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POSTC A RD from
ROCHDALE new open art competition with art prizes and a chance to go down in history
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A Postcard from Rochdale Create your own Postcard from Rochdale! Our new open art competition with three art prizes including your chance to win £100. You will also have the opportunity to donate your artwork to our archives as a legacy of the exhibition, your chance to go down in history!
Size and Mediums
Deadline for entries
Young People’s Prize
All mediums are encouraged as long as they are received as original 2D works which are postcard size. The dimensions of the postcard should be 6 inches x 4 inches and can be landscape or portrait.
Entrants should deliver their work to Touchstones Rochdale before 5pm on Saturday 13th January 2018. Please note late entries will not be accepted.
To nurture our youngest talent in the borough an under 13’s children’s prize will include a number of free tickets to Touchstones Rochdale’s events and theatre productions as well as vouchers for purchasing art materials.
For all you sculptors and ceramicists if you have a 3D piece you would like to submit this can be sent as a photograph. Why not think about creating your artwork digitally (photography, Photoshop, Illustrator etc.) as well as the more traditional mediums of drawing, painting, printing, collage or textiles. Where and when will they be displayed?
Who can enter?
All entries will be displayed at Touchstones Rochdale in our Gallery One exhibition space, 20 January – 14 April 2018.
Anyone who lives, works or studies in the Rochdale borough. This includes Rochdale, Heywood, Middleton, Littleborough and Milnrow.
Donate your artwork to our local studies archive to be part of Rochdale’s History
Theme
Everyone who enters will have the option of donating their postcard to our Local Studies Archive for future generations to explore. Donating to the archive will mean your postcard is preserved in history as a snap shot of life in 2018!
The rules
Rochdale past, present and future, its art, your art and what you love about where you live.
Inspired by mail art which became popular in the 1960s when artists sent artworks through the post rather than exhibiting them through conventional commercial Submitting your entry channels, we want you to deliver your art to us! Handmade, altered and bespoke postcards can be created in a variety of materials. Artworks have always been created to convey messages to their audience. What visual message would you send about Rochdale with your postcard?
Complete the entry form on the reverse of this leaflet with all your details. Cost Entries cost £5 per postcard for adults and £2 per postcard for under 18’s and full time students. Individuals can submit multiple artworks to the exhibition. The charge is payable on delivery of your design to Touchstones Rochdale and can be paid by cash or card.
Touchstones Rochdale’s Opening Hours: Tuesday–Saturday 10am–5pm Please note we are not open to the public on the following holiday dates: Sunday 24, Monday 25, Tuesday 26, Sunday 31 December 2017 & Monday 1 Jan 2018
Your postcard entry for sale!
Put your postcard up for sale in the exhibition. If your artwork has been sold you will be informed by the end of the exhibition. To pay you for the sale of the artwork Whilst we take every opportunity for your artwork to a cheque will be issued to be collected from remain safe we are not able to accept responsibility for Touchstones Rochdale approximately one month after loss or damage. the close of the exhibition.
Prizes
After the exhibition
If you have opted for your artwork to be donated to the Local Studies Archive then there will be no need to collect your work after the exhibition closes. If you The top prize of £100 will be judged by an independent have chosen not to donate your artwork to the Local panel of prestigious local artists, local councillors and a Studies Archive then it should be collected after the representative from Royal Mail. exhibition closes, from Tuesday 17th April 2018. No work can be removed from the exhibition before People’s Postcard these dates. Work can not be collected without a valid Decided by visitors to the exhibition, your postcard entry receipt or sales receipt, so please keep your design will be printed and sold in the Touchstones gift receipt safe. shop. You will also receive 100 copies of the postcard Touchstones Rochdale reserves the right to dispose plus your name will be featured on the card. of any works not collected within 3 months of the last collection date. ‘Artistic Excellence’
Entry Form Details Gallery reference no. (to be completed by gallery staff when handed in to the desk at the Visitor Information/Shop)
Title of work Medium and support
(eg oil on canvas, watercolour on paper, photograph}
I can confirm that I will be responsible for paying tax and national insurance on any work sold Signed: Date: I have read and accepted the conditions of entry Signed: Date: Name: Address:
Please provide a brief statement describing why you have chosen to visually create your Postcard from Rochdale in this way:
Postcode: Tel No: Email address:
To make sure you receive up-to-date information about similar events, please join our mailing list by ticking here Sale Price: Age (if 13 or under): I agree to the use of an image of my work in the promotion of the exhibition Yes No I would like to donate my postcard to the Local Studies Archive after the exhibition has finished to create a unique record of the Rochdale borough in 2018 Yes No
GALLERY USE ONLY Entry fee paid: Yes
No
Staff initials:
Date:
Work sold Staff initials:
Date:
Collection of work Buyer/Exhibitor signature:
Date: Entry fee refunded if work not selected
