The New ROXY

BACKGROUND 

In January 2015 the ROXY Theatre on 124 Street in Edmonton, AB was lost to a fire. The Board and Staff of the Theatre Network who operate the ROXY have undertaken to rebuild the ROXY and increase its usable spaces to include a 200 seat mainstage theatre, a multi-functional blackbox performance space, a rehearsal hall, and 3 gallery spaces (one on each level of the building). These new gallery spaces will offer visual artists another space and opportunity to showcase and sell their works. The new building is scheduled to open in the fall of 2021, and we are now accepting expressions of interests from artists who wish to be considered for future showings in the ROXY. 

ELIGIBILITY 

Artists must be Canadian citizens or Permanent Residents, have an established art practice, and be free to enter into an agreement to have the ROXY show and sell works on their behalf. 

Work may be 2-dimensional wall-mounted, 3-dimensional wall-mounted or free-standing, executed in any medium. Exhibition space is limited in its ability to accommodate work involving sound, light or movement. 

ELIGIBLE ART

Artists may submit up to 10 works for consideration, but should submit no less than 3 works so the Curator is able to gain a reasonable understanding of your practice. 

Images of the works should be submitted via high resolution photographs, via email, dropbox, Google Drive, or another file sharing service for large format images. 

HOW TO SUBMIT 

Artists will need to provide: 

• Contact details 

• Title of works 

• Category of work (2-dimensional and wall-mounted / 3-dimensional – free-standing) 

• Media and substrate of works 

• Dimensions of works 

• Price of works 

• Whether work is framed or not 

• Artist Statement (maximum 250 words) about your overall practice 

• Digital images of work. For each entry you can submit up to two digital images for 2D work and three digital images for 3D work. One of these must show the entire work (not including the frame or any background). Optionally, additional images may be a photo of a significant detail or texture. 

Submitting Photography*: 

• Digital images must be submitted in JPEG format 

• Resolution – 72 pixels per inch 

• Dimensions – minimum 1500 pixels on the long side (1500p high for portrait format / 1500p wide for landscape format) 

• File size – maximum 24MB 

  If you prefer to submit your work already optimized for best viewing, please use the following specifications: 

  • PG at 95% quality 

  • 4096 pixels on the long side @ 72 ppi 

  • these specs will yield 12.8MB, or you can set your software to a maximum size of 12.8MB 

*The photographs must be an exact representation of the work being submitted. 

Expressions of interest will be accepted until June 30th, 2021 

All expressions of interest from artists should be sent via email to jared@mcqueenagency.com