Camden Kerbside Exhibition - Artists of the Region

The Camden Kerbside Exhibitions are a program of curated street exhibitions which showcase local talent in an accessible public setting by displaying images of artists’ works on bins and balustrades through Camden’s CBD and on bus shelters across the LGA.  For the first exhibition of 2025, titled Artists of the Region, artists who live or work in the Camden, Campbelltown, and Wollondilly LGA’s are invited to submit work which reflects their artistic practice. Artists are asked to consider their areas and subjects of interest and inspiration, the materials they are drawn to, the themes which emerge in their work, and submit artwork that reflects their unique way of creating.    

The exhibition is free to enter, all original works are to be for sale with sales managed by the artist and commission is not payable to Council.   

Applications for the exhibition will close March 14. 

Conditions of Entry: 

  • Artists must live, study or work within the Camden, Campbelltown, or Wollondilly LGAs and be 16+ (or turning 16 in 2025)

  • Artists may submit up to 3 works. Please note that only 2 works will be selected for exhibition. 

  • Artists are not obliged to provide more than 2 works.  

  • Artworks may be of any safe, dry medium, including but not limited to oil, acrylic, gouache, and watercolour paint, on surfaces such as canvas and paper, along with textile and sculptural works. 

  • Works must not have been exhibited in a previous Kerbside Exhibition. 

  • Artists must allow their works to be reproduced by print and electronic media for the exhibition itself, for the promotion of the exhibition, for archival uses and for the exhibition catalogue or use in any related Council publication. 

  • Images must be of high quality for exhibition, with at least 130 DPI and ideally 300 DPI. Please note this resolution cannot be achieved by a phone camera and requires a digital camera. 

  • If you are unable to photograph your works to a high DPI or are unsure if the image of your work is of a high quality, please submit an image with your entry and visit the Alan Baker Art Gallery at 37 John Street, Camden, during open hours, 11am-4:00pm Thursday-Saturday, on the 13th-15th of February OR 6th-8th March to have your works photographed. If these times does not work, please email us prior to find an alternate time at: alanbakerartgallery@camden.nsw.gov.au  

  • Images with a too low DPI will not be printed or included in the exhibition. 

  • All entries must be the original work of the entrant produced after January 2024. 

  • Artists warrant that they are the copyright owner of all submitted artworks and that their artworks do not infringe the moral rights of third parties. 

  • Artworks must not depict nudity or violence. Artworks considered by the curatorial team to be offensive will be ineligible.  

  • The written consent of the family, community or subject must be provided for portraits of individuals who have passed away who are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. 

  • Dimensions for the kerbside display panels are portrait, square and landscape. We have significantly more spaces for portrait artworks than landscape. As such fewer landscape and square works will be accepted. 

  • Every effort will be made to display works as entered. However, artists acknowledge that if cropping is required to allow the work to be included. Council may alter the work without notice to the artist.  

Recommendations: 

  • We advise all artists to update their website and social media (if established) in preparation for the exhibition. 

  • If already established, we recommend artists submit a link to their own eCommerce platform, social media page for their art and/or artist website. Please only share these pages if you wish for them to be shared publicly on Councils website.  

Effort will be made to display two works for each artist submitted. However, the number of locations available and number of submissions received may limit the number of works exhibited. 

If you would like to receive information about similar opportunities for artists and creatives, please register yourself on the Creative at Camden Directory (linked).  If you have any questions about the Camden Kerbside Exhibition, please email alanbakerartgallery@camden.nsw.gov.au  

 

Artworks must be photographed without the frame and in good lighting. Where possible, use a quality camera.

Files must be titled First Name Last Name - Artwork Title - Artwork Number, e.g. John Smith- Self Portrait – 1.

Each image must be a high-quality, 300dpi resolution, JPEG image of up to 5MB. Higher quality images will assist to retain the quality of your image when reproduced.

I grant permission of this 16-18 years youth artwork entry (if applicable).