Fronteer Gallery are looking for artwork for their Winter Solstice exhibition, which will take place in December with a closing event on 21st for the Winter Solstice.

Fronteer are looking for artwork for a Winter Solstice exhibition.

Artists are welcome to interpret the theme of Winter Solstice however they like, including religious celebrations to nature and seasonal inspired work.

This will be a one week long exhibition.

We have a closing event on the final day, which is the Winter Solstice (21st December), rather than an opening event.

Artists from across the UK are welcome to submit work in any medium, except audio or video works, and wall mounted work can be any size or shape, but should be no bigger than 50x50cm.

Sculptural work should fit on a 30x30cm plinth, and should not exceed 50cm height x 30cm x 30cm.

Artists are invited to submit 1 piece of work for the exhibition.

You may provide a short description of no more than 150 words which will be displayed alongside the work.  

The exhibition will run from 16th to 21st December (the gallery will be closed as usual on Friday).

There will be a closing Winter Solstice event on 21st December 4-6 pm.

Please note that the gallery is upstairs, and there is no disabled access.

Artists from all backgrounds are invited to submit one piece of work each. It is free to apply with only successful artists paying a fee of £20.

In return for your fee, you will get an event evening with free drinks which you are welcome to bring friends and family along to, invigilation throughout, and promotion of the exhibition online through social media posts.

The submission deadline is 20th November 2024.

Successful artists will be contacted by 22nd November 2024.

Successful artists are welcome to send their work by post. 

Work sent by post should reach us by 7th December 2024 at the latest.

Artists are also welcome to deliver work in person to the gallery during gallery opening hours by 7th December 2024. If you have any issues with these dates, please contact us before applying.

Successful artists should pay their £20 fee by 7th December 2024.

Work can be offered for sale during the exhibition, and there is a commission charge of 10%.

Please contact us if you have any questions.

How to Submit

Wall Mounted work

Artists are invited to submit one piece of work each. Work can be any size or shape but should be no bigger than 50x50cm.

Please give us the completed size of your work including any frames or mounts.

All work should be ready to hang and can be framed or unframed, with suitable hanging attachments in place.

You may submit up to 3 images of your piece of work.

One image to show the whole piece and a further two images to show details if required.

Please note that although there is an upper limit size restriction, we only have a limited capacity to accept larger works, and smaller works are much more likely to be successful.

Sculpture and 3-D

3-D and sculptural work that does not hang on the wall should be no bigger than 50cm Height x 30cm width x 30cm depth. All work should arrive ready to display.

Work can be collected from the gallery after 6pm on the 21st December or during gallery opening hours when we reopen after Christmas, between 9th - 18th January. 

If you would like your work returning to you by post please be aware that we charge a fee which includes a £4 handling fee and the cost of 2nd Class signed for postage.

Larger parcels can be returned through Parcelforce and will be sent Express 48.

Couriers cannot collect your work from the gallery and we do not print postage labels. 

We will close for Christmas on 21st December and will not start returning work by post until the gallery reopens from 9th January onwards.

All work must be complete at the time of submission.

Any work which varies from the original piece or size submitted may be rejected.

If you wish to submit any form of print, it will be your responsibility to print it off and prepare it for exhibition before delivering it to us.

Thank you and good luck!

The Fronteer Team