Small Worlds 2027 Online Exhibition & Sale

Description

Small Worlds 2027 — Online Exhibition & Sale
Curated and Sponsored by Hunter Guise Gallery
Call for Artists
Enter Small Worlds 2027, a curated online exhibition presented and sponsored by Hunter Guise Gallery.
This open call invites artists working in traditional, handmade media to share original artworks that celebrate personal expression, artistic interpretation, and the unique worlds artists create.
Up to 100 works will be selected and featured in an online exhibition running January 1–31, 2027, offering participating artists increased visibility and opportunities to connect with new audiences.
Theme: Small Worlds
Places & Spaces • Objects & Moments • Inner Worlds
Every artwork opens a window into a world of its own.
Small Worlds invites artists to explore the places, objects, experiences, and imagined worlds that capture our attention and imagination. From familiar surroundings to the deeply personal, this exhibition celebrates the artist's ability to transform the ordinary, the overlooked, and the intangible into something extraordinary.
Places & Spaces may include intimate landscapes, quiet interiors, gardens, architecture, or atmospheric environments that evoke a sense of place.
Objects & Moments celebrates still lifes, everyday observations, fleeting experiences, and the relationships between familiar things.
Inner Worlds welcomes abstraction, imagination, memory, and emotional expression—artwork that reveals something beyond what we can see.
We welcome both representational and abstract work that demonstrates a distinctive artistic voice through composition, colour, texture, atmosphere, and interpretation.
Above all, we are looking for artwork that invites viewers to pause, look more closely, and discover a world within the work.
Small Worlds refers to the ideas and experiences expressed through the artwork, not its physical dimensions. There is no size restriction.
Exhibition Categories
Artists are asked to select the category that best reflects their submitted artwork:
Places & Spaces: Landscapes, interiors, architecture, gardens, and environments that evoke a sense of place.Objects & Moments: Still lifes, everyday observations, fleeting experiences, and relationships between familiar things.Inner Worlds: Abstract, imaginative, emotional, and personal interpretations of the world.
These categories are intended to guide submissions and help organize the exhibition. Artwork may relate to more than one category; artists should select the one they feel is the best fit.
All submissions will be evaluated together, and awards will be selected from the exhibition as a whole. There are no separate awards or selection quotas for individual categories.
About the Exhibition
Hunter Guise Gallery is an online fine art gallery dedicated to showcasing exceptional contemporary work and building meaningful exposure for artists.
Following our successful Northern Beauty Juried Online Exhibition in September 2025 and several curated exhibitions in 2026, we continue to expand opportunities that increase artists' visibility online—connecting their work with collectors and art lovers through curated exhibitions, thoughtful promotion, and a professional digital platform.
Important Dates
Submissions Open: October 10, 2026
Deadline to Submit: November 30, 2026
Artists Notified: December 15, 2027
Exhibition Dates: January 1–31, 2027

Eligibility
Open to artists 18 years of age and older at the time of submission.Artists of all nationalities may apply, unless restricted by local laws.Employees, contractors, and immediate family members of the organizer/curator are not eligible.
This exhibition is open to original, handmade artworks created using traditional physical media.
We seek work that demonstrates artistic interpretation, originality, and the visible hand of the artist. Photorealistic replication, photography, digitally generated artwork, and AI-generated imagery are not eligible.
Originality & Process Requirements
All submitted artwork must be original and created by the artist.Artwork may be based on reference material, including photographs, provided the artist demonstrates substantial artistic interpretation and authorship.Works intended primarily to reproduce a photograph with photographic accuracy, rather than offer an artistic interpretation, are not eligible.
If reference photographs are used, the artist must:
Own the copyright to the image; ORHave explicit written permission from the photographer.
Verification:
Selected artists may be asked to provide a brief process description and/or a work-in-progress image to confirm eligibility.
Hunter Guise Gallery reserves the right to decline works that do not meet these guidelines.

