Call for Submission

Calgary: Spring Art Show and Sale

Hello Calgary Chapter Members and welcome to our

“Spring Art Show & Sale"!!

We are thrilled to invite all the FCA Calgary artists to participate in our Fall Show at the Haysboro Community Center. The set up will start Friday afternoon April 12th for a few hours and continue on Saturday April 13th from 8 to 10am.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

• Submission Dates: February 24th to March 23rd. Results before March 30th.

• Exhibition Date: April 13th, 2024. The online show will be on the week after at Federation Gallery Website (https://federationgallery.com).

• Venue: Haysboro Community Center, 1204 89 Ave SW, Calgary, AB.

• 6 paintings per participant

• Paintings drop off during set up on Saturday from 8 to 9am. If you need to bring them on Friday please let me know.

• There is a $5 per painting for jury paid online at the time of submission and also a $5 hanging fee/ painting payable at the time of drop off (FCA Calgary website, cash or credit card at show).

• 15% commission will be charged on show sales, 17.5% for online sales.

RULES

• You can NOT resubmit previously Qualifying paintings accepted at our chapter shows. You can resubmit paintings that were in a strictly Online show (unless it is an award winner) and any non-Qualifying or Declined paintings to be juried again.
  

• All accepted pieces must be ready to hang with a wire on the back. Properly framed or finished around the edges (no broken or damaged frames please...they will NOT be hung).

• Once a member submits a piece for jury it cannot be sold and/or withdrawn before the show if it is accepted, you will be able to sell it only if it is declined or non-qualified. If an artist withdraws or sells an “accepted” artwork, the artist is subject to a $100 removal fee. Artists will not be able to participate in future Calgary Chapter exhibitions until the fee is paid. If you are unsure if you can honor a commitment to exhibit, do not submit.

• All artists who have pieces in a show must volunteer in some capacity during the show or find a proxy volunteer. If an artist cannot attend, the exhibition team must be notified immediately A list of volunteer positions is available to choose from. Positions that remain unfilled will be assigned to members by the exhibition committee.

Looking forward to seeing you at the show! Yanina Eberhard (hello@yaninart.com)

General FCA Submission Guideline Links

FCA Standards 

Image Requirements

FCA Policy Manual

If you have already successfully submitted artwork to an exhibition hosted by this Chapter, (the piece was included in some capacity, either live at a venue or in an online gallery), you cannot submit the same piece to a different exhibition hosted by the same Chapter, again.

Copyright and Standards

The following excerpt is taken from the Federation Policy Manual:

7.1.5 "While using photos as a reference for painting is a long-held accepted practice, making substantive use of stock imagery or photos taken by professional photographers is not permissible, even with their permission. Photographs by professional photographers are considered artworks in and of themselves. Reference photos must be taken by the artist themselves or provided to them by an amateur photographer with their express consent. Stock images may only be referred to for anatomical study and must be incidental to the completed artwork to be permissible".

While an artist may have paid a licensing fee or retrieved explicit written permission that places them on the right side of copyright laws, Federation Standards do not permit the use of stock photography or reference material from another artist - even with permission or paid licensing. 

Federation Standards are different than copyright laws, submitting artists must adhere to both to avoid being removed from the exhibition - if in doubt about the source material of your artwork - do not submit it.