Short Description
This is an opportunity for artists from all over the world to exhibit for minimal cost and a chance to win prizes for their art. Submissions must be no bigger than 8″ x 10″ or 10″ x 8″ and must be unframed. This year’s theme is “Your Aesthetics”. Share your go-to aesthetic themes with us. What’s your wallpaper? Which T-shirt prints are you drawn to? Floral? Cottagecore? Cyberpunk? Vaporwave? or.. Angles?
FORMAT: This is an in-gallery exhibition with online representation. Submitting artists, if accepted by the jury, will be required to deliver their artwork to the gallery in Vancouver, BC, Canada for the feature. Artists cannot opt to display online only.
PERMISSIBLE MEDIA: oil, acrylic, water media, pastel, encaustic, pen and ink, pencil, graphite, and hand-pulled prints in print runs of less than 200.
Note: For artists practicing in mixed media, you are required to list all media used, including mediums and gels.
EXCLUDED MEDIA: digital art, photography, giclee (whether hand modified or not), pyrography, and any work that relies heavily on mechanical reproduction.
ARTWORK SIZE: Artworks must be 8” x 10” (20.4 cm by 25.4 cm) or smaller. If you submit smaller artwork, you must include a mat that has an outside dimension of 8” x 10” to fit our frames. Larger artwork will not be permitted.
SUBSTRATE SIZE: Substrates can be no deeper than 4 mm or they will not fit our frames. Do not submit artworks of greater depth. If you do and they pass the jury, they won’t fit our frames and will not display. Artwork will be framed upon arrival at the gallery.
THEME: This year’s annual theme is “Your Aesthetics”; artists can approach this theme as creatively as they wish.
PRICING: All artwork must be available for sale. Artists cannot change submitted prices at any time. The minimum price for artwork is $200. While there is no maximum price, if the artist cannot provide evidence of a recent sale in that price range, artworks with artificially inflated prices will be removed.
SALES: Artwork is under contract with the Federation effective from the date notification emails are sent. Do not submit an artwork if you intend to sell it yourself outside of the exhibition. If artists have an interested client and they direct sales through the Federation before the exhibition start date, the artwork
can still be exhibited in the exhibition as “sold” for the duration of the exhibition, and artists can retain their associated Elected Member Status point. If a sale is made, artists will be informed by phone or email. If you have not heard from our sales team by the end of the exhibition, your artwork is unsold and will need to be collected.
By submitting artwork to this call, artists agree to allow the Federation to negotiate a sale on their behalf, including up to 10% off of the artist’s submitted sale price. Following a sale, payment to artists will be made by e-transfer or cheque within 30 days.
How to Apply
Online Application
Program Benefits & Awards
First Place $1,000 CA, Second Place $500 CA, Third Place: $300 CA, and 3 x $100 CA Honourable Mentions
Entry Fee
FCA MEMBERS: $25.00 for your submission and first submitted artwork. Further submissions are $20.00 per artwork. NON-MEMBERS: $30.00 for your submission and first submitted artwork. Further submissions are $25.00 per artwork. Artists can submit up to ten (10) artworks for consideration. If successful at jury, a minimum of one (1) artwork per artist will be exhibited.
Location
Vancouver, Canada
Timeline
- Application Deadline: 15 June 2025
Website Link: https://artists.ca/submissions/index
