The LAH Gallery is open to any artist who desires to exhibit for one month. First Friday receptions are encouraged but not mandatory. LAH rents the Art Gallery space to groups - board meetings and dinner parties of up to 20 people provide additional exposure to potential buyers.

All work is juried thru the Gallery Director, and schedules are typically in place a year and a half in advance. Please see Submission Guidelines for further information.

GALLERY EXHIBITION DETAILS

The LAH marketing staff provides PR thru calendar of event venues aimed at out-of-town guests and visitors to Lancaster. The Artist should provide a digital Press Release with images, Artist Statement and Resume to the Gallery Director two months in advance of the exhibition to take full advantage of Arts Hotel opportunities for press coverage.

The Artist incurs colorcard mailing or advertising expenses of their own choosing. Please request a jpg of the Arts Hotel Gallery logo for your card. The design of the card, or any ad is to be approved by the Gallery Director. If the artist provides 250 extra cards, they will be distributed to guests and potential guests within the Hotel.

The Artist will provide the following for Inventory management:

• A complete inventory list forwarded to the Gallery Director at least two weeks prior to the exhibition, including the following information: Title of work, Medium, Size and Retail price.
• On delivery, all work must be individually tagged on the wire or verso, with the following information: Artist name, Title, Medium, Size and Retail price.
• Wall tags or a List of Exhibition Works should accompany the work on delivery with the following information: Title, Medium and Retail price.

The Arts Hotel Gallery website will include the exhibiting artist on the gallery website if the following digital files are provided six weeks in advance of the scheduled First Friday opening. Images and text MUST BE submitted specifically as requested below:

• Images of Exhibition Works – save as a 300 dpi jpg file, 400-600 pixels on the largest dimension and label the file as follows: LastName_ImageTitle_Size_Medium_YearOfCreation
• Artist Photo – save as a 300 dpi jpg file, 400-600 pixels on the largest dimension and label the file as follows: LastName_PHOTO_Year
• Brief Artist Statement and Select Resume – save text for Artist Statements and Resumes as a Word Document, single space, left justified, with no tabs. Together, they should be no longer than two pages in length. Save these documents as follows: LastName_ARTIST STATEMENT AND RESUME_Year

The Artist incurs any reception costs of their choosing.

• John J. Jeffries Restaurant, adjacent to the Hotel lobby is available to cater your event, or you may bring in your own food and non-alcoholic beverages. Any alcohol, wine or otherwise, must be purchased and served by the Restaurant due to PLCB regulations.
• • The Artist may schedule live entertainment in the lobby at their own cost, upon approval of the Gallery Director. If scheduled far enough in advance, the name of the musician or group can be included in any PR the Hotel marketing staff puts out. A list of small bands and musicians is available on request.

Exhibits are dismantled and new ones installed the Thursday before each First Friday.

• You will need to provide fish line or fine wire to hang your work from the picture rail—hooks are provided. No work may be hung by nailing it into the walls, and the gallery cannot accommodate three-dimensional work.
• A representative of the Arts Hotel Gallery will contact you to schedule installation and dismantling of the exhibition and be present to assist you.
• The custom boardroom table and chairs will be removed for installation and remain out of the gallery thru the First Friday Artist Reception.
• * Please note – The Arts Hotel Gallery is a popular space for Board Meetings and Cocktail Parties. It is suggested you notify your collectors to call the Hotel, 299-3000, prior to a visit when making a special trip to be sure the gallery is not occupied.

Artist is responsible for delivery or shipping of purchased works after the exhibition is dismantled.

• Payment is processed when email confirmation to the buyer, including a tracking number is copied to the Gallery Director. Shipping will be charged to the customer and reimbursed to you.
• The Arts Hotel Gallery mails a check for 75% of retail to the Artist within thirty days, plus any applicable shipping and handling charges submitted.
• The Artist forwards a commission of 25% to the Arts Hotel Gallery for any exhibition work they sell directly to collectors within thirty days.

FURTHER QUESTIONS?

The gallery director can be reached at 717.431.3277 or via email.