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Client Name: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
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A showcase for young artists (15-18 years) based in Coventry and the West Midlands.
This year the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum are hosting the second Coventry Open, Young Artists category, celebrating and showcasing the quality and diversity of art being produced by young creatives in Coventry and the wider region. Young artists aged 15-18 years, working in any medium are invited to submit images and supporting information about their work.
Submitting your work for con...
Limited Calli
Final Selection Completed
Entry Deadline: 17/02/2025, Midnight
Please login to find out if you have been selected for the next stage.
LoginExhibition Location: UK
Exhibition Type: Gallery and Online
A showcase for artists based in Coventry and the West Midlands.
Set up to showcase local talent and provide selling opportunities for artists, Coventry Open celebrates the quality and diversity of art being produced in Coventry and the wider region. Visual artists working in any medium are invited to submit images and supporting information about their work.
Submitting your work for consideration is completely free and open to anyone in the West Midla...
Limited Calli
Final Selection Completed
Entry Deadline: 17/02/2025, Midnight
Please login to find out if you have been selected for the next stage.
LoginExhibition Location: UK
Exhibition Type: Gallery and Online
A showcase for young artists (15-18 years) based in Coventry and the West Midlands.
This year the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum are hosting the second Coventry Open, Young Artists category, celebrating and showcasing the quality and diversity of art being produced by young creatives in Coventry and the wider region. Young artists aged 15-18 years, working in any medium are invited to submit images and supporting information about their work.
Submitting your work for consideration is completely free and open to anyone in the West Midlands regardless of prior experience.
This is your opportunity to showcase your artwork in a professional gallery setting. An independent judge will select artworks for the exhibition. The Young artist awarded the 'Judges' Favourite' will receive a £250 prize
The submission and selection process for Young Artists Coventry Open is entirely online.
Only successful entrants will be asked to deliver their work to the gallery.
Call Status: Final Selection Completed
Exhibition Location: UK
Exhibition Type: Gallery and Online
Entry Deadline: 17/02/2025, Midnight
Exhibition Contact: covopen@cvlife.co.uk
Artist Entry Dates
Open for Entry: Tuesday 7 January 2025
Entry Deadline Date: Monday 17 February 2025
Entry Deadline Time: 12 midnight
[Note: All online portal support will close at 4:30 pm Monday 17 February]
Selection Dates
Selection Deadline: Tuesday 25 February 2025
Selection Notification: Wednesday 26 February 2025
Successful Artwork Delivery: Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 March 2025
Exhibition Dates
Private view: Thursday 27 March 2025, 6-8 pm
Exhibition Open to Public: Friday 28 March - Sunday 8 June 2025
Collection of Work: Wednesday 11 - Sunday 15 June 2025
If collection dates are not suitable for artists, alternative dates must be arranged with the exhibition curator. Artwork will not be held for longer than the month of June 2025.
Artists with sold pieces should collect the work and arrange to transfer it to the buyer themselves.
Young Person under 19 years old.
Maximum Artwork Entries: 2
Free Entry - please check conditions in Entry Details and Information.
When entering this call, the organisers request that you answer the following questions.
General Information
The exhibition will be held at Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Jordan Well, Coventry CV1 5QP
Eligibility
Artists must be aged 15-18 years and living, studying or working in the West Midlands region: Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, the Metropolitan districts of Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton.
Submissions of work are invited from visual artists and artist collaborations working in any medium including: Painting, Drawing, Photography, Digital, Print, Sculpture, Mixed media, Installation, Video/Audio, Performance, Other.
Restrictions
Eligibility of work: Work produced in any medium is welcome.
• 2D work should not exceed 2m in any direction, including frame.
• 3D work should be portable by one person and not exceed 1.5m in any direction.
• Electronically powered work should be submitted with written evidence that the work has been PAT tested.
• Film should not exceed 10 minutes running time.
Work submitted must be original and the artist must undertake that they hold all moral and intellectual property rights in that work and that the work does not infringe the moral and intellectual property rights belonging to any third party.
Work must have been made after April 2023.
