Calls for Submission
Below are the calls for submission which are currently accepting online submissions.
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Spotlight 2021
About The 2021 Spotlight Exhibition:
Motivated artists can sell their artwork directly to our serious buyers, putting their artwork in the “Spotlight” during our annual Client Appreciation Exhibition and Evening. Opening on this VIP evening, we offer first right of refusal for returning art buyers. Following its success in 2019, Spotlight returns in our busiest season. Commission is shared 50/50 between artist and the Federation.
Below is a PDF Call Booklet for this specific call. Please read it in full before submitting, by submitting you agree to these terms, and submissions made in error will not be refunded.
Jurors:
This exhibition is gently screened and a non-qualifying call for Signature Status.
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First item included with Entry Cost
Items 2-5: CAN$15.00 per item
Annual International Mail-In Art Exhibition (AIMAE)
About The 2021 Annual International Mail-In Art Exhibition (AIMAE):
An exhibition of artworks by international artists competing for cash prizes and a
catalogue feature. Artworks can be no bigger than 8” x 10”, so they can be delivered inexpensively to our gallery from anywhere in the world. We frame the pieces on arrival for an exhibition with a coherent visitor aesthetic featuring all different kinds of art. Each year there is a different theme, for 2021 the theme is “change”.
2021 AWARDS
AWARD |
PRIZE |
First Place (1st) |
$1000 CA |
Second Place (2nd) |
$500 CA |
Third Place (3rd) |
$200 CA |
3 x Honourable Mentions |
3 x $100 CA each |
This is a qualifying call for submission. Acceptance into this exhibition counts as one point towards Signature Status Applications with the Federation of Canadian Artists. Learn more about Signature Membership here.
Below is a PDF Call Booklet for this specific call. Please read it in full before submitting, by submitting you agree to these terms, and submissions made in error will not be refunded.
Jurors:
SFCA - TBD
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First item included with Entry Cost
Items 2-10: CAN$15.00 per item
Water - Sculpture Intake
SUBMIT TO THE CORRECT INTAKE
THIS IS THE INTAKE FOR SCULPTURE
TWO DIMENSIONAL ARTISTS MUST BE MEMBERS OF THE FEDERATION AND SUBMIT SEPARATELY HERE
FEE TRANSFERS AND REFUNDS ARE NOT ISSUED FOR SUBMISSIONS MADE TO THE INCORRECT INTAKE
About The 2021 "Water" Online-Only Exhibition and Competition:
AWARD |
PRIZE |
Best Sculpture in Exhibition |
$500 CA |
3 x Honourable Mention Awards |
Awards in Title |
This exhibition theme was voted for by the membership and will result in an online-only exhibition. "The source of life on earth" submissions to this call for entry could be of oceans, rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, fountains, baths, sinks, anywhere you find water!
This is NOT a qualifying call for submission. Learn more about Signature Membership here.
Below is a PDF Call Booklet for this specific call. Please read it in full before submitting, by submitting you agree to these terms, and acknowledge that submissions made in error will not be refunded.
Jurors:
SFCA - TBD
SFCA - TBD
SFCA - TBD
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First item included with Entry Cost
Items 2-5: CAN$20.00 per item
On the Edge
About The 2021 On the Edge Exhibition:
Open to all artists worldwide, this exhibition is for artists working and thinking a little differently. Submitting artists are encouraged to challenge themselves in their practice, challenge their audience or push the limits of your media for the chance to exhibit on a global stage and win prize awards.
2021 AWARDS
AWARD |
PRIZE |
Grand First Place Prize (1st) 2D Artists Only |
$2,000 CA |
2nd Place OPUS Art Supplies Awards |
$1,000 OPUS Gift Card |
3rd Place OPUS Art Supplies Awards |
$1,000 OPUS Gift Card |
Best Sculpture in Exhibition |
$1,000 OPUS Gift Card |
3 x Honourable Mention Awards |
Awards in Title |
This is a qualifying call for submission. Acceptance into this exhibition counts as one point towards Signature Status Applications with the Federation of Canadian Artists. Learn more about Signature Membership here.
