Shows
Each summer we host our major show of the year, usually coinciding with a holiday weekend. Paintings for the summer show should be your original work. If you have done the painting in a workshop but if you feel that the instructor or mentor did not contribute to your painting then you can submit to the Summer Show. However, if the instructor or mentor gave you suggestions or ideas which you incorporated or supplied photographs or set up a still life or the painting was an exercise to develop skills then this painting is probably not your original work. The volunteer show committee does a great job, please respect the integrity of the guild’s wishes to present original work only in the summer show. This will help the committee do their work without any problems. It is up to you to decide. We notify our members of the timing, important dates and terms of entry by email well in advance. Once it is announced the entry form will appear below.
The Guild also arranges for an annual show in the ArtSpring lobby. Paintings that reflect input from instruction from classes, during life drawing sessions, and sketching and painting on location are all very welcome for entry into our annual Lobby Show which celebrates the learning and study encouraged by our Guild.
We also arrange for our members to display artwork in Lady Minto Hospital (semi-annual change-out) and the Country Grocer café (alternating months). Calls for expressions of interest will be sent to members by email.
Our show policy is here. Prepare your painting for hanging as shown below.
* Please read before submitting your entry.
SSI Painters Guild
Call for Entries
Salt Spring Island Guilds Show - Focus Local
May 13-19, 2025
Entry deadline: April 25, 5pm
Eligible works:
- Limit of 1 (one) original work per member. Size not to exceed 30”. Painting must be for sale.
- Plus 1 (one) designated piece to be kept at home as backup until your work is sold.
- Five (5) original shrink wraps, maximum 16” x 20” in overall size, presented in a plastic sleeve, NOT a ziplock bag.
- Watercolours must include a mat.
- Other non framed work in this category must be a maximum of 1/4” thick.
- Ten (10) Original greeting cards must be labelled and numbered individually.
All work must be ready to hang or display and labelled correctly.
Please see the SSI Painters Guild Show Policy for details.
Entry cost: $15
Commission: 10% commission payable to SSI Painters Guild
Sales: All sales are subject to 2.5 % transaction fee in
addition to the commission
1. If your piece is sold your back-up replacement work must be submitted to the show at 9:30 am the following day.
2. You may have someone else bring or pick up your work provided it is on the designated date and at the correct time.
3. Important Dates:
Drop off: 9 am, May 12, Mahon Hall
Pick-up: 4.30 pm, May 19. No earlier!
Questions: Joy Fenske, 647-885-4214. Joy885fenske@gmail.com
Thank you for entering. Enjoy the Show!
SSI Painters Guild
Call for Entries
ARTSPRING LOBBY SHOW
MARCH 2025
Entry deadline: Feb 21, 2025 16:00 PST
Who may enter: Painters Guild members in good standing
How to Enter: Click the 'Register Here' button on this page
(limit of one (1) work per member)
Entry cost: none
Eligible works:
-paintings begun/completed in Painters Guild workshops or activities (change for this year: no online workshops)
-life drawings/paintings, best-of-session sketches
-sketchbooks done with sketching group, open to page for display
-a copy of another artist’s work is eligible ONLY if:
-it was done as part of a PG workshop AND the source artist is
credited in the signature on the front of the canvas, eg ‘John Doe after Rembrandt’ or ‘John Doe copy of Rembrandt’ AND it is not for sale (NSF)
Sales:
-excepting copy artwork as above, pieces may be for sale, or not for
sale (NSF).
-The Artspring box office will process sales during normal operating
hours, at a charge of 3.3% for visa/mastercad or $0.15 per interac
transaction, if applicable. Payment of the purchase price, less the
commission and card processing charges, will be sent by Artspring to the Guild
Treasurer who will reimburse the artists after the show.
-sales may be conducted directly between artist and purchaser. There
is a space for artist contact information on the entry form.
Commission:
10% of the purchase price, payable to ArtSpring. This applies also to
sales made directly between the artist and a purchaser.
1. Works in this show cannot be shown in the PG Summer Show. (shown above)
2. Important dates:
drop-off: Tuesday, March 4 2025, 11 am to 11:30 am
pick-up: Wednesday April 2, 10 am to 11 am
3. All work must be ready to hang (see diagram above)
4. If you sell a piece and it is removed from the show, please provide a replacement.
5. Guidelines in this Call for Entries apply to replacements.
6. You may have someone else bring/pick up your work but it must be picked up on the 2nd April, as we cannot leave work there.
Any questions? Call Jeannie at 250 537 5301, or email
Thanks for entering! Enjoy the show!