Making Community Exhibition and People’s Choice Award

Acknowledgement of Country

Jervis Bay and Basin Arts acknowledges that the land on which its members meet and practise their arts always has been and always will be Aboriginal land. We pay respect to the traditional owners of the lands in and around Jervis Bay and St Georges Basin.

Call for work from artists, sculptors and makersEntries close 5pm Friday 22 May 2020 seechangefestival.net.au/submit

SeeChange 2020Going digital!

Making Community Exhibition and People’s Choice Award $500

This show presents work by members of Jervis Bay and Basin Arts Inc. As a non-selective exhibition all entries are welcome - from experienced artists and makers right through to those new to creative practice who are exhibiting for the first time.

JBBArts encourages all artists and makers who would have entered work into the physical Making Community show to exhibit in the online version. We also warmly invite all artists and makers who would have had their own exhibitions on the festival ArtPath to maintain a presence in SeeChange 2020 by submitting work.

Although different to a physical exhibition this opportunity offers artists distinct additional benefits:

• All works will be professionally displayed and photographed in a controlled environment compliant with COVID-19 requirements

• The exhibition will be curated and presented in a well designed digital gallery with easy to use shopping function

• Each artist/maker will have a profile with head shot and text, and option for a video clip speaking about their creative practice

• The exhibition will be open for 3+ months and actively promoted, increasing opportunities for exposure and sales.

Enter work online https://seechangefestival.net.au/submit

SeeChange Jervis Bay Arts Festival 2020

Creativity and resilience win out yet again! SeeChange 2020 is now going digital!

If ever a SeeChange Festival embodied its name, it certainly is this year.

First, in response to the flow on impacts of the summer’s bush fires, this year’s festival was changed to be a smaller and simpler format than recent years. And now, in response to the impacts of COVID-19, there is no longer a physical festival at all, instead two major elements of SeeChange 2020 are going digital!

Making Community Exhibition and People’s Choice Award that would have been held at Sandholme Guesthouse will move into an online gallery on the SeeChange Festival website.

Visitors to the digital exhibition will still be able to revel in the creativity of JBBArts members; browse and buy a diverse range of visual art, small sculpture and crafted objects; support local artists and makers with every purchase, and vote in the People’s Choice Award for the work they most admire.

Present Now the multi-faceted arts project that would have been housed at Huskisson Community Centre will become a collection of innovative digital experiences.

The Present Now collective of 20 visual artists, sculptors, fibre artists, musicians, performers and poets are creating new ways to collaborate, blend their practices and produce digital experiences to surprise the eyes, stimulate the mind, and make the heart sing.

Virtual visitors will still be able to meet the makers, see them creating, try their methods, hear them give talks, take virtual guided walks, and share how these creators see our changing world and our place in it.

Jervis Bay and Basin Arts is firmly of the view that the arts have an important role to play in the lives of our local communities - enabling restoration, recovery, strengthening connections and building resilience. It’s this belief that is prompting us to persist with SeeChange 2020 as a collection of digital experiences.

We are delighted this bold and exciting move is fully supported by Shoalhaven Council.

Natalie McDonagh, PhD Festival Director

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Conditions of Entry

Membership of Jervis Bay and Basin ArtsAny artist/maker wishing to exhibit in Making Community must be a paid up member of Jervis Bay and Basin Arts Inc.

New members are welcome to join to be eligible to enter, on the condition that they are able to bring their work to the Jervis Bay area to be professionally photographed.

Join at https://jbbarts.tidyhq.com/

Individual Full Rate $55 / Concession Rate $45

Eligible work and dimensionsEntries must be the original work of the artist and have been completed within two years prior to the entry closing date.

2D Wall hanging works

• Any medium

• Maximum dimensions (including frame): W800 x H1200mm

• Must be ready for wall hanging with D-Rings set at 100mm down from top edge.

Crafted objects / Sculpture

• All forms of crafted objects in any media e.g. textiles, glass, ceramics, paper, timber, mixed media, etc.

• Maximum size: No more than 500mm in any direction.

• Maximum weight 15kg

Entry feesAUD$25 per person for up to two works

• Entry fees are payable at time of submission

• Financial membership of Jervis Bay and Basin Arts Inc. must be current at the time of submission. If you are unsure of the status of your membership inquire by email info@jervisbayarts.asn.au

Photography of worksAll works entered in Making Community will be professionally displayed and photographed in a controlled environment compliant with COVID-19 requirements.

Each artist will be allocated a date/time to bring their work(s) to a venue in the Jervis Bay and St Georges Basin area to be photographed and have a head shot taken.

Option to record a video clip

All exhibiting artists/makers will have the option to be filmed speaking about their creative practice.

For consistency, exhibitors wishing to take up this option will be given 3 questions ahead of time to prepare what to say.

