The Artists Pool: Call to Artists
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The Artists Pool
Stitched Up - Storytelling in Textiles
For this exhibition, we invite artists to submit works that communicate their stories through textiles. Throughout history, textile art has served as a powerful medium for expressing strength, resistance, fashion, culture, language and identity. What stories do you want to tell? What narratives lie beneath your fabric or clothing? Come, share your stories with us, the old, the new, the rec...
Open for Entry
Entry Deadline: 12/10/2026, Midnight
Exhibition Location: UK
Exhibition Type: Gallery
The Artists Pool
Threads
Human Legacy
For Women’s History Month, Threads: Human Legacy explores the marks we leave through art and storytelling—threads of culture, heritage, journey, spirituality, self, courage, consciousness, diversity, and identity.
What is your human legacy? A footprint of where you have been, a handprint of what you have touched, or an...
Open for Entry
Entry Deadline: 15/11/2026, Midnight
Exhibition Location: UK
Exhibition Type: Gallery
Full Details, Entry Terms & Conditions
The Artists Pool
Stitched Up - Storytelling in Textiles
For this exhibition, we invite artists to submit works that communicate their stories through textiles. Throughout history, textile art has served as a powerful medium for expressing strength, resistance, fashion, culture, language and identity. What stories do you want to tell? What narratives lie beneath your fabric or clothing? Come, share your stories with us, the old, the new, the reclaimed and reshaped.
Call Status: Open for Entry
Exhibition Location: UK
Exhibition Type: Gallery
Entry Deadline: 12/10/2026, Midnight
Exhibition Contact: theartistspool@gmail.com
Key Dates
Open For Entry: 11 June 2026.
Entry Deadline: 12 October 2026, Midnight.
Selection Notification: 19 October 2026.
Artwork Delivery: 4-8 February 2026, 12 to 5pm.
Private View: 12 Feb 2027, 6 - 9 pm.
Exhibition Open To Public: 12 Feb - 18 March 2027, 12 noon to 5pm.
Collection of unsold work: 18-19 March 2027 12 am to 3pm.
Entry Pricing and Concessions
Standard Prices.
Maximum Artwork Entries: 6
First or Single Entry Price: £35.00
Additional Entries: £30.00 per artwork up to 6 artworks.
Terms and Conditions
General Information
ScotArt
St. Margaret's House
151 London Road,
Edinburgh EH7 6AE
Eligibility
Submissions of work are invited from visual artists working in textile.
Submission Fee
Submission fees are non-refundable.
Restrictions
All entries must be less than 2 meters in any one direction including frame.
Image Uploads
Image files should be JPG or PNG and no more than 5MB large. Upload time will depend on your internet connection speed so please be patient. If you are having problems uploading your images please use image editing software to resize your image to approximately 1600 pixels wide and then save as a new file. Image file names should not be too long and should not contain any invalid characters such as ' " & % * ( ) < > / ~ # + =
Pricing
Work selected for exhibition will be expected to be for sale and must have a minimum sale price of £200. 15% Commission on all sales. It will be assumed that the sale price includes the cost of any frame and our commission. Please allow for these points when pricing your work. Prices should include VAT if applicable. If you are VAT registered please provide a VAT number in the box provided. If you have works NFS, please advise us in advance.
Communications
All communication will be by email. Successful applicants will be notified by email and must respond within one week to confirm participation. Failure to do so could result in work being withdrawn From the exhibition.
Selection
The Selection Committee will select the works for the exhibition. The Selectors will consider all correctly completed submissions. The decision of the Selectors on all matters is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
If works arrive damaged, with unacceptable framing, size discrepancies from the original submission, or not as shown online, these will be withdrawn and will need to be collected from the gallery by the artist at their expense.
D-rings and labels should be attached to all framed artworks.
Insurance
Artists are responsible for insuring their own work. All works accepted for exhibition will be displayed entirely at the artists' risk and organisers and the gallery will not accept liability for loss or damage occurring during the exhibition.
Delivery and Collection
Artists are responsible for the delivery and collection of their work at the Gallery. All packaging materials must be removed after delivery (no gallery storage is available for this) and brought back at collection. If you are applying from overseas please consider how you will get your work to and from the exhibition at the required times.
Work not collected at the stated times will be subject to a daily charge of £10 and will be disposed of after one week.
Agreement
By submitting to the exhibition you are deemed to accept and agree to the following:
The decision of the Selectors on all matters Is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
I understand that The Organisers reserves the right to make such changes to the exhibition arrangements and these Terms & Conditions as may be deemed necessary by circumstances.
I authorise The Organisers To process, store, and utilise the data in my submission and agree that, if selected for exhibition, images of my work can be freely used by The Organisers, The Gallery and associated organisations for promotional and publicity purposes.
