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It’s that time again !! We’ve secured space to occupy for two weeks in Wolverhampton University (the art building). We have use the display cabinets in the reception/lift area from 12th – 23rd April.

So, without further ado, here’s all the details …please read this information carefully, and just let us know if you have any questions…

The Facts:

The Cabinets are located in the MX Building (The art campus) of Wolverhampton University. They are in the main reception and lift area of the building, and so will recieve LOTS of footfall. Plus there’s an open evening event on 19th, so there’ll be plenty of people milling around.

These are ideal for showing [and selling ] smaller, 3-D, or delicate works, because they are locked for the duration of the show. But also perfectly suitable if you’re wanting to show 2-D work.

To put work in these, we’ll be charging £10 for a 50×60 cm space (Which is one third of the rather large 150×60cm shelves). You’re welcome to book more that one space, or a whole shelf, but do get in quickly as these spaces are limited and will be on a first-come , first-served basis. Oh and we’re not charging commission on any sales made, so good times : )

If you’re interested, please email us for an application form at info@prettyvacant.org asap.

The Dates and Deadlines:

-The application deadline is: Tuesday 6th April (5pm)

-The show will run from Tuesday 13th – Friday 23rd April.

-We will be taking delivery of work on Friday 9th April, and Tuesday 13th April (10am – 3pm)

-You will need to collect your work on Friday 23rd April. (Before 3pm)

(Please Note: It is essential that if you apply you are able to deliver on Fri 9th / Tue 13th, and collect on Fri 23rd . If you can’t please let us know in your submission and we‘ll do our best to sort something out.)

IMPORTANT : Before you apply, you’ll need to read a copy of Exhibition Agreement (will be sent along with your application form), as it contains additional information about the application and exhibition process. We will need everyone to sign a copy of this when you deliver, so please familiarise yourself with it. (not as scary as it sounds we promise )

And that, is that, except to say that if you have any questions at all, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us and we’ll be happy to answer them.

Thanks,
Charlotte and Gemma at Pretty Vacant

As you may or may not have noticed, we are currently trying to sort out a better way of archiving the photographs from all our past shows.

Now we will only have a few overview ones on our “Events and Exhibitions” page, and the rest of the images will be archived on here. We’ll set up a permanent link from the Events page so they’ll be easy to find. Hopefully this will work a little better.

So please bear with us as we start to action this.

Thanks

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-The show will run from Tuesday 9th – Friday 26th February.
 
-We will be taking delivery of work on Tuesday 2nd  and Wednesday 3rd February.
 
-You will need to collect your work on Saturday 27th February. 
 
(Please Note: It is essential that if you apply you are able to deliver on Tue 2nd or Wed 3rd,  and collect on Sat 27th . If you can’t please let us know in your submission and we‘ll do our best to sort something out.)
 

Just let you all know, this is a very small space, so the places available for this show are extremely limited.  Therefore we will have to choose a small range of work from all the submissions we receive, based on what we feel will hang well together.
 
Now, lets talk money…. It will cost just £ 15  to take part in this show, which is very good for a 3 week run! We will be taking a 20% commission from any sales of work to help fund future Pretty Vacant projects. (Usually we offer a reduced rate of 10% for help, however we will not need invigilators or assistants for this show, so this is not the case this time! )
 
IMPORTANT : Please email us for the exhibition agreement, even if you have shown with us before, as there a few changes to this. We will need everyone to sign a copy of this when you deliver, so please familiarise yourself with it before applying. (not as scary as it sounds we promise )
 
SO… if all that sounds good to you, and you would like to get involved, please complete the attached application form, along with some images of the work you would like to submit and send it to us at info@prettyvacant.org by no later than 5pm on Wednesday 27th January.
 
We will get back to you by Friday 29th to let you know either way! We look forward to seeing all of your submissions
 
 
Thanks
Charlotte and Gemma at Pretty Vacant
www.prettyvacant.org

So, lets talk money! As the show is only on for a week, we are charging artists £10 to exhibit – which is, lets be fair, quite the bargain!
 
Key dates are as follows:

Application deadline: Friday 20th November
We aim to then let successful applicants know our decision by Monday 23rd November
Delivery will need to be done by Monday 7th December at latest
Friday 11th is the grand opening/private view!
Closing will be friday 18th December
Work must be collected by Monday 21st (unless arranged with us with lots of notice!)

We have no set theme for this show as we want a really broad range of work – also as it is near Xmas, we’d like a MASSIVE craft section which will be in a joining room – so send us info on anything you’d like to submit for this too (this will fall under the same charge as exhibiting and is an easy way to make some money!)

So, finally….all we ask now is to send this round to everyone you think would be interested….friends, family etc who are makers, and we will shortly be sending round a poster to distribute also
Cant wait to see what you guys have for us!

Charlotte and Gemma at Pretty Vacant

Just a note to say that we’ve been featured on the festival website – very exciting

It’s a great article and mentions a few of our artists of “Pretty Vacant : WV1″, so it’s deffinitely worth a look

Heres the link…
http://artatthecentre.com/news/

Hi all,

We are still waiting to hear about the Wolverhampton Mander Centre exhibition, but here is another opportunity we have in Wolverhampton coming up -

We have been given this amazing opportunity to promote our artists in an unusual context – within the reception area of Wolverhampton University art building. Open days will be running over this period which means lots of people will be passing through the building and waiting round for interviews etc… so why not make it your work that there is for them to see?

From Monday 30th November – Friday 18th December we have the three cabinet spaces within the cafe area. A place in the cabinets will cost just £10 for the three week period and will be a great place to showcase smaller items you would like to sell, (or these pieces can be not for sale) The £10 will get you a shelf so there is only limited space – each cabinet has 4 shelves. Also, as we got an amazing deal on this we won’t be charging any commission on sales which means you get all of the profit from any work you sell!

Then, from Monday 4th January -  Friday 15th January 2010, we have both the cabinets again…and also the small exhibition room outside the uni shop. Entry to the exhibition room will cost just £15 and cabinets will once again cost just £10. (again no commission)

Delivery for both these events must be by no later than the Wednesday before opening. We will arrange this with you once you have been accepted.

If this is something you would be interested in taking part in…or you would like some more info please contact us ASAP… if you would like to apply you need to send us at least 3 images of your work and we will get back to you as soon as we have enough applicants!

Thanks
Charlotte at Pretty Vacant
info@prettyvacant.org