Criteria for Artists to Participate in Open Studios Kommetjie 2025

1. Participating Artists need to be professional artists who work at their art as a career, with an
   existing professional art profile.
2. Participating Artists should have exhibited within the past year in a fine art gallery or will be participating in a planned exhibition during the year (please advise date if in future).
3. The event is an exposé of original art. We ask that you do not exhibit or sell digital prints at the Open Studios event, unless the work has been developed after reproduction. The only undeveloped digital prints allowed will be fine art photography. For clarity, note that pulled printmaking work is original art.
4. Open Studios Kommetjie exhibitions should include a significant body of new work, being work made during the current year.
   All work should be largely made ‘by hand’ by the Artist, apart from fine art photography.
   Exhibited work should fit the category of ‘fine art’ rather than ‘craft’ – although a range of work may be exhibited by Participating Artists who qualify for the Open Studios event. This means that Artists would need to qualify based on the quality and profile of their body of fine artwork.
5. Participating Artists should fall within the boundaries of Kommetjie, being either a permanent resident or have a permanent studio in Kommetjie. These boundaries are based on the Kommetjie map below.
6. To participate in the Open Studios event, Artists will need to submit a complete application between 1 March 2025 and 15 April 2025.

Judging process

Applications will be evaluated by an external selection committee, consisting of 4-5 established artists, with exhibition and academic experience between them, and not including existing Open Studios Kommetjie Participating Artists. The external selection committee will only consider applications that meet the criteria of the Open Studios event, apart from criteria number 6 above, which will be left open to the evaluation of the external selection committee. No late applications will be accepted.

Other information

The number of Participating Artists will be limited to 25 studios for the 2025 Open Studios Kommetjie Event.

All Participating Artists need to be available for the duration of the event.

Dates

Thursday 4 December
09:00 – 16:00: Artist walkabout

Friday 5 December – Sunday 7 December 2025
10:00 – 17:00 daily: Participating Artists will need to be in Studio and open for the full period.

Participation Fee

Fee – Payment by 16 May 2025 for new Participating Artists

There is a fee (R1 500 for existing Participating Artists and R2 500 for new Participating Artists), which includes redesign of the printed map (your details to now be included), printing of the maps, design, and production of the board for outside your studio, contribution to the street pole posters and banners. This fee will also contribute to the website fees, redesign work, and sponsored social media posts, both for the event and each individual artist.

Email openstudioskommetjie@gmail.com for an application pack