Sunday, October 31, 2021

Call for Entries: Pastel Society 123rd Annual Exhibition 2022

READ ON If you work in pastels, oil pastels, charcoal, pencil, conte, sanguine, or any other dry media. 

The Pastel Society is calling for entries for its 123rd Annual Exhibition in February 2022.

SUMMARY of Call for Entries

 


EXHIBITION: The 123rd Annual Exhibition of the Pastel Society

  • Dates: 16th - 26th February 2022
  • Value: Mall Galleries, The Mall, London
  • DEADLINE for entries - for a digital image, application form and fee - is 12 noon Friday 3rd December.
The Pastel Society seeks the best in contemporary dry media, combining traditional skills with creative originality for their annual exhibition.

The Society accepts pastels, oil pastels, charcoal, pencil, conté, sanguine, or any dry media


MORE INFORMATION about the Call for Entries

The Call for Entries from artists other than members of the Pastel Society has been published.

Below you can find my version of the Call for Entries:
  • it includes additional comments which those who have not entered before may find useful.
  • Some of those who have entered before and been unsuccessful might also like to have a read.

Submission: key dates and points to note


ALL artworks must be submitted online. This required meant started in 2021,. It means that the quality of your digital image is ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL this year.

On the Mall Galleries website you can find:
Below is a summary of the stages of entry.

This is an OPEN exhibition and is not limited to work by members. This exhibition often has works exhibited by people who live outside the UK.
  • Any artist over 18 may submit.
  • There is no restriction of where you live. It's open to artists in the UK, EU, and outside the EU 
Digital submission
  • Submission opened: Friday 1st October 2021 12 noon
  • Submission DEADLINE: You must complete the registration form, pay your fee and upload your digital image no later than Friday 3 December 2021, 12 noon
  • Upload entries and pay fees via www.mallgalleries.oess1.uk
  • Check www.mallgalleries.oess1.uk from 12 noon on Friday 10 December to see if your work has been pre-selected
What to submit
  • Images must be in JPEG format and under 5MB
  • Work must have been completed during the twelve months prior to the exhibition and not have been exhibited elsewhere.
  • Works should not be larger than 2.4m along the longest dimension.
  • Maximum of 6 works must be submitted online at https://mallgalleries.oess1.uk/ BUT.....
  • Maximum of four works selected.
    • Four is exceptional. The average number of paintings per non-member artist selected is less than two and nearer 1
    • those having more than one work selected are candidates for members 
    • serious candidates typically showed 2-3 works
    • hence in reality the majority of exhibiting non-members only have 1 artwork selected.
  • the cost of your submission therefore depends on 
    • how good your work is; 
    • how discriminating you are at submitting works with a good chance of being exhibited - and if you have not seen the exhibition in person I recommend you check out my posts at the end about past exhibitions 
    • how much you want to become a member of this society
Delivery of Artwork - if pre-selected

If selected, you must arrange for your framed work framed prior to delivery to Mall Galleries, 17 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5BD
  • Works should be delivered unwrapped with forms and labels (i.e. packaging cannot be accepted or stored)
  • Artists sending work from abroad should use a picture carrier.
  • RECEIVING DAY: Deliver your work on Saturday 15 January 2022, 10am to 5pm (one day only this year!)
Exhibition
  • Exhibition opens 16th February 2022 - opening hours are 10am - 5pm
  • Exhibition closes 26th February 2022
Post exhibition - if selected
  • COLLECT all unsold work: Thursday Thursday 3 March 2022 between 10am and 5pm (an arrangements which is far from ideal for all those not living in London - unless you pay an art courier!)
Delivery & Collection

Packaging from delivered works cannot be retained by the Gallery.
  • all packaging must be taken away at the point of delivery. 
  • The Gallery also does NOT wrap works or provide wrapping materials for any works being returned. 
  • Any work uncollected on the specified collection date/s will be stored at a separate location and the artist will be charged a storage fee.
  • Artists sending work from abroad should use a picture carrier. 
  • See my website which provides details of ​UK Art Movers & Couriers& Fine Art Transport Services
Selection / Feedback

The Selection Committee is formed of artist members of the Society and is rotated annually.

There's no feedback for those not selected - but I find visiting the exhibition provides a LOT of information for the aspiring pastel artist about the kind of pastel artwork that does get selected.

Prizes & Awards (subject to final confirmation)

There are more than fifteen prizes and awards on offer, some are especially for non-member artists.
I note the competition organisers have now adopted my method of categorising them 

Cash prizes:
  • The Yoshimoto Prize: A prize of £1,000 for an outstanding work, in any dry medium, by a non-member
  • The Pastel Society Young Artist Award: £200
Product prizes:
  • Derwent Award
  • Caran d'Ache Award
  • Frank Herring & Sons Award
  • Henri Roche Award
  • The Pastel Society Visitors' Choice Award
  • Schmincke Award
  • Unison Member Award
  • Unison Non-member Award
  • Unison Young Artist Award
  • West Design - Faber Castell Award
Publication prizes:
  • The Pastel Society Catalogue Award, First & Second Prize: The winning work featured in the exhibition catalogue
  • The Artist Magazine Award: A feature article in The Artist magazine
  • Artists & Illustrators Award: A feature article in Artists & Illustrators magazine 

FINAL TIPS for potential entrants


Read the FULL terms and conditions for entry on the Mall Galleries website carefully

Application process

  • Don't leave registration and uploading your image to the last minute.
  • Measure your work precisely
  • Make sure the framed size does not render the work ineligible.

Pricing

  • Inexperienced artists who are ignorant of market prices often overprice. 
  • Affordable art is more likely to sell:
    • Most non-members' paintings sell for less than £1,000 
    • Smaller works priced at less than £500 sell more easily (i.e. impulse buy)
  • Few non-oil paintings sell for more than £3,000 at the Mall Galleries - UNLESS you are a 'name' and/or already have a strong following and/or create excellent large pastels
  • All artwork prices stated on the entry form must include commission of 45%plus VAT i.e. 
  • for every sale of an artwork priced at £500 you will get £230 after deduction of
    • 45% commission (£225) 
    • plus VAT on the commission @20% (£45) 
    • TOTAL Gallery Deductions = £270. 
  • From your £230 you must also pay 
    • the entry fee of £18 giving you a net profit of £212 for.....
    • the cost of art materials for the artwork; frame; carriage/courier; income tax; NI contribution etc. 
  • you may well find my spreadsheet for working out the cost of entering an exhibition to be useful as you tot up expenses

Non UK artist

If you live outside the UK and your work is sold at the exhibition you have a LEGAL responsibility to register and account for UK VAT with H.M. Revenue & Customs at www.hmrc.gov.uk (HM Revenue & Customs Reference: Notice 700/1)

Make sure
  • you read the conditions about VAT very carefully and 
  • don't think you can get away with skipping registration if it applies to you! This is both law and tax and this condition is NOT flexible!
  • if you use a picture carrier - make sure framed work can be submitted UNWRAPPED.

REFERENCE posts for those entering Open Exhibitions


and for those needing help with framing...

More posts about the Pastel Society


You can review previous posts about Pastel Society exhibitions - from my archives. As you can see I've done reviewed this exhibition every year since 2006!

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