FIX UP LOOK SHARP 2025
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Only submissions made through this google form will be considered. One submission per artist.
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IMPORTANT DATES:
Submission Deadline: February 27th, 2025, 11:59pm
Drop-off: March 5th, 2025, noon-6pm
Show Dates: March 6th - 18th, 2025
Opening Reception: March 6th, 2025, 6-10pm
Pick-up: March 19th, 2025, noon-6pm
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CALL FOR ARTISTS - We are seeking artist submissions for "Fix Up Look Sharp", our annual thrifted art group show! Take those old landscapes and portraits and rework them, paint over them, print on them, collage them - the sky is the limit.
The opening reception will be held on Thursday March 6th, 2025 from 6pm-10pm at Northern Contemporary, 420 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto.
This call is open to local and non-local artists. Non-local artists must be prepared to ship their work to and from the gallery.
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
- You may submit up to 5 pieces that fit the criteria. The gallery may select any number of your submissions to be included in the show. Artworks must fit the theme and the spirit of Fix Up Look Sharp, thrift store paintings reworked by you. We do not accept "AI generated art".
- Please do not submit work that has previously been shown at Northern Contemporary.
- Please provide clear photos of your pieces, exactly as they will be displayed in the show (for example, include the frame if your piece is framed). Please ensure all files are named with your info as follows: "ARTISTNAME_ARTWORKTITLE.jpg"
- Pieces must be ready to hang with proper hanging hardware already attached. Works on paper must be framed. Work that is at risk to be damaged may be accepted at the artist's own risk. Wall-hanging artwork must be able to hang from a single nail (some exceptions may apply).
- Pieces must be under 20" on the longest side, including framing, or they will be subject to an oversize fee. Oversized pieces may not exceed 48" on the longest side.
- Painting, drawing, printmaking, mixed media art, and sculpture are all acceptable mediums.
- There is a $35 hanging fee for the first piece. Every additional piece accepted is $10, oversized pieces will be charged an additional $10 (over 20" on the longest side, including framing).
- Artists working in sculpture should be prepared to provide or arrange their own display units.
- All pieces must be for sale. Please list prices in CAD.
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EXHIBITION DETAILS:
Drop off: March 5th, noon-6pm
Pick up: March 19th, noon-6pm
The gallery takes a 40% commission on sales.
Artwork must be picked up on the pickup date, the gallery cannot store artworks past this day.
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Eligibility: This call for artists is open to all artists. Painting, drawing, mixed media, and sculpture are all acceptable mediums. Keep in mind that Northern Contemporary focuses on illustrative, representational, urban, lowbrow, comic, pop art, and experimental work.
This year, "Fix Up Look Sharp" is open to local and non-local artists! Artists may submit from anywhere in the world and accepted pieces can be sent in via mail or courier. All shipping costs will be the responsibility of the artist. If this applies to you, please let us know in your submission so that we can notify you with time to ship if you have been accepted.
General Submissions
We accept general submissions year-round as we are always on the lookout for new and exciting artists. We focus on (but are not limited to) illustrative, representational, urban, lowbrow, comic, pop art, and experimental work. Please note that Northern Contemporary does not represent artists.
Please send all general submissions to emily@northerncontemporarygallery.com