DETAILS AND TERMS

Local Artists Only

This is for SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARTISTS ONLY. We will not be accepting submissions that have to be shipped to us and/or that we would have to ship back to you when the showing is over. Someone must be able to bring in and pick up the item. ABSOLUTELY NO EXCEPTIONS. We love all art, but we would really like to highlight our local community and would not like to deal with the liability of shipping art through the mail.

If you are chosen, your art will hang in the store for SIX months. A week before the end of that six month period, we will reach out to inform you when you can come pick up your art or request that we’d like to keep it up for the next few months as well. It’s up to you whether you let us keep it for longer.

Each artist would get a small plaque next to their art with the following information:

Title

Artist

Instagram OR email OR number

Display Only

We will not be selling the art like a gallery or consignment store. This is a chance to get your art seen by hundreds of people every day at our location. We also post all of the art featured in store on our website and social media. If someone would like to contact you and request purchase of your item or other’s from your portfolio, that is between you and them.

There’s Always More Opportunities

You will not be receiving an email if your submission is not chosen for display. However, even if you aren’t chosen in one round, that doesn’t mean you couldn’t be chosen down the line! We keep your submissions on file and could reach out to you later. Feel free to re-submit for the following round or submit a new piece.

Artist Eligibility

18 years or older

Lives in the Greater Los Angeles Area

Can drop off and pick up their art

Art Specifics

Beach, ocean, surf or laundry themed

Items that can easily hang on the wall or from the ceiling (nothing that would have to sit on the floor/shelf or weighs so much that it would be difficult to hang)

Nontraditional mediums are welcome (i.e. surf boards, skateboards, cloth, records, etc.)

Pieces from the same collection are welcome - please put in one submission

Must provide dimensions on the item in inches or centimeters, as well as approximate weight

Must come already able to hang (ie if it’s a painting it has to have a wire string already attached or something similar)

Submit with this form. If you have questions before submitting, please email info@bigwaveslaundromat.com with “QUESTION ABOUT ART SUBMISSION” in the subject line.

Thank you! We look forward to reviewing all your art.

Other Terms

We will take the painting down at the end of the term and store in our back office for up to two weeks. If you cannot come and pick it up within that time—and cannot get someone to pick it up for you—then you will forfeit rights to the item. We are not able to store the item for you indefinitely. We will, of course, send you multiple messages to come and pick up your item, but if it passes two weeks after the end of the item’s term, we have the right to discard said item.

The Laundromats are very safe. We have 24/7 security cameras both inside and outside the store. It’s unlikely that anything would happen to your art, however, in the off chance of theft or damage, in submitting to this, you release Big Waves Laundromat’s liability. If something does happen to it, we will contact you immediately and assist if you’d like to report it to the authorities and/or your insurance company.