General Information
The exhibition will be held at The Royal Scottish Academy Building, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL, open to the public between the following dates 11th January - 5th February 2025

Eligibility
All works must be in a water based medium, this includes gouache, acrylic, pen & ink, collage and mixed media as well as traditional watercolour. Works submitted should be suitably presented and able to be hung, with no fixings on the back. Any unsuitable presentation may prejudice the hanging of works. No editioned prints will be accepted.

Restrictions
Up to two works may be entered. One of unlimited size and one small work, maximum dimensions 60cm x 60xm.

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
All exhibitors will be charged a commission of 40% on the sale price of work sold in the Exhibition. Please take this into account when pricing your work. All works must be for sale.  Prices should include VAT if applicable. If you are VAT registered please provide a VAT number in the box provided.

Submission Fee

£20 for first work. £10 for second work. To be paid at the time of online submission.

Selection & Physical Submissions   

After 3rd December 2024, artists will be required to log in to the OESS system to be advised of works which have been selected, and these works should then be submitted to the RSA Galleries on Artwork Receiving Days 4th and 5th January 2025. Please note any works not adhering to the conditions set out in this document may, at the Discretion of the Council/Hanging Committee, be rejected.

If selected, works must be free of all hooks and clearly marked ‘This Way Up’. A label will be emailed to all selected artists, please attach this to the back of your work. This label must be able to hang freely over the front of the work and should include your name, title of artwork, price and a contact phone number and email address.
Please also attach a permanent label to your work with name, title, price and a contact phone number.

Data Protection forms will be emailed to artists who have had their work selected, prior to physical submission. Please print this off, complete, and attach to the back of your artwork.

Hanging Fee

There is a £10 hanging fee for each work selected. Payment of hanging fees can be made by cash or card at the RSA on delivery of work or sent in an envelope with the art courier delivering your work. BACS transfer can also be made, via the RSW Exhibitions Administrator by emailing rswexhibitions@robbferguson.co.uk

Please note, if an artwork is not hung for any reason, any hanging fees that have been paid by an artist will be refunded. If necessary the RSW Exhibitions Administrator will arrange this.

Communications

All communication will be by email or via the online login process. Applicants will be required to login to see if they have been preselected. They will then need to print a label and a Data Protection Form which will be emailed to them. These should be delivered with the artwork if invited to physically submit the work.  The decision of the Selectors on all matters is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

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 RSW 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.

No works can be removed until the Exhibition closes under any circumstances.  All works must be uplifted on the dates stated.  There is no storage of any kind at the RSA and the RSW will not be responsible for storage of any uncollected works.  Work not collected at the stated times will be subject to a daily charge of £10 and will be disposed of after one week.

All works must be delivered to the South Entrance (facing National Galleries), Royal Scottish Academy Building, The Mound, Edinburgh. There is no vehicle access at the RSA. Artists should make every attempt to use carriers or to come on foot/by public transport. Group deliveries can be arranged in advance with the RSW Exhibitions Administrator. A registration number will be required and specific time for delivery arranged. 

International Artists

The RSW welcomes submissions from international artists, however there are additional considerations to bear in mind if you choose to submit from abroad. Please read the following information carefully before making your submission. 

VAT REGISTRATION

All non-UK residents are classified as NETPs (Non-Established Taxable Persons) and must register with HMRC (HM Revenue + Customs) for a UK VAT number before they can before they can sell work in the UK. Registering for a UK VAT number can be done online at www.gov.uk/vat-registration/how-to-register.

If your work is pre-selected then please complete the registration as soon as possible. We must receive your VAT number, or a copy of your email from HMRC indicating the process is underway, by the time of the preselection hand in. 

As stated in our Regulations, all work should be for sale, therefore, failure to supply a valid UK VAT number will lead to the rejection of work. Please note, it can take up to four weeks for the application to be processed so it is important to register as soon as you are pre-selected.

Further information on UK VAT registration and non-established taxable persons (NETPs) can be found at www.gov.uk/government/collections/vat-notices-numerical-order under the section ‘VAT Notice 700/1: should I be registered for VAT?’

If you have any questions about VAT please contact HMRC’s helpline on 0300 200 3700 (UK) or +44 2920 501 261 (abroad). The RSW is unable to provide any assistance with this process, all questions should be directed to HMRC.

DELIVERY & COLLECTION

If you are unable to hand in your pre-selected work(s) in person then you will need to send/ship them to a local courier who can deliver/collect your work(s) on the official collection days and adhere to all the specifications listed in our Regulations.  It is the exhibitor’s responsibility to source a courier and make arrangements directly with them. 

Below is a list of couriers who have delivered to us in the past. Please note – the RSW is not affiliated with any couriers and it is at their discretion if they can assist.

UK/EUROPE

• Aardvark Art Services - aardvarkartservices.com - info@aardvarkartservices.com - 01253 794 673 (UK)
• Art Cargo - artcargo.co.uk - +44 (0)75 88 48 43 64 (UK)
• Picture Post - picture-post.webnode.com -  info@picturepostcompany.co.uk (UK)
• Central Link Couriers - central-linkcouriers.co.uk (UK, Europe)
• Fedex - www.fedex.com (worldwide)

It is the artist’s responsibility to organise and pay for all shipping, declare the artwork on your international postage customs declaration form and pay any customs costs your country may impose; this also applies to the return shipping of your work. 

The RSW will not be responsible for any damage sustained to work while in transit and we recommend you take out appropriate insurance. 

PACKAGING OF WORKS

The Regulations state that all packaging should be removed from works before handed in on submission days. 

We appreciate this may be difficult to arrange if delivering from abroad. Where possible a courier should be found who can do this on your behalf. If that is not possible please email the RSW Exhibitions Administrator (rswexhibitions@robbferguson.co.uk) in advance of your delivery and we will advise if we can do this for you. 

Our recommended art couriers Scotland & UK 

–     Van GoGo2 (Stuart Horsburgh) – vangogo2@gmail.com (Edinburgh, Glasgow, the Borders)
–      Paul Gilzean – pggilzean@btinternet.com (Aberdeenshire, Dundee, Fife, Perth)
–      Aardvark Art Services – www.aardvarkartservices.com (UK)

-       ArtCargo - https://artcargo.co.uk/ (UK)
–      Picture Post – picture-post.webnode.com (UK)
 

Due to exhibition Art work submission dates being very early in January 2025 all our recommended art couriers have stated they need artists to make arrangements with them to pick up by 20th December 2024 at the latest. More details will be available on this after online selections have been made.

Agreement

By submitting to the exhibition, you are deemed to accept and agree to the following:

The RSW 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.

That The Organisers reserve the right to make such changes to the exhibition arrangements and to these Terms & Conditions as may be deemed necessary by circumstances.

You authorise The RSW to process, store, and utilise the data in your submission and agree that, if selected for exhibition, images of your work can be freely used by The RSW for promotional and publicity purposes.

All information provided by you is true and accurate and that the work submitted is wholly of your own creation.

You have read and understood these terms and conditions and by submitting this application you accept and agree to observe all the Terms and Conditions therein.

Please Note: The above terms and conditions are provided by the exhibition organisers.

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