The Visual Arts Studio Association of St. Albert (VASA)
Call for Submissions, 2025
VASA is soliciting submissions for visual art exhibitions for the 2025 calendar year from professional and emerging artists in the Edmonton region of Alberta. The deadline for submissions is November 1, 2024.
VASA follows the concept of visual fine art as defined by the Canada Council for Arts that could include the following mediums: drawings, hand pulled prints, paintings in any medium, free standing or hanging sculpture in any medium, assemblage pieces, photography, and textiles. Selection of art work will be based solely on the submission.
The submission must include:
• curriculum vitae
• a short biography
• artist’s statement for the proposed show
• up to 10 images of representative pieces of art work
• a list of the included images to be considered, including the year created, unframed size, medium, and price
• total number of pieces anticipated for the show
VASA’s Main Space Gallery is unique; it is surrounded by artist’s studios that are open to visitors 5 days a week. The Gallery provides over 1100 square feet of display space that is very flexible in configuration. It can hold up to 20 large size paintings (~40″ wide), and up to 50 mixed size pieces. The largest we can hang is 6′ x 8′. VASA cannot handle sculptural pieces that are over 6 ft high or over 40 kg.
Submissions from groups of artists are welcomed; a group submission must include documentation and images from all artists in the group. VASA recommends that artists involved in a group submission also submit as single artists. Selected single artists may be included in group exhibitions by VASA.
VASA may request a studio visit to view the artist’s collection. Selected artists should view the space prior to selection of final works to be shown.
Submissions will be evaluated by a jury selected from VASA members and the arts community. Jury selections are final.
All shows run for approximately one calendar month. VASA uses a variable commission structure.
Documents must be in Word format. Images must be in a .jpg format and attached to the submission email. For ease of use by VASA they must not be embedded in a document. Each image is not to exceed 1 Mb in size.
Submissions must be sent electronically to exhibtions@vasa-art.com.
Submissions that are not selected will be deleted from the VASA server.
Submissions that are accepted will be retained for up to 1 year after the show.
All pieces must be ready to display with hanging or support systems installed/provided.
The artist is responsible for delivery of all art pieces to VASA and for prompt pickup of all pieces as VASA does not have room for storage of art work.
