Call for Submissions
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2023 Gallery Exhibitions | Call for Submissions
Call for Expression of Interest: Indigenous Artists, Artist Groups and Curators
Rental and Sales Gallery | Call for Submissions
Gallery Shop Submission
2023 Gallery Exhibitions
Art Gallery of St. Albert’s call for submissions for the 2023 exhibition year is open!
Art Gallery of St. Albert, a contemporary public art gallery, is seeking submissions from artists, artist groups, or curators of all artistic and cultural backgrounds working in all styles and mediums for exhibition in the 2022 calendar year.
The Gallery strives to provide a thought-provoking exhibition schedule and corresponding programs that support educationally challenging art and appeal to many audiences. AGSA is dedicated to curating a diverse exhibition year, profiling a wide range of artists, styles and mediums.
The Gallery is committed to accessibility and inclusion. We encourage artists to contact exhibitions@artsandheritage.ca if they have any questions or concerns regarding our submission requirements. We are happy to work collaboratively with artists to make alternative arrangements.
Artists may send their submissions to the Gallery through Dropbox, in person or through the mail. Submissions are adjudicated by a panel of visual art professionals who represent a spectrum of expertise in the visual arts. The artists chosen to exhibit receive CARFAC (Canadian Artists Representation/ le Front des Artistes Canadian) exhibition fees.
Call for Expression of Interest: Indigenous Artists, Artist Groups and Curators
The Art Gallery of St. Albert, a contemporary, non-profit, public art gallery (part of the Arts and Heritage Foundation of St. Albert), encourages First Nations, Métis and Inuit artists, artist groups and curators who are interested in exhibiting in our 2023 calendar year, to contact us with an Expression of Interest.
The Gallery considers that artists have a profound contribution to make in expressing both truth and reconciliation. As such at least one exhibition each year is dedicated to Indigenous artists and exhibitions that express Indigenous perspective and/or the theme of reconciliation.
Expressions of Interest should be sent to exhibitions@artsandheritage.ca. Please include a short description of the exhibition, artworks, or project, at least three images of the proposed artwork and links to any applicable artist or project websites or social media pages. Additional and supplementary documentation will be accepted.
Within a few days of receiving an Expression of Interest, the Gallery will contact the artist to set up a phone call or virtual meeting. The meeting will give the Gallery and the artist the opportunity to get to know one another, discuss the artist’s practice and create an individualized plan for assembling a submission to present the artist’s work to our selection jury, which will be hosted in late March, 2022.
The jury will be selecting artists to show in our three exhibition spaces in 2023. It takes months of planning and preparation to bring art exhibitions to life, so the Art Gallery of St. Albert selects exhibitions at least 1 to 1.5 years a head of time.
Deadline to express interest is Wednesday February 16 at 5 pm.
The artists chosen to exhibit at the Gallery in 2023 will receive Canadian Artists’ Representation/Le Front des artistes Canadiens (CARFAC) exhibition fees.
For more information, please email exhibitions@artsandheritage.ca or call 780.460.4310.
Rental and Sales Gallery Call for Submissions
The Rental and Sales Gallery (RSG) is accepting submissions from artists in the community and beyond. Please note that local and regional artists are preferred.
To submit, please email the following information to rentalsales@artsandheritage.ca
- Artist Biography
- Artist Statement
- Maximum 3 images of artworks
- Images should be well lit and free from any background distractions. Please see http://artgalleryofstalbert.ca/shop/rentalsales/ for examples.
- Artwork inventory: title, medium, size (and framed size), date, price
Please also include a brief statement about how you see yourself fitting in to our current roster.
Submissions are accepted on an ongoing basis. A jury will convene twice a year in June and November to review the submissions. Artist’s will receive the jury’s decision by the end of the month.
Gallery Shop Submissions
The Art Gallery of St. Albert Gallery Shop is seeking submissions from craft artists, designers, and artisans in the community and beyond who would like to have their work featured in our retail space. Our shop represents over 30 regional makers, and has become a destination retail space for buyers of unique handmade, high-quality jewelry, housewares, and gift items influenced by fine art and design.
Artists receive 60% commission on all sales. Retail sale price is set by the artist.
Submission Deadline:
- Ongoing, submissions will be reviewed on a monthly basis
Submission guidelines:
- Up to six (6) samples of work may be submitted as digital images with proper documentation, including medium and sale price.
- Selected pieces must look professional and be ready for sale. Work will be refused if it does not meet this requirement.
- Please include with your submission a current résumé or CV, and a one paragraph artist’s biography.
- We require that if selected, works be available to the Art Gallery of St. Albert Gallery Shop for no less than one year.
If work is inactive for a period of more than six (6) months, the Gallery Shop reserves the right to return the piece(s).
The Art Gallery of St. Albert Gallery Shop will contact successful applicants within four weeks of receipt of submission.
Please email, mail or drop off submissions to:
Art Gallery of St. Albert, 19 Perron Street, St. Albert, AB T8N 1E5 Attn: Gallery Shop
780-460-4310
ahfgallery@artsandheritage.ca