Artworks will not be accepted for photography and exhibition in the digital gallery if:

• The artist/maker does not keep the scheduled date/time for their work to be photographed

• Works are wet or not suitable to be handled

• Wall hanging works do not have D-rings as specified

• Not the same artwork as shown on the entry form.

People’s Choice Award $500The People’s Choice Award comprises:

• $500 cash and

• The artist’s name engraved on the JBBArts People’s Choice Award perpetual trophy.

The winning work will be decided by popular vote of visitors to the digital exhibition.

• In the case of a tie the deciding vote will be cast by Curator Max Dingle

• The winner will be advised by email and/or phone

• With the winner’s permission announcements will be made via both JBBArts and SeeChange social media and eNews channels.

Sales commission and GST All entries submitted for exhibition with a sale price given on the submission form will be exclusively for sale by Jervis Bay and Basin Arts Inc. during the exhibition period June - 30 September 2020. Artists are welcome to enter works that are not for sale.

Sales will be made on the following terms:

• The artist sets the listed gross sale price.

• All listed sale prices will include 20% commission payable to Jervis Bay and Basin Arts Inc.

• The 20% commission (inc. GST) will be deducted from the sale price and 80% paid to the artist.

• Jervis Bay and Basin Arts Inc. will pay transaction fees associated with processing sales.

• Artists who are registered for GST please note that the sale price you nominate will be taken to include 10% GST. You are responsible for paying any GST that is payable to the ATO on your proceeds.

• For any exhibited artwork that sells during the period the commission is payable to Jervis Bay and Basin Arts Inc. This clause applies equally to artists who are represented by a gallery.

• Jervis Bay and Basin Arts Inc. will account to the artists for sold artworks at the end of each month

• If an artwork sells after the exhibition period but as a result of the buyer seeing the work on the SeeChange website we ask that you honour the commission arrangements and advise JBBArts of the sale by email info@jervisbayarts.asn.au

Freight costs and delivery to buyer• Online sales via the SeeChange website do not

include arrangements for packing and delivery.

• Artist and buyer will be put in contact to make private arrangements: 1. to cover any costs associated with freight and 2. for delivery or collection.

• Delivery arrangements are entirely the responsibility of the artist.

Sequester exhibited workAll artworks entered into Making Community that the artist/maker wishes to sell must remain available for the whole duration of the exhibition - from June to 30 September 2020 - for visitors to the online exhibition to purchase.

Works cannot be replaced or substituted during the exhibition.

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InsuranceInsurance held by Jervis Bay and Basin Arts Inc. does not cover accidental damage to artworks while they are being photographed. All reasonable care will be taken by Jervis Bay and Basin Arts Inc. in the handling of artworks but the risk remains with the artist at all times.

PermissionsJervis Bay and Basin Arts Inc. reserves the right to use images of artworks in: any digital and printed material associated with the exhibition or wider SeeChange Festival. Artists will be credited wherever possible.

If an artist wishes to use images of exhibited artwork for any promotional purposes including websites, publications and media, please credit SeeChange 2020 and if possible give a link to the festival website: https://seechangefestival.net.au

Social Media

We welcome participating artists promoting their work and SeeChange via their own social media. When posting images please use festival handles:

• Facebook @seechangefestival

• Instagram: #seechange2020

QuestionsThe above Conditions of Entry have been prepared with care to provide all essential information for artists.

If you have a question, please read the information above thoroughly to see if the answer is there before contacting SeeChange Festival organisers.

If you cannot find the information you are seeking contact Jervis Bay and Basin Arts by email info@jervisbayarts.asn.au

Key dates

Entries close 5pm Friday 22 May 2020 Late entries will not be accepted.

Online exhibition open Mid June - 30 September 2020

Online voting Mid June - 31 August 2020

People’s Choice Award Winner announcedFriday 04 September 2020

How to enterMake entries and payment online https://seechangefestival.net.au/submit

• Online submissions do not have to be completed in one go. Sessions can be saved.

• All submissions are acknowledged by email.

• Entries and payment must be made no later than 5pm Friday 22 May 2020.

• Late entries will not be accepted.

Information required in the online formArtists must provide the information requested in the online form and pay the relevant fee before an entry is accepted.

In addition to your name and contact details you are asked to provide information on the work(s) being submitted:

• Title

• Year produced

• Medium e.g. Watercolour on archival paper

• Dimensions in millimetres

• 2D works: H x W mm

• 3D works: W x D x H mm + Weight in kg

• Sale price (if work is available for purchase)

Digital images

• A high resolution photograph of each artwork without extraneous background

• Photos must be JPEG format. File size maximum 5MB per image.

• Label each file: firstname_surname_title.jpg

Text

• Brief bio about you as an artist (Maximum 200 words)

• A statement about each work (Maximum 200 words each)

Jervis Bay and Basin Arts may edit the submitted text if:

• There are spelling or grammatical errors

• It exceeds the word limit.

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