Dunamaise Gallery
Open Submission Group Show 2024
Call for Submissions now CLOSED
15 November - 20 December
Online Submissions are now CLOSED. Please check back here soon for selected updates.
Contact the Box Office for submissions or queries on info@dunamaise.ie or by phone 057 86 63355
This Open Submission Group Show is a season highlight and an opportunity to further promote and strengthen the vibrant visual arts community in the Midlands and beyond. We’re excited to work with a different guest selector each year, bringing their experience and unique flavour to one of the most anticipated Exhibitions in the Dunamaise Calendar.
Vera Klute RHA
Guest Selector 2024
Each year a different external Guest Selector is invited to curate this exhibition. The Guest Selector will consider all submissions, and curate a show suitable for Dunamaise Gallery. Feedback to artists is it at the discretion of the Guest Selector.
Bio: Vera Klute is a visual artist based in Co. Kilkenny. She was born in Germany but lives in Ireland since 2001. Her work utilises a range of different media such as sculpture, painting, drawing and video animation. Themes span from formal portraiture and public sculpture to kinetic installation.
She has exhibited widely in Ireland and abroad, including solo exhibitions at the RHA, the Butler Gallery, Limerick City Gallery (2-person show), the Molesworth Gallery, QSS Gallery and the LAB.
Her work is represented in many collections, including the National Gallery of Ireland, the Office of Public Works and the Arts Council and she has won numerous awards. She was elected Associate Member of the RHA in 2018 and is a full member since 2023.
One artist will be awarded a Solo Exhibition at Dunamaise Gallery. Dates subject to availability. Terms and conditions apply.
- Online Digital Submissions Deadline Sun 13th October
- Notification of Selection by Tues 29 October
- Delivery of Shortlisted Artworks to Dunamaise by Sat 2 November
- Exhibition Reception Friday 15th November, 7pm
- Exhibition Closes Fri 20 Dec
- Collection of Unsold Art Work By Sat 11 January
- Dunamaise Open Submission is open to all artists, working in all media, with an interest in exhibiting work in one of the Midlands premiere Arts Centres.
- Please keep in mind the size of artworks submitted, as this is a Group Show and space for larger works is limited; max. 1.5m advised.
- Only work which can be wall-mounted will be considered.
- Ideally all work should be for sale but if preferred, you may mark it NFS. 25% commission will apply to all sales during the exhibition.
- Artists may submit up to 2 pieces of work in .jpeg format and MAX file size 1MB each.
- If selected: work must then be physically submitted, ready to hang, in exhibition quality condition.
- Where prints and photographs are submitted, the number of prints available for sale from each of the editions must be stated.
- Include recommended display instructions (Dunamaise will take into consideration all instructions but will have sole discretion on final display).
- Artists are responsible for the safety and insurance of the work during transport.
- Artists must ensure that submitted pieces are made of materials appropriate for transportation, normal pre/post-show handling, storage and exhibition.
- The work will be insured by Dunamaise Arts Centre from the date the work arrives on site and is checked, up to the relevant collection date.
- No work will be stored or insured after the collection date.
- All work must be submitted ready to hang, with completed submission slip securely attached to each piece and all necessary fixtures securely attached.
- Selection will be based on the work submitted; no substitutions may be made later.
- Up to 2 but as few as none may be selected for the exhibition.
- No work previously exhibited in Laois may be submitted.
- The decision of the selector is final; they will have sole discretion on final display and no correspondence will be entered into.
- Artists will be informed about selection once the Selector has made their final decision.
- The venue reserves the right to use images of submitted work in any publicity surrounding the exhibition. Artists will be acknowledged at all times.
- Dunamaise reserves the right not to include work it considers unsuitable for public exhibition in a civic space.