Number 8 Opens Call for Gallery Submissions

Gallery Exhibition 2013/14
Submission Information Sheet

Number 8

Number 8 Community Arts Centre is a facility run by and for the benefit of the community of Pershore and District.  It is the aim of the gallery to promote high quality semi-professional and professional visual art work from within and beyond the county of Worcestershire, programming a range of styles and subject matters.  It also aims to provide the local amateur visual arts community with an opportunity to exhibit some of their work and to encourage new artists.

Number 8’s Gallery is part of the foyer/coffee bar area which has a footfall of over 1,000 people per week. Please see the Gallery Plan for the dimensions of the Gallery space. The installation and dismantling of the exhibition is the responsibility of the artist.

Submission

In order to be considered for an exhibition please submit a formal submission, as detailed below:

·      5 (minimum) – 10 (maximum) examples of the kind of pictures that will feature in your proposed exhibition or are reflective of the style of your work as a whole.  These examples can be submitted as photographs, postcards or digital pictures on a CD Rom.

·      An artist history or CV detailing your contact details, interests, training, past exhibitions etc as appropriate. For group exhibitions please submit a history of the group and/or CVs of members.

·      Cover Letter including:-  details of your proposed exhibition theme
                                        whether the examples submitted will be part of the exhibition or not

                                             the total number of pictures you intend to exhibit (approximately)
                                        the size of the individual pictures you intend to exhibit (approximately)

                                             the price range of your work (approximately)

Please note the proposed exhibition must adequately fill the gallery space. Work submitted must not contain copyrighted material, infringe intellectual property rights or plagiarise another artist’s work.

Timescales & Finance

The artist will pay a £50 (solo), £70 (duo) and £100 (group) for a three week exhibition.  Any sales will be subject to a 20% commission plus VAT.

Marketing & Sales

Number 8 will market the exhibition through its seasonal brochure and website.  The artist(s) will need to provide Number 8 with a JPEG image and brochure copy by a set deadline. Any further marketing or printing will be at the artist(s) time and cost.

Number 8 will handle all sales and the artist(s) will receive any payments due (minus the commission charges) within 7 days of the end of the exhibition. Pictures will not be released to the purchaser until the end of the exhibition.  The artist(s) will be asked to securely pack all sold items ready for collection.

Submission Deadline:   Tuesday 30 April 2012 

Please email submissions to programming@number8.org or post to Emma Bangham, Number 8 Community Arts Centre 8 High Street Pershore WR10 1BG

A Steering Group consisting of professional artists and Number 8’s Programme Manager will assess all submissions and applicants will be notified of the panel’s decision by the end of May 2013.

GALLERY EXHIBITION 2013/14

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Gallery Date Slots	If you are unable to exhibit on any particular date please indicate below.
Thu 24 Oct – Wed 13 Nov 2013
Thu 14 Nov – Wed 4 Dec 2013
Thu 5 Dec – Mon 30 Dec 2013(3½ weeks, no extra charge)
Tue 31 Dec – Wed 22 Jan 2014
Thu 23 Jan – Weds 12 Feb
Thu 13 Feb – Wed 5 March
Thu 6 March – Wed 26 March
Thu 27 March – Wed 16 April
Thu 17 April – Wed 7 May
Thu 8 May – Wed 28 May
Thu 29 May – Wed 18 June
Thu 19 June – Wed 9 July
Thu 10 July – Wed 30 July
Thu 31 July – Wed 20 Aug
Thu 21 Aug – Wed 10 Sept
Thu 11 Sept – Wed 1 Oct
Thu 2 Oct – Wed 22 Oct
Thu 23 Oct – Wed 12 Nov
Thu 13 Nov – Wed 3 Dec

The Gallery space is open Mon to Saturday 10am – 4pm and 1hr before evening shows.  The Gallery is closed on some Bank Holidays and evening when there are no shows scheduled.