The ART GALLERY'S
TD Canada Trust Paint-In
on Moss Street
The Art Gallery's 22nd Annual Saturday, July 18, 2009 was a great success! Thank you to the thousands of people who enjoyed the work of 133 Artists along Moss St.
The Gallery is proud to thank the following supporters:
The Art Gallery is Grateful to: Images by Peter Reid, Chain Chain Chain, Coast (V.I.) Environmental Ltd., The Hamber Foundation, Island Blue, Swiftsure Woodworkers Ltd.
Thanks to: Moss Street Market, Crd Recycling, Fairfield Community Association, Fairfield United Church, The Victoria Truth Centre, Residents of Moss Street ,All 133 Artists and over 200 Volunteers
2010 GALLERY PAINT-IN on Moss St: Saturday, July 17, 2010
Artist Paint-In Application
Volunteer Application
Paint-In: 12noon - 4:00 pm
Gallery Open House: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Food & Beverage Garden: 11am - 9:00 pm
Dancing to Kumbia: 5:00pm - 9:00 pm
Vancouver Island’s largest outdoor visual art event is celebrating its 23rd Anniversary. To help continue its promotion of local artists, TD Canada Trust is the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria’s title sponsor.
The Paint-In is a community outreach initiative featuring over 100 invited professional and emerging artists from Victoria and surrounding areas. Artists take their studios to the street to display and produce their work on Moss Street between Fort Street and Dallas Road. The Paint-In is a free and fun-filled community-based art awareness and education event that sees 35,000 visitors and receives support from the City of Victoria.
Visitors to the event have the opportunity to meet with an enormous variety of artists and learn about their work and techniques. Ultimately, the event allows local artists access to a receptive audience while encouraging an appreciation of the arts among the visitors. Over 200 volunteers and participating artists dedicate more than 3,800 hours to make this exceptional community event possible.
Artist Paint-In Application
The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria's Annual Paint-In on Moss Street (a not-for-profit event) features invited professional and emerging artists from Victoria and Region who demonstrate their art to over 35,000 visitors walking Moss Street to Dallas Road. The Paint-In offers visitors an a opportunity to meet and discuss the artists' work and methods and to see an enormous variety of professional work at one time.
Invited participating artists pay a registration fee of $40.00 plus tax and receive a year's membership at the Art Gallery as well as complimentary drink voucher for use in the Beverage Garden. Artists are permitted to sell their work on site however, the emphasis is on artist demonstration and not sales. Artists are requested to exercise discretion in keeping their set-up and displays moderate in size.
Paint-In Artists, who receive an invitation to take part, are selected through a competitive process that includes the following criteria:
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level of professionalism;
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excellence, quality and strength of work;
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originality and inventiveness;
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media and process; and
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willingness to work on site.
Each year we have been in the fortunate position of having more artists interested in participating than we have spaces available and the only way to ensure consideration is by submission. Although all invitations do not require submissions, participating in previous years in not enought. Artists are not automatically invited back year to year.
To be considered for an invitation to participate in the Gallery Paint-In on Moss Street, please print the Paint-In Application Form, and send application (link below) with submission package to:
Mary-ellen Threadkell
Gallery Paint-In Coordinator,
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Telephone: 384-4171 ext. 248
Fax: 361-3995
Deadline Date for submissions is April 1, 2010.
Submissions will not be accepted after this date.
Invitations to selected artists will be mailed during the 1st week in May.
Please Note: Though all submissions will be treated with care, the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria assumes no responsibility for loss or damage to submission material.
Moss Street Paint-In VolunteersClick
here to view job description and qualifications.
Application deadline is July 6, 2009.
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