Details of [Baren Exchange #29 and 29a ('The
Nude' & Salon de Refusé)]
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Participation: You
must be an active member of [Baren] in order to participate
in this exchange. The mailing list that makes up [Baren]
is open to everyone to join,
and the membership is thus made up of a mix of 'lurkers'
and active participants in the forum. Signing up for
an Exchange obliges your active participation in [Baren]
discussions... If you remain a 'mystery' name, it leaves
everyone feeling quite uncomfortable.
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Medium: Woodblock print
(hand rubbed or pulled on a press, B&W or colour,
any pigments, any paper). Note: The
Baren Exchange is a program for forum members to create,
exchange and display editions of woodblock prints. Relief
prints pulled from wood substitutes and wood-like materials,
including linoleum, corian, MDF, resingrave, and similar
are acceptable as are collagraphs. Coordinators are
obligated to reject prints whose primary method of production
is by other means. For example: monotype, intaglio,
stencil, lithography, ink jet, laser, photocopy, etc
are to be rejected by the coordinator.
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Theme: The
Nude
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Image size: no restriction.
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Paper size: Oban
about 15 x 10 inches (38 x 25.5cm). Note:
coordinators are obligated to reject prints which exceed
15.5 x 10.5 inches.
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Paper type: no restriction
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Registration period:
One month starting April
1 , 2006 (or until 30 participants are
enrolled)
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Drop-out deadline:
July 1, 2006
If you must drop out of the exchange, please do so as
early as possible in order to give people on the waiting
list time to complete and submit their prints. If you
drop out after this date then a penalty
may be imposed.
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Delivery deadline for finished
prints: August
1, 2006 -- if
you do not deliver acceptable prints by this date then
a penalty may be imposed.
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Collated exchange mailing deadline:
September 1, 2006. The coordinator is
required to complete mailing the collated prints on
or before this date.
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 Exchange
Case for your exchange prints may be ordered
from the Baren
Mall -- these are a dark blue cloth-covered 'flop-open'
type box (with cords for tying it closed), contained
in a cardboard slip case. The prints simply stack up
inside it. An 'official' Baren label for your case may
be downloaded here
-- edit the exchange number on the front and spine and
then print it and paste it onto the cardboard slip case
-- it is designed to wrap around the slip case so that
the exchange number is visible on the spine.
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Rejected prints: If your prints
do not conform to the above specifications for Medium,
Image size, Paper size, Paper type, and/or
Delivery deadline then the coordinator should
promptly reject them, notify you by email, and (if you
enclosed sufficient postage) promptly return them. You
may repair and/or replace the prints prior to the delivery
deadline or drop out of the exchange prior to the drop-out
deadline without penalty, otherwise a penalty
may be imposed.
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Communications: It
is essential that the coordinator be in close and timely
communication with you. You must respond promptly to
e-mails sent from the coordinator and must notify the
coordinator of any change in e-mail address. If you
become 'lost' and do not respond to communications from
the coordinator, you may be dropped from the exchange
without further notice. If this occurs after the Drop-out
deadline, a penalty may imposed.
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Penalty: The
[Baren] Exchange Manager will promptly notify you by
email if it is determined that you may be subject to
penalty. After serious deliberation while keeping in
mind these specifications, the mission of [Baren], the
circumstances, and any explanation you provide, the
[Baren] Exchange Manager will decide whether to impose
any penalty and will promptly notify you of that decision.
Any such penalty will be limited to removing your name
from any active exchange sign-up and exchange participants
lists for a period not to exceed one year.
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Delivery
information: You must enclose 31 prints,
a self-addressed mailing label, and
sufficient return postage (in the coordinator's
native currency or postage). If you
do not know the exact amount of return postage, please
send more than you think will be required, for example
$10 for USA to USA delivery, $20 for international delivery.
Your coordinator is a volunteer and is not obligated
to return your prints unless you enclose enough postage.
Please deliver your prints in a package that can easily
be reused for shipping the collated suite back to you.
See USPS.com
for precise rate information. In the USA, the best way
to send the prints is Priority Mail -- the post office
will even provide the box! It is $3.95 to $5.75 for
up to 2 lbs depending on distance. For Global Priority
Mail (outside the US), enclose $11 to Canada, $13 to
Mexico, $15 to Europe, $16 to Australia, Japan, New
Zealand.
Address to which Exchange
#29 prints should be shipped:
1936 Ferry St SE
Salem, OR 97301
USA
Address to which Exchange
#29a (Salon de Refusé) prints should
be shipped:
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