Society of Botanical Artists - Call for Entries for Annual Exhibition 2017

The Society of Botanical Artists have published their Call for Entries for their Annual Exhibition in October 2017.

​This is the first time that ALL submissions will be digital - for both members and the open entry. 

Society of Botanical Artists - Annual Exhibition 2017
Theme: Changing Seasons

Venue: Central Hall, Westminster, London
​Dates: 13 to 21 October 2017 (11am - 5pm)

Eligible art forms: pictures, sculpture, miniature work, glass engraving, ceramics, jewellery, carving, metalwork

To qualify for selection, artwork must satisfy the following criteria:
• Be predominantly of botanical content
• All plants depicted must be botanically accurate, regardless of medium used.
• Work must be of a high standard of the genre and medium
​• Subject matter may be life-size, reduced or enlarged

Eligible art media: watercolour, pencil, coloured pencil, pastel, oil, gouache, mixed media, hand pulled prints.

Ineligible works:

• art NOT for sale
• photographs
  
• giclee prints
  

Maximum size:  120cm (47inches) on the longest length of the exterior frame size.

Pricing: For works hung with an exterior frame measurement

• exceeding 40cm on the longest length - minimum price must be £350
  
• less than 40cm on any side - minimum price must be £200. (not applicable to miniatures, 3D-work or etchings.)

Commission:  Commission to the SBA is payable, after submission, on any sales at the exhibition or resulting in any way from the exhibition i.e. Copyright; commissions for work, licenses, prints and reproductions of any kind

• Members and associates: 35% 
• Non-members: 42%

Submission fees:  

• members and associates: included in the annual membership fee
  
• non-members: digital pre-submission fee of £18 per work submitted (payable online)

Submission dates: Pre-selection by digital submission - for EVERYBODY.

• 1st June to 1st August – Digital submission open (results notified 11th August)
• 10th Sept – Receiving day for pre-selected works – for Members only (3-6pm)
• 11th Sept – Receiving day for pre-selected works – for non Members (11am-4pm)
• 12th Sept – Final selection of work

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All relevant details are available on the SBA website including:

• Info, Guidelines and Terms & Conditions (pdf) - which provides detailed instructions on how to register for an account via which you can submit work, how to submit work, the nature of the framing required, how to present your work for hanging if selected, how to label your work, 
• Creating quality images of your work - this provides some hints and tips on creating a digital image
• ​Long distance exhibitors​ - this provides information about how selected work can be couriered to the exhibition. Works from abroad can be submitted but you need to tell the society first which will advise further.  International artists should also make an especial note of the notice given re liability for VAT and the need to register first.

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