• The digital images of your artwork that you submit are very important. Please ensure that your images are high-quality, clear, in-focus and well-lit so that the jury may properly evaluate your artwork.
• Ensure that you have a cohesive portfolio by sending us images of one (1) body of work, (ie. in the same medium and style).
• If possible, please send us work that you intend to exhibit at the Artist Project.
• Make sure that the file name of your digital images are in the correct format: Include title of work in the file name, (example: "title.jpg").

Before creating you begin the application process, make sure you have the fillowing prepared: 

• Artwork Images (5-8 images; JPG, JPEG, or PNG; 72 DPI: 1,500 pixels wide) with the following file name format: "title_of_work.jpg"
• Artist Resume Content (bio; education; previous shows and exhibitions
• Credit Card information

Key Application Dates

The jury has the difficult task in selecting the final exhibitors from hundreds of great applications. Exhibitors are selected based on various criteria:

• May 30, 2019: Main, Untapped and Zines applications open
• July 2019: Installation appliations open
• September 20, 2019: Main, Untapped and Zines applications due
• November 8, 2019: Installation applications due
• November 2019: Main, Untapped and Zines exhibitors announced
• January 2020: Installations announced

The Artist Project Jury 

All applications will be reviewed by a selection committee made up of art professionals and design experts. Every year we invite a new group of jurors so that the fair continues to remain diverse, dynamic and fresh.

The jury session Main, Untapped and Zines applications take place in October and applicants will be notified by email of their application status in November.

Selection Criteria

The jury selects exhibitors based on the following criteria:

• Quality of artwork
• Originality and uniqueness
• Portfolio presentation
• Overall aesthetic appeal of the artwork

Accepted Work

Artist Project only accepts original fine art and does not display craft, decorative arts, furniture, or functional glass / ceramics.

Reproductions including postcards, calendars, posters, and t-shirts are not permitted in the show. Photomechanical reproductions such as offset lithographs, prints run off a commercial printing press, embellished commercial reproductions or giclee (with the exception of photography / digital media categories as well as Zine section publications) are not permitted.

Travel Grant

Artists who reside outside of Ontario are eligible to apply for a $500 travel grant designed to offset the added costs of shipping and travelling to exhibit at the fair.

A limited number of travel grants available. Only first-time exhibitors residing outside of Ontario and/or Canada are eligible.

Exclusivity

Artist Project is promoted as an exclusive art fair, and therefore, as outlined in the exhibitor contract, participating artists work must not appear in other shows (featuring more than 30 artists) 30 days before and 30 days after the fair, within a 50 kilometre radius of the show.

Floor Plan

Though we try and accommodate booth size request, we cannot take location requests. Booth numbers will be assigned to artists in January. 

Every year we consider the following while developing the floorplan:

• Place artists in different booth locations every year so that the show continues to look new for visitors
• Mix new artists with re-sign artists so you can expand your artist network
  
• Avoid placing artists working in similar mediums/styles or subject matters side-by-side or across from one another
  

Late Application Submissions

If you miss the application date, you are still welcome to apply – your application will be reviewed by the selection committee at a later date.

If the fair has already been filled at that point in time, then you may be placed on a waitlist and contacted for any booths that become available.