We are excited to announce our next call for artists submissions for our final show of 2024

‘Precious Little’ - Exhibition opens 23rd Nov - 24th Dec

Our forthcoming exhibition explores moments & experiences in life that touch and fill us up - these are often called ‘Glimmers’ - Glimmers are small, everyday moments that can evoke feelings of joy, safety, peace, or calm. They can be sensory cues that help people feel connected and present, and can have a positive impact on mental health and wellbeing. Our lives are often full to brimming with these rich and resourcing moments - yet because of their fleeting nature and our stressful/busy lives they can often pass us by. It seems, to me, a fitting theme for the festive period.

We would love to receive an array of work which you as artists feel explores the abundance of glimmers - the moments & experiences that touch your heart: pretty much anything that fits seamlessly with this theme: both literally and metaphorically.

Precious Little - is also a play on words too: encapsulating the notion of these precious moments - but also pondering on the notion that we may often feel as though we have - precious little: which commercialism/modern living can often allow us to feel as though we have - precious little..

This call out seems to flow perfectly from our call out for our penultimate show - Shuuki - a show exploring letting go and abundance and the poem that I linked to that call out too:

Abundance - Amy Schmidt - in memory of Mary Oliver

It’s impossible to be lonely

when you’re zesting an orange.

Scrape the soft rind once

and the whole room

fills with fruit.

Look around: you have

more than enough.

Always have.

You just didn’t notice

until now.

Submissions Criteria & Information:

Please ensure that you read all of the information below before submitting your work.

  • Open to all artists resident within the UK.

  • Open to all disciplines including ceramics and sculpture.

  • Open to artists aged 18 and over.

  • All work must be available for sale

  • No reproductions/giclee prints accepted.

  • Maximum number of pieces submitted per artist - 3.

  • Maximum measurements: including framing - 50x50cm

  • Maximum price including gallery commission £600

  • Submission to the call out is free/no fee - however if selected to exhibit in the show there will be a £15 per artist exhibition fee payable on selection.

  • If selected you will need to deliver & collect your work to/from the gallery prior to the show or send via courier/post. And this includes any unsold work at the end of the show too. All costs incurred re; delivery/post/collection will be covered by the artist.

  • Artists will be solely responsible for insuring their artwork whilst it is in transit prior to and after the show.

  • A submission form must be completed and emailed to: theoldlockupgallery@gmail.com - you’ll find the form at the foot of this webpage. Along with JPEG’S: See below.

  • Submission forms can be downloaded, printed off and handwritten/completed - and a photograph sent as a jpeg if you prefer/find it easier. Please make sure any photographs are easy to read/decipher.

  • PDF’s/JPEG’s of your work/embedded into a document will not be accepted.

  • CV’s and artists statements are not required. Selection is based purely on the work that you submit.

  • Good quality JPEG’s of your work: with no blurring and cropped to size - with no background showing must be emailed along with your submission form to the above email address: attached in one email only - please don’t send separately.

  • File names for your JPEGS will need to be the title of your work or an abbreviation of the title.

  • You must be able to deliver work on Sunday 17th November 5.30-6.30pm or Monday 18th November 3-5pm.

  • We accept postal deliveries of work - work must be scheduled to arrive on 15th November.

  • We are able to return unsold work via post - however this option is only available to artists who live outside of a 1.5 hour travelling radius of the gallery.

  • If selected the gallery commission on any sales is 50%.

  • All artists will be contacted re; selection etc by approx 9th November.

  • All works will need to be framed - unless on a box frame/stretched canvas or board. All pieces ready to hang with D rings and chord as appropriate. No mirror plates.

  • Due to the high volume of submissions received no feedback will be available at any point throughout the submission/selection process.

We are now OPEN for submissions to the call out for the show and we warmly welcome you to step forward and submit your work up until the deadline of the callout on 3rd November at midnight.

It’s advisable that you download the form prior to this as this webpage will be removed at 9pm on the 3rd November.