LOOK VICTORIA 2010 CALL FOR Entry
The Annual South Island Regional Art Exhibition & Sale
The Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria invites your participation in our
LOOK VICTORIA 2010 Show. It is a 2-D and 3-D visual art show exhibition open to visual artists residing in the Greater Victoria area, including Vancouver Island south of the Malahat and the Gulf Islands. Prizes worth over $3,000 will be awarded. All entered works will be exhibited.
SUBMISSION DATES: Saturday Feb 20 OR Sunday Feb 21, 11 am – 4 pm
Artworks must be physically delivered to Unit #123A (the old Tip Top store), The Bay Centre (bottom floor near the escalator) with application, labels and entrance fees.
EXHIBITION DATES: Saturday February 27 to Saturday March 20, 2010
EXHIBITION HOURS: Daily 11-5 pm
OPENING: Friday February 26, 6-9 pm AWARDS CEREMONY: 7 pm
PICK UP WORK: Sunday March 21, 11-4 pm
CRITERIA: Visual Arts: painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, photography, mixed media, fibre, clay, glass. Work must have been completed within the last two years, and be within the maximum size restriction of 36” by 42”. Work must be available and remain on display for the duration of the LOOK 2010 exhibition from Feb 27 – March 20, 2010. Prizes and awards for various mediums will be professionally juried and given out by our Curatorial Chair, Dr. Pat Martin-Bates. There will also be a Peoples’ Choice and a Children’s Choice Awards. We will
hang works in a “salon style” exhibition.
EXHIBITION INFORMATION: Work must be suitably prepared for exhibition, ready for hanging. There will be no commission on sales; work which is sold must remain in the show until its closing Saturday March 20, 11 am – 4 pm. Works not for sale (NFS) should be labeled as such. Insurance: while every precaution is taken to ensure the safety and care of the works, the CACGV cannot assume responsibility for loss due to damage, accident, theft, fire etc. Insurance is the responsibility of the artist.
All works must be securely labeled on the back upper right corner with: name, phone number, title, medium, dimensions, and price (see Labels page).
For more information: visit www.cacgv.ca/calls.html. The Call for Entry, Entry Forms and Labels may be downloaded from a link on the website’s home page or picked up at the CACGV office.
REGISTRATION PROCEDURES: Two pieces are allowed per artist, max. 36”x 42”.
1. Submit the application form and fee to the CACGV in advance, OR
2. Bring the application form and fee with your artwork to Unit #123A, The Bay Centre (bottom floor by the escalator) on Saturday Feb 20 OR Sunday Feb 21, 2010, 11– 4 pm
FEES: are for entrance and adjudication. Cash or cheques (or money orders) made out to:
Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria
Overdue and Non-Members: $50 for first piece (includes membership)
$10 for second piece
Paid-up Members: $20 for first piece, $10 for second piece
Volunteers needed for: registration, show set up and/or take down, show sitting 2 hour shifts.
Please call our office (250-381-2787) or drop by the CAC Arts Centre:
G6 1001 Douglas St Email: info@cacgv.ca
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LOOK 2009
First Prize Winner David Ladmore's “Elemental #12”
Second Prize Winner Arlene Nesbitt's “Midway to the End”
Third Prize Winner Birgit Piskor's “Chrysalid”
VCA Director's Award for most promising work Winner Ami Muranetz's “Arc Angel”
CACGV Director's Award Winner Linda Darby's "Dog's Life"
Honourable Mention Winner Neal Nevado's “Cold Morning at Quadra”
Honourable Mention Winner Deirdre Kelly's “Bus Stop”
Honourable Mention Winner Anina Kunstler's “From Here to Here”
Honourable Mention Winner Muriel Sibley's “Improbable Tea”
Honourable Mention Winner Chiarina Loffia's “December”
Clive Beal
Michael Page
Honourable Mention Winner F. Caroline Hunter's “French Vineyards”
VCA Director's Award for most promising work Winner Ami Muranetz receiving
her award from CACGV Chair of Visual Arts Pat Martin Bates
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LOOK 2008
LOOK 2008 Show at The Bay Centre
Marion Morrison
Honourable Mention Winner Bev Petow's “Loss of Cohesion”
Laura Jacobson
Taylor Davis
Anne Hansen
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LOOK 2007
The LOOK VICTORIA 2007 Show, sponsored by The
Bay Centre, was held downstairs at The Bay Centre in suite #114. Over
250 artists participated, with over 500 2D and 3D pieces of art displayed
for a 3 week period in February, 2007, and the show garnered a lot of
media attention. Over 6000 people came through the show to view, and sales
were good.
