Thank you for your interest in registering for Open Studios 2019!
Would you like to know more before about Site Festival Open Studios before you start reading the registration guidelines?
The registration fees have changed for 2019 to give artists more opportunities to take part; with discounts for groups of artists, emerging artists and paybacks (replacing the volunteering scheme) for those who can offer support work.
Open Studio Fees range from £51 to £203 depending on discounts and support work offered.
Solo Open Studios Artist fee is £203. (Membership fee £28 + Registration fee £175).
Groups of artists receive 10 – 20% discounts depending on number of artists participating with fees ranging from £140 - £158.
Fees can be reduced further by up to £50 which is paid back once up to 6 hours support work has been completed.
50% discount off fees for emerging artists.
There is a different form for each option and a sliding scale of fees so you need to decide this first in order to register.
Decide who will act as the lead artist as this person will need to make the payment on behalf of all the participating artists in the group during the registration process.
Ensure all artists sharing each complete their own Group Open Studios Registration form giving the name of the Lead artist and ticking the relevant box in the payment section.
Ensure all artists agree to take part and pay their equal share of the registration fees before the lead artist makes the group payment.
A group is classed as 2 or more artists, so if you are two artists sharing a space then you get the group discount.
OR, be under 25 years old.
Email: office@sva.org.uk to request an Emerging Artists Open Studios Registration form.
Please be aware that you can't partially complete this form and save it for later, so get everything together before starting the form.
Have a look HERE at last year's Open Studios Directory to give you an idea of what works best.
We require 3 square images of work for the Open Studios Directory so that we can choose which ones look best on the page alongside the images of other artists.
We need high quality images for the directory and website, so they need to be at least 1mb in file size and a high number of pixels. They can be either a jpg or png file.
To make the file size at least 1mb we recommend making the images at least 1500x1500 pixels, and you should find that the file size is above 1mb.
The images can be either a .jpg or a .png file.
Please be aware your image will be cropped by 3mm on all sides.
Please choose a simple, clear image of your work. Your image must represent your work but it does not have to be of work on show in the Festival.
Make sure you use a high resolution image to crop! DON'T MAKE SMALL IMAGES BIGGER BECAUSE THE QUALITY WILL BE LOST AND IT MAY BE PIXELLATED WHEN PRINTED.
The images must be different to those used in previous Site Festival Publicity.
The file format of your images must be jpg or png and the file size must be greater than 1Mb. Images with file sizes smaller than this will not have sufficiently high resolution, and the form won’t allow you to upload it.
SVA reserve the right to reject poor quality images.
In the event that images are rejected, artists will be asked to provide suitable high quality alternatives within seven days of being notified.
SVA reserve the right to crop images to fit the required dimensions and to show the work in the best possible way.
Feel free to contact the office on 01453 751440, or kazz@sva.org.uk if you need any technical advice.
Need help with preparing your image?
Make sure you use a high resolution image to crop!
DON'T MAKE SMALL IMAGES BIGGER BECAUSE THE QUALITY WILL BE LOST AND IT MAYBE PIXELLATED WHEN PRINTED.
You don't need to log in to use the Canva website just click on the RESIZE button and CROP button to get image to right size.
Once you have made image 1500 x 1500 just click the DOWNLOAD button and this window will appear. Click on 'Download your photo by itself' so you will not have to sign up.
You need to be aware that you will not be able to partly complete the form and save it.
Have you got your studio address correct including postcode?
Have you prepared your text describing your work?
Have you prepared your Studio Directions text?
If you are sharing, are you ALL agreed on this and sharing the equal costs of group registration fees?
Have you prepared your 3 images in accordance with the guidelines?
Have you got your payment card handy?
If you do not have all this information ready you will not be able to complete the form.
Please check all your text carefully. SVA will not be checking for spelling or punctuation so please capitalise correctly.
We will send you a proof copy of your Directory entry but you are responsible for ensuring your own details are correct.
I have read the guidelines and I would like to apply as an EMERGING ARTIST. I am a graduate (in last 3 years) and am under 25yrs old.