p o s t art
1 May - 28 June 2014
Gallery 3
Horsebridge Centre
One postcard, your art, post it, share it.
These little cards will leave you and reach us. Their exhibition begins when you post them. We want your Art! This year after the stellar success of 2013’s POST NUDE, 2012’s POST VIEW, 2011’s first POST NUDE we simply want you to post us your art. We want to see every medium, every subject, every expression of your ideas and every application of your creativity on a postcard. Take part in this phenomenally successful show. Taken part before? Do it again and encourage friends and family. Never sent a card in? Do it this year! Post us your Art! Let it travel and be seen.
After the phenomenal success of POST NUDE we invite you to be part of this brand new posted art exhibition POST ART.
Guidelines for Entries
1. This is an open exhibition and free to take part. The power of the exhibition is in the collective response to the idea and the unique identity of each card.
2. All artworks must be original – please, no facsimiles of artworks, no print offs of artworks sent as postcards please. Simply original artworks sent through the post. No photographs of originals, only the original work in their original medium. We will only exhibit original works, no copies.
3. The postcard
It must be usual postcard dimensions, but as imaginative as you wish. Three dimensional postcards are welcome ( eg light-boxes, sculptural postcards etc but must be sent in post, in packaging ) PLEASE DO NOT HAND DELIVER.
Artwork on front, please fix very securely as the post process is a rigorous many handed thing! Fix if smudge prone.
All postcards must arrive via the post, this is vital to the exhibition purpose.
It must have a stamp on, please weigh to get correct postage amount if heavier than usual card. We will not be able to pay excess postage this end.
All artworks will face postage wear and tear - this is desired and all part of their journey.
Maximum of 5 postcards per artist please.
4. The Art.
POST ART can be made in any medium robust enough for posting ; pencil, charcoal, pastel, photograph, paint, mixed media, collage, ink, illustration, textiles, etching / printed (not print outs of works please ), recycled and renovated. Oh, anything as long as it is original. You call the shots Art-wise.
Artworks are exhibited at our discretion but we will endeavor to show them all. We will display with an awareness of our duty of care.
5. The back of the postcard:Addressed to:
Title POST ART
MediumGallery 3Horsebridge Centre
Your full name or “anon” 11 Horsebridge Road
Contact e-mail / phone (unseen) Whitstable
Signature Kent
Please write clearly thank you.CT5 1AF
6. Sales
All cards will be for sale at a fixed price of £20.00 each, with 50% going to you, the artist, and 50% to the Horsebridge charity. We rely on these funds to bring you open shows like Post Nude / Post View etc.
Any sales of artwork from the exhibition will be handled by us, but we will contact you when you have made a sale.
Any unsold works may be collected in August .Any uncollected works will become property of The Horsebridge after September 2014.
7. Disclaimer
The Horsebridge cannot be held responsible for any lost
postcards in transit . We do not know of any cards that were lost in transit from POST NUDE 2013 which is wonderful as we had almost 1000!
We reserve the right to respectfully use your submitted artwork for exhibition marketing purposes and any document of the exhibition in the future.
8. POST ART - Private View
We shall invite you for a preview of the exhibition to take place on Thursday xx May 2014 6.30pm - 8.30pm , details to be confirmed, please call us.
9. Deadline for cards
We will continue to hang during May if they come in, but the core of the show will be hung on xxxx May.
Please contact Sarah Banville (Curator / Gallery Administrator) with any further questions.
Please take part. You are vital.
Tell your friends. This could be bigger than POST NUDE!
Do link to the POST ART page on Facebook and place in your status. Also please re-tweet on Twitter to encourage participation!
This exhibition follows in the footsteps of POST NUDE and we promise it will be outstanding. Encourage everyone to take part! From far and near. Everyone has a idea to express. POST ART .
Love the post. Love the Art.
POST ART
Thank you.