Hamilton Gallery | Embassy of Ireland, the Netherlands | Lá Fhéile Bríde 2025 | Women & Creativity Open Call Art Exhibition > Register & Apply
Hamilton Gallery and Embassy of Ireland, The Netherlands present an open call for women artists to participate in the unique exhibition
Bloodroot
celebrating the poetry of
Annemarie Ní Churreáin
Published by Doire Press
The exhibition will take place at Pulchri Studio, The Hague, The Netherlands, opening on January 22nd 2025.
ABOUT BLOODROOT | LÁ FHÉILE BRÍDE CELEBRATION OF WOMEN AND CREATIVITY
In Ireland, 1 February marks the beginning of spring and the celebration of Lá Fhéile Bríde, St Brigid’s Day. The day has long symbolised hope, renewal and the feminine. Since 2018, Irish Embassies and Consulates across the world have been marking the day by celebrating the creativity of women, through a broad programme of events. From Wellington to Warsaw, Sydney to Santiago, London to Lisbon, Ireland’s diplomatic network, in partnership with local communities is celebrating the remarkable contribution women have made – and continue to make - across the world.
Hamilton Gallery has curated three major exhibitions involving hundreds of women artists, in association with Irish Embassies abroad for this celebration. Previous exhibitions, themed on the lives and work of women writers Leland Bardwell, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and Eva Gore-Booth have been shown in London, Beijing, Dublin, Berlin and New York.
This year, our open call exhibition, based in the International City of Peace and Justice is centred on the poetry of Annemarie Ní Churreáin. Four poems have been selected by Annemarie from her powerful debut collection Bloodroot as inspirational and thematic springboards for participating artists.
The selected poems are as follows:
Six Ways to Wash Your Hands (Ayliffe, 1978) for the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation,
Bloodroot will open at Pulchri Studio, The Hague, Netherlands on 22nd January 2025.
The exhibition will be a focal point for Lá Fhéile Bríde cultural programming organised by Embassy of Ireland, the Netherlands. It is most likely the exhibition will be presented at other international galleries in 2025, as well as Hamilton Gallery Sligo.
Submissions for Bloodroot | Lá Fhéile Bríde 2025 | Celebrating the Poetry of Annemarie Ní Churreáinmust be made via this website.
Please see the new user tutorial below for instructions on how to submit your art work.
Significant Dates:
Closing Deadline for On-Line Submissions: 14th December 2024
Selection Notifications: 21st December 2024
Deadline for Artwork Delivery to Hamilton Gallery 4 Castle Street, Sligo: 8th January 2025
Exhibition Opening Pulchri Studio The Hague, the Netherlands, 22nd January 2025
Lá Fhéile Bríde | Embassy of Ireland, The Hague, Netherlands Cultural Programme, 31st January
Please note:
Lá Fhéile Bríde is a celebration of Women and Creativity. Accordingly this open call is for all women and female identifying artists, who are resident on the island of Ireland.
Art works must be unframed and strictly adhere to the dimensions 30cm X 30cm X 2cm depth.
Art works must be themed on one or more of the four selected poems by Annemarie Ní Churreáin referred to above.
Submissions for this exhibitionare free of charge
Once you have watched the video please see our General Guidelines (below) and also our Terms and Conditions page before submission.
All enquiries relating to this exhibition must be made to Hamilton Gallery.
Do not contact either Embassy of Ireland, The Hague, Pulchri Studio, Annemarie Ni Churreain or Doire Press for information about this submission process.
Note: If you are not already registered with artcall.org you will be able to use your registration to participate in this and many other on-line submission calls.
General Guidelines
General Guidelines
This call is open to women and female identifying artists resident on the island of Ireland.
Each eligible artist may submit a maximum of two artworks inspired by / themed upon four poems by Annemarie Ní Churreáin referred to above. However only one artwork per selected artist will appear in the final exhibition.
Artworks must not have been previously exhibited.
NB: Submitted artworks must be unframed on canvas or board and ready to hang without cord attached - no clip frames or glass.
NB: Please note a strict unframed size must be adhered to of 30cm square x 2cm deep. Undersized or oversized artworks cannot be considered for selection.
Exposed or wet canvases or works that could cause damage to others will not be accepted under any circumstances. Fragile or delicate work that arrives damaged or unfit for exhibition due to any materials defect will be ineligible for exhibition.
If an art work, once selected turns out to be undersized or oversized it cannot be included in the final exhibition.
Submitted artworks must be available for sale.
Submission Guidelines
Submissions can only be made via this website.
We cannot accept submissions made directly or submitted through other digital methods, (email etc).
Updates and communication relating to submissions will be made only through this application portal.
Do not contact Embassy of Ireland, The Hague, Pulchri Studio, Annemarie Ni Churreain or Doire Press for information about this submission process.
Artists are advised to check their user accounts on this website for decisions relating to their submissions.
Please upload one j-peg image for each artwork submitted. J-pegs must be high quality resolution and must be clearly labelled with the title of the piece,
Selection / Adjudication
The selection of work for Bloodroot | Lá Fhéile Bríde | Celebrating the Poetry of Annemarie Ní Churreáinwill be undertaken by a panel of selectors nominated by Hamilton Gallery.
The decision of the selectors will be binding and final.
No correspondence or feedback from the selectors will be entered into under any circumstances.
Other Guidelines
We will notify selected artists of dates for delivery of work. If your work is selected, you will be asked to download and print application labels, one to be attached on the back of the artwork prior to delivery to Hamilton Gallery.
Artists are responsible for delivering and insuring their own work.
All works accepted for the exhibition will be delivered to Hamilton Gallery, 4 Castle Street Sligo, entirely at the artists risk. The gallery cannot accept liability for loss or damage occurring during travel or and delivery of selected artworks.
Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, will take every precaution to ensure the safety of Artist’s work. However, Hamilton Gallery, Embassy of Ireland The Hague, Netherlands, Pulchri Studio, and any subsequent participating gallery, cannot be held responsible for damage due to loss or theft of any work selected for exhibition.
The exhibition will open in Pulchri Studio, The Hague, Netherlands, and then tour to Hamilton Gallery Sligo. It is highly probable the exhibition will be shown in other international venues. Accordingly no work may be removed from the exhibition until 30th January 2026.
All artworks will be available for sale on the Hamilton Gallery website throughout 2025 until completion of the exhibition programme.
We reserve the right to use provided images or to photograph work for publicity purposes, in all media including TV, print, websites, social media and any other promotional method.
Work sold during the Open Submission exhibition is subject to 40% commission, which includes 23% VAT, on the selling price. Prices on entry forms should include this commission.
Artists will be paid 6 weeks after the close of the exhibition if the purchaser has paid for them in full.
Unsold artworks must be collected and signed for on a date TBD, from Hamilton Gallery or alternative arrangements can be made with Hamilton Gallery, Sligo..
