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ENTRY CRITERIA
Please read the following details carefully before considering submitting work.
Venue:The exhibition will take place in the temporary exhibitions gallery
at Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum CV32 4AA. Open: Tues – Thurs 10.30am-5.00pm, Sun 11-4, Mon closed.
Eligibility:To qualify for entry you must be an artist or maker over 18 years of age, living, working or studying in the West Midlands region which comprises: Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, and the Metropolitan districts of Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton.
Entry:In the instance of the OPEN 2015 Exhibition the term ‘Visual Art & Craft’ comprises painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, photography, installation work, video and computer generated imagery, ceramics, textiles, metalwork, glass, jewellery, woodwork and mixed media. Each artist may submit up to TWO works.
Work must have been completed after 1 January 2014.
Selected works must be available for inclusion in the exhibition from
Thurs 7 May – Tues 14 July 2015. (Exhibition dates: 15 May – 12 July.)
All works must be for sale (see Conditions of Entry).
Entry fee:A non-refundable admission fee of £5.00 PER WORK will be charged for the submitted work and must be paid with the entry form on day of submission. This fee covers our administration costs. Payment may be made in cash, card or by cheque (made payable to Warwick District Council).
Selection:The selection will be made by a panel of judges, and will take place at Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum on Friday 8 May 2015. Selection of works is entirely at the discretion of the Gallery and the panel.
Prizes:Cash awards will be announced during the Awards Ceremony of the exhibition on Thursday 14 May 2015, 6.00 – 7.30 pm. The winner of the OPEN 2015 Award will be given the opportunity to talk about his/her work as part of our Friday Focus programme.
The ‘People’s Choice’ Award will be announced on Friday 3 July 2015, 1 pm. The winner will also have the opportunity to talk about their work as part of our Friday Focus programme.
The winner of the OPEN 2015 Award will receive £1,000
The winner of the People’s Choice Award will receive £500
SUBMISSION OF ENTRIES
All submissions are to be delivered in person unless otherwise specified (see submission procedures and conditions) to Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum CV32 4AA on Thursday 7 May between 10.30am – 7.00 pm. All works, including installation pieces recorded on 35mm slides and video works, must be submitted with an entry form. Packaging materials are to be taken away by the artist and have to be brought back again when works are collected. Entry forms must be attached to the back of the works. (Entry forms are attached).
COLLECTION OF UNSELECTED ENTRIES
(including video/slide entries)
Artists who have been successful will receive a telephone call informing them that they have been selected on Saturday 9 May, before 11.00 am. Please note that there will be no telephone calls confirming works which have not been selected. Collection of all unselected artworks must take place on Saturday9 May between 11 am – 4 pm.
COLLECTION OF SELECTED ENTRIES
(after exhibition closes)
Collection of selected entries after the exhibition closes will be by arrangement, from the temporary exhibitions gallery at Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum on Tuesday 14July between 11 am - 4 pm.
OPEN AWARDS CEREMONY
The Awards Ceremony for the exhibition will be held on Thursday 14 May,
6 – 7.30 pm. Speeches will start at 7 pm.
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CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
SIZE RESTRICTIONS
Works submitted for entry are subject to a size restriction due to the availability of display space. The following guidelines must be adhered to:
Two dimensional work should not exceed 3m(h) x 2m(w)
Three dimensional work should not exceed 2 x 2 x 2m.
MIRROR PLATES
For security reasons all two-dimensional work MUST BE MIRROR PLATED on the vertical sides. (Mirror plates can be obtained from art shops, DIY stores and most hardware shops, see illustration).
N.B. The Gallery does not accept liability for the deterioration of work which is constructed of any inherently non-durable or unstable materials or if change or decay is in any way an intended feature of the work and its integral materials; the Gallery will not attempt to prevent deterioration attributable to this.
The artist will be informed immediately in any event of damage or deterioration of the work.
In the instance of electronically powered artworks, we require written evidence that work has been PAT tested.
SALE OF WORK
All work entered in to the exhibition must be for sale. The Gallery will handle payments on behalf of the artist and will invoice the artist for commission + VAT on commission at the end of the show. The actual selling price must be stated on the form and no other price must appear on or with the artwork. When deciding the selling price, please remember that the Art Gallery & Museum will take 30% commission from that price plus VAT.
DISPOSAL OF LATE COLLECTIONS
Storage of selected and unselected artworks will be problematic for us. A charge of £10 per day will be made for storage of selected and unselected works not collected on time.
The Art Gallery & Museum reserves the right to dispose of works which are not picked up by the specified collection dates. This applies to both unselected works not picked up by Saturday 9 May 2015 and exhibited works not collected by Tuesday 14 July 2015.
Disposal of works will take place one month after specified collection dates. The artist will be informed of this action in writing.
TRANSPORT
The entrant is responsible for collection and delivery of work. If delivery or collection is entrusted to someone else, that person must bring a letter signed by the artist authorising them to collect the work; this signature must match the signature on the entry form. The Art Gallery & Museum will not hand over works without seeing this documentation.
PARKING
Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum does not have a designated car park. However there is nearby street parking in surrounding areas. This is generally charged at an hourly rate, and is usually a maximum stay of two hours car parking. There is off street parking in the multi storey car park (St. Peter’s car park) which is situated opposite the Apollo cinema. This is also charged at an hourly rate, but is open all day.
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