Submission Guidelines for Exhibition Proposals

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Harcourt House Artist Run Centre contains 2 gallery spaces:

1. Front Room
   The Front Room is a space to showcase new work fresh out of the studio, experimental work in progress, timely projects, or to gain experience in mounting an exhibition. Harcourt House accepts ongoing proposals for the Front Room and, as such, there is no fixed submission deadline. Submission requirements are the same as those for the Main Gallery.
2. Main Gallery
   Our programming deadlines for the Main Gallery are June 30 and November 30. Our programming overview is to present challenging and contemporary work from local, national and international artists.

Harcourt House pays CAR/FAC fees of $1750.00 for the Main Gallery exhibitions and $400.00 based on a solo Front Room show.

Submission proposals must include:

NOTE: Curriculum vitae (C.V.), artist statement, plan of activity and slide list must be submitted in hard copy AND digitally as a writable Word or Open Office document. Files must be Mac compatible. NO PDFs.

• C.V.
• Artist’s/ curatorial statement
• Project description/proposal including gallery space you are applying for
• 10 – 15 good quality digital images of recent work *refer to digital images link for guidelines*
• Slide list including: title, dimensions, medium, and date
• Any other relevant support material including press clippings, audio/video tape or CD/ROM
• self-addressed, stamped envelope if you wish to have your package returned
• Artists should have demonstrated at least 2 years commitment to studio work

Incomplete proposal packages will NOT be considered.

GUIDELINES FOR DIGITAL VISUAL SUPPORT MATERIAL

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Candidates submitting digital support material that does not correspond to the following guidelines may result in an incomplete submission application, resulting in a withdrawal from the jury review.

• Digital support material is viewed using an LCD projection system to the exhibition jury
• Excess support material will not be accepted or shown to the exhibition jury
• Ensure that you submit a detailed Image List for CD-ROM/DVD submissions (Slide List for slide submission)
• 10 – 15 images maximum
• Submit slides OR digital images – Not a combination of both formats
• Each CD-ROM or DVD must be clearly labeled with your name

Specifications:

• Submit only MAC compatible files
• Submit .jpeg or .pdf files only (all jpeg or all pdf – not a combination of both
• Submit a resolution of 96 dpi files only
• Submit a maximum of 1024 x 768 pixel files
• Submit files of 500K (0.5MB) maximum
• Submit RGB or SRGB colour mode files only (no CMYK)

Label each file image with a number and title as follows: The first nine images must begin with a zero (e.g. 01artwork.jpg… 02painting.jpg… 12sculpture.jpg); do not use any special characters or symbols or punctuation in the file name (e.g.#/-@}…etc.)

For Video Files:

• Maximum of one video no longer than 5 minutes
• Submit a file that can be accessed through one of the following programs: QuickTime, Flash Player or Shockwave

Note: If you are submitting both images and video, you MUST remove 5 images (maximum 15 images total)

WHAT NOT TO DO…

• Do not submit PC files that are not MAC compatible
• Do not submit any compressed files in any format
• Do not submit any files by email
• Do not submit any files requiring downloading and/or installing of software, plug-ins, extensions or other executables
• Do not submit any type of presentation files (e.g. PowerPoint) or any internet hyperlinks
• DO not submit any other application requirements on your CD or DVD (hardcopies must be provided separately)

send submissions to:

Exhibition Programming
Harcourt House Arts Centre
3rd Floor, 10215-112 Street
Edmonton, Alberta T5K 1M7

Please contact us at (780) 426-4180
OR
General inquiries: harcourthouse@shaw.ca
Exhibitions: harcourtexhibit@shaw.ca