67TH OPEN EXHIBITION IS 16TH - 24TH AUGUST

Our Open is just that; we invite anyone to submit their artwork 2D or 3D….just fill out the entry form and read the conditions below.

The show will be open everyday, 10.30- 4pm ….come along, most things are for sale!

VENUE; Clevedon School (Science Atrium), Valley Road, Clevedon. BS21 6AH

Follow the diversion to the School entrance.

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY  
Please read these 2025 Conditions of Entry carefully 

Clevedon Art Club invites everyone: professional artists, non-members, and both its amateur and professional members to submit works-of-art for the annual show. Three invited art-world professionals review each piece in turn.

Only their chosen 'selected 300', go into the show and are displayed.

DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR

• Online registration of entries will open on June 25th

• Closing date for ONLINE entry-form is 5:00pm on Sunday July 27th

• Handing-in: TUESDAY 12th August 10:30am – 2:00pm

• Private View: FRIDAY 15th August 6.00 – 8.30pm

• Open to the Public from: SATURDAY 16th August to SUNDAY 24th August

• Show open from 10.30am – 4.00pm,

• Collection: TUESDAY 26th AUGUST 10am - 2pm ONLY

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

(Please read these Conditions of Entry carefully)

1. Submissions will be accepted only by completing the on-line submission entry-form above (from the Club's website…. www.clevedonartclub.co.uk)

2. The submission process will be made entirely on-line and the entry-form closes at 5:00pm on the 27th July.

3. If you have difficulty in making your application, contact us by email at ….Exhibitions@ClevedonArtclub.co.uk 

4. Works must be delivered to the exhibition venue on Tuesday 12th August between 10:30am- 2:00pm. You must also have paid the appropriate submission fee to the Club by bank transfer using the details on the submission entry-form.

5. All works will be subject to selection; selected works will be hung subject to available space – and the organisers’ decisions will be final.

6. All works must have been made by the artist submitting them.

We will accept:

• Up to FOUR ORIGINAL WORKS at a minimum selling price of £50, only ONE of which may be ‘Not for Sale’. These entries can be as follows:

• Works UP TO 36” ALONG ANY SIDE, INCLUDING FRAMING, (paintings, drawings, etchings, original prints, lithographs, collages, enamels, ceramics and sculptures).

• Also to the above you can enter an extra two pieces of work ABOVE 36” BUT NOT

EXCEEDING 48” ALONG ANY SIDE, INCLUDING FRAMING, (paintings, drawings, etchings, original prints, lithographs, collages, enamels, ceramics and sculptures). You MUST supply an easel when you hand it in, so we can display this larger format.

- Digital works of art may only be entered by the artist if they are both, as a whole and in parts of the artwork, it's only creator. Digital art entries can include manipulated and artisan photography, but not pure photos. If the work is one of a series of Artist

Prints they should be signed and numbered as a limited edition.

- Watercolours, pastels, prints and drawings must be glazed and framed.

- All pictures must be ready to hang, in strong frames with secure ‘D’ RINGS to which picture cord (NOT WIRE) is securely attached. The cord must not reach above the picture frame.

- Unframed oils or acrylics on canvas will be accepted if prepared ready to hang as above.

We will NOT Accept:

- Works which have been copied from any paintings, books, postcards, calendars, photographs or other published work or copyright material.

- Giclée prints, copies, or reproductions.

- Artworks behind unframed glass/Perspex (ie, held by clips)

- Artworks hung with wire, or cords attached other than by D-Rings, or insecure

frames.

- Works previously hung in one of the Club’s Open Exhibitions

- We regret that work by deceased artists cannot be accepted. 

Sales:

A Commission of 10% MEMBERS, 20% NON-MEMBERS will be taken. The club treasurer will make contact within 3 weeks of the show closing. We will then make every effort to make payment within 3 weeks after receiving your bank details.

Selection:

All works submitted by artists will be subject to a selection process. Selection will be by three external assessors of independent and professional standing whose decision is final.

Selection or non-selection cannot be notified.

Prizes:

The Jean Kent Prize of £300 for Artistic Merit, inaugurated at the 50th Open Exhibition in 2006, will be awarded to an outstanding work of art submitted by a Club Member. The prize will be decided by consensus between the three exhibition selectors. The Selectors will also award three prizes of £150 for their Selectors Choice and there will also be awards for art from students of Clevedon School. A small selection of the winning students’ work will be exhibited. In addition there will be a display of art from Clevedon’s Primary schools.

Collection:

All works that have not been selected for exhibition or unsold works when the exhibition is closed will only be handed over against a receipt; any works collected by a third party must bring the appropriate Authorisation.

1. Unselected work may be collected during the Exhibition, except on Preview Night.

2. Works exhibited and not sold MUST be collected on: TUESDAY 26th AUGUST between

10.00 am. and 2.00 pm. A handling charge of £10 per item will be levied by the Club on artworks not collected on time.

NOTES

Clevedon Art Club may, without any breach of copyright, take photographs or other images of any item selected and exhibited at the exhibition and use the same for its own records, for advertising the Club’s activities and for use on the Club’s website.

Completion of the on-line submission form permits Clevedon Art Club to hold the personal details submitted by the artist to be held on file by the Club and used for the Club’s activities as stated in the Club’s Rules and Constitution. Clevedon Art Club will not share this information with any other party.

Clevedon Art Club does not insure the artworks before, during or after the exhibition and disclaims all liability for loss or damage to the artworks, however and by whom caused; for this reason all artists should make their own loss or damage to works Insurance.

Completion of the on-line submission form means that the artist expressly accepts all the  conditions and rules set out herein and agrees to be bound by them.

Should you have difficulty with the on-line submissions please contact:

Exhibitions@ClevedonArtclub.co.uk

THE CLUB RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REFUSE WORK NOT COMPLYING WITH THE ABOVE

CONDITIONS.