SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR THIS EXHIBITION!
Click 'home' and select 'THE ONE' to view this exhibition.
If you would like to participate in future exhibitions, make sure to join the 'Linocut Printmakers' Facebook Group, and look out for future announcements!
Linocut Printmakers 8th Online Exhibition
'The One' - Submission deadline: 15th December 2023
Submission Guidelines
1 - WHAT DO WE MEAN BY 'THE ONE'?
We're making this the easiest exhibition to enter, while, at the same time, making it the most difficult!
We would like you to submit the one print from your existing portfolio that you would choose to save over all the others. It may be your best piece of work from a technical point of view, or the print that has sold better than all the others, you may have won a valued award with it, or it may be based on a subject that is particularly close to your heart - however you make your choice, this will be the print you would choose to save if you were only able to rescue a single print from your collection.
If you're new to lino printing and have only created a single print, then your decision will be an easy one! But you may have hundreds to choose from, which is where the selection process will be a little more challenging!
This exhibition will show some of the very best linoprints ever made, alongside prints that will mark the beginning of an individual's journey into printmaking - either way, we expect the work will be inspiring, surprising, challenging, heartwarming and a lot more besides - because these will be the prints that matter most to you, the creators.
There is no restriction based on the date of production - if it's a linoprint and you made it, then you can submit it, no matter how long ago, or how recently, it was made.
When you make your submission you can include a note to explain how you made your choice - a single sentence will do, but we're not putting a restriction on the number of words (but if you feel that your print will say all that needs to be said then you don't have to write a single word!)
2 - WHO CAN ENTER?
If you are a member of the Linocut Printmakers Group you are eligible (and strongly encouraged) to submit your work. You can be new to printmaking or as experienced as it’s possible to be - we don’t mind, and nor does anyone else. Our aim is to showcase the work of our membership as a whole.
3 – HOW WILL THE WORK BE SELECTED?
As always, it is our intention to include all submitted work, as long as each submission complies with these guidelines
4 - DIGITAL ONLY!
Please see Guideline 7 below for details
5 – HOW MANY IMAGES CAN I SUBMIT?
For this exhibition we are limiting the number of submissions to one per member (for obvious reasons!) but if a single submission comprises more than one element - if, for example, it is a triptych comprising three panels - this will count as a single submission - but please include all the parts of the work within a single digital image file)
6 - WHEN AND WHERE TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK
The deadline for submissions is 15th December 2023 - so you have about a month from the time the exhibition was announced.
When the digital image of your print is ready for submission, please email it to: linocutprintmakers@gmail.com
Please don’t expect a confirmation of your submission! We’re far too distracted by other things to be so efficient! If you suspect something has gone wrong with your submission you can contact us (see Guideline 8 below) and we’ll check for you, but, otherwise, be as patient as possible (and if, for any reason, your work isn't in the exhibition when it goes live you can send us your submission again and we'll make sure it is promptly added)
7 - PREPARING YOUR SUBMISSION
You will save us a lot of time and work if the size of your digital image, the way the image file is named and the additional notes comply with the following (please!):
Your digital image:
- Please email us a single JPG (Jpeg) image. The image must be no larger than 1.5 megabytes (experiment with saving/exporting your image to achieve this)
- JPG image dimensions - longest edge: up to 2000 pixels, and 72 dpi is all that is needed for online display.
- Note: the 2000 pixel maximum applies to the JPG image for online display - not the actual size of your print
Your digital image filename:
- please ensure that your submitted image filename contains no spaces or non-standard characters
- you can use underscores or dashes in place of spaces - please include your name at the start of the image filename
This, for example, is BAD:
ian cox my print for the one.jpg
...while this is GOOD:
ian_cox_my_print_for_the_one.jpg
Your additional information:
- Supply this information in relation to your print (write this in your submission email)
- When writing your information, keep to the following order
- Your full name (required)
- The title of your print (required)
- The approximate dimensions of the original print in millimetres (required)
- The approximate date on which the print was made (required)
- Some words to describe why you chose your submitted print (optional)
- The edition size, if any (required)
- The number of prints from the edition that are still available for sale at the start of the exhibition (optional)
- The price of the print if it is available for purchase at the time of the exhibition (if anyone is interested in buying your print, they will be asked to find you in the Group membership list so they can direct message you)
8 – ANY QUESTIONS?
Please message Ian Cox (group admin)