Call for Submissions: 2025 Headwaters Arts Fall Festival Art Show & Sale

Headwaters Arts Gallery

Call for Submissions: 2025 Headwaters Arts Fall Festival Juried Art Show & Sale

Submission Deadline: August 4, 2025
Festival Dates: September 17 – October 5, 2025
Headwaters Gallery/Alton Mill Arts Centre, Alton, Ontario

Jurors: Joanne Poluch and Ian McLean | Meet the Jurors

Headwaters Arts invites emerging, mid-career and established artists to apply to the 29th Annual Open Juried Fall Festival Art Show and Sale. Open to all Ontario artists working in any media (including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, mixed media, fibre arts, jewellery, glass, pottery, wood or others).

We are looking for your best new work (2023 to present day). Artwork must not have been entered into any previous Headwaters Arts shows. Students welcome. No work from classes or instructional teaching will be accepted.

All entries will be juried. The juror decisions are final. Fee is non-refundable.

Headwaters Arts Gallery

Notice of Acceptance: Acceptances will be posted on the Headwaters Arts website no later than on Tuesday, August 19, 2025.

You may enter up to three submissions.

Members: one piece of artwork $40.00 + HST = $ 45.20. Additional pieces $20.00.

Non-members: one piece of artwork $55.00 + HST = $62.15. Additional pieces $25.00.

Headwaters Arts will receive 35% commission on all sales. Headwaters Arts Festival’s Opening Soiree will take place on Thursday, September 18, 2025 at the Alton Mill Arts Centre. $2,000 will be awarded as artists prizes.

Submission Deadline: August 4, 2025 at midnight

Download the full Submission Guidelines (PDF document). Submission Application (including image upload and payment) will be done online through Jotform: Headwaters Arts Fall Festival 2025 Submissions.

Contact:
Email: info@headwatersarts.org
Call: 519-943-1149 (Wednesday & Thursday only)
www.headwatersarts.org

The Headwaters Arts Gallery and Headwaters Arts not-for-profit organization is located in the Alton Mill Arts Centre at 1402 Queen Street West, Alton, ON in the Town of Caledon, L7K 0C4.

The historic Alton Mill is in the village of Alton, in the rolling hills of Caledon, Ontario, just fifty minutes northwest of downtown Toronto. www.altonmill.ca