LIFE WITH WATER | 30 X 30 ONLINE EDITION
The SSA is pleased to be collaborating with An Tobar, Isle of Mull for the first time on a new Professional Members exhibition with the theme of ‘Life With Water’.
To accompany this we are inviting the wider SSA Membership (Professional, Artist, Graduate, Student Members) to submit work to our online 30 x 30 exhibition on the same theme – Life With Water : A wave of creativity in response to the Ocean – of which a selection of these works will be available physically in the An Tobar shop.
All works will be presented digitally on a dedicated online gallery throughout the exhibition period, launching on Friday 15 August – 24 October 2025.
Life With Water is a call to witness and to wonder at the depth of our love for the sea. In response to UN Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water, artists converge to explore the vast, fragile world beneath the waves.
Further information about the exhibition theme can be found HERE.
All SSA members are invited to submit one work. If you are not a member and would like to join you can do so HERE
There is no selection process for this online exhibition, and no entry charge. From this, a selection of works will be chosen to be displayed at An Tobar shop for the duration of the exhibition period.
HOW TO APPLY
>> 30 X 30 SUBMISSION FORM <<
Please complete the above form with the following information: artist name, title, dimensions, medium, and price; minimum one high-res image of your work, along with a short statement about the piece. All of this information must be complete for it to be accepted. It is essential that all information provided within this form is accurate as these details will be displayed as exactly as inputted into the form.
- Professional, Artist, Graduate and Student Members are invited to submit one piece of artwork each.
- All works must be unframed 2D work, no larger than 30 x 30 cm, and no heavier than 2kg.
The online exhibition will be exclusively for our Members, and there will be no selection process.
If you are not a member and would like to join you can do so HERE - Maximum price – £350. Professional members will be charged a rate of 35% on the sale price of all work sold. Artist, graduate & student members will be charged a commission of 40% on the sale price of all work sold. Please factor this into your pricing.
KEY DATES
Entries open: Friday 18 April 2025
Entries close: Monday 16 June 2025, 12 noon
Online Exhibition: 15 August – 24 October 2025
ELIGIBILITY
You must be a Member of the Society to be eligible for this opportunity. If you’re not yet a Member, you can join here
FURTHER INFORMATION
– Each Member may submit only one 2D work, with a maximum dimension of 30 x 30 cm including any mount.
– The work must not be framed or glazed.
– There are no restrictions on discipline or media, but please remember that you will be responsible for posting your work.
– You must supply at least one good, clear image of the work, which should be at least 1MB in size. Images must be at least 72dpi and a minimum of 2400px on each side. You can submit multiple images to show further details of the piece.
– A short description of no more than 100 words must be submitted alongside the work. This will be used in promotion of the exhibition on social media, newsletter etc.
– Please include the title, dimensions, medium, and price of the piece in your submission.
– Once notified of a sale, the artist takes responsibility for posting the work to the client promptly.
PRICING
– All submitted work must be for sale.
– The maximum price of any piece of work should be £350.
– Commission on sales are: 35% Professional Members, 40% all other membership types.
– It will be assumed that the sale price includes the 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.
– The Society will charge a flat rate of £14 for postage & packaging, (Royal Mail small parcel up to 2kg, special delivery). The artist will be required to post the work directly to the buyer, and to pay the cost of postage initially. The Society will then reimburse this cost to the artist once the buyer has received the work.
– The Society will not be responsible for any extra postage costs incurred above the £14 flat rate.
Incomplete submissions, or those which include poor quality images will not be published.
SELECTION FOR AN TOBAR SHOP
Once all works have been submitted for the online exhibition, a selection of works will be chosen to be displayed at An Tobar shop for the duration of the exhibition period. If selected, artists will be notified by 27 June and works should be delivered to An Tobar by 11 August. Delivery by post, in person or to a drop-off point in Glasgow will be available and further details and timings will be communicated upon selection.