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2023 Exhibition Program at the Silk Purse Arts Centre

  • Monday, August 15, 2022
  • Friday, September 16, 2022
  • 4:00 PM
  • Silk Purse Arts Centre

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The West Vancouver Community Arts Council invites visual artists to submit work for our 2023 Exhibition Program at the Silk Purse Arts Centre!

Submission is open to emerging & professional artists working in any medium*. We are looking for art that reflects & examines our community & the vast world beyond; that presents new ideas & thought provoking concepts; celebrates, deconstructs & recontextualizes traditional art forms & subjects; all while encouraging creativity & diversity. Our mission is to encourage & foster the Arts in our community by providing artists a unique & popular space to exhibit their work & by making art by local artists accessible to the public.

*Limited capacity for video, free standing sculpture & pottery, large scale installations.

The WVCAC hires an Exhibition Jury comprised of professional artists, curators & art academics to select works based on our mission & criteria stated above.

Selected artists will be scheduled for a 4 or 3 week group exhibition of 2-4 artists, determined by the Jury, at the Silk Purse Arts Centre in 2023. All selected artists will be required to become WVCAC Members.

How To Submit

Submissions Open: Monday, August 15

1. Select the Register for this event button.

2. Complete the Submission Form which includes uploading:

  • Artwork Submission 6 hi-res images of the artwork that best represents the body of work you wish to be considered for adjudication. Name files as follows 'ArtistTitleMediaSize'
    Accepted formats: JPG, JPEG, TIF, TIFF. Each file should be less than 20 MB.
  • Artist Statement Clear & concise artist statement regarding your art practice & the concept/themes of the work being considered.
    Artist Bio/CV
    Accepted formats: PDF, DOC, DOCX, ZIP. Each file should be less than 20MB.

3. Pay the $25 Submission Fee.

    Submissions Open: Monday, August 15
    Submissions Close: Friday, September 16 at 4pm
    Results: Artists will be notified mid October

    Must not have exhibited in a juried exhibition in the Silk Purse Arts Centre or Kay Meek Arts Centre in 2021 or 2022, or the Ferry Building Gallery in 2022 or 2023.

    Exhibition Information

    • The WVCAC will produce & provide promotional materials
    • The WVCAC will provide opportunities for public engagement ie: reception, artist talk.
    • The WVCAC will process all sales of artwork during the exhibition & retain a 30% commission on sales.
    • Other Arts & Culture programming may take place in the gallery during the exhibition.


    If you have any questions please contact Gallery Coordinator Steven Snider steven.wvcac@shaw.ca.

    We look forward to seeing your artwork!

    West Vancouver Community Arts Council
    Located at
    The Silk Purse Arts Centre
    1570 Argyle Avenue
    West Vancouver, BC  V7V 1A1

    Phone: 604-925-7292

    E-mail: westvanartscouncil@shaw.ca

    Gallery/Art Box Gift Shop Hours:

    Winter Hours: Wednesday  Friday 12 – 5 pm, Saturday  Sunday 12 – 4 pm

     

    The West Vancouver Community Arts Council acknowledges that the lands on which we gather for cultural activities are part of the traditional ancestral territories of the Coast Salish Peoples.


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