All information provided by me is true and accurate and that the work submitted is wholly of my own creation.
I have read and understood these terms and conditions and by submitting this application I accept and agree to observe all the Terms And Conditions therein.
Please Note: The above terms and conditions are provided by the exhibition organisers.
For terms and conditions which apply to the use of the OESS entry system please view below:
OESS Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy
Full Details, Entry Terms & Conditions
The Artists Pool
Threads
Human Legacy
For Women’s History Month, Threads: Human Legacy explores the marks we leave through art and storytelling—threads of culture, heritage, journey, spirituality, self, courage, consciousness, diversity, and identity.
What is your human legacy? A footprint of where you have been, a handprint of what you have touched, or an artwork carrying your story forward?
Artists are asked to submit work that reflect their personal experiences, to consider what we inherit, what we carry, and what we leave behind.
Every life leaves a mark. Every story becomes a thread.
Our legacies are the threads that connect us. Our stories are the footprints we leave behind.
Call Status: Open for Entry
Exhibition Location: UK
Exhibition Type: Gallery
Entry Deadline: 15/11/2026, Midnight
Exhibition Contact: theartistspool@gmail.com
Key Dates
Open For Entry: 28 August 2026.
Entry Deadline: 15 November 2026, Midnight.
Selection Notification: 30 November 2026.
Artwork Delivery: 1-2 March 2027, 12 to 5pm.
Private View: 5 March 2027, 5 - 8 pm.
Exhibition Open To Public: 6 - 18 March 2027, 12 noon to 5pm.
Collection of unsold work: 18-19 March 2027 12 am to 3pm.
Entry Pricing and Concessions
Standard Prices.
Maximum Artwork Entries: 6
First or Single Entry Price: £35.00
Additional Entries: £30.00 per artwork up to 6 artworks.
Terms and Conditions
General Information
ScotArt
St. Margaret's House
Gallery II
151 London Road,
Edinburgh EH7 6AE
Eligibility
Submissions of work are invited from visual artists working in textile.
Submission Fee
Submission fees are non-refundable.
Restrictions
All entries must be less than 2 meters in any one direction including frame.
Image Uploads
Image files should be JPG or PNG and no more than 5MB large. Upload time will depend on your internet connection speed so please be patient. If you are having problems uploading your images please use image editing software to resize your image to approximately 1600 pixels wide and then save as a new file. Image file names should not be too long and should not contain any invalid characters such as ' " & % * ( ) < > / ~ # + =
Pricing
Work selected for exhibition will be expected to be for sale and must have a minimum sale price of £150. 15% Commission on all sales. It will be assumed that the sale price includes the cost of any frame and our commission. Please allow for these points when pricing your work. Prices should include VAT if applicable. If you are VAT registered please provide a VAT number in the box provided. If you have works NFS, please advise us in advance.
Communications
All communication will be by email. Successful applicants will be notified by email and must respond within one week to confirm participation. Failure to do so could result in work being withdrawn From the exhibition.
Selection
The Selection Committee will select the works for the exhibition. The Selectors will consider all correctly completed submissions. The decision of the Selectors on all matters is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
If works arrive damaged, with unacceptable framing, size discrepancies from the original submission, or not as shown online, these will be withdrawn and will need to be collected from the gallery by the artist at their expense.
D-rings and labels should be attached to all framed artworks.
Insurance
Artists are responsible for insuring their own work. All works accepted for exhibition will be displayed entirely at the artists' risk and organisers and the gallery will not accept liability for loss or damage occurring during the exhibition.
Delivery and Collection
Artists are responsible for the delivery and collection of their work at the Gallery. All packaging materials must be removed after delivery (no gallery storage is available for this) and brought back at collection. If you are applying from overseas please consider how you will get your work to and from the exhibition at the required times.
Work not collected at the stated times will be subject to a daily charge of £10 and will be disposed of after one week.
Agreement
By submitting to the exhibition you are deemed to accept and agree to the following:
The decision of the Selectors on all matters Is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
I understand that The Organisers reserves the right to make such changes to the exhibition arrangements and these Terms & Conditions as may be deemed necessary by circumstances.
I authorise The Organisers To process, store, and utilise the data in my submission and agree that, if selected for exhibition, images of my work can be freely used by The Organisers, The Gallery and associated organisations for promotional and publicity purposes.
All information provided by me is true and accurate and that the work submitted is wholly of my own creation.
I have read and understood these terms and conditions and by submitting this application I accept and agree to observe all the Terms And Conditions therein.
Please Note: The above terms and conditions are provided by the exhibition organisers.
For terms and conditions which apply to the use of the OESS entry system please view below:
OESS Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy