Call for Submissions: Outdoor Sculpture 2025 at Oeno Gallery

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Equilibre Oblique, Philippe Pallafray

Call for Submissions: Outdoor Sculpture 2025

Submission Deadline: Friday, February, 28, 2025
Oeno Gallery, Bloomfield

Oeno Gallery’s Sculpture Garden at Huff Estates opened on June 25, 2011 as a place dedicated to the exhibition of world class outdoor sculpture. The 4 acre garden has become a prized feature of the property and has received thousands of visitors to date. The gallery invites artists to submit proposals for the garden’s 13th exhibition year. The property offers a wide variety of sites for placement. Areas to consider include the sculpture garden proper, the outdoor area by the winery, the zone immediately surrounding the gallery, and the pond (limestone quarry). Proposals will be reviewed and selected by the gallery.

Sculptures must be original, durable, and safe for viewing by the public in an unsupervised natural area. They must be able to withstand extreme year-round weather conditions and tolerate strong winds. This includes, rain, snow wind and salty air. The work must also be available for sale. The artist is responsible for the transportation, installation and removal of their work in the event it does not sell.

Interested artists should submit their proposals by Friday, February 28, 2025 at 12 noon. Accepted proposals must be ready for installation by early May 2024 (TBD) Latest mid June 2025 and must be on display for a minimum one year. The gallery may ask to extend the display for a longer period of time if the work does not sell within that time frame. Please read the Oeno Gallery Sculpture Garden FAQ page and view the Sculpture Garden Map before submitting your proposal.

Interested artists are to submit proposals to:
Dana Charles & Zac Shunock at submissions@oenogallery.com

Proposals must include:

1. Contact Information: Name, Address, Phone Number, E-mail, Website
2. Artist Statement/Bio
3. CV
4. Artwork statement – Include Title, Year, Medium and Size for the proposed work(s) and describe how this work will relate to/expand on current themes in your work in a single word document
5. Create one folder of High-res Images of the sculpture(s) you are proposing (Minimum of 300 dpi, 1500 pixels wide), sketches and support images. Clearly title the .jpegs with the Title of the piece.
6. Description of the project and plan for installation. Please consider all aspects of transporting the work to the garden site in Prince Edward County, Ontario and installing the piece in the garden. Onsite forklift available upon prior request
7. Estimated retail price of the work.
8. Photo of artist
9. Other examples of existing work should be labelled as Other Examples and sent in a separate folder for review.

FAQ – ENG

Submission Deadline: Friday, February, 28, 2025

For additional information or questions, please contact:
submissions@oenogallery.com
(613) 393-2216

Images (left to right / de gauche à droite): Looking, Ryan Van Der Hout. Philosopher’s Stone, Jah Qube.

Appel De Dossiers : Sculpture Extérieure 2025

Date limite: vendredi, 28 février 2025
Oeno Gallery, Bloomfield

Situé sur les terres de Huff Estates, à Bloomfield, en Ontario, le jardin de sculptures de la galerie Oeno est dédié à l’exposition de sculptures en plein air. De renommée internationale, le jardin de quatre acres est devenu une attraction prisée de la propriété avec des milliers de visiteurs accueillis depuis son ouverture le 25 juin 2011. La galerie Oeno invite les artistes à soumettre des propositions de sculptures pour la saison 2024. La propriété offre une grande variété de sites pour l’installation des sculptures; les zones à considérer comprennent le jardin de sculptures proprement dit, l’espace extérieur près du vignoble, la zone entourant la galerie et l’étang (carrière de calcaire). Les propositions seront examinées et sélectionnées par la galerie.

Veuillez soumettre toutes les soumissions à :
Dana Charles and Zac Shunock à submissions@oenogallery.com

Les propositions peuvent être rédigées en français ou en anglais et doivent inclure:

1. Coordonnées: nom, adresse, numéro de téléphone, courriel, site Web
2. Démarche artistique et biographie
3. CV
4. Énoncé de l’œuvre: Incluez le titre, l’année, le matériel utilisé et les dimensions de l’œuvre (s) proposée (s) et décrivez comment cette œuvre s’intègre au sein de votre pratique actuelle.
5. Documentation visuelle: Photos haute résolution de la (des) sculpture(s) que vous proposez (Minimum de 300 dpi, 1500 pixels de large), et/ou des croquis et des images de support. Veuillez bien identifier les images.
6. Description du projet et plan d’installation: Veuillez considérer tous les aspects du transport de l’œuvre jusqu’au site du jardin dans le comté de Prince Edward, en Ontario, et de l’installation de la pièce dans le jardin. Chariot élévateur sur place disponible sur demande.
7. Prix de détail estimé de l’œuvre.
8. Photo de l’artiste
9. Autres exemples de projets antérieurs (optionnel): Les autres exemples de projets doivent être identifiés comme “autres exemples” et envoyés dans un dossier séparé.

FAQ – FR

Date limite : Les artistes intéressés doivent soumettre leurs propositions d’ici le vendredi, 28 février 2025.

Pour plus d’informations, veuillez contacter :
submissions@oenogallery.com
(613) 393-2216

See the World, Marie-Ève Fréchette

About Oeno Gallery

Oeno Gallery is a commercial art gallery specializing in contemporary fine art. The gallery is located in Prince Edward County – 2 hours east of Toronto and 1 hour west of Kingston by car. The gallery and 4 acre sculpture garden are situated on Huff Estates Winery – voted as one of the top 20 wineries in Canada. The property also has an Inn, a seasonal patio restaurant, and is host to many events and concerts. Recently named Best Contemporary Retail Gallery destination in Ontario by a prestigious tourist association, the gallery is one of the most popular stops on Prince Edward County’s Wine, Taste, and Arts Trails. More than 30 000 visitors come to the site throughout the year. The gallery has actively pursued relationships with landscape architects, designers and clients who are interested in outdoor sculpture. Previously sold sculptures have ranged in price from $2000 to $100,000.

Find all submission details on the Oeno Gallery website.

Oeno Gallery
2274 Prince Edward County Rd 1
Bloomfield, ON K0K 1G0
oenogallery.com
info@oenogallery.com
(613) 393 2216

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Accessibility: Oeno Gallery is fully accessible.