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1 CALL FOR ARTISTS 2019 : created to be shared 6 months running show 6 April - 27 October 2019 Application Deadline 1 st February 2019 Download your application pack: KUNSTHUIS THE CONTEMPORARY ABSTRACT ART GALLERY OF THE NORTH

2 BRIEF We, as humans, have always faced uncertainty engaging with life and a resultant complex set of mechanisms have developed to help us navigate through this. Our emotional engagement with life is a powerful source of motivation, conscious or unconscious. Leaving aside the academic debates that underpin these concepts we, at Kunsthuis Gallery, would like to focus on the idea of positive emotions as the theme for our next exhibition. In particular, we invite artists to produce work inspired by the ideas of Barbara Fredrickson s ground-breaking Broaden-and-Build Theory of positive emotions. She says the point of positive emotions is to open our minds, broaden and expand awareness, and facilitate the building and development of resources including knowledge, skills, abilities and relationships. For example, joy sparks the urge to play, interest sparks the urge to explore, contentment the urge to savour and integrate, and love sparks a recurring cycle of each of these urges within a safe, close relationships. We feel that hand in hand with this idea is that of resilience, the building and layering of positive responses that can also refer to the materials chosen to be used in the production of works of art. And colour looms large here as a powerful source of the expression of feelings. Before we leave it to you, here are some lovely words to set you on your way. Joy a sense of elation, happiness, often experienced as a sudden spike due to something good Serenity calm, peaceful feeling of acceptance of oneself Interest feeling curiosity or fascination that demands and captures attention Amusement a feeling of light hearted pleasure often accompanied by smiles and easy laughter Enthusisasm a sense of excitement, accompanied by motivation and engagement Optimism a positive and hopeful emotion that encourages you to look forward to a bright future, one in which you think that things will mostly work out Inspiration feeling engaged, uplifted and motivated by something Awe an emotion that is evoked when you witness something grand, spectacular or breathtaking sparking a sense of overwhelming appreciation Deadline 1 st February 2019

3 At KUNSTHUIS, our aim is to curate an exciting exhibition of saleable work in the mediums of photography, ceramics, sculpture, illustration, painting, printmaking, drawing, textiles, glass, collage, music (cd), poetry (printed collection), digital and jewellery. We want to encourage conversations, increase knowledge transfer and provide visual delights for our audiences in order to share and spread positive emotions through inspirational authentic works of art. As curators of this show, we believe the arts has a role and a responsibility to encourage the transformational thinking required to move us away from the negative emotions we are confronted with daily, albeit it close to home or on a global scale. Kunsthuis Gallery will take 50% commission from sales. However, 5% of the commission taken will be donated to a charity of our choice, to be confirmed at a later date. APPLY If you are interested in submitting work for this spectacular 6 month show, Kunsthuis Gallery would like to receive a maximum of 3 pieces and up to 3 digital images of your selected artworks in high resolution format. You can choose the number of works you would like to submit being either 1 piece, 2 pieces or indeed 3. Please note if you are submitting a collection of Jewellery or a collection of small sized Ceramics, we allow a collection of up to 10 pieces. To apply for this show please follow the link on our website to download and complete the Application Form, to be ed to cecile@kunsthuisgallery.com Deadline 1 st February 2019 FEES on acceptance There is no initial application fee, but once your work has been selected for the show we ask for a fee of 15 per accepted art work and a further 15 to cover promotional costs for this exhibition. After the deadline of 1st February 2019, the curators will judge entries and finalists will be notified by 11th February On acceptance you will receive an invoice to pay the applicable fee via Paypal or Bank transfer. Payment to be settled before 20th February. If payment is not made before the 20th February, we can not include your work.

4 RULES 1) Once applicants have paid the fee for their chosen submissions an automatic downloadable application form will be sent to you. This must be correctly completed and returned to the gallery at the address provided. Once a work has been submitted and the appropriate fee paid, no refund will be made. 2) The work must be for sale and have a retail price. (On the basis of the 50% commission) 3) Artists must submit their work via JPEG. 4) In sending an image, applicants confirm that they own the copyright of the image or have the owner s authority to distribute the image for reproduction. The gallery reserves the right of reproduction of all works for publicity, educational and reference purposes. 5) All submissions must be static works. Wall work must have a hanging system in accordance to our gallery s presentation guidelines attachment file. For 3D work, gallery can supply plinths, but gallery prefers for artists to supply their own methods of display if applicable to the piece submitted. 6) There is no maximum size for two dimensional work, however with regards to 3D work, we cannot exceed a depth of 50cm. We would also like you to state if the work can be exhibited indoors or outdoors. 7) All forms of printmaking are acceptable. 8) We do not accept Giclee Prints. 9) The closing date for submissions of entries is 1st February ) Successful artists will be notified by 11th February ) Selected works must be delivered to Kunsthuis Gallery (please see DATES FOR YOUR DIARY section below) 12) All work must be framed unless agreed otherwise by Kunsthuis Gallery before delivery. 13) Work submitted must be available should the entry be selected. Kunsthuis Gallery will not accept any substitutes if your work sells before the exhibition dates. 14) D-Rings must be attached to all works selected (See our Presentation Guidelines file). 15) Selected works must be delivered or posted to Kunsthuis Gallery and any unsold pieces are to be collected after the exhibition dates. Initial and final delivery and collection will be at the expense of the artist. 16) All artists are submitting work on the understanding that pieces will be exhibited as for sale. 17) If artist is successful with two or three pieces, Kunsthuis Gallery reserves the right to rotate pieces accordingly during the exhibition duration keeping the work which is not on display in secure storage. 18) Any sold work by the artist may be invited to offer a replacement for the remaining time of the exhibition. Kunsthuis Gallery do however reserve the right to choose replacements or indeed reject suggestions if we feel the work offered is not of a similar nature or standard to the original. 19) The gallery will retain 50% commission of all sales with the remainder being paid to the artist. 5% of Kunsthuis Gallery s commission will be donated to a charity of our choice, to be confirmed. 20) The decision of successful submissions are final and no correspondence can be entered into with the Gallery. 21) The personal information supplied by artists will be held securely by the gallery in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 2018.

5 Things to remember 1) When you upload your images, they should be at least 350dpi with a maximum file size of 2MB. The following formats are acceptable: JPEG. 2) Each file should be named with your Surname, First Name and Title of Work. If the title of the work is long, please shorten but so it still allows us to differentiate it from other works you have submitted. 3) When entering the size of your work, please put the height in cm x width in cm. Works should be measured both framed and unframed. Please note if you are submitting a collection of Jewellery or a collection of small sized Ceramics, we allow a collection of up to 10 pieces. 5) Only original works are acceptable. Wall work must have a hanging system in accordance to our gallery s presentation guidelines attachment file. For 3D work, gallery can supply plinths, but gallery prefers for artists to supply their own methods of display if applicable to the piece submitted. Judging Panel KUNSTHUIS Gallery Curators Cecile Creemers & Julie Fearn. Opening Event Kunsthuis Gallery will host an opening event of this exhibition on Saturday 6 th April. Details to be confirmed. Dates for your Diary Deadline for Applications - 1st February 2019 Successful Applications Announcement - 11th February Payment Application Fees - 20th February 2019 Delivery dates to Kunsthuis Gallery: - Postal Delivery between 18th - 24th March Hand Delivery Thursday 21st March pm or Friday 22nd March, 9am - 5pm Please bare in mind, these are the only available dates for hand delivery. If these dates do not suit, please post work to the gallery between the dates mentioned above. GOOD LUCK C

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