Annual Juried Exhibition – Art Gallery of Bancroft

Deadline for both entries and payment is midnight, November 10, 2024.

This year’s juror is Joseph Muscat

OSA, AOCA
Visual Artist / Art & Exhibition Consultant
muscat@interlog.com
josephmuscatartist.com

Joseph graduated from the Ontario College of Art in 1981, and since then has exhibited his work extensively in solo and in group exhibitions in Canada, USA, Europe and South America. His work is widely collected in many Public, Corporate and Private collections. He has received numerous Ontario Arts Council grants and his work has been included in art textbooks and reproduced on book and magazine covers. He has lectured at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Architecture and has taught Visual Arts part-time with the Toronto District School Board. Joseph Muscat is a member of several Professional Artists Associations. He was Chair of Propeller Gallery, Toronto between 2010 and 2015, a founding member of Le Labo d’art and a past board director of the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition and BRAVOart. He has sat on a number of arts’ juries locally and nationally and is a member of Padejo, a three-artist working collective. Mr. Muscat is represented by David Kaye Gallery, Toronto, Danielle Wohl Fine Arts, Palo Alto, California and Guildworks in Bloomfield Ontario.

Awards

Best in Show | $500 Town of Bancroft Award
Best in each Category | $100
Second place in each category | $50
Best in Show Student Entry | $100

How to enter

Download the submission form

Note that only digital submissions will be accepted

Collect digital images of your work:

Two-dimensional work: one jpeg of each work
Three-dimensional/sculptural work: up to two images (two different views), or video of work demonstrating audio/visual/kinetics as it applies to the work.

Email your completed application

to AGB.curatorial@gmail.com with the subject line, “2024 Juried Exhibition”. Don't forget to include your digital files!

Pay the entry fee

Etransfer the $15 entry fee for each artwork ($5 per entry for students in grades 9–12 ) to: artonflint@gmail.com Please include a note stating “2024 Juried Show Fees” and include your name and email address, or you can pay in person at the AGB (cash, card, or cheque made out to “Art Gallery of Bancroft Inc”). Please note that entry fees are non-refundable and non-transferable.

Entry Guidelines

You may submit up to 2 recent artworks (completed between 2022 and 2024) 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.