Fleeting: Exalting the Ephemeral

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Fleeting: Exalting the Ephemeral

Welcome to Fleeting
Deadline for entries: Friday July 11th 2025This show will run Fri July 25th 2025- Sun Sept 14th 2025.Please read our general submission guidelines carefully at https://metchosinartpod.ca/sub... as these go over important general information about copyright and originality, as well as where and when works can have previously been shown and other key information.
SHOW INTENTIONS: Fleeting: Exalting the Ephemeral
We invite artists to submit work that explores the nature of the fleeting, the transitory, and the ephemeral—qualities that define experiences, moments, and states that are inherently temporary and ever-changing. We encourage works that contemplate impermanence, where nothing remains fixed, where subtle shifts and delicate transformations can go unnoticed.
Fleeting can be understood in those instances that pass quickly —like a breath, a shadow, or a gesture —often found in the gaps, where things are moving, evolving, or dissolving, caught between what was and what is yet to come. Works that engage with the elusive qualities of these states prompt us to reflect on how they influence our perception, memory, and sense of presence. They explore how the passage of time alters meaning, how subtle changes affect our understanding, and how art can capture or evoke the intangible and fleeting moments.
The submitted works should engage with ephemerality and fragility, concentrating on elements that exist only briefly. We invite submissions that will contribute to an exhibition showcasing a variety of artistic perspectives on the significance of transient experiences. Fleeting: Exalting the Ephemeral highlights the challenges of acknowledging emergence and cessation in a visual dialogue.
All work will be juried by an independent juror: Daniel Laskarin. Please check out his work on Instagram: @dlaskarin or Website his https://laskarin.ca/
Please see our website for submission guidelines and link: https://metchosinartpod.ca/sub...
Preparing your Work for the Juror
The Juror of the show will only see your image, medium and artist statement. You will have 200 words to create an artist statement that situates the work submitted with your artist practice and the theme of the show. It is important that you spend some time composing it as it will be used by the juror in considering how the works with the theme and understand the nature of the work. Please keep in mind your statement will be used verbatim in the exhibition book that will be send to the Library and Archives Canada, as a permanent record of the exhibition and your work. For image quality, seesubmission 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 recommend for longer text you writing it in a word processor then cut and paste the passage into ArtCall as the website times out in one hour and it's surprising how fast that can happen! Alternatively, be sure to update 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 piece submitted, and those pieces accepted into the show will require an hanging fee of $20 (which ArtCall calls a booth fee). Please use the drop down menu and request a 1x1x1 booth on the submission form.ArtPod charges 30% commission on art pieces sold.

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