We are excited to announce our next call for artists submissions for our forthcoming exhibition ‘Eos’ - The show opens on 26th May 2024.

Our forthcoming exhibition will explore TRANSFORMATION - Eos - the Greek goddess of the dawn, a patron of new beginnings is said to dispense the morning dew on the earth. She was also known for her gentle nature and her ability to inspire others to live up to their full potential.

This representation symbolises the beginning of a new day and the renewal of life. The imagery of Eos as the Bringer of Dawn signifies hope, renewal, and the cycle of nature. Poets and writers have employed vivid imagery to depict her awakening the world from darkness, evoking a sense of awe and wonder.

It seems a fitting title for a show exploring the continual process and cycle of personal transformation - a journey of regular and steady self improvement - not dissimilar to the continual cycle of Eos the goddess of dawn - bringing light, new beginnings, awe, wonder and beauty to each new day.

We would love to receive an array of work which you as artists feel is embodied with cycle of transformation, depicting the rich, vivid, tender and beautiful symbolism of this process: pretty much anything that fits seamlessly with what Transformation means to you.

"Redemption"

Take one pint of water, add a half pound of sugar, the juice of eight lemons, the zest of half a lemon. Pour the water from one jug then into the other several times. Strain through a clean napkin.

Grandmother, the alchemist, you spun gold out of this hard life, conjured beauty from the things left behind. Found healing where it did not live. Discovered the antidote in your own kit. Broke the curse with your own two hands. You passed these instructions down to your daughter who then passed it down to her daughter.

I had my ups and downs, but I always find the inner strength to pull myself up. I was served lemons, but I made lemonade. My grandma said "Nothing real can be threatened." True love brought salvation back into me. With every tear came redemption and my torturers became my remedy. So we're gonna heal. We're gonna start again. You've brought the orchestra, synchronized swimmers.

You're the magician. Pull me back together again, the way you cut me in half. Make the woman in doubt disappear. Pull the sorrow from between my legs like silk. Knot after knot after knot. The audience applauds ... but we can't hear them. How I’ve missed you my Love.. - Beyonce: written by Warsan Shire

Submissions Criteria & Information:

  • Open to all artists resident within the UK.

  • Open to all disciplines including ceramics and sculpture.

  • Open to artists aged 18 and over.

  • All work must be available for sale

  • No reproductions/giclee prints accepted.

  • Maximum number of pieces submitted per artist - 3.

  • Submission to the call out is free/no fee - however if selected to exhibit in the show there will be a £10 per artist exhibition fee payable on selection.

  • If selected you will need to deliver & collect your work to/from the gallery prior to the show or send via courier/post. And this includes any unsold work at the end of the show too. All costs incurred re; delivery/post/collection will be covered by the artist.

  • Artists will be solely responsible for insuring their artwork whilst it is in transit prior to and after the show.

  • A submission form must be completed and emailed to: theoldlockupgallery@gmail.com - you’ll find the form at the foot of this webpage.

  • Submission forms can be downloaded, printed off and handwritten/completed - and a photograph sent as a jpeg if you prefer/find it easier. Please make sure any photographs are easy to read/decipher.

  • PDF’s of your work/embedded into a PDF will not be accepted.

  • Good quality JPEG’s of your work: with no blurring and cropped to size - with no background showing must be emailed along with your submission form to the above email address: attached in one email only - please don’t send separately.

  • File names for your JPEGS will need to be the title of your work or an abbreviation of the title.

  • There are no restrictions on size - however we aren’t able to accept/select a huge amount of large pieces - eg - over 1.5metres square.

  • You must be able to deliver work on Sunday 19th May 6pm - 6.30pm or Monday 20th May 3-4.30pm.

  • We accept postal deliveries of work - work must be scheduled to arrive on 9th/10th May.

  • We are able to return unsold work via post - however this option is only available to artists who live outside of a 1.5 hour travelling radius of the gallery.

  • If selected the gallery commission on any sales is 50%.

  • All artists will be contacted re; selection etc by approx 30th April.

  • All works will need to be framed - unless on a box frame/stretched canvas or board. All pieces ready to hang with D rings and chord as appropriate. No mirror plates.

  • Due to the high volume of submissions received no feedback will be available at any point throughout the submission/selection process.

We are now OPEN for submissions to the call out for the show and we warmly welcome you to step forward and submit your work up until the deadline of the callout on 28th April at midnight.

It’s advisable that you download the form prior to this as this webpage will be removed at 9pm on the 28th April.