English Riviera Winter Open 2024

Sep 25, 2024

Updated: Oct 18, 2024

English Riviera Winter Open

Our annual Winter Open is back and we're looking forward to Christmas on the English Riviera!

As with all of our Winter Opens, we'll be celebrating the end of a wonderful year of art, and looking forward to sharing some Christmas spirit (and incredible original art) with holiday makers and bay residents. The exhibition is a tried and tested formula that we're well known for now, making us a guaranteed stop for art lovers in the area on their Christmas shopping rotation.

But we know in the current climate we've got to keep things fresh for audiences and for you our artists, so there's some new stuff to expect that will be on offer this year:

Studio Offer: Our studios at the Collective gallery are better than they've ever been before, with four fulltime artists and two guest printmakers sharing the space. We still have two studio spaces available and with tenancy run on a monthly rolling basis, we'd love to fill these, either with new artists looking to join us long term, or with someone just wanting to reach those Christmas audiences.
Late Night Shopping: Weekly late night shopping sessions will run throughout the event. Dates are to be confirmed in consultation with other traders, but we'll be doing at least one night every week for the full run of the exhibition.
Preview Prize Draw: One lucky attendee to the artist preview launch event will receive a £150.00 voucher to spend at the exhibition, and we'll be offering additional incentives to our newsletter subscribers throughout the exhibition.
£250.00 English Riviera Open Award for Artists! And for the first time, we're pleased to be offering a cash prize for our English Riviera Open Awardee. This award is selected by a guest judge for their favourite work in the show, and this year that artist will walk away with a £250.00 cash prize.

About the Exhibition

If you've exhibited in our open exhibitions before you know the drill, but for newcomers our annual, seasonal opens are the biggest, and most ambitious visual arts showcases in South Devon, as we turn the walls of our highstreet gallery into a tapestry of original art from creatives all over the country.

The exhibition is selective but open to all, with our values for the showcase being:

Diversity and Variety - we take a range of traditional and contemporary practice, selecting works that result in a showcase rich in media, subject and style;
Originality and Innovation - this isn't an exhibition that just "plays it safe", we love traditional work, but equally we want to share work with audiences that they may not find anywhere else;
Quality and Talent - we select the best to create a showcase for our audience where they can guarantee they'll be taking away collectible, original work that can't be found anywhere else.

This year, we'll be celebrating 10 years of art on the English Riviera, with all proceeds from sales going toward an exciting new project for Artizan that we hope to announce soon.

As with our last few open exhibitions, your fee will only be payable if you are successful in having work selected for the exhibition. We'll be taking fees at the point of submission, but if we don't accept your work on this occasion, we'll refund your fee in full.

Based on interest, we have reinstated single entry submissions. Single entry submissions are charged at £15 but unfortunately are NOT refundable.

Deadline for Entries: Sunday 20th October, Midday

Key Dates:

Deadline for Entries: 20th October, Midday

Confirmation of Entries: 21st October, Midnight

Start Date: 10th November, 11am

End Date: 24th December, 4pm

Launch Date: 9th November, 18:00-20:00

Delivery Deadline: 3rd November, 16:00 (delivery bookable from 28th October - 3rd November)

Hang Week: 4th - 8th November (artists are not required but should be prepared to receive work queries during this period)

Submission Forms:

We offer a number of options for submitting to the exhibition which hopefully will meet the needs of most artists but if you need assistance with any of the below methods, you can get in touch with us and we'll be happy to help.

Google Form (preferred): Completing our Google Form is the preferred method for submitting to our opportunities. You do not need a Google Account to fill in the form, but if you have one the form will save your progress as you go. You can fill in the form below using the embed form further down this page, or alternatively click here to load it in a new window. Please note, your images are provided separately via email to imagesubmissions@artizangallery.co.uk

Curatorspace: This is a really great platform that we've been publishing our opportunities on for 5 years now. Artists can create a free or paid account that allows them to submit not just to our exhibitions but to hundreds of other opportunities. You can head to the submission form here and see details of their membership options here.

PDF Form: If you have a PDF reader that allows you to fill forms, you can download a PDF here and then load it in your chosen software. Once filled, email this form along with your images to juliebrandon@artizangallery.co.uk. Please note that some PDF viewers do not allow form filling and you may need to purchase premium software to use these features.

Email: If none of the above options work for you, we can also accept work details by email. To submit form details be email download the PDF form here and use this as a reference for the information we need. Provide all details in the body of an email and send this to juliebrandon@artizangallery.co.uk

Google Form