ChristmART
The Holiday Art Fair & Open Call
ChristmART Show & Open Call... We consider it as a great background for our lives without realising that it existed long before the homo sapiens populated the forests and started building our civilization. The force of nature is enormous and breathtaking, yet we see these days it just can't cope with the threats the humankind brought with its progress. We believe nature needs our help.
Can art be any help for it?
We believe yes. Art can and should help protect the environment and enlight the problems and troubles nature experiences. Art has to stand out for the cradle of life and to bring some solution to this problem.
In the ChristmART Show & Open Call we would like to share our view on the environmental situation. We would like you to join us, as we need to share opinions in order to really change something. Express your feelings through art, show us anything you feel worth seeing. It might be a shockingly sad or magneficently stunning view - we would like to see it anyway.
October 15
Nov. 12 - Jan.15
Golden Duck Gallery
DEADLINE
EXHIBITION
VENUE
The Golden Duck Gallery invites you to take part in the ChristmART Show & Open Call. Submit up to 10 artworks and exhibit your gorgeous art physically in our brilliant gallery for nearly a month!
Stay tuned and dive deeper into the details below to know all the intriguing details of the ChristmART Show & Open Call.
Why to submit?
Physical exhibition
The main prize of the ChristmART Show & Open Call is the opportunity to exhibit your brilliant artwork both physically and virtually in the Golden Duck Gallery between
November 12, 2024 and January 15, 2025
Easy submission
The submission process is easy and gathers all the necessary marketing information to represent your artwork.
Awards & Prizes
We pay money prizes in the following categories:
Best of Show Award - $200
Talent Award - $60
Duck Special Prize - $40
Customer Care
Our colleagues are trained to solve all the issues that might occur. You will never be in a difficult situation on your own.
Gallery location
Our gallery is situated in the city centre on the second touristic avenue filled with restaurants, theatres, galleries and gift shops. The street front with large windows attracts a lot of attention of the people passing by.
Secure Payment
The payment for our Open Call is securely handled by the world-famous payment operators Stripe and PayPal.
Submission details
The submission prices start at $20 for the first artwork, adding another $5 for every additional artwork. You can submit up to 10 artworks.
To participate, simply select the number of artworks you would like to submit or scroll down to learn more about the submission guidelines.
Deadlines
The ChristmART Show & Open Call submission runs till October 15
The results will be announced till October 20
Shipping must be complete by the November 3rd
Contact information
Due to tight deadlines and short delivery times we ask you to provide us with email and telephone numbers that you can easily check. Our colleagues do their best to reach out if they have any information.
Artistic Conditions
Feel free to submit:
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physical & digital paintings,
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sculptures,
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photography,
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videos,
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any type of mixed media
Conditions of being chosen
The ChristmART Show & Open Call has the main goal of running an affordable art exhibition. So here are some tips & tricks for you to know how to maximize your chances to be there on our walls.
The top tricks are as follows:
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Consider submitting medium artworks (up to 100x100 cm or below)
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If your artwork depicts Hungarian sights or traditional elements (e.g. Chain Bridge, paprika etc. ) , that would be considered as advantage too
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If your artwork depicts Christmas elements (e.g. Chain Bridge, paprika etc.), that would be considered as advantage too
Open Call Timeline
Registration: untill October 15
Jury: October 15-20
Results: October 15-20
Shipping: until Novomber 3
Exhibition: 2024 Nov. 12 - 2025 Jan. 15
Shipping information
The winning artworks must arrive to Budapest
before November 3, 2024.
Please note, that the artworks arriving at a later date might be denied of physical exhibition!
The shipping address is:
1092 Hungary, Budapest
Raday utca 31/a
Golden Duck Gallery
For those artists who ship from France, Belgium, the Netherlands, the UK, Spain, Portugal:
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Please contact us on support@goldenduckgallery.com to arrange direct shipment to France.
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Please note that the artworks must arrive before November 3, 2024.
Budapest
Galleries host extended hours and festive exhibitions. Museums unveil hidden treasures. The Budapest Opera House becomes a stage for Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker, the music swirling around the opulent interior. For a more intimate experience, smaller concert halls host chamber music evenings filled with carols reimagined for string quartets or wind ensembles.
Budapest in December isn't just a city adorned for Christmas; it's a melody composed of crisp air, twinkling lights, and a warmth that transcends the season. Christmas markets overload the senses with carols, chimney cakes, and mulled wine, but for art lovers, the season offers a special treat.
Written about our work
Szalma Júlia
About ArtDeco 2024
Open Call
Tisztelt Szervezők!
Nagyon szépen köszönöm a lehetőséget, hogy egy ilyen színvonalas kiállításon is részt vehetek. Jól kezdődik ez az év!!!!!! :)
Szívélyes üdvözletem, további jó munkát es sikerekben gazdag Új Esztendőt az egész csapatnak!
Szalma Júlia (Sz. Szabó Júlia)
Anita Jozsef, Hungary
About ChristmArt 2023 Open Call
Thanks for the lovely exhibition, Catherine. Kind regards and cheers. Anita
Nldhi Panwar
About ChristmArt 2023 Open Call
Thank you so much for the opportunity to submit for the show!
Nagy Kálmán
About ArtDeco 2024
Open Call
Nagyon örülök, hogy bejutottam!
Gulyás-Németh Georgina, Hungary
About ChristmArt 2023 Open Call
Nagyon szépen köszönjük a tegnapi kiállítást, minden tiszteletem a 3 nyelven megtartott köszöntőért, kedvességért, profizmusért és hogy a művészek támogatása mellett még jó ügyet is képviselnek a vakvezető kutyák támogatásával!
Nagyon jó érzés volt, hogy saját kutyusomat sem kellett otthon hagyni, nem tudok elég hálás lenni!
Kolozsvári Edit
About ArtDeco 2024
Open Call
Hálásan köszönöm a lehetőséget! Minden nyertesnek és döntősnek, szívből Gratulálok
Thank you very much for the opportunity! Congratulations to all the winners and finalists!
Eva Laszlone Wagner
About ArtDeco 2024
Open Call
Nagyon boldog vagyok, hogy az ArtDeco pályázat nyertesei közé tartozhatok. Nagy elimerés ez nekem. Köszönöm és további bátorítást ad a festéshez.
The Grand Opening Gala
Great feast of art
Meeting art should be a great & picturesque holiday, we believe. That is why we arrange Grand Opening Gala evenings for every exhibition in the Golden Duck Gallery.
It is our pleasure to ensure all our clients will get a unique opportunity to get to know the art exhibited in the gallery and to meet the artists in person. This tradition is becoming even more important with international art shows. In this case there are only few days the public can meet an artist from abroad.
Here you can see how grand openings go in our gallery.
How the process works
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To submit your artwork, please first choose the number of artworks you would like to submit.
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After that you will go through a standard online purchasing process just like on any other online store.
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Fill in the necessary information and choose the payment option (Stripe for debit/credit cards or PayPal).
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After payment you will receive your confirmation email with the PDF with the link to the submission page.
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You can also access the same PDF from your Order successful page that you see after the successful payment.
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Simply click the Download button.
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Open the downloaded PDF file. Usually this type of files can be opened in a variety of different software. The most popular ones are Google Chrome, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Microsoft Word.
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In the opened file click the Complete submission. A webpage will open.
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In the opened webpage provide all the necessary information and click the Submit button to complete the submission process.
