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 Failure to do so could result in work being withdrawn from the exhibition.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

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