The Allotment Gallery is a pop-up art gallery in a garden shed at Greenbelt Festival (25-28 August 2017). Every 4 hours for the duration of the festival the exhibition changes and a different artist takes over the gallery. We are looking for artists of any discipline to bring your work and to host an exhibition for four hours in fitting with the theme 'The Common Good'.

 Greenbelt is a festival that is engaged with culture, inspired by the arts and sustained by faith; we aspire to be an open, generous community. This year the festival will be held over the bank holiday weekend (August 25th-28th) at Boughton House, three miles north-east of Kettering. Previous exhibitors in the visual arts programme at Greenbelt include Billy Childish, Anthony Green, Simone Lia, Bobby Baker, Willie Williams, Stu McLellan, Gavin Mart and Clare Bryden. Each year the festival adopts a theme, and this time it's ‘The Common Good’. You can find out more about the event here - www.greenbelt.org.uk

Greenbelt's Visual Arts Team are looking for artists and creators to exhibit in The Allotment Gallery, our garden shed.

The shed is 2.4 metres long, 1.8 metres wide and 1.9 metres high at apex  (72" by 95" by 78") It has a door on the short side and a window on one long side. 

It'll be placed in the woodland and we’re looking for around 8 artists to each exhibit for 3-4 hour periods throughout the weekend. The 3-4 hour period includes set up and take down. 

More details:

• Exhibitors will be expected to respect the shed and the artist coming after them. Exhibitors are responsible for their work at all times at the festival and for the invigilation of their work during the 4 hour exhibition
• Fixtures and fittings will be limited because of the delicate fabric of the building and you need to bear this in mind with your submission.
• There will be a picture rail installed for hanging framed works. Exhibitors will need to have their own public liability insurance (available with Artist’s Newsletter membership). If you would be interested in submitting please click the 'Make a Submission' tab above to apply.
• There is no electricity or power supply to the shed so digital artworks will need to be battery powered, and we can discuss arrangements to make this work for you.
• Lighting will be available in the form small battery powered lights for evening exhibitors.
• The exhibition can make use of the space immediately outside of the shed but artists are responsible for considering the implications of the weather for their art work.
• Deadline for submission: midnight  30th April 2017. You will be notified by Mid May and allotted a provisional time slot (on Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday) for your exhibition.
• Artists will be provided with a weekend ticket for themselves for the festival but travel and other expenses are not included.

Selected Artists

If your submission is selected a member of the Greenbelt Visual Arts Team will be in touch. To assist with publicity in the festival programme and website it will be helpful to have the following information:

• Latest biography
• Short bio of 60 words
• Selection of high res images. min 1MB and preferably landscape. 
• Website/ Facebook link. 
• Link to a latest video on youtube.
• 3 x Quotes if possible