Gallery Submissions

Submission Guidelines

The Langham exhibition schedule is set by a combination of adjudicated submissions and by curatorial invitation. The Langham invites proposals from artists, and curators for two distinct exhibition spaces: the Langham Main Gallery and the Community Gallery. Submissions are juried by an advisory committee of regional arts professionals assembled and led by the gallery Curator on an annual basis. The Langham Gallery exhibition schedule is set from one to three years in advance.

The Langham Main Gallery
ELIGIBILITY:
Applicants for an exhibition in the Langham Gallery should meet the Canada Council’s definition of a professional artist, which is a person, who:
• Has specialized training in the field (not necessarily in academic institutions)
• Is recognized as such by his or her peers
• Is committed to devoting more time to artistic activity, if financially feasible

To meet the definition of a professional visual artist, you must also have:
• Produced an independent body of work
• Had at least 3 public exhibitions of your work in a professional context over a 3 year period (public art gallery, artist run gallery or equivalent)
• Maintained an independent professional practice for at least 3 years

The Langham Main Gallery pays CARFAC fees.

The Community Gallery:
Artists and curators from the local and/or regional community with some exhibition experience are invited to apply to the Community Gallery. Priority is given (but not limited to) applicants living in the Columbia Basin. This gallery space is appropriate for:

• Emerging artist is someone who is in the early stages of their careers.
• Emerging artist who are self-directed, works independently and are professional.
• The classification, ‘emerging’, has nothing to do with age or a college degree but it is important to be an artist who is developing a sound body of work; developing collectors locally, nationally and internationally; and who is beginning to show work in galleries or non-traditional venues
• Local historians, collectors, special interest groups, or individuals interested in curating an exhibition which highlights a theme of local interest and/or importance.

The Community Gallery does not pay CARFAC fees, but does provide a small honourarium.

Submissions to either gallery must include:
• Artist statement – maximum 500 words
• Curriculum vitae
• 5 -15 images with name and title. Video/ New media artists may submit direct links, cd-rom, dvd or a video no longer than 5 minutes.
• Image list detailing medium, size, & year
• SASE – a self-addressed, postage-paid envelope must be included for the requested return of submission materials.

Please submit images in jpeg format. Label jpg images with number, name, title and year, for example:
01_name_title_year.jpg
02_JaneSmith_SunnySkies_2013.jpg

Jpg images must be 72 dpi, maximum 1024 x 768 pixels. 500 KB (0.5MB).
Applications submitted by standard mail or via email are accepted.
Incomplete applications will not be adjudicated.

Send proposals to:

The Langham Cultural Society
Attn: Curator
Box 1000
Kaslo, BC
V0G 1M0
Canada

or email applications and/or questions to seathrabellcurator@gmail.com