Brand New!! Regal Guild Of British Artists 2014 Exhibition: Telephone Telephone For Entries

This is a summary of the Call for Entries for the 297th Annual Exhibition of the Royal Society of British Artists. This volition live on held at the Mall Galleries betwixt fifth in addition to 15th March 2014.  Plus a commentary on the type of piece of employment which is typically selected for this exhibition.

The deadline for digital submission is the 2d Jan 2014 and receiving days are 24-25 Jan 2014.

The Annual Exhibition exhibits the best of contemporary painting, sculpture, printmaking in addition to drawing sourced from fellow member artists in addition to through opened upwards submission.

Founded inwards 1823, the RBA seeks submissions of piece of employment displaying the highest standards of skill, aspect in addition to concept of draughtsmanship.

All quotations are from either the RBA or Mall Galleries websites. 

RBA Annual Exhibition 2013 - pocket-sized industrial plant past times Judith Gardner RBA NEAC in addition to Barbara Richardson RBA

I'm trying to select care of upwards amongst the Call for Entries for the Annual Exhibitions of the national fine art societies inwards the UK.  and volition live on posting to a greater extent than shortly amongst honour to the Royal Institute of Watercolour Painters in addition to the Royal Society of Portrait Painters

What kind of artwork gets selected for this exhibition?

You receive got 2 large advantages when submitting piece of employment to the RBA due to the fact that the fine art monastic enjoin has embraced the range offered past times digital technology. This allows the Society to receive got digital data on sentiment which is really helpful to both prospective entrants - in addition to potential buyers!

You tin give the sack run across a virtual version of the exhibition on the RBA website of industrial plant inwards terminal year's exhibition on the RBA website. This provides:

• a reasonable experience for the type of artwork which gets selected for this exhibition.  
• information nigh which piece of employment past times members sold inwards the exhibition in addition to thus what the fine art collectors who come upwards to this exhibition like.

You tin give the sack too sentiment the the RBA exhibition catalogue for the 2013 exhibition. This really usefully indicates the type of media of artwork exhibited (both members in addition to non-members) in addition to to a greater extent than importantly the prices of piece of employment selected for the exhibition.

Do delight comport inwards hear that a set out of the members are good established professional person artists amongst a next in addition to their prices volition reverberate this fact.

In addition, patch both the higher upwards present yous an paradigm inwards isolation, if yous convey a expect at my review of terminal year's exhibition - Review: Royal Society of British Artists - 296th Annual Exhibition you tin give the sack larn a much ameliorate feel of the size of the artwork selected for exhibition. I look to recollect the smaller industrial plant were selling ameliorate than the larger ones - peculiarly if they were of the character of the ones past times artists similar Judith Gardner in addition to Barbara Richardson (see paradigm at top of the post)

I'm too including closed to images inwards this post 

Also banknote how multiple industrial plant from the same creative someone tend to live on submitted inwards groups of industrial plant amongst similar or identical frames which hang good together.

This RBA states that accepts artwork nigh all subjects in addition to inwards all media for the exhibition.

However, if yous review the exhibition catalogue yous volition discover that:

• Oil paintings completely dominate the exhibition. It is soundless slightly confusing on the website because the huge set out of members' crude paintings charge per unit of measurement 4 categories: oil, oil on canvas, oil on board and oil on paper!
• there is a respectable showing past times the sculptors in addition to printmakers across a arrive at of media 
• there are few paintings in watercolour and mixed media
• there were no industrial plant inwards digital media or video which are both good established media for contemporary artwork

Thus the controversy needs a subtext to clarify that the RBA solely accepts paintings, drawings, prints in addition to sculpture.

RBA 2013 - Images of monochrome industrial plant in addition to fine fine art prints
The exhibition was really colourful terminal twelvemonth - but it too included monochrome work

If yous review the online exhibition of MEMBERS piece of employment yous volition run across that figurative work, still life and landscapes predominate. There were merely two abstract paintings (and I'd personally telephone telephone them abstracted figurative paintings!) in addition to three abstract sculptures

The Society exhibits leading artists who employ a audio noesis in addition to application of draughtsmanship every bit the ground of their work.

I would venture to propose that the prove of what gets exhibited suggests that those submitting are sticking to a fairly traditional agenda when it comes to media.  It's either that or the RBA pick panel comprises members who pick piece of employment inwards media they know in addition to piece of employment inwards - which mayhap explains the potency of crude paintings.

Overall, it's in all likelihood to a greater extent than accurate to say that the monastic enjoin accepts all media for an exhibition of paintings, drawings fine fine art prints in addition to sculpture but it actually likes crude paintings in addition to artwork which is traditionally figurative in addition to representational!

If yous operate the bill of fare pick available on the digital version of terminal year's exhibition yous tin give the sack run across merely how many industrial plant past times MEMBERS were selected inwards unlike genres in addition to unlike media.  I discover it confusing in addition to propose the categories live on redrawn to brand them much simpler (ie a few industrial plant do non brand a category!)

You tin give the sack too view a gallery of members work in alphabetical order which gives yous a expert feel of what this fine art monastic enjoin likes when it comes to admitting novel members.

What tin give the sack yous larn inwards - the details

These are the full general guidelines for submission to all FBA exhibitions at the Mall Galleries

Who tin give the sack submit work?

• This is an OPEN exhibition in addition to is non limited to piece of employment past times members.   
• It's too non limited to artists living inwards the UK. However - despite the mention - artists living exterior the U.K. will need to bargain amongst a carrier that volition discover the artwork, shop the packing fabric in addition to repack it at the terminate of the exhibition if the piece of employment has non sold. This service is non available at the receiving gallery.