Culture Coventry reserves the right to exclude work that poses a health and safety risk or is deemed inappropriate in content.
Submission Procedure
Submission is by online entry only. Please click on the link on our website and follow the instructions.
Pricing
Work selected for exhibition can be for sale, but this isn't obligatory. No commission will be taken by the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum if work is sold. Artists will receive the full selling price of work. It will be assumed that the sale price includes the cost of any framing. Please allow for this when pricing your work. Artists are responsible for their own VAT payments. Artists are responsible for the sale of their work and the packaging and delivery of their work to the buyer after the exhibition. Works will not be handed to buyers at the end of the exhibition.
Communications
All communication will be by email or via the online login process. Applicants will be required to login to see if they have been selected and will be asked to download and print their application details to be delivered with the artwork. Failure to do so could result in work being withdrawn from the exhibition.
Selection
The Selection Committee will select the works for the exhibition. The Selectors will consider all correctly completed submissions. The decision of the Selectors on all matters is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Insurance
Work will be kept secure and handled with professional care, but Culture Coventry does not accept liability for loss or damage during the transport, storage, selection, and exhibition periods. Artists are responsible for insuring their own work. All works will be submitted entirely at the artist’s risk.
Delivery and Collection
Artists are responsible for the delivery and collection of their work at the Herbert. All packaging materials must be removed after delivery (no storage space is available for this) and brought back at collection.
Sold works are to be collected by artists and they are responsible for packaging and transferring to the buyer.
Culture Coventry reserves the right to dispose of work that is not collected by the end of Monday 30 June 2025.
The artist will be informed of this by email.
Agreement
By submitting to the exhibition you are deemed to accept and agree to the following:
The decision of the Selectors on all matters is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
I understand that The Organisers reserve the right to make such changes to the exhibition arrangements and these Terms & Conditions as may be deemed necessary by circumstances.
I authorise The Organisers to process, store and utilise the data in my submission and agree that, if selected for exhibition, images of my work can be freely used by The Organisers, The Gallery, and associated organisations for promotional and publicity purposes.
All information provided by me is true and accurate and the work submitted is wholly of my creation.
I have read and understood these Terms & Conditions and by submitting this application I accept and agree to observe all the Terms & Conditions therein.
Please Note: The above terms and conditions are provided by the exhibition organisers.
For terms and conditions which apply to the use of the OESS entry system please view below:
OESS Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy
A showcase for artists based in Coventry and the West Midlands.
Set up to showcase local talent and provide selling opportunities for artists, Coventry Open celebrates the quality and diversity of art being produced in Coventry and the wider region. Visual artists working in any medium are invited to submit images and supporting information about their work.
Submitting your work for consideration is completely free and open to anyone in the West Midlands regardless of prior experience. A £1000 prize is available for one winning entry chosen by the independent judging panel.
An additional £500 prize will be awarded to the 'people’s choice' winner, which will be voted for by visitors to the exhibition.
Building on the success of 2023, the Herbert will again be hosting the Young Artists Coventry Open, offering young artists aged 15-18 a chance to exhibit their work in a professional gallery setting. There is a separate submission process for the Young Artists Coventry Open.
Call Status: Final Selection Completed
Exhibition Location: UK
Exhibition Type: Gallery and Online
Entry Deadline: 17/02/2025, Midnight
Exhibition Contact: covopen@cvlife.co.uk
Artist Entry Dates
Open for Entry: Tuesday 7 January 2025
Entry Deadline Date: Monday 17 February 2025
Entry Deadline Time: 12 midnight
[Note: All online portal support will close at 4:30 pm Monday 17 February]
Shortlisting Dates
Shortlisting Deadline: Thursday 27 February 2025
Shortlisting Notification: Friday 28 February 2025
Shortlist Artwork Delivery: Saturday 8 [10AM - 4PM] and Sunday 9 [12PM - 4PM] March 2025
Dates for final stage of judging:
Selection Dates
Final Judging Day: Monday 10 March 2025
Final Selection Notification: Tuesday 11 March 2025
Artwork Collection of Unsuccessful Entries: Wednesday 12 March - Sunday 16 March 2025
Exhibition Dates
Private view: Thursday 27 March 2025, 6-8pm
Exhibition Open to Public: Friday 28 March - Sunday 8 June 2025
Collection of Artwork: Wednesday 11 June - Sunday 15 June 2025
If collection dates are not suitable for artists, alternative dates must be arranged with the exhibition curator. Artwork will not be held for longer than the month of June 2025.
