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Motor Muse - The Art of the Car

All Media Exhibit at Lawrence Street Gallery

🎨 Call for Art: Motor Muse ~ Car Inspired Art 

Motor Muse ~Car Inspired art : An All Media Juried Exhibit Featuring automotive art in 2D or 3D

Attention, auto experts, enthusiasts and artists! Lawrence Street Gallery is thrilled to present a fantastic opportunity to display your creativity in our upcoming exhibition, "Motor Muse ~ Car Inspired Art"!

We are looking for a wide variety of automotive-themed artwork that captures the essence of artistic expression related to cars. This exhibition, inspired by the Dream Cruise, will take place at Lawrence Street Gallery throughout the month of August.

We welcome submissions from artists at all skill levels and experiences.

“Motor Muse” offers you the opportunity to showcase your work and connect with a vibrant community of fellow artists and art lovers. This is an ideal platform to gain recognition and celebrate the dynamic world of automotive art!

Lawrence Street Gallery started in 1987. Run by artists, we pride ourselves on being a place where area artists showcase their work.  Located at 22620 Woodward Ave., Ferndale, MI 48220, we have monthly solo shows, group shows, competitions for our featured exhibits, and accompanying member work that changes every month.

Your $35 entrance fee entitles you to consideration for entry to this show.  If accepted, the pieces in the exhibit will also be available on the gallery’s website for viewing and purchasing!   The pieces will be juried for inclusion by a panel of gallery member artists.

Key Dates:

  • Key Dates: July 3rd - 11:30 pm Deadline to enter online
  • July 11: Accepted artists and work sent via email to all (estimate).
  • July 31-Aug 2: Drop off accepted work during Gallery Hours.  Pick up some postcards to hand out!
  •  Aug 6-29: Show Dates
  •  Sunday, August 10: Opening Reception 2:00 to 4:30 pm.  Awards at 3:00 pm.
  • Sunday, August 24: Mid-Month Reception 2 – 4:30 p.m. People’s Choice Award and Poetry Event at 3:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, August 30 - Pick up Unsold work 12 – 5 pm.

The monetary awards will be determined in person after the show has been hung and announced at the Opening Reception.

  • Best in Show $150
  • 2nd Place $100
  • Honorable Mentions $25

A People's Choice Award ($75) will also be awarded based on the highest number of visitor votes received between the Opening Reception and the Mid-Month Reception- and will be announced at the Mid-Month Reception.

Rules for this competition:

  • Applications and images must be submitted online by 11:30 pm July 3rd, 2025. We encourage you to enter early!
  • You may enter once. Up to two pieces may be submitted with a $35 Entry Fee.
  • All entries must be for sale and have yet to be exhibited at Lawrence Street Gallery.   Prices will be at the sale price indicated on the entry form.  The Lawrence St. Gallery will take a 30% commission on all sales.
  • Artists or buyers may not remove work from the exhibit before the end of the exhibit.
  • Accepted work must be brought to the Lawrence St. Gallery before 5 pm. Saturday, Aug 2, 2025. We cannot accept shipments of artwork and, therefore, require in-person delivery and return of accepted artwork.
  • All work must be ready for exhibit and appropriately wired for hanging.  Art can be no larger than 40" wide - INCLUDING THE FRAME- or weigh more than 50 lbs.
    Due to problems in the past, we cannot accept glass coverings- please use plexiglass in frames only! 
  • Online Submissions must be sized no larger than 1200 pixels on the longest side. Resolution of 72 dpi. Each file size for each picture submitted must be no larger than 2 Mb. Please try to name your images LastnameFirstName_NameofPiece.jpg (or .png) to assist in file handling before uploading your pictures.
  • The Lawrence St. Gallery will exercise professional care in handling all entries. Still, we cannot assume liability for loss or damage caused while works are in the gallery’s possession or transit.
  • All work is not picked up within 30 days of the pick-up date of Saturday. August 30th will become the property of the gallery. If the artist cannot claim unsold artwork on this pick-up date, arrangements must be made for another person to pick up the work. The Gallery must be notified if such alternative pick-up arrangements have been made.
  • Artists whose work is exhibited in this show give Lawrence Street Gallery permission to use submitted images for promotion and display for sale on our website.
  • Personal information such as address, email, and phone numbers will not be communicated to anyone without permission. If that is the case, the gallery will give the artist the contact info of the person asking to contact the artist.
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