2024 – 2025 Shop at SAAG Feature Artists
Southern Alberta Art Gallery Maansiksikaitsitapiitsinikssin
Deadline to submit: September 14, 2024
The Shop at SAAG Feature Artist program offers local artists and artisans a unique opportunity to exhibit and sell their work in a contemporary art gallery. Past feature artists include Nicole Riedmueller, Arianna Richardson, Cindy Baker, Lauren Kurmey, Jessica Colley and more.
As the feature artist, you will have the opportunity to exhibit a selection of your work in a prominent display in the Shop at SAAG for 12 to 13 weeks. Gallery staff will help you develop a unique design for the shop space to showcase your work. You’ll receive a special consignment rate and have the opportunity to work with Gallery staff to develop a public program based on your art practice. You will also be offered a free table at our Summer or Holiday Market. We will highlight your work on the Shop at SAAG’s website and online shop and through the Gallery’s social media and e-newsletter. The feature artist will also be recognized at the exhibition opening reception that aligns with your show.
We are currently accepting applications for our Shop at SAAG Feature Artist for the following 2024-25 exhibition blocks:
- October 12, 2024 – January 11, 2025
- January 25, 2025 – April 19, 2025
- May 3, 2025 – June 21, 2025
Eligibility
This call invites applications from artists from all backgrounds and in all stages of their career. Artists must be at least 18 to be considered and a resident of Alberta. We encourage you to consider submitting a body of work with a consistent theme or aesthetic. The Shop at SAAG aims to support the work of local artists, so artists from Lethbridge and the surrounding area will be prioritized.
Key Dates:
- Call for Artists Opens: August 1, 2024
- Submission Deadline: September 14, 2024
- Notifications sent by September 21, 2024
- Fall 2024 Feature Artist: October 12, 2024 – January 11, 2025
- Installation: October 7 – 11, 2024
- Take down: January 13 – 17, 2025
- Winter 2025 Feature Artist: January 25 – April 19, 2025
- Installation: January 20 – 24, 2025
- Take down: April 21 – 25, 2025
- Spring 2025 Feature Artist: May 3 – June 21 , 2025
- Installation: April 28 – May 2, 2025
- Take down: June 22 – 27, 2025
Applications
To apply, please complete the application form linked on our website saag.ca/shopatsaag and provide up to 10 images of the work you wish to feature in the Shop at SAAG.
Images can be emailed to kcashmore@saag.ca with the subject line Feature Artist Call – [Name] Images.
Applications are due no later than 5pm on September 14, 2024. We thank all applicants for their interest. We will notify all applicants of the results by September 21, 2024 at the latest. If you have not heard back from us by that date, please check your spam folder.
The Gallery is committed to continually working towards more equitable systems and practices. We welcome applications from candidates who identify as Indigenous, Black, racialized, LGBTQ2S+, d/Deaf and disabled, and from poor and working-class backgrounds.
Please review the attached document for more information. If you have any questions, feedback, or require support or accommodations to access this application process, please contact Keelan Cashmore, Visitor Services and Volunteer Coordinator, at 403.327.8770 x 21 or kcashmore@saag.ca.
