Exhibition "The Beauty of Ordinary Things". Terms.

Exhibition Terms

Applications:

All artworks must be original and submitted by the author. The artist is responsible for the submission.

For this exhibition, we accept paintings only. 

We highly encourage all artists to accompany all submissions with a supporting statement that explains the relationship between the work and the theme of the exhibition. In making the final decision, the curator will be looking carefully at the supporting statements as well as the actual images.

Applications are accepted on our site: “Apply Here” until September 15, 2023.

Video: How to Apply to the People & Paintings Exhibition.

The House Artists are allowed to participate in exhibitions with independent curators.
The House Artists will not be able to receive the Gallery Award (where the Gallery is involved in selecting the winner), however, may receive the Curator's and Popular Vote awards.

Applications:

Early Bird Applications (Until August 18, 2023) - $7 per artwork ($4 for every additional artwork included in the same application).

Applications period:  August 19, 2023 - September 15, 2023 - $10 first artwork ($5 for every additional artwork included in the same application).

Exhibition:

Exhibition dates: September 18, 2023 - September 29, 2023

The 20 Artworks selected by the Exhibition Curator will be exhibited on the main page rotation banner on our site for the duration of the exhibition.

Within two weeks of the exhibition, each of the 20 selected photos will also be posted on our main Facebook Page and other media accounts we curate:  Gallery Instagram, Gallery Twitter, Gallery Pinterest, Gallery Reddit

Prizes and Awards: 

1)      20 artworks will be chosen by our Exhibition Curator. Each selected artwork will receive a Certificate of Selection

2)      Curator’s Award (Monetary Prize $100) - awarded by the Exhibition Curator

3)      Gallery Award (Monetary Prize $100) - awarded by the People & Paintings Gallery

4)     Popular Vote Award (Monetary Prize $50) – will receive the artwork with the most “likes” on the Exhibition Page of our website during the exhibition (September 18, 2023 - September 29, 2024) 

We highly recommend posting all applied photos to our  Facebook group “People & Paintings Open”. To help, we added the button “Share” to the application process.

Gallery reserves a right to choose the winner in this category if the numbers of likes in the sources above will be compromised or contested.

Results:

1)   The 20 selected works will be announced by Sunday, September 17, 2023

2)   The “Gallery Prize”, the “Curator’s Award” and the “Popular Vote Award” will be announced by Sunday, October 1, 2023

Additional Information:

After you submit the application, we highly recommend posting each applied picture to our Facebook group “People & Paintings Open”. To help, we added a button “Share” to the application process.

After the exhibition is over, we will keep the exhibition works available to the audience in the “Previous Exhibitions” section.

After the Exhibition Catalog is ready, you will be able to download it for free from the exhibition page on our site.

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