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Call for art for Cambridge Memorial Hospital
Cambridge Memorial Hospital 2025 Call for Art – Submission Deadline May 25 2025
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Cambridge Memorial Hospital will purchase two pieces of art for retiring Board of Directors members to install in the hospital and would like to purchase from a local artist.
Budget limit: $750 (each piece, maximum) unframed. Integrity and final acceptance of the selected artworks will be confirmed on drop-off or pick-up.
Artists will be notified by June 2 by email. The artwork must be delivered to CMH by June 9 2025
Submission Deadline – 6 PM on Monday May 19 2025
Submission criteria
Two dimensional work
Work must be available and ready for delivery within the stated time frame
Artwork must be modern, clean, clear (easy to see subject matter), happy, inclusive, calming by nature, timeless, inoffensive and without religious, violence, political or controversial subject matter. No images of death or blood.
Black, shades of red, gray, and brown should not exceed 15% of the overall piece except in the case of brown if depicting something living
Applicants must be paid-up KWSA or GRACe members at the time of submission
Submissions that meet the criteria will be shortlisted and approved by a representative of the hospital prior to selection and purchase.
20% commission is owing to KWSA on payment
Submit applications to info@grandriverartists.ca with Subject line: CMH application
Applications must include:
Artist contact information
Phone number
Address
Email address
Website and/or social media links
Images
One to four (1-4) artworks submitted per artist
Printed works must be limited in edition, 25 or fewer copies, each signed and numbered. AP proofs are accepted.
Only good quality jpg images will be accepted
Images should be titled by a number and last name (ex. 02_Smith) that corresponds to the same numbering on the image list
Images exceeding 2 MB are to be uploaded to Dropbox, Google Drive or another file sharing service and a link provided in the body of your submission email.
An Image list, example below.
Depth of prints or photos on paper do not require a depth to be stated
| File name | Name of artist | Title of artwork (series number if applicable) | Size (height, width, depth) inches | Medium and support | Price (includes HST if collected) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01_Smith | Jane Smith | Flowers in a garden | 12X12 inches | Watercolour on paper | $350 |
| 02_Smith | Jane Smith | Flowers in vase | 12X16 inches | Print, 1 of 5 on paper | $450 |
| 03_Smith | Jane Smith | Flowers in bouquet | 12X16X0.5 inches | Acrylic paint on stretched canvas | $400 |
What we can provide
We can provide space, advertising on our social media channels, access to equipment such as a projector, A-frames, art display, tables and chairs.
Want to partner? Let’s talk about what else we can do.
Available spaces
How to book a space:
Check the schedule on Skedda
Reach out to Admin at info@grandriverartists.ca to confirm and book
Window Gallery
Our window gallery faces onto the Gaukel Block. Gaukel Block is a pedestrian way that runs between City Hall and Willow River (or Victoria) public park. There are often events running in the evenings and during weekends on the Block or the Block is acting as a connector between events in the downtown.
There are four windows each one is 50 inches tall by 40 inches wide stretching the width of the GRACe gallery space.
The GRACe gallery and event space
GRACe has a dedicated and lockable event space in which the window gallery is located but the space can also contain up to 25 people seated auditorium style or standing and up to 12 people for workshop style seating at a table.
The floor space is 458 square feet.
There are three walls suitable for hanging and floor space for podium or table display.
Community room
The Community Room is a space shared with other tenants. It is a windowless room on the second floor that could accommodate up to 30 people seated a tables in a workshop and 40 people seated auditorium style.
The space is windowless with a whiteboard on one wall and a work sink.
Check with GRACe admin about availability of this space.
Other spaces as negotiated
44 Gaukel has additional small spaces and it limited only by your imagination how you use them or combine them with our other spaces to make an event that is uniquely you!
Space overview
GRACEe Blank Space gallery wall
The Blank Space gallery is a wall that is on the outside of the GRACe gallery, facing into the flex space lobby area.
The space is 8 feet tall and 13 feet wide. There is a hanging system running the length of the wall. There is an adjacent window that can be used to connect to the Block outside. All furniture can be removed if required. Reservation of this space does not include the floor space which is a part of the Flex space.
Flex space
If you need even more room, the Flex space can be booked through the GRACe admin person. This space is shared with other building tenants and the availability varies.
There is a kitchenette and a separate work sink at one end of the space. One wall can be used to show films with a short throw projector.
Flex space is shown in blue, GRACe gallery in yellow, GRACe Blank space location in red, window gallery in purple.