Below is a PDF Call Booklet for this specific call. Please read it in full before submitting, by submitting you agree to these terms, and submissions made in error will not be refunded.
Jurors:
Jean Pederson, SFCA
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First item included with Entry Cost
Items 2-5: CAN$25.00 per item
+CAN$5.00 Extra Entry Cost
+CAN$5.00 Extra Per Item
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On the Edge - Sculpture Intake
About The 2021 On the Edge Exhibition:
Open to all artists worldwide, this exhibition is for artists working and thinking a little differently. Submitting artists are encouraged to challenge themselves in their practice, challenge their audience or push the limits of your media for the chance to exhibit on a global stage and win prize awards.
2021 AWARDS
AWARD |
PRIZE |
Best Sculpture in Exhibition |
$1,000 OPUS Gift Card |
3 x Honourable Mention Awards |
Awards in Title |
This is a qualifying call for submission.
Acceptance into this exhibition counts as one point towards Signature Status Applications with the Federation of Canadian Artists.
Learn more about Signature Membership here.
Below is a PDF Call Booklet for this specific call. Please read it in full before submitting, by submitting you agree to these terms, and submissions made in error will not be refunded.
Jurors:
TBA
TBA
TBA
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First item included with Entry Cost
Items 2-5: CAN$25.00 per item
+CAN$5.00 Extra Entry Cost
+CAN$5.00 Extra Per Item
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LIMITLESS 2021
About The 2021 "LIMITLESS" Competition and Online Exhibition:
2021 AWARDS
AWARD |
PRIZE |
First Place |
$500 CA |
Second Place |
$300 CA |
Third Place |
$200 CA |
3 x Honourable Mention Awards |
Awards in Title |
In the spirit of artists supporting artists, this online exhibition awards experienced artists while supporting emerging ones, through the creation of a bursary.
$5 from each submission helps create the annual bursary for a visual arts student enrolled in a post-secondary institution.
For submitting artists, $1,000 in cash prizes are up for grabs as well as feature in a month-long online exhibition at federationgallery.com
Past recipients of the bursary include:
Simon Fraser University,
University of British Columbia,
Emily Carr University of Art and Design,
Langara College of Higher Learning.
This is NOT a qualifying call for submission.
Learn more about Signature Membership here.
Below is a PDF Call Booklet for this specific call. Please read it in full before submitting, by submitting you agree to these terms, and submissions made in error will not be refunded.
Jurors:
SFCA - TBD
AFCA - TBD
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Items 1-5: Included with Entry Cost
+CAN$5.00 Extra Entry Cost
+CAN$5.00 Extra Per Item
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Shape & Form - Sculpture Intake
SUBMIT TO THE CORRECT INTAKE
THIS IS THE INTAKE FOR SCULPTURE
TWO DIMENSIONAL ARTISTS SUBMIT SEPARATELY HERE
FEE TRANSFERS AND REFUNDS ARE NOT ISSUED FOR SUBMISSIONS MADE TO THE INCORRECT INTAKE
About The 2021 Shape & Form Exhibition:
Indulge in the beauty of shape and form. Think lines, space, curves, and edges. Open to all styles, genres and FCA supported media. Consider abstract pieces that use the language of shape, representational artists conveying their reverence for form.
This is a qualifying call for submission. Acceptance into this exhibition counts as one point towards Signature Status Applications with the Federation of Canadian Artists. Learn more about Signature Membership here.
This exhibition is also a member-only call to two-dimensional artists.
TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARTISTS SUBMIT BY CLICKING HERE.
Below is a PDF Call Booklet for this specific call. Please read it in full before submitting, by submitting you agree to these terms, and submissions made in error will not be refunded.
Jurors:
SFCA - TBD
SFCA - TBD
AFCA - TBD
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First item included with Entry Cost
Items 2-4: CAN$15.00 per item
+CAN$5.00 Extra Entry Cost
+CAN$5.00 Extra Per Item
If you ARE a member and have a username/login, you'll have a chance to login on the next screen before continuing.