Winter Open Exhibition 2023

Thank you for your interest in being part of our Winter Open Exhibition 2023.
This agreement is to set out the arrangements we have agreed with you concerning our right to exhibit and sell your artworks in the group exhibition at Heart of The Tribe Gallery in Glastonbury.
The exhibition will run from Friday the 10th of November until Saturday the 23rd of December with a period of closure between Christmas and New Year before work can be collected in January. (It is possible for work to be collected with prior arrangement on the 21st, 22nd or 23rd of Dec.)
We will hold a private view on the afternoon of Saturday the 11th of November between 1-4pm which all artists plus any friends or family are invited to attend.

ENTRY CONDITIONS:
Each Artist may submit up to six works for a £16 entry fee. The submissions can be of any medium. All submissions must be made via our online application form. Submissions are to be digital images/photographs of original works, please do not send us original artworks for the submission process. Each image file attached to the online form must be clearly named with the same name as written in the submission form. By submitting this form, you are declaring that this is an original work that does not infringe on any known copyright. All submitted works must be for sale.
Deadline for all submissions is Monday the 2nd of October. Any submissions received after this date will not be processed.

For your submission to be valid, payment must be made when submitting this online form.

SELECTION:
For any selected works we do not guarantee that artworks will be displayed for the duration of the exhibition. Heart of The Tribe Gallery reserves the right not to display selected works whether this is due to lack of space or for any other reason at any given time that may affect the overall nature of the exhibition. The decision of the judging panel is final. Heart of The Tribe cannot enter into any correspondence or discussion over the decisions made by the panel.

Entrants will be notified via e-mail of selected artworks by Monday 12th October 2023. If successful, we kindly request that you add your details to our artist directory page on our website if you haven't already done so.
www.heartofthetribe.com/artist-directory-view-by-artist/

DELIVERY:
You, the artist, agree to deliver selected artworks listed above to the Gallery on either of the following allocated drop off dates. The dates are Thursday 19th, Friday 20th, Saturday 21st or Monday 23rd of October between 11 am and 3 pm. The artist is responsible for delivery to the gallery of all works and the collection of any unsold works at the end of the exhibition.

All work must be presented in a professional manner, the gallery reserves the right to refuse submission deliveries if the work is not of the quality expected. The cost of framing and mounting all work lies with the artist. All work must include suitable fixings to be hung / displayed via our hanging system. (preferably a securely fastened chord/string across the back). Framed work must be presented to a proffesional standard. If artwork is not ready to hang we will not be displaying it. Please make sure your work is WALL READY. We cannot stress this enough.

COLLECTION:
Selected works that are not included in the exhibition will be kept in the gallery’s storage and rotated into the exhibition as sales are made. Any unsold work that remains after the exhibition must be collected in January 2023 during opening hours. Please bring some assistance with you if your work is large or heavy. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to safely store any uncollected works beyond January.

You agree to Heart of The Tribe photographing your work and listing it online in the shop section of our website www.heartofthetribe.com for the duration of the exhibition. You also agree to the possible use of images showing the artwork in whole or in part for marketing purposes and social media before, during and after the exhibition takes place. The artist retains overall copyright for all works, but the gallery can reproduce them for the purposes of advertising, promotional and future exhibition promotional material.

Heart of The Tribe is responsible for insuring the works from the time they arrive at the gallery until the artists collects them at the end of the exhibition or until a sale is completed and the works concerned are transferred to their new owners. If they are lost, damaged or stolen the gallery will pay the artist the agreed retail price less the gallery commission.

The Gallery will pay the balance of the cost with respect to the advertising, postage, the cost of putting on private views, insurance, and all other costs incurred in hosting and promoting group exhibitions. In respect of any original artworks sold by the gallery we shall be entitled to a 50% commission of the sale price. Legal ownership of the artwork only passes over to the buyer once payment has been made. Copyright remains with the artist at all times. No reproductions can be made without prior permission from the artist.

Payment to the artist for any sold work will be processed in Januray 2024.