Art Windsor-Essex respectfully acknowledges that we are located on Anishinaabe Territory – the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, comprised of the Ojibway, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi. Today the Anishinaabe of the Three Fires Confederacy are represented by Bkejwanong. We want to state our respect for the ancestral and ongoing authority of Walpole Island First Nation over its Territory.
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Call for Submissions: Pride & Joy 2023
To celebrate Pride Festival, AWE is partnering with Windsor-Essex Pride Fest to showcase artworks made by local 2SLGBTQIA+ community members and our allies.
Do you want to display your work in our community space? Please read the submission guidelines below. AWE wants to encourage community members of all ages and skill levels to submit their work.
This community display is presented by Art Windsor-Essex in partnership with Windsor-Essex Pride Fest.
How to participate
Physical Submissions:
Fill out the online submission form. Ensure that each field is entered correctly. Affix the provided label to the back of your work with your name, email address, title of the work, date, and medium. Drop your artwork off at our Visitor Services & Membership Officers desk located on the second floor of Art Windsor-Essex during our regular operating hours (Tuesday-Friday from 10am-5pm).
Digital Submissions:
Fill out the online submission form. Ensure that each field is entered correctly. Attach any digital submissions (photographs, videos, gifs, music, scans, images, etc.)
By Mail:
Fill out the online submission form. Ensure that each field is entered correctly. Send your labelled work by mail to 401 Riverside Drive West, Windsor ON N9A 7J1
Important Dates:
- Call for submissions opens: Monday, May 1, 2023
- Call for submission closes: Friday, July 21 at 3pm
- Artwork drop-off period: Tuesday, June 6 to Friday, July 21 at 3pm
- Display dates: Tuesday, August 1 – Sunday, September 3
- AWE at Night: Thursday, August 17
- Artwork pick-up deadline: Friday, September 15 at 4pm
Quick Links:
Artwork Drop-Off Location:
Art Windsor-Essex, 2nd floor studio
401 Riverside Dr. W, Windsor
Gallery Hours:
- Tuesday – Saturday from 10am-5pm
- Sunday from 11am-5pm
Submission Guidelines
Artists, creators, and makers of all ages and skill levels are welcome to participate. Open to Canadians and our friends across the world!
PHYSICAL Submissions: Each artist can submit up to 2, two-dimensional, unframed works on paper (drawings, collages, paintings, mixed-media, poems, photographs, prints). All work must be labelled on the back with the following information:
- First, Last Name
- Title, Date
- Medium
- Email address
DIGITAL Submissions: Up to 5, digital submissions. Digital submissions include photographs, videos, gifs, music, scans or images of work, and digital drawings. Images must be high-resolution and in JPEG format, videos in mp4 format and audio in mp3 format. Label each work as follows: “YourName1_Title_Year_Medium” and so on.
3D Submissions: For three-dimensional works (sculptures, installations…) please contact Sophie Hinch at shinch@artwindsoressex.ca before submitting.
How to participate
Physical Submissions:
Fill out the online submission form. Ensure that each field is entered correctly. Label the back of your work with your name, email address, title of the work, date, and medium. For label templates, click here. Drop your artwork off at our Visitor Services & Membership Officers desk located on the second floor of Art Windsor-Essex during our regular operating hours (Tuesday-Saturday from 10am-5pm and Sunday from 11am-5pm).
Digital Submissions:
Fill out the online submission form. Ensure that each field is entered correctly. Attach any digital submissions (photographs, videos, gifs, music, scans, images, etc.)
By Mail:
Fill out the online submission form. Ensure that each field is entered correctly. Send your labelled work by mail to 401 Riverside Drive West, Windsor ON N9A 7J1
Important Dates:
- Call for submissions opens: Monday, May 1
- Call for submission closes: Friday, July 21 at 3pm
- Artwork drop-off period: Tuesday, June 6 to Friday, July 21 at 3pm
- Display dates: Tuesday, August 1 – Sunday, September 3
- AWE at Night: Thursday, August 17
- Artwork pick-up deadline: Friday, September 15 at 4pm
Download and print the labels found HERE.
Please contact Sophie Hinch, Education and Public Programs Coordinator at shinch@artwindsoressex.ca.
Art Windsor Essex reserves the right to photograph this exhibition for promotional purposes. Art Windsor Essex is not liable for any possible damages when handling and exhibiting artwork. Those who submit artwork will not receive exhibition fees.
