Little Art Show

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - EXTENDED

Original & Limited Edition Works

Saturday, November 13, 2010
@ Mercedes-Benz Downtown
761 Dundas St. E. @ River St.

  
The Little Art Show is Toronto’s affordable boutique art auction. Original and limited edition works donated by established and emerging artists (and no bigger than 8” x 10”) are selected by jury and auctioned off at Mercedes-Benz Downtown (Dundas & River). Event proceeds fund the operations of the Artists’ Network, a dedicated member-driven not-for-profit with a mandate of supporting visual artists and their practice through a program of professional development, studio and exhibition opportunities and operates the Hang Man Gallery and the annual Riverdale Art Walk. 

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The LAS is an accessible platform to promote your practise. Here’s what you get as a donor artist if your work is selected for inclusion by our jury:

• Donor artists have their work featured in the online LAS gallery (with links to your website) and are featured in the special Little Art Show keepsake catalogue
• Free admission + one 1/2 price ticket for the guest of your choice
• Donor artists’ business cards will be placed at the auction table with their artwork
• Eligibility for the Viewer’s Choice Award and the Mercedes-Benz Little Smart Art Award (details to be announced)

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

• Open to both Artists’ Network members and non-members, worldwide
• All fine art accepted (painting, photography, mixed media, sculpture)
• Submission must be ready for hanging (wire hanger, no clip frames)
• Final size to be no larger than 8” x 10” - larger pieces will not be accepted
• One-offs are especially encouraged. Painters/Mixed Media Artists - pick up your free 8” x 10” canvas at Hang Man Gallery (while supplies last). Photographers - your piece must be submitted ready to hang. You can mount it (wood panel, canvas) or frame it (final frame size 8” x 10”). Sculptors - your piece must be able to sit on a plinth. Final footprint of piece to be 8” deep x 10” wide x 10” high.

SUBMISSION DEADLINES EXTENDED! 

Due to other deadlines in the arts community, we'd like to extend our submission deadlines to allow artists the opportunity to create and complete their artwork submissions and participate in the Little Art Show experience.

EARLY BIRD SUBMISSION - NEW DATE!

September 19, 2010
Members - free, maximum of 3 pieces
Non-Members - 1st piece free/$20 for up to 2 additional pieces

FINAL SUBMISSION - NEW DATE!

September 24, 2010
$25 admin fee

Download the Little Art Show 2010 submission form.

Bring your submission, along with the submission form to:
Hang Man Gallery
756 Queen St. E.
Toronto, ON
M4M 1H4
Tuesday - Sunday, noon-5pm

For more information about the show please contact artistsnetworkevents@gmail.com. Hang Man Gallery and the Artists' Network are not responsible for damages to work incurred through couriers or other delivery services during transport.
 

Little Art Show 2009

The Artists' Network

presents the 8th annual

  Little Art Show

 

Thank you!!!!!!

 To all who came, bid,

 

won and enjoyed the

 

LITTLE ART SHOW

 

Thanks go to our sponsors,

MERCEDES-BENZ DOWNTOWN

Gib-San Pools

NOW Magazine

Thyme and Truffle

and many more.

 But, especially to 

ALL OUR DONATING ARTISTS.

 

 View the work here.

  

We tried some things new, some worked some didn't. We, like any artist, are emerging into a period of growth and vibrancy over the last few months. We try different things to keep things fresh. The live art and the gallery of larger work were well received. Thanks to Ben Stansfield our artist, and Olena Sullivan our Hang Man Gallery @ LAS Co-ordinator. Our Honourary Chair and MC, Jake Gold did a great job. We have many volunteers who gave of their time and energy. A special thanks has to go to Toni Wallachy for organizing the artwork for the silent auction and Paul Milne who had the daunting task of organizing an off-sight kitchen and transporting the food to the venue.

We had many who helped with the cash desk. Doug Zest and Rod Trider were instrumental in organizing the volunteers who gladly took your money when you bought a piece of art. The board really came through in their support and worked dilligently during the evening. Karen and David who welcomed our guests had little time to enjoy the evening upstairs but I am extremly grateful for your time and energy, and are representative of the dedicated people who helped out. I personally want to thank the staff of the Network who went beyond the call of duty, Barb Lewis, Marianne Botha and Sean Lewis, as well as our intern Aleks Roxborough. Our LAS Co-ordinator Dawn Stafrace came to the role without any prior knowledge of the show and certainly helped to present it well.

Thank you all for making this year such a success.

We managed to exceed our expectaions in the donations of work.

We raised the average sale price for the silent auction.

Hang Man @ LAS was a great success on numerous levels.

We presented the strongest collection of work at the LAS ever!

We made money!!!!!!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you!

 

I want to thank all our participating artists for donating their work to the silent auction.

 

Those donated art work not sold at the Little Art Show will be offered for sale during the month of December. The work that is not sold at this point will be available for the donating artist to pick up upon our reopening in late January.

