Show are covered under Fallbrook Art Center’s Fine Art Insurance Policy for stated value less the 40% commission. Substantiation of stated value is the responsibility of the Artist.

Use Rights

By submitting your artist entry form, artists whose submissions are chosen for the Show grant Fallbrook Art Center the right to use their images for the purpose of marketing the show. Artists grant the use of their image(s) as stated without further contact or compensation. We reserve the right to photograph work for publicity purposes.

Shipping

Fallbrook Art Center

103 S Main Ave

Fallbrook, CA 92028

• Accepted artists will receive specific delivery instructions.

• All shipped work is subject to a $50 shipping & handling fee.

• Inbound and outbound shipping costs and insurance are the responsibility of the artist.

• Please package your work to ensure it won’t be damaged during shipment.

• Fallbrook Art Center is not responsible for any damage incurred during shipping.

• A prepaid return label is required for all shipped artwork. Unsold artwork will be shipped back to the artist at the end of the exhibition.

Any shipped artwork without a prepaid return label will be subject to an additional $50 administration fee.

How to Submit an Entry

• All entries must be submitted through our online form.

• You may submit up to 5 works.

• Digital photos submitted must be JPEG or PNG format, between 1MB-5MB.

• Audio files must be submitted in MP3, WAV, AIFF, AAC, or FLAC format, no bigger than 50MB.

• Video files must be submitted in MP4, MOV, or WMV format, no bigger than 2.5GB.

Entry Fee

For non-guild artists: $65 non-refundable entry fee due at the time of form completion.

For guild artists: $55 non-refundable entry fee due at the time of form completion.

Accepted entries

• All accepted artists will receive an email from the Exhibitions Manager, Arida Dhanaswar, with further instructions and deadlines for delivery, no later than March 25.

• The delivery window is March 26 - April 18. If delivering in person, the Exhibitions Manager will call the artist to set up an appointment time. Shipped pieces must be received during this period. Artwork not received by April 18 will be disqualified.

Opening Night Reception

Artists are strongly encouraged to arrive at 3:30pm, the same time as our Friends members, to meet them and have the opportunity to talk about your art. This event is free and open to the public from 4pm-6pm.

Questions 

Email our Exhibitions Manager, Arida Dhanaswar, arida@fallbrookcenterforthearts.org, or call Fallbrook Art Center, 760-728-1414.