About the Showcase
Our next official FCA Toronto juried exhibition is not until November at the Etobicoke Civic Centre’s Art Gallery. So we’ve decided to break with tradition and offer all FCA Toronto artists (whose membership is in good standing) an opportunity to showcase their recent work online over the summer.
Here’s the idea:
Provide us with 3 artwork images for $25 and we’ll post them over the summer on our Instagram account and Facebook pages. The artwork posts will include links to your website and Instagram accounts (if you have one).
We’ll also showcase your work on a dedicated showcase page on our website.
The deadline for entries will be July 4th.
The showcase will officially run from July 10 to August 31. However, depending on the number of entries we receive, we can extend the show until September 22.
To be clear, this chapter showcase will not be juried.
There will be no awards offered or FCA signature points available to be earned.
The subject and style are entirely up to you. But the artworks must not have been shown before by FCA Toronto in its previous 8 exhibitions.
Your works do not have to be for sale. No commission for FCA Toronto will be requested if the showcase leads to the sale of your work.
The images themselves do not need to be formal. You can submit an image of yourself posing with your painting on an easel, for example.
The primary objective of this showcase is to create more exposure for FCA Toronto artists over the summer without the formality of a juried exhibition. Any funds raised via submission fees will go towards future exhibitions (award money and exhibition space rentals).
Key Dates
Showcase Dates (Online-Only): July 10 to August 31, 2023. Depending on the number of images submitted, we may extend the show until the last official day of summer, September 22.
Submission Start Date: June 6, 2023
Submission Deadline: July 4, 2023
Showcase Details
Eligibility: This showcase is open to all FCA Toronto artists in good standing.
Subject and Styles: This showcase is open to all subjects and styles.
Acceptable Media: acrylic, charcoal, chalk, encaustics, graphite, ink, mixed media, oil, pastel, water media and hand-pulled prints in runs of up to 200. We will ask artists to also indicate the support as well as the medium they used, e.g., acrylic on canvas, oil on aluminum panel.
Excluded Media: Sculpture, photography, digital photography, digital prints, digital art, posters, pyrography, giclee, mechanical reproductions, and works that rely heavily on mechanical reproductions and artificial intelligence engines are not permitted.
Maximum Number of Artworks an Artist May Submit: 3
Entry Fee: $25
Awards: None.
Image Requirements for Submission:
- JPG format
- At least 1500 pixels on the longest side of your digital image
- Maximum file size of 5MB. We will compress and resize the files later for social media and our online exhibition page.
- Please rename each image file to help us identify them later and connect them to you. Include your name at the front of a file name. Some examples: “MarySmith_01_SunsetOnLakeWobigon_24x24_oil.jpg”, “MarySmith_02_SunshineSketches_10x8_mixedmedia.jpg”, and “MarySmith_03_SinkingCanoe_16x16_watercolour.jpg”
Terms and Conditions
The artwork you submit for this showcase has never been exhibited before by FCA Toronto.
Copyright: The work you submit should be original and not copies or derivatives of the work of others or in any way an infringement of copyright. While using photos as a reference for painting is a long-held accepted practice, using stock imagery or photographs taken by professional photographers is not permissible at FCA Toronto, even with the photographer’s permission or with a paid license to reproduce the image. All artists accepted into FCA Toronto’s showcase must confirm that their artwork is not a copy, derivative, or based on the work of others, or in any way an infringement of Canadian copyright law.
Pricing: Your artwork does not need to be available for sale. If it is for sale, price each work in Canadian dollars. If you charge HST, please include the HST in your price.
Sales: If FCA Toronto is contacted by a prospective customer for one of your artworks, we will inform you by phone or email and ask you to close the sale yourself and make the required arrangements for delivery/shipping. FCA Toronto is not charging a sales commission.
Submit Your Images
The button below will take you to our Jotform Submission form with instructions on how to upload your images and to pay the entry fee of $25.00 via e-transfer or via PayPal / credit card.