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FCA Toronto: Fresh Paint
This exhibition will be filled with light and movement, where interesting blends of paint and colour flows freely!
Fresh Paint! is open for 2-D submissions by FCA Toronto Exhibiting members, and Elected members. Members should expect to help with this show and may be required to sit it and/or help with hanging or take down. The gallery itself will be open from Wednesday to Sunday each week of our tenure. It's a lovely well lit gallery and building with views of a pond from the gallery windows. There are great spots at the gallery for some Plein air painting while sitting the show.
Fresh Paint implies that the work is recent and the show is open to all mediums and genres. Submit your best work to this juried show. Signature points will be earned. Awards will be given for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place as well as 3 Honourable Mentions. Juror(S) to be determined.
FCA Toronto will take 10% commission on each sale and the gallery takes 20% on total sales over $3000.
Cash Awards:
First Place $400
Second Place $300
Third Place $200
+ 3 Honourable Mention Awards - $100 each
Carol Loeb, SFCA will be the juror of awards
Key Dates:
- Mar. 31: Submissions open
- Apr. 30: Submissions close
- Jun. 10: Artwork delivery date 10:00am - 12:00pm
- Jun. 11 - Jul 6: Exhibition dates
- Jun. 21: Reception 1:30pm - 3:30pm
- July 6: Exhibition take down 3:00pm - 4:00pm
General FCA Submission Guideline Links
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.
First item included with Entry Cost
Items 2-5: CAN$15.00 per item
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