For artists interested in working with us, here are FAQs about our submissions process:
We love meeting new artists and seeing their work, but we are a busy, small gallery, and our wall space is full! The storms at the start of the year meant very low footfall, so work was not seen and sold for several months. Although people are now visiting us again, there has been a bottle neck and we’re so sorry we just can’t take any new work for a while. We are so grateful for interest in the gallery. Things may change- in fact we hope they will- we love seeing new work- please do check in again later in the year.
Please note that at the moment, we are not able to accept any new work. In general, to see if a gallery is a good fit, we recommend taking a look at their website and social media and consider if you feel your work would fit in well.
We mostly work with local artists and we especially enjoy art featuring coastal, local and nature themes, so if this doesn’t describe you, there would need to be a compelling reason for us to work together, once we take on new work.
You are welcome to walk into the gallery and take a look at the work we display any time we are open. Please say hello, and introduce yourself as an artist. However the gallery staff can only say a brief “hello” as they have other tasks during the gallery day. This is because we are here to look after our artists and customers as well as we can.
You will need to make a submission in order to have a longer chat about your work and we can’t review portfolios on the spot for people who walk in.
Please note that at the moment we can’t take any new work after the storms have impacted on our sales early in the year.
In general, here is our submissions process- but note this is currently paused. We leave this in place as it might help you with being ready to approach us at a later date, or to approach other small galleries.
Please email Joanna (the gallery owner) on mail@whitesailsgallery.com with:
At least 5 photos of recent pieces of work in an easy-to-open format (or a link to an online portfolio).
Please tell us medium, sizes and the retail price you’d like for the work.
A few paragraphs of bio (your background, arts education, exhibitions, prizes, or previous gallery experience) and a few sentences about your art-making process and your motivation to display work with us.
Let us know if you have social media we can look at, or a website.
Joanna will aim to reply within 2 weeks and let you know if she believes there is the potential to do some work together. She will organise a convenient time for a phone call in this case.