Your favourite show and sale is back for its fifth year!
Please note: Postcard Project registration is now full. Any further registrations will be added to a waitlist. (If there is a significant waitlist, a further edition of postcards will be added) Participants have 2 weeks from the registration date to pick up their postcards. Any postcards not picked up from the Alternator office within 2 weeks of applying will be re-distributed to members on the Postcard Project waitlist.
The Postcard Project & Studio Sale is back, transforming the Alternator and celebrating the artistic excellence of our community. Member artists are invited to create an edition of unique, handmade postcards, submit artworks to be sold for the studio sale, or both. You are not required to submit to both aspects but are highly encouraged to.
Our Annual Postcard Project exhibition will open on July 17th, with an opening reception taking place that evening from 6-8pm.
The Postcard Project invites Alternator member artists to create 5 or 10 original postcards. The works may be watercolour, collage, photographs or any other 2D media that will fit on the 4x6” postcard substrate (postcard blanks will be provided by the Alternator). In the spirit of the Alternator mandate, we welcome experimental interpretations of this project. A piece of creative writing? A painting made by your pet? Dance instructions? We want to see it! This will be a limited run of 300 unique postcards so don’t delay in registering as spots are limited, first come, first served!
The numbered, limited edition postcards will be exhibited in-gallery and offered for sale to our visitors for $15 each with 75% of proceeds going directly to the artist, and the remaining 25% to the gallery to support the Alternator’s programming. The public will be encouraged to send their purchased postcard out to friends or family or keep it for themselves.
The Studio Sale is an open call for Members to submit up to two guaranteed artworks and one juried artwork (any medium / theme) for inclusion in an exhibition taking place in the Main and Project Gallery. The maximum artwork size is 36”x36”. Artworks may be offered for sale at any price with 75% of proceeds going directly to the artist, and the remaining 25% to the gallery to support the Alternator’s programming. Works will be removed from the wall as they are sold so buyers can walk away with their newly purchased art.
Learn more about this opportunity and register to participate:
Important Dates
Registration opens: June 5
Registration closes: June 30
Blank Postcard Pickup: June 5 - June 30
Artwork dropoff: July 2 - 11
Exhibition Dates: July 17 - August 15
Opening Reception: July 17, 6-8pm
Artwork Pickup: August 18 - 22
Cheques sent out: September TBD
Unsure about participating? Maybe these photos from last year’s Postcard Project will change your mind!
