English Riviera Winter Open 2024
Deadline: 20/10/2024City: Torquay | Region: Devon | Country: United Kingdom | Artizan Gallery
Our annual Winter Open is back and we're looking forward to Christmas on the English Riviera!
As with all of our Winter Opens, we'll be celebrating the end of a wonderful year of art, and looking forward to sharing some Christmas spirit (and incredible original art) with holiday makers and bay residents. The exhibition is a tried and tested formula that we're well known for now, making us a guaranteed stop for art lovers in the area on their Christmas shopping rotation.
But we know in the current climate we've got to keep things fresh for audiences and for you our artists, so there's some new stuff to expect that will be on offer this year:
- Our studios at the Collective gallery are better than they've ever been before, with four fulltime artists and two guest printmakers sharing the space.
- Late Night Shopping: Weekly late night shopping sessions will run throughout the event. Dates are to be confirmed in consultation with other traders, but we'll be doing at least one night every week for the full run of the exhibition.
- Preview Prize Draw: One lucky attendee to the artist preview launch event will receive a £150.00 voucher to spend at the exhibition, and we'll be offering additional incentives to our newsletter subscribers throughout the exhibition.
- £250.00 English Riviera Open Award for Artists! And for the first time, we're pleased to be offering a cash prize for our English Riviera Open Awardee. This award is selected by a guest judge for their favourite work in the show, and this year that artist will walk away with a £250.00 cash prize.
About the Exhibition
If you've exhibited in our open exhibitions before you know the drill, but for newcomers our annual, seasonal opens are the biggest, and most ambitious visual arts showcases in South Devon, as we turn the walls of our highstreet gallery into a tapestry of original art from creatives all over the country.
The exhibition is selective but open to all, with our values for the showcase being:
- Diversity and Variety - we take a range of traditional and contemporary practice, selecting works that result in a showcase rich in media, subject and style;
- Originality and Innovation - this isn't an exhibition that just "plays it safe", we love traditional work, but equally we want to share work with audiences that they may not find anywhere else;
- Quality and Talent - we select the best to create a showcase for our audience where they can guarantee they'll be taking away collectible, original work that can't be found anywhere else.
This year, we'll be celebrating 10 years of art on the English Riviera, with all proceeds from sales going toward an exciting new project for Artizan that we hope to announce soon.
As with our last few open exhibitions, your fee will only be payable if you are successful in having work selected for the exhibition.
We'll be taking fees at the point of submission, but if we don't accept your work on this occasion, we'll refund your fee in full.
Based on interest, we have reinstated single entry submissions. Single entry submissions are charged at £15 but unfortunately are NOT refundable.
Deadline for Entries: Saturday 20th October, Midday
About Artizan Collective Gallery
Artizan Collective CIC is a not for profit Social Enterprise dedicated to the advancement of arts and culture in Torbay, supporting wider engagement and greater accessibility to arts for our communities, through the provision of opportunities, resources, spaces and networks for creatives of all practices in a sustainable and resilient manner.
Currently hosted at Fleet Walk in the Artizan Collective Gallery, the Collective is providing a vibrant creative hub delivering opportunities for artists and audiences living and working in the Bay, as well as contributing to the English Riviera's cultural tourism offer.
The venue currently runs a year-round visual arts programme which supports artists of all disciplines and experiences, including students and emerging artists, by creating affordable exhibition opportunities, awards and bursaries. In addition, a programme of community workshops, artist studios, and production spaces are in development in partnership with other independent creatives and local cultural organisations.
Through this activity we aim to improve the perception of Torbay's cultural offer, showcasing and connecting the creative stakeholders contributing to the sector and signposting audiences from this prominent location, to the areas hidden gems.
The organisation currently consists of two directors and a small group of key stakeholders and partners who support and deliver work, as well as an invested community of artists and creatives.
Artizan Gallery supports the work of Artizan Collective CIC through the sharing of resources and promotional activities.
Submission Information
Please read the below information carefully for full opportunity details.
Opportunities
- This is a selective exhibition, your fee is paid on submission but will be refunded if you don't have work accepted
- Up to 6 works can be submitted (a maximum of four works will be selected for any one artist)
- Works will have the opportunity to either be:
- Selected (these will be guaranteed to hang) or
- reserved (these will be requested for delivery and stored on the shop floor for audiences to view; they may also be hung if space permits at our discretion)
- All successful artists will be entitled to supply, in addition to their accepted work:
- Up to three mounted and wrapped works for browsers or
- Up to three additional small for sale products such as catalogues or artbooks, and
- Greetings cards; either 5 copies of 3 designs or up to 15 original greetings cards
- All selected works will be showcased for a period of 6 weeks as part of Summer on the English Riviera
- Exposure in the English Riviera’s premier selective exhibition gallery
- Opportunity for commercial sales of work
- Features in exhibition print and digital promotional material delivered via the channels of the exhibition curators and partner organisations
- Long-term exposure on the exhibition digital hub including micro-profile and the opportunity for additional features
- Selected artists may be recommended to our partner services to have their work featured in additional online listings
- Exhibition Awards including the English Riviera Cash Award (selected by a guest judge) and the Audience Favourite Award.
Work Sizes, Types and Dimensions
- Works are classified as either:
- 2D Wall Display
- 3D Surface Display (not exceeding a height of 60cm)
- 3D Floor Display
Works of any medium are accepted
- 2D Works:
- A single 2D entry will not exceed 60cm in any direction inclusive of framing
- 2D entries exceeding 60cm but not exceeding 1m in any direction can be submitted as two entries
- 3D Works:
- A single 3D entry will not exceed 80cm in any dimension
- 3D entries exceeding 80cm but not exceeding 1.5m in any direction can be submitted as two entries
- Small 3D works may be submitted as a series and be counted as one entry but you must contact the gallery before making your submission to confirm if your work qualifies for this
- Small items may need to be provided with secure display equipment and artists should consult with the gallery to ensure they are making sufficient provisions prior to submission.
- A 3D work that is wall display should be submitted as a 2D Work
- Where specific display equipment is required this must be specified
- You may be requested to supply plinths or make additional provisions for display of your work where these are non-standard
Dates
- Deadline for Entries: 20th October, Midday
- Confirmation of Entries: 21st October, Midnight
- Start Date: 10th November, 11 am
- End Date: 24th December, 4 pm
- Launch Date: 9th November, 18:00-20:00
- Delivery Deadline: 3rd November, 16:00 (delivery bookable from 28th October - 3rd November)
- Hang Week: 4th - 8th November (artists are not required but should be prepared to receive work queries during this period)
Fees
- Exhibition Fees: £35 (payable at the point of submission, refunded if not selected)
- Single Entry: Based on interest from several artists, we have reinstated single entry submissions. Single entry submissions are charged at £15 but unfortunately are NOT refundable.
- Commission Fees: 35%
Payments can be made at the below link once you have made your submission:
https://pay.sumup.com/b2c/QJ6ORCN6
All fees go towards Artizan Collective's continuing work to deliver opportunities for artists in the South West.
Venue Address
Artizan Collective Gallery
Unit 5 Fleet Walk
74 Fleet Street
Torquay
TQ2 5EB
Full terms and conditions of entry: www.art-hub.co.uk/exhibitorsterms
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