Information for Artists

Below is a summary of useful information for artists: for full information please see our Terms and Conditions.

Useful Links

• Pre-register for the show
• Terms and Conditions

New Artists

If you are a new artist to the Ayot Art Show and would like to enter, please complete the pre-registration form. We ask that you tell us a little about yourself and send photos of three examples which are typical of the work you might enter in the Art Show.   (NB Please DO NOT use this form if you have exhibited with us before: we will send out invitations to existing artists by email early next year, so please wait to receive this email before entering.)

You will be invited to enter pieces either for hanging in the Church (“Hanging Artwork”) or for display in browsers in the marquee (“Browser Artwork”).  With limited hanging space, we ask many of our artists to enter only unframed work for display in the browsers; please note that sales for the latter are as strong as sale for work hung in the Church.  You may also enter greeting cards based on your work for sale at the Show.

All Artists

1. Types of Entries You may be invited to enter work either for hanging on the Church walls (“Hanging Artwork”), for which there is a selection process:  you will be asked to enter six pieces, from which three pieces will be chosen.  You may also enter one additional framed piece of the local area and one extra small size piece.  Alternatively, you may be invited to enter work only for display in browsers in the marquee (“Browser Artwork”, max. eight pieces).   Browser Artwork must be presented unframed with protective cellophane wrapping and card backing; and must be no thicker than 0.5cm, so that it can be easily displayed with other pieces in a browser.  NB art on canvas stretched over a frame (e.g. box canvas) even when unframed can only be entered as Hanging Artwork and must not be entered as Browser Artwork.  Please refer to our Terms and Conditions for size guidelines.
2. Greetings Cards You may also enter up to three packs of greeting cards. 20 greeting cards count as 1 pack, provided all cards in the batch are the same size and price (the designs though can be different within a batch).
3. Fees The entry fees range from £6 to £10 depending on size for Hanging Artwork, and £3 for Browser Artwork.
4. Do not enter pieces already exhibited locally Paintings will be rejected if they have been previously exhibited within a 20 mile radius of Ayot St Lawrence: please ensure this does not apply to work you submit for the Show.
5. Delivery and collection All entries must be delivered to the Church on Sunday 9 June between 2 and 4pm, and unsold work collected on the Monday 19 June between 10am and 1pm. Please note that we do not accept liability for paintings stored in the Church, although the Church is locked out of hours.  Please see our full Terms and Conditions.
6. Commission We charge a commission of 25% on the sale price and aim to transfer the net proceeds of any sale to you within three weeks of the end of the Show at the latest.
7. Type of artwork accepted We do not accept digital copies (with the exception of greeting cards) but we do accept original limited edition prints. A print is termed “original” if the image to be sold has been created by the artist from a plate, stone, block or screen.  Please see the Terms and Conditions for full details.
8. Framing Hanging Artwork should be framed; Browser Artwork must not be framed. Box canvas counts as framed.   We suggest that you do not enter paintings with metallic or overly ornate frames.  Other than the black or very dark frames chosen to complement pictures or where an artist always uses a particular frame type and colour, buyers generally prefer simple white or neutral frames.