Goole Open Art exhibition
A celebration of local art 25 February - 8 March
Goole, submit your art!
The 11th Annual Open Art Exhibition at Goole Museum is a celebration of local talent. We invite you to submit your art and have it displayed for all to see and admire. You can also sell your art through the exhibition (please note, a commission will be charged on sales). Due to space constraints, not all submitted entries can be accepted for the exhibition.
To enter, you will need to:
- Read the conditions of entry
- Complete an entry form
- Be able to drop off your entry to Goole Museum during the submission week
- Be able to pick up your artwork on the agreed dates after the exhibition
Entry Form
Download your Entry Form.
Remember your labels!
Your artwork can be of any medium, but you must double-label it prior to submission. One label must be attached flat to the back (or underneath) of your artwork, and one label must be fixed by string and left dangling. Artwork without both labels will not be accepted.
On the labels, you must include the artist's:
- name
- title
- medium
- price.
For all other details of entry, please read the terms and conditions.
Important dates
Submission week
Drop off dates for artwork, along with a completed form, are:
Between 10:30am – 4pm.
Collection following exhibition
Works must be collected between 10.30am and 4pm from Tuesday, 3 June 2025
Enquiries
If you have any enquiries, get in touch with Goole Museum or call (01405) 768963. However, please note that any and all decisions of the judging panel are final and unsuccessful entries will not be able to appeal.
Terms and conditions of entry
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Eligibility: Open to all artists resident within Goole and the surrounding area.
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Entry limits: Each artist may submit up to two original works in any medium.
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Entry size: All two-dimensional work must be framed or on a stretched canvas. The frame must be suitable to screw fixings into. The gallery provides suitable picture fixings. Please do not attach any fixings to your work and remove any existing fixings. We will not be able to accept works that have been inappropriately framed or mounted.
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Labels: All entries must have two labels. Please attach two labels to your work giving the artist's name, title, medium and price. One label must be taped flat to the back of the work; the second label should be securely attached to a piece of string, which is securely attached to the work and left dangling. We cannot accept work without both labels.
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Submission and Entry Form: All work must be delivered to Goole Museum, with an accompanying entry form. Dropping off dates for entries: 25 February - 1 March and 4-8 March
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Selling your art: If you wish to sell your work, you will be appointing the East Riding of Yorkshire Council as your agent. The work will be sold at the price stated on your entry form. You will be charged a 23.5% commission, so for example on a painting sold for £100, the artist will receive £76.50.
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Liability for damage: East Riding of Yorkshire Council can accept no liability for loss of or damage to works submitted for exhibition. You are advised to arrange your own insurance for any artwork submissions. Our staff take every care over work submitted but we recommend you avoid submitting works with unprotected surfaces, elaborate frames, and such.
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Entry Selection: A selection panel will choose the works for exhibition. The decision of the panel will be final. No correspondence will be entered into.
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Collection following exhibition: Works must be collected between 10.30am and 4pm from Tuesday, 3 June 2025 unless otherwise indicated. If artworks (other than sold items) are not collected within one month of the exhibition, then under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 they can legally become the property of Goole Museum who may dispose of them as they see fit.