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The Hepworth Wakefield Print Fair 2024

Deadline: 12/01/2024

City: Wakefield  |  Country: United Kingdom  |  The Hepworth Wakefield

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We are delighted to announce that our popular Print Fair returns on Saturday 16 – Sunday 17 March 2024. The fair will host around 60 stalls, featuring a wide variety of artists, collectives and galleries in a range of table top stalls and booths.

Applications are welcomed from emerging and established UK-based artists, textile designers and illustrators working in screen print, etching, monoprint, giclee, risograph, lithograph, collagraph, linocut, letterpress and other print media.  The Print Fair brings together printmakers from across the UK and provides an opportunity for you to have your work exhibited for sale in front of 3,500 people over one weekend*.

The weekend will also feature family activities and special offers in The Hepworth Wakefield shop and café to ensure a well-attended, vibrant event. 

Please select your preferred stall size on the application form, we will confirm your stall option and cost once selected as we are currently researching a new shell system for exhibitors.

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented within the arts sector. The Hepworth Wakefield is  Disability Confident Committed and we have pledged to ensure that disabled people have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations within our organisation.

Applications close midday Friday 12 January 2024.

*(Based on 2023 Print Fair Fair visitor figures).

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Who is eligible for this opportunity?
We welcome and encourage applications from all UK based printmakers, especially candidates who are under-represented within the arts sector. The Hepworth Wakefield is Disability Confident Committed and we have pledged to ensure that disabled people have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations within our organisation.
When is the deadline?
Midday Friday 12 January 2024.
How many works can I submit?
Up to 5 examples of your work and photos of your stall set up would be helpful.
How much does it cost?
Standard stall: £200 inc VAT. (220 x 130 cm with optional 183 x 76cm plastic trestle table.

Large stall: £250 inc VAT. (Standard stall with additional display boards behind table.

Booth: £350 inc VAT. (Standard stall plus display board shell surrounding sides and behind of table space).
What are the Print Fair opening hours?
Saturday 16 – Sunday 17 March 2024 ( 10am - 4pm both days).
Where is the market taking place? And does the location have disabled access?
The market will take place in the converted mill space adjacent to the gallery, part of the Tileyard North development. Stalls will be set up the day before the fair opens. The space is fully indoors with access to toilets, WIFI and electricity.

Stalls will be set up the day before the fair opens. Full details regarding set up and take down will be sent in advance of the event.

The space is fully accessible to anyone with mobility requirements. The space is on a ground floor with full access and toilet facilities. If you have any concerns about your stall and have access requirements please let the market organisers know.
Will visitors pay to visit for the market?
Yes, previous Markets have had an entry of £2.00.
What press and marketing will The Hepworth Wakefield undertake?
Exhibitors will be prominently listed on The Hepworth Wakefield’s website and promoted through a variety of content on the gallery’s sector-leading social media platforms: Twitter (82k followers); Instagram (89k followers); Facebook (32k followers), as well as in regular e-newsletters sent to our Members, Patrons and subscribers.

The Hepworth Wakefield has a strong track record of securing media coverage for its fairs and markets, offering a further opportunity to profile participants. Media coverage received for previous fairs included Crafts Council, Elle Decoration, The Guardian, Time Out, Wallpaper* and Yorkshire Post. 
Do I need insurance?
Yes, all stallholders must have Public Liability insurance to the value of £5 million. Successful applicants to our Print Fair will receive a discount code for 10% off the cost of Axisweb Network Associate membership, which includes free PPL insurance up to £5 million. This code will be offered on request to the first 40 successful applicants in need of insurance.
How much time do I have to set up my stall?
Stallholders will have access on Friday 22 March and the morning of Saturday 23 March. Further details will be sent to Stallholders.
How are stallholders selected?
Exhibitors are selected by a panel comprising The Hepworth Wakefield team members with comprehensive experience of curating, exhibiting, promoting, commissioning, and retailing work by artists and makers at all levels of experience. Exhibitors are selected to ensure that the fair presents a range of styles and approaches to printing, by artists and makers working at a range of levels and from all professional and educational backgrounds. We encourage applications from independent artists, collectives and galleries.

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