Oeno Gallery's Call for Sculpture 2023!

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – OUTDOOR SCULPTURE 2023 Oeno Gallery’s Sculpture Garden at Huff Estates

Oeno Gallery’s Sculpture Garden at Huff Estates opened on June 25, 2011 as a place dedicated to the exhibition of world class outdoor sculpture. The 4 acre garden has become a prized feature of the property and has received thousands of visitors to date.
The gallery invites artists to submit proposals for the garden’s 11th exhibition year. The property offers a wide variety of sites for placement. Areas to consider include the sculpture garden proper, the outdoor area by the winery, the zone immediately surrounding the gallery, and the pond (limestone quarry). Proposals will be reviewed and selected by the gallery.

Sculptures must be original, durable, and safe for viewing by the public in an unsupervised natural area. They must be able to withstand extreme year-round weather conditions and tolerate strong winds. This includes, rain, snow wind and salty air. The work must also be available for sale. The artist is responsible for the transportation, installation and removal of their work in the event it does not sell. Interested artists are to submit proposals to:
Dana Charles dcharles@oenogallery.com Proposals must include:
1. Contact Information: Name, Address, Phone Number, E-mail, Website
2. Artist Statement/Bio
3. CV
4. Artwork statement – Include Title, Year, Medium and Size for the
proposed work(s) and describe how this work will relate to/expand on current
themes in your work in a single word document
5. Create one folder of High res Images of the sculpture(s) you are proposing (Minimum of 300 dpi, 1500 pixels wide), sketches and support images. Clearly title the .jpegs with the Title of the piece.
6. Description of the project and plan for installation. Please consider all aspects of transporting the work to the garden site in Prince Edward County, Ontario and installing the piece in the garden. Onsite forklift available upon prior request
7. Estimated retail price of the work.
8. Photo of artist
9. Other examples of existing work should be labelled as Other Examples
and sent in a separate folder for review
Deadline:
Interested artists should submit their proposals by Monday, Feb 6th, 2023 at 12 noon. Accepted proposals must be ready for installation by early May 2023 (TBD) and must be on display for a minimum one year. The gallery may ask to extend the display for a longer period of time if the work does not sell within that time frame.
Please read the Oeno Gallery Sculpture Garden FAQ page and view the Sculpture Garden Map before submitting your proposal.
Thank you!
Dana Charles
dcharles@oenogallery.com Communications and Logistics Coordinator (613) 393-2216