Annual AGB Juried Exhibition

How to enter

Awards

Best in Show:  $500 Town of Bancroft Award |  Best in each Category: $100 |  Second Place in each Category: $50

Entry Guidelines 

  • You may submit up to 2 recent artworks (completed between 2023 and 2025) for jurying. These works can include paintings in any medium; drawings; mixed-media works; hand-pulled or mono prints; fibre art and sculpture (free standing and two-dimensional); photography.
  • Each jpeg must be a maximum of 2MB, with a resolution of 1500 x 1125 pixels at 300 dpi. Image should include the entire work – not a cropped or detail view. Only include the art and not surrounding environment or supports.
  • Images must be labeled as follows: lastname_firstname_title of the piece. For example: smith_susan_autumn.jpg
  • All work must be exhibition-ready. This includes being framed with appropriate mounting hardware and/ or wired. Photographic work must be framed or mounted on rigid surface. (D-hooks or end wiring must be securely attached to the frame. Faulty or poor wiring is not acceptable.) Please note that if your work is not exhibition-ready when you deliver it to the AGB, we can’t include it in the exhibition.
  • Maximum size for two-dimensional work is 40” wide by 40” high overall, including diptychs and triptychs.
  • No substitutions. We can only include works that have been accepted by the jurors in the exhibition.
  • All works will be reviewed by the jurors, and accepted based on the electronic submission/digital images you supply.
  • The AGB reserves the right to decline a submission deemed unsuitable for the show. This can include work that is not dry; is insecurely or improperly framed; works previously submitted or published; work created with assistance, reproductions or copies of another’s artwork (including instructor demos). Giclées of paintings are considered reproductions and are not acceptable.

Insurance

Insurance coverage to and from the Art Gallery of Bancroft (AGB) is the responsibility of the artist. Artwork selected for the exhibition will be insured by the AGB for the duration of the exhibition.

Sales commissions

The Gallery retains 35% commission on all sales.