ALL YOU CAN EAT
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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: July 23rd, 11:59pm
Show Duration: August 1st - 13th, 2024
Opening Reception: August 1st, 2024, 6-10pm
Drop off: July 30th, noon-6pm
Pick up: August 14th, noon-6pm
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CALL FOR ARTISTS:
We are seeking artist submissions for "All You Can Eat", a food-themed art show! We are looking for artwork showcasing your go-to snacks, meals, and delicacies, your favourite restaurants, scenes from your dinner parties and potlucks. If it's food related - it's fair game!
The opening reception will be held on Thursday, August 1st, 2024, 6-10pm
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
- You may submit up to 5 pieces that fit the criteria of food-themed. The gallery may select any number of your submissions to be included in the show. We do not accept "AI generated art".
- All pieces must be for sale.
- Pieces must be ready-to-hang. Ready-to-hang means fully cured paint with hanging wire, hanging teeth, or similar hardware that can hang off of a single nail. We do not accept work that must hang off of two points.
- Works on loose paper must be framed.
- 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"
- Paintings, drawings, prints, photography, mixed media art, and sculpture are all acceptable mediums.
- Pieces over 24" on the longest side are considered oversized and will be subject to an oversize fee. (Please note that we do not accept very many large pieces)
- There is a $30 hanging fee for the first piece. Every additional piece accepted is $10, oversized pieces are an additional $10.
- Artists working in sculpture should be prepared to provide or arrange their own display units.
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EXHIBITION DETAILS:
Drop off: July 30th, noon-6pm
Pick up: August 14th, noon-6pm
Commission: The gallery takes a 40% commission on sales.
Hanging fee: $30 for the first accepted piece, $10 for each additional accepted piece, additional $10 for oversized work.
Right of Sale: Northern Contemporary Gallery will have the exclusive right of sale for exhibited artwork for 30 days after the exhibition's close.
Unsold artwork and commission payouts must be collected on the pickup date, the gallery cannot store anything. Unless we are notified a week before, anything left past the pick up date will be considered forfeited and donated to charity.
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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.
Artworks must be dropped off in person during drop-off hours, not earlier. Due to high volume, the gallery does not accept mailed or couriered works for open call shows.
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