NEW MILLS FESTIVAL ART TRAIL AND BIG WEEKEND
13-29 SEPTEMBER 2024
New Mills Festival Art Trail 2024 welcomes submissions from artists of all abilities. Submissions are now closed.
ABOUT
New Mills Festival is delighted to announce the return of the Art Trail for 2024, which will take place across the town from the 13th to the 29th of September. The Art Trail is an integral part of New Mills Festival; transforming the town into a gallery with over 100 artists and 50+ venues. It is free to apply whether you are a local artist or from further afield; all are welcome! There will be a charge of £20 made to successful artists for inclusion in the Art Trail.
Joanna Allen, Art Trail coordinator, welcomes this exciting event back to The New Mills Festival, and encourages artists at all stages of their career and working in any medium to apply. ‘The curated Trail will take you on a journey through New Mills showcasing a wide range of high-quality art. Each year is different, and we are excited to see what this year will bring.’
Recently voted fourth best place in the country to live, New Mills town is turned into a ‘gallery’ during the Art Trail. The event attracts mixture of artists and makers, including painting, printmaking, ceramics, 3D and textiles. More than 50 local businesses are taking part, displaying artists’ work in a wide range of different venues.
SUBMISSION DETAILS
STAGE 1
– Submission if FREE. However, there is a £20 charge (if applicable) made to successful artists to cover the costs of inclusion in the Arts Trail promotional material.
– Applications must be submitted by the deadline: Midnight on Friday 21st June 2024.
– For your application to be considered, we MUST receive ALL of the information, including images. Please NOTE: submissions will not be accepted if no images are provided.
STAGE 2
– You will be notified by midnight Friday 28th June of the outcome of the
selection process.
– Successful applicants: Your entry fee (if applicable) MUST be paid in full by midnight Wednesday 3rd July.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. If selected you are agreeing to deliver, install and remove your work from the venue chosen by New Mills Festival Art team. The team can support you in the installation of the work.
2. Art Trail works to be installed (by arrangement) from Saturday 7th September. Completion by Thursday 12th September.
3. Work to be removed from Monday 30th September, or by a date arranged with the venue.
4. Any work sold must remain in situ until the exhibition closes and be collected during the week beginning Monday 30th September.
5. Artists are responsible for their own public liability insurance and New Mills Festival will not be held liable for any costs incurred.
6. New Mills Festival does not set out to make selling opportunities, however works can be sold through direct negotiations between the purchaser and artist.
7. New Mills Festival reserve the right to curate the event based on submissions that answer the call and the number of available display spaces.
8. By submitting you are agreeing to allow New Mills Festival to use images and written material to promote the event and your practice.
9. Marketing: The Art Trail will be promoted as part of New Mills Festival.
WHAT NEW MILLS FESTIVAL WILL DO:
1.Produce a printed trail map to be distributed across the area and also available to download from our website.
2.Extensive promotion via website, social media, press and radio.
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO:
1.Help to support us in promoting New Mills Festival Art Trail, and yourself wherever possible. This includes: sending out information via your mailing lists, promotion via social media, radio and press.
2.Agree to put our logo on any publicity material you may produce – logos can be downloaded in various formats from the Logo Page.
3.Read and abide by the terms and conditions.
IMAGE FORMAT
The Art Trail is a curated event chosen by a panel of practicing artists and festival trustees. It is important that you give examples of the size and dimensions of your work (ie. for framed 2D work we’d need to know the width and height. For 3D submissions we’d also need to know the depth) this will prove helpful when finding the perfect venue to display your work.
Please ensure that your images conforms to the requirements below.
All images should be high resolution (300dpi) Images that are too small are unlikely to be chosen.
Images should not exceed 1MB.
Images can be sent in jpeg, pdf, png, tiff format
No image should be bigger than 30 x 40cm.
Images can be attached to the submission form or sent via WeTransfer to art@newmillsfestival.co.uk.