HIVE EMPORIUM opens its gallery doors on Thursday, June 18! We invite all Gabriolan artists to submit works for the inaugural exhibition Best in Show.
Exhibition: Best in Show
June 18 – 28, 2015 @ HIVE EMPORIUM 575 North Road
Opening – Thursday June 18, 6 – 9 pm (note new date!)
Submission Deadline: Friday May 29, 2015
Please send us photographs via email of two of your favourite pieces and we will choose one work for the exhibit. Submission images: Low Res 72 dpi ONLY. (Zipped files most helpful). Email to hiveemporium@gmail.com
Art:
All art must be appropriately prepared for presentation: two dimensional works stretched and/or framed and three dimensional works stabilized and/or where applicable powered for display.
Size Limitation:
Paintings, prints, sketches – 2’ x 3’ width or height
Sculptures, ceramics, installations – 2’ width 3’ height
Please include the following information about your submitted work.
Name of Artist:
Title:
Genre: (painting, print, ceramic, photography, installation etc)
Media: (oil, charcoal, wood, metal, giclee, silk screen, electronics etc.)
Dimensions:
Price: We offer a 60 / 40 split in sales. 60% paid out to the artist within 30 days of the exhibition closing. Please indicate the market value of the work you expect. For example $300 market value ($180 artist/$120 HIVE)
Exhibiting:
All artists will be notified by Monday, June 1 about which works will be accepted for the exhibition. Receipt of accepted works will take place at HIVE on Saturday June 6 and Sunday June 7 – 11 am to 2pm.
We hope to include the work of as many artists as possible for this opening event. Please submit on time and pass this message onto other Gabriola artists.
Call for Submissions: Upcoming Curated Group Shows for the Summer
Please forward short written proposals to hiveemporium@gmail.com
For the Bees (July 1 – 19)
How do bees teach us about our own communal purpose?
This call is for work specific to honey bees and their importance to understanding our environment.
Inspired by the life-work of SFU professor Mark Winston who writes—“from the low hum of tens of thousands of insects and the pungent smell of honey and beeswax, to the sight of workers flying back and forth between flowers and the hive. The experience of an apiary slows our sense of time, heightens our awareness, and inspires awe.”
Submit ideas by June 7 – subject heading ‘For the Bees’)
Lost in the Woods – Ephemeral Creations (July 23 – August 3)
Artists are invited to re-imagine the gallery, considering local and distant landscapes as a presentational space. Two-fold, the work should be placed in a safe and non-environmentally sensitive location, documented and then immediately dismantled. The artefact and documentation will then be installed in the HIVE Gallery.
Submit ideas by June 21 – subject heading ‘Lost in the Woods’
Artisan Wares and Functional Art and Design Inquiries
Please contact us via email to hiveemporium@gmail.com — Subject – Artisan and Design
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