Gallery of Little Art Work, 2009

 

the little art gallery

 

all of the following art work are roughly 8" x 10" in size,

and are offered up for silent auction in three lots during the

Little Art Show,

Saturday November 14th at the Mercedes Benz building.

                               

                             

                   

                  

                  

Bidding will start on Lot #1 at 8:00 and proceed for 45 minutes to 8:45.

At that time bidding on Lot #1 will be closed and Lot #2 will be revealed and bidding started.

                 

                    

                 

                 

                 

Bidding on Lot #2 will go for another 45 minutes from 8:45 to 9:30.

Bidding will then close on Lot #2 and Lot #3 will be revealed.

                  

                 

                  

                  

                 

 Lot #3 will close at 10:15. Following the close of Lot #3 the draw for the live art painting done by

Ben Stansfield, the model Smart Car painted by Gary Smith, the use of a Smart Car,

and the course at Toronto School of Art will be done.

                  

                  

                 

                

Throughout the evening Jake Gold will be interviewing participating artists about their work.

 

Framing Services provided by the Framing Depot are located on the first floor. 

 

more images pending.

Images are NOT presented in the respective lots above, but are random.

 

Please join us for this Wonderful Event

Saturday, November 14th.

Festivities Start at 7:00.

Tickets available at 

TicketWeb

or at The Artists' Network

(Hang Man Gallery)

756 Queen Street East

416-465-0302

artistsnetwork@bellnet.ca

 

Hang Man @ The Little Art Show 2009

Hang Man Gallery

is proud to present members of the

Artists' Network

at

The Little Art Show.

 

All work exhibited has gone through a submission and jury process to be selected.
We wish to thank all our members who submitted work.

	Featuring the 2009 Best In Show Artist MATT DURANT "Living City #32" Acrylic, oil, resin on panel 36" x 44" $1600
MARIANNE BOTHA "Destination" Oil & charcoal on canvas 36" x 48" $2100	CHARIS BROWN-TOBIAS "Growing Into It" Acrylic on canvas 33.75" x 27.75" $1100	RUSSELL BROHIER "Sapling Tapestry" Resined photo 30" x 45" $2,400
JOE CALLEJA "The River's Passion #3" Photograph 48" x 36" $750	ZINA CHMIELOWSKI "Slightly in Balance..." Acrylic 24" x 24" $600	ADAM COLANGELO "Seethed" Flamed copper 30" x 30" $1200
ADAM COLANGELO "Class of 2009" Flamed copper 36" x 36" $1600	NARELLE GIBBS "Karri Valley Mist" Oil on canvas 24" x 60" $1800	DOUG GELDART "A Fine Balance" Oil painting 24" x 36" $2200
ANA GRIBBONS "Toronto Bound" Acrylic on canvas 24" x 36" $800	GORDON LEVERTON "Whitewall" Pastel 34" x 26" $650	JAMIE MacLEAN "Autumn Storm" Oil on canvas 36" x 36" $2100
GARY SMITH "Good Ol' Boys" Oil painting 36" x 48" $4200	FELICITY SOMERSET "Boruca #3" Photograph 38" x 28" $850	DAWN STAFRACE "Untitled" Ceramic sculpture 6' x 2.5' $3500
OLENA SULLIVAN "A Narrow Light" Photograph 37" x 32.75" $1800	MARIE TIMBERS "Maligne Range, Jasper" Acrylic on canvas 30" x 36" $975	ROD TRIDER "Umbrella in the Snow" Pigment ink on canvas 24" x 32" $900
KATYA TRISCHUK "Dynamic Movement" Painting 24" x 24" $980	TONI WALLACHY "In Dusk to Dawn: In Search of Venus Series" Photograph 30.25" x 37.5" $975	SUSAN WALLIS "Soft Surrender" Encaustic 36" x 30" $2000
	RON WILD "New Leaf" C-print on panel 72" x 48" $5400

 

 For more information on these and other members' work please see the members' gallery
listed at the right hand side of this screen.

Thank you to all our members who submitted artwork for the gallery and those who attended the Hang Man Gallery @ The Little Art Show 2009.

Intro to 2009 LAS

The Artists' Network

presents the 8th annual

 

  Little Art Show

 

There are  two online galleries to preview
the wonderful work being exhibited this year.

 

First, there is the

gallery of little art*

featuring 8" x 10" work by nationally and internationally reknown artists such as

Steven Nederveen

Steve'nn Hall

Beverly Owens

Kelly McRay

Christopher Hayes

Mark Gleberzon

and more

 

Secondly,

"Hang Man @ The Little Art Show"

 

An one night exhibition and sale of larger work
during the Little Art Show event
created by members of the Artists' Network.

 

Please join us for this Wonderful Event
Saturday, November 14th.
Festivities Start at 7:00.

Tickets available at 
TicketWeb
or at
The Artists' Network
(Hang Man Gallery)
756 Queen Street East
416-465-0302
artistsnetwork@bellnet.ca

 

Come back after November 14th to view photographs of the wonderful and magical evening and see what you experienced or missed by not being at this signature event.