Collaboration: The Alchemy of Creating

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Collaboration: The Alchemy of Creating

Welcome to Collaboration
Open call for submissions: 1 May -19 June (midnight) 2026
Art Drop Off: Sunday June 28th between 3-4 p.m.
Exhibition Dates: 3 July – 23 August 2026
Gallery hours: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 11 am–4 pm
Opening Gala: 4 July 2026, 2-4 pm
Curatorial Team: Kevin Keliher, Diana Smith, MaryLou Wakefield, Memet Burnett
Jurors: Fern Long and Clare Thomas, Dream City Collab
Collaboration Project: “Circulations”- 15 local artists collaborate to create a work exploring the patterns and beings in local waters. The piece will be on display in ArtPod during the run of Collaboration: The Alchemy of Creating
exhibition and afterwards in other exciting venues.
Please read our submission guidelines carefully at https://metchosinartpod.ca/sub... as they cover important information. 
Exhibition Intensions:

Online Gallery: ArtCall- address TBC
Creative collaboration brings together two or more people or entities to create a work of art. Collaboration is more than just one plus one. It aims to find a new and different “third voice”, one that creating in solitude cannot accomplish. There are many famous collaborations throughout history - Andy Warhol & Jean-Michel Basquiat, John Lennon & Paul McCartney, Martha Graham & Isamu Noguchi, Charles & Ray Eames to name a few. In each case, the collaboration created an inspired chemistry that tapped into a new possibility not previously imagined in the world.
This open call invites artists to explore the dynamics of creative collaboration. For our exhibition, Collaboration: The Alchemy of Creating, we invite artists to explore and expand their understanding of collaboration in any medium. You may want to join forces with another visual artist, musician, poet, dancer, architect, person or group outside the arts such as an elder, environmental group, or perhaps someone who is no longer alive, to see where the alchemy takes you. We look forward to seeing how these partnerships shape your creative journey. Submission details at metchosinartpod.ca.

We welcome works in all mediums.
All work will be juried by two independent jurors: Fern Long and Clare Thomas

Preparing your Work for the Juror
The Juror of the exhibition will only see your image, your medium, and your artist statement. You will have 1000 words to create an artist statement that situates the work submitted with your artist practice and the theme of the show. You must spend some time composing it, as the juror will use it in considering how the work relates to the theme and understanding the nature of the work. Please keep in mind that your statement will be used verbatim in the exhibition book that will be sent to Library and Archives Canada as a permanent record of the exhibition and your work. For image quality, see submission guidelines on the Metchosin ArtPod website.
ArtCall Time Limit
ArtCall will time out after an hour and anything not saved will disappear, so it is recommended that for longer text you writing it in a word processor then cut and paste the passage into ArtCall. Also, update (Save) the submission frequently with the update button at the end of the page.
Fees and Payment
A $10 submission fee is charged for each art work submitted, and those accepted into the show will require a hanging fee of $20 (known as "booth fee" in ArtCall). Please use the drop down menu and request a 1x1x1 booth on the submission form.ArtPod charges 30% commission on art work sold during the show.

User Entry Process Tutorial
Here is a quick tutorial for you to watch to help you with the submission process.