Artists with sold pieces should collect the work and arrange to transfer it to the buyer themselves.
Standard Prices.
Maximum Artwork Entries: 2
Free Entry - please check conditions in Entry Details and Information.
When entering this call, the organisers request that you answer the following questions.
General Information
The exhibition will be held at Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Jordan Well, Coventry CV1 5QP
Eligibility
Artists must be aged 19 or over and living, studying or working in the West Midlands region: Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, the Metropolitan districts of Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton.
Submissions of work are invited from visual artists and artist collaborations working in any medium including: Painting, Drawing, Photography, Digital, Print, Sculpture, Mixed media, Installation, Video/Audio, Performance, Other.
Restrictions
Eligibility of work: Work produced in any medium is welcome.
• 2D work should not exceed 2m in any direction, including frame.
• 3D work should be portable by one person and not exceed 1.5m in any direction.
• Electronically powered work should be submitted with written evidence that the work has been PAT tested.
• Film should not exceed 10 minutes running time.
Work submitted must be original and the artist must undertake that they hold all moral and intellectual property rights in that work and that the work does not infringe the moral and intellectual property rights belonging to any third party.
Work must have been made after April 2023.
Culture Coventry reserves the right to exclude work that poses a health and safety risk or is deemed inappropriate in content.
Submission Procedure
Submission is by online entry only. Please click on the link on our website and follow the instructions.
Pricing
Work selected for exhibition can be for sale, but this isn't obligatory. No commission will be taken by the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum if work is sold. Artists will receive the full selling price of the work. It will be assumed that the sale price includes the cost of any framing. Please allow for this when pricing your work. Artists are responsible for their own VAT payments. Artists are responsible for the sale, packaging, and delivery of their work to the buyer after the exhibition. Works will not be handed to buyers at the end of the exhibition.
Communications
All communication will be by email or via the online login process. Applicants will be required to log in to see if they have been pre-selected and will be asked to download and print their application details to be delivered with the artwork. Failure to do so could result in work being withdrawn from the exhibition.
Selection
The Selection Committee will select the works for the exhibition. The Selectors will consider all correctly completed submissions. The decision of the Selectors on all matters is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Insurance
Work will be kept secure and handled with professional care, but Culture Coventry does not accept liability for loss or damage during the transport, storage, selection, and exhibition periods. Artists are responsible for insuring their own work. All works will be submitted entirely at the artist’s risk.
Delivery and Collection
Artists are responsible for the delivery and collection of their work at the Herbert. All packaging materials must be removed after delivery (no storage space is available) and brought back at collection.
Sold works are to be collected by artists and they are responsible for packaging and transferring to the buyer.
Culture Coventry reserves the right to dispose of work that is not collected by the end of Monday 30 June 2025.
The artist will be informed of this by email.
Agreement
By submitting to the exhibition you are deemed to accept and agree to the following:
The decision of the Selectors on all matters is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
I understand that The Organisers reserve the right to make such changes to the exhibition arrangements and these Terms & Conditions as may be deemed necessary by circumstances.
I authorise The Organisers to process, store and utilise the data in my submission and agree that, if selected for exhibition, images of my work can be freely used by The Organisers, The Gallery, and associated organisations for promotional and publicity purposes.
All information provided by me is true and accurate and the work submitted is wholly of my own creation.
I have read and understood these Terms & Conditions and by submitting this application I accept and agree to observe all the Terms & Conditions therein.
Please Note: The above terms and conditions are provided by the exhibition organisers.
For terms and conditions which apply to the use of the OESS entry system please view below:
OESS Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy