November 5 – December 1, 2024, in the Upper Level of the Sisnett Lobby
The Helson Gallery in cooperation with Palette and Pencil Plus Guild of Credit Valley Artisans invite artists residing, working, or that belong to a local arts organization in the Town of Halton Hills to submit 1-8 examples of creative work in 2-dimension for the Square Foot Show and Sale.
Artwork:
Must be on canvas or wood panel measuring 12" x 12" or framed under glass measuring 13" x 13" to be accepted.
Work is required to be ready for hanging – including wiring.
Open to any medium, including acrylic, oil, photography, watercolour, etc.
The artist has the freedom to decide how to treat the edges of the canvas. They can choose to paint the edges in a solid colour or extend the painting over the edges. The choice of frame colour is also up to the artist.
Submission:
Please email Helson Gallery Curator, Kara Bruce kbruce@haltonhills.ca a maximum of eight examples of your work in jpg format and include the following details: artist name, title of artwork, medium and size no later than October 23.
Note: In line with standard Square Foot Exhibitions, all the artworks will be offered for sale at the same price of $200 ($226 including HST). Amount paid to artist after commission and HST taken is $160.
Please state in your submission if you are HST registered.
The Town of Halton Hills will facilitate all sales of art made through the exhibition and arrange payment for the Artist(s) in an agency capacity. Artist(s) must include HST in the list price of artworks. Once a piece of art is sold a 20% commission is charged based on the artist revenue. Artists with registered HST numbers will be charged HST on the 20% commission.
Drop-off dates:
October 28 – 30, from 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Work must be ready for hanging – including wiring.
Pick up dates of unsold artwork:
December 2 – 4, from 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.