How many industrial plant tin give the sack live on submitted? 

• a total of 6 industrial plant tin give the sack live on submitted. Of these 3 tin give the sack live on master copy framed prints. You require to special edition in addition to how many are available.


How many industrial plant volition live on exhibited

• a maximum of 4 industrial plant are selected. I'm non certain how this gives whatever incentive to submit to a greater extent than than 4 given the expense of making 2 trips to pick upwards work.

What media is acceptable

• In regulation - whatever medium including sculpture in addition to master copy prints 
• In exercise - run across my comments above

Are at that spot whatever limits on size?

• In regulation no.
• In exercise - prior notice required of whatever fine art taller than 2.4m (8ft) 

Does the piece of employment receive got to live on for sale?

• All industrial plant must live on for sale. Minimum price: £300, unframed prints: £120.

Can I submit unframed works?

• All industrial plant must live on framed. 
• As per the norm of most if non all competitive opened upwards exhibitions at this level, the next are inadmissible (i.e. you're wasting your fee for submission if yous submit a piece of employment without a proper frame): metallic in addition to clip frames; glazed Works amongst unprotected drinking glass edges. Non-reflective drinking glass is unacceptable. Frames in addition to mounts of an odd colour, size or blueprint may prejudice the risk of selection.
• My advice: 
• Make certain your piece of employment does non expect inexpensive due to the frame yous use!  
• Don't waste matter your coin submitting a expert artwork inwards a inexpensive frame which volition live on rejected. 
• Check the images inwards my review postal service re the type of frames which are acceptable.

Are at that spot whatever special weather re submission?

• All artwork has to live on submitted unwrapped in addition to no packing materials volition live on stored
• There are no special arrangements for artists living exterior the U.K. wanting to submit work.

How to enter

Digital submission

The measure submission is digital i.e. online registration coupled amongst payment of the fee in addition to upload of a digital paradigm file for each artwork for a pre-screening phase via the Mall Galleries Registration website at registrationmallgalleries.org.uk.   The pre-screening eliminates industrial plant which would live on rejected at phase 2 - display inwards front end of the pick panel of members.

Artists, the Society in addition to the Gallery all do goodness from the pre-screening due to reduced costs of processing in addition to treatment artwork.  If the industrial plant exceed the pre-screening artists are invited to submit their piece of employment for display inwards front end of the pick panel inwards the instant stage.  In other words - getting through phase 1 does non hateful the artwork is selected for exhibition.

 
The basic procedure in addition to requirements for digital images are every bit follows

• register in addition to obtain creative someone login 
• pay the fee (£12 per artwork, £6 per artwork for nether 35s)
• Upload digital images of artwork(s) 
• Image files require to live on JPG files no bigger than 3MB inwards size.  The scheme volition receive got varying resolutions in addition to paradigm dimensions. It won't receive got file names containing symbols e.g. *'()?<>
• My advice
• Make the file every bit large every bit yous tin give the sack amongst a expert marking of resolution.  In other words don't larn for a really high resolution in addition to a really pocket-sized paradigm inwards terms of pixel dimensions.
• The file should comprise the paradigm in addition to zero else (except an optional photography colour/value card)
• Make the file mention your mention in addition to the championship of the artwork 

Manual hand-in option

• For the 2014 exhibition, artists tin give the sack proceed to bypass the digital pre-screening procedure in addition to mitt inwards artwork on the submission day.  However that doesn't hateful they receive got whatever kind of priority over the pre-screened works.  

Regional pick-up

• Artists who discover it hard to move to London for delivery in addition to pick-up receive got the alternative of employing an fine art courier to deliver in addition to pick-up piece of employment - run across Artists exterior London page on the Mall Galleries website

Timeline for submission

These are the fundamental dates which require to live on observed past times all those submitting piece of employment to the exhibition.

SUBMISSION
Registration & digital submission closes	Thursday 2d January, 12pm
Notification of pre-selection posted Artwork that is pre-selected should live on delivered on on the receiving days	Thursday ninth January, 12pm
Receiving days   See regional handing inwards points	Friday 24th in addition to Sat 25th Jan 10am to 5pm
Notification of credence posted	Thursday 30th January, 12pm
Collection of unaccepted work	Saturday 1st Feb 10am to 5pm

Exhibition

• Open to the public: Midweek v March, 10am - 5pm
• Exhibition Closes: Sat fifteen March, 4pm

The exhibition really oft has a arrive at of events in addition to activities inwards the gallery during the exhibition.

Prizes

There's no controversy every bit to prizes this year.  These are the details of the awards presented at the 2013 annual exhibition

Who tin give the sack apply for membership?

It is essential that yous receive got had several pieces of piece of employment accepted in addition to shown at 3-4 of our annual exhibitions in addition to then members are aware of the character of your work.....

Members vote for candidates to membership if they experience confident of the type in addition to character of piece of employment probable to live on shown inwards the future. (You should present both vision in addition to individuality inwards your work)

See this page Election to Membership of The Royal Society of British Artists  for to a greater extent than details of how to apply for membership of the RBA via exhibition submission.

History of the Royal Society of British Artists

My 2011 Call for entries post provided an line organisation human relationship of the history of the monastic enjoin in addition to the diverse artists which receive got been associated amongst it over the years.

Links to Art Societies inwards the UK

• Art Societies inwards the U.K. - Resources for Artists
• Art Society Exhibitions (UK) - Resources for Artists

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