A Hershey Area Arts Association Community Activity!
We have been invited to participate in the Center Stage Art in Health program at the Hershey Medical Center. Our selected members’ art work will hang for about six months in the sensitive areas of the hospital to bring a soothing distraction to patients and family members in stressful situations.
The request is for original artwork that is pleasant and engaging and that will bring calm, comfort or cheer to stressed folks in the hospital setting. Not accepted are any pieces that can be interpreted as disturbing, sexual, violent, or melancholic.
HAAA is asking for 2 to 4 submissions from each artist that wishes to be considered. Approximately 15 submissions will then be selected by the hospital and put on display. You will be notified of their decision. All HAAA members registering need to read and agree to HAAA’s “General Information and Policy statement found on the HAAA website under resources at Hersheyart.org
REGISTRATION DEADLINE is May 1, 2025
Registration Steps for submission of artwork
Complete the HAAA Center Stage registration form located at the link below.
Email a JPG file of the original artwork to the Center Stage Committee members. (email address listed on application form).
Label each attachment JPG as follows: artist name, title, medium, size, price, and framed dimensions (9” x 12” to 30” x 36”).
Artwork Preparation, artwork may be framed or unframed canvas with finished edges and ready to hang with wire, per HAAA hanging instructions.
Artwork Handling, if your artwork is accepted, it must be placed in resealable packaging that will remain at the Hershey Medical Center for repacking at the end of the six month exhibition. You will receive details about delivering your artwork from a HAAA Center Stage Committee member.
Accepted artwork must be available for display during the entirety of the show dates, approx 6 months.
The Hershey Medical Center and Center Stage staff will:
Insure art pieces in the exhibition
Coordinate any sale of artwork with the artist
Retain a commission of 30%
HAAA will waive our usual 20% commission for this event
Provide prices of artwork upon request
Important Dates:
By May 01 Complete the event online registration form, (see link button below). Then email the properly labled JPG photos of your submitted work to the committee members email address as noted on the online application form. Please title your email as “Center Stage - Your Artist Name”.
May 09 HAAA Center Stage Committee members will review the submitted jpgs and send the photos of artwork to the Hospital’s Center Stage Art Group. The hospital selects the final art that will be displayed.
May 16 HAAA Center Stage Committee members will notify the HAAA artists of the work selected by the Medical Center with delivery instructions
June 03 HAAA Center Stage Committee members will arrange the delivery of selected work to the Hershey Medical Center
Dec 5-6 Unsold artwork comes down. Pickup location and date TBD at that time.
HAAA Members exhibiting are to read and agree to the Hershey Area Art Associations, “General Information and Policy Statement” found on the HAAA website: www.hersheyart.org/memberresources