Accepted Media
Eligible traditional physical media:
OilAcrylicWatercolourPastelMixed media (physical media only; see clarification below)
Not eligible:
Photography, including heavily edited or artist-enhanced photographsPhoto-based artwork, including photographic composites and manipulated photographsDigital painting or digital illustrationAI-generated or AI-assisted imageryArtwork whose primary purpose is photographic replication
Mixed Media Clarification
Mixed media submissions must be primarily traditional physical media, such as paint, pastel, ink, and collage elements.
Submissions may NOT incorporate photographic components or digitally generated or printed imagery.
Submission Requirements
All submitted works must be available for sale from the date of submission until selection notifications are issued on December 15, 2026.Works selected for the exhibition must remain available for sale through January 31, 2027. Artists whose works are not selected are released from this requirement upon notification.
Entry Fees
Fees apply per artwork submitted (one image per artwork).
Fees (CAD, non-refundable):
One artwork: $20 CADTwo artworks: $30 CADThree artworks: $40 CAD
Maximum of three artworks per artist.
Entries without payment will not be reviewed.
Submissions and payment are completed through ArtCall via the exhibition listing on our website or through the submission link at the end of this document.
Image File Naming Format
Mandatory format:
Firstname-Lastname-Title-Size-Medium-Price
Example:
Sue-Smith-PineTree-25x20-Oil-375.jpg
Size must be expressed in inches, width × height.Round dimensions to whole inches; do not use decimals.Prices must be in Canadian dollars.
Image Specifications
Minimum image dimension: 960 pixels on the longest sideMaximum image dimension: 1920 pixels on the longest sideAccepted formats: JPG or PNG
Please submit a clear, well-lit image of your artwork, cropped to the artwork's edges, without frames or surrounding backgrounds.
Image quality is important, as the exhibition is presented entirely online.
Awards
Awards are sponsored by Hunter Guise Gallery.
First Place: $150 CADSecond Place: $75 CADThird Place: $50 CAD
Honourable Mentions: Up to two Honourable Mentions may be awarded.
People's Choice Award: One artwork will receive the People's Choice Award, determined by audience voting.
Awards are non-transferable and are not redeemable for cash unless specifically designated as cash awards.
To ensure broad and meaningful recognition across Hunter Guise Gallery exhibitions, each artist is eligible for one cash award within a 12-month period. Artists remain eligible for Honourable Mentions and the People's Choice Award.
Awards are subject to sufficient participation. In the event of low entry numbers, Hunter Guise Gallery reserves the right to reduce or withdraw awards. The exhibition will proceed as scheduled regardless of the number of entries received.
Curator
Susan Hunter Guise, Hunter Guise Gallery, will curate this exhibition.
Commission Rate
All artwork sales are in Canadian dollars.
Hunter Guise Gallery retains a 25% commission on sales of selected artwork. This commission supports the costs of curating, presenting, promoting, and administering the exhibition.
Upon notification of selection on December 15, 2026, the artist agrees to grant Hunter Guise Gallery exclusive sales representation for the selected artwork through January 31, 2027.
Any sale of selected artwork during this period, whether completed through Hunter Guise Gallery or directly by the artist, is subject to the 25% gallery commission. Artists must promptly notify Hunter Guise Gallery of any direct sales and arrange payment of the applicable commission.
For sales processed by Hunter Guise Gallery, the remaining 75% will be paid to the artist upon confirmation of delivery of the artwork to the buyer.
The artist is responsible for shipping, insurance, and any other associated costs.
*** Please do not submit artwork if you do not agree to these terms. ***
Curating Process
Selections are made by the curator.
Submissions are evaluated according to their interpretation of the Small Worlds theme, overall artistic merit, originality, and presentation quality for online viewing.
Final selections also consider the cohesion, diversity, and balance of the exhibition as a whole.
Curatorial decisions are final.
Other Terms and Conditions
COPYRIGHT & PROMOTION:
Artists retain full copyright of their artwork.
By submitting, artists grant Hunter Guise Gallery the non-exclusive right to display their submitted artwork images on Hunter Guise Gallery and ArtCall websites, social media platforms, and related promotional materials for the purpose of promoting this exhibition and future Hunter Guise Gallery exhibitions.
DISQUALIFICATION:
Hunter Guise Gallery reserves the right to disqualify entries that do not follow the guidelines or contain misleading, plagiarized, or inappropriate content.
EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS:
By submitting artwork through our exhibition platform, artists agree to receive communications necessary for the administration of the exhibition, including submission confirmations, selection results, exhibition updates, and sales-related notifications.
Artists may separately opt in to receive periodic newsletters, exhibition announcements, and promotional communications from Hunter Guise Gallery. These communications may originate from Hunter Guise Gallery's account.
Subscription to promotional communications is optional and may be cancelled at any time.
ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
By completing registration, submitting artwork, and paying the applicable entry fee through ArtCall, the artist acknowledges and agrees to be bound by all terms and conditions of the Small Worlds 2027 Exhibition Prospectus, including the gallery's commission and exclusive sales representation policies, whether or not the artist has read the prospectus in its entirety.
Submission Link
Small Worlds 2027 — Online Exhibition & Sale
Link to submit: small-worlds-2027.artcall.org
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