Doodle Wall 3, works

Surface Gallery are working in conjuntion with the Castle and are currently hosting Salon des Refusés - housing a wide range of artwork submitted by artist within the city, and embracing the street art talents within the community.

Monday 27th July, was the third and final of the Surface Gallery ‘Doodle Wall’ events in the Long Gallery of Nottingham Castle, where Surface Gallery volunteers worked with children and parents to create a wall of creativity, expression, variety and free speech!

and all five walls:

Surface Open Show 2011

Open Show 2011 is Surface Gallery’s annual international open submissions exhibition. Heading into it’s 9th successful year the exhibition aims to investigate diverse contemporary art practice, providing a platform for today’s emerging and established artists. Open Show 2011 is selected and curated by the Surface Gallery curatorial team and one winning artist will be selected by a panel of established Nottingham based artists and curators.

The prize for the 2011 Open Show winner is a free solo exhibition at Surface Gallery in 2012 in collaboration with Surface Gallery.

12 – 30 July Exhibition
15 July Evening Reception
Winner announced
23 July Curatorial Tour and Talk

This year’s exhibiting artists are:
Alice Myers
Alicja Dobrucka
Andrew Carson
Anneliese Krueger
Daniel Peter Hughes
David Watkins
Dermot Punnett
Emma Sywyj
Irene Pérez Hernández
James Clarkson
Jonathan Kipps
Joseph Cutts
Joshua Uvieghara
Laura Green
Lee Sullivan
Leo Koivistoinen
Lyndsey Redford
Richard Devereux
Simone Koche
Tim Haynes
Ting-Tong Chang

Open Show 2011 is part of the Independent Arts Festival NOTLOST www.notlostfestival.co.uk

Open Show - Call For Submissions

Open Show 2011 is Surface Gallery’s annual international open submissions exhibition, this year taking place from 12th – 30th July. Heading into its 9th successful year the exhibition aims to investigate diverse contemporary art practice, providing a platform for today’s emerging and established artists.

Submissions are welcome from artists working within any medium and there is the opportunity to submit up to 3 individual artworks to be considered for selection.

Open Show 2011 is selected and curated by the Surface Gallery curatorial team and one winning artist will be selected by a panel of established Nottingham based artists and curators. The prize for the 2011 Open Show winner is a free solo exhibition at Surface Gallery in 2012 in collaboration with Surface Gallery.

Submission Fee:

For each individual artwork submitted there is an entry fee of £8.50
(e.g. 1 artwork submitted = £8.50, 2 = £17.00, 3 = £25.50)
This fee is a non-refundable administration fee.
Submissions should be paid via the PayPal link on the Surface Gallery website.
Please contact Surface Gallery for alternative methods of payment if necessary.

Timetable:

3 June Deadline for Submissions
13 June Selected Artists Informed w/c 13th June
1 July Deadline for receiving Artwork
2 – 11 July Installation Period
12 – 30 July Exhibition
15 July Evening Reception
Open Show 2011 Winner announced
23 July Curatorial Tour and Talk

Contact us here:

surfaceopenshow@gmail.com