Notes for Artists

Notes for artists who wish to submit work for consideration

When & Where?
The selection committee sits at the beginning of each year in early January to select artists from the submissions we receive for the coming year. If you would like to be considered then your submission needs to be with our Exhibitions Secretary, Paul Cope, by December 31st.

Photography of work
About a dozen to two dozen good quality jpeg images on a disc, colour prints or photographic slides work well. Good, clear in-focus images showing your work at its best and giving us a good idea about the colours and textures of the work. Some indication of the scale of work is also important either on the slide or back of the print or on an acompanying list of works. Indications of materials and technique are also helpful.

Print-outs onto normal typing paper are often of such poor quality that it is very difficult to discern the original colours and textures of the art works. Digital images need to be of a high resolution initially and then printed out on photo paper to give a good clear image. You can take digital images on a disc to a photographic processors such as Anglia Photographic in Halesworth or Wells in Southwold or branches of Boots or Jessops and they can print out your images on photographic paper which looks good and costs no more than normal photographic printing or printing them yourself on an inkjet printer.

We are happy to view digital images of work submitted on CD. Again the images need to be of a good quality and some indication of the size of the works is very helpful. Powerpoint and other sorts of slide show are always nice too.

Websites can also be part of your submission.

Statements
A short statement about your work with a brief CV is also helpful. Some indication of any art education and any previous exhibitions can be helpful though not a neccessity by any means! Traditionally we have shown artists with a link with East Anglia.

Good luck and we look forward to hearing from you.