Artist Exhibit Opportunity-Downtown Ventura-Goodwill Window

An Open Letter from the Board of Directors

Dear Fellow Members (and potential members) of the Artists’ Union

A fantastic art opportunity has come our way. Goodwill on Main (formerly the ground floor of Nicholby’s) has offered two Main Street windows as display areas for art by members of the Artists’ Union. The manager of the store visited the gallery during our “Gimme Shelter” exhibit. He was moved, and then inspired to incorporate art into his window displays.

Would you like to have your artwork displayed in large attractive windows fronting Main Street? If so, read on—the Gallery Committee has developed the following guidelines for selection of artists’ work:

1. All artists displayed must be members of the Artists’ Union. Selected artists should be members in good standing who’ve demonstrated their willingness to work in an artists’ cooperative by fulfilling a regular volunteer commitment—such as curating exhibits, gallery sitting, serving on committees, etc.

2. No theme is suggested, but artists should be cognizant of Goodwill as a business and its ongoing needs. Art will be juried in by the Gallery Committee.

3. Participating artists should have proof of insurance or sign a waiver releasing
Goodwill from theft or damage.

4. All art will be available for sale, the Artists’ Union will take its normal 25% commission of which 5% will be passed on to Goodwill as a processing fee.

5. The art will be up four to six weeks. Artists must be willing to promptly retrieve artwork.

6. To submit work send jpegs (for the art you’d like to exhibit) Please include description and dimensions of the piece(s). You can also send window proposals. These are the same as our gallery/exhibit proposals.

We are pleased to be able to offer this as a benefit to our working members. If you are interested, please contact the gallery committee at info@venturaartistsunion.org

Finally, we are grateful to each and every member who volunteers above the minimum level of commitment in order to keep our doors open and our unique artistic gifts available to the community.

We would especially like to thank our Gallery Host Coordinators, Barbara Turner and Alyssa Barber, who work long hours and regularly go above and beyond the call of duty to keep the gallery staffed and open. We hope to hear from many of you soon.

Thank you,
The Board of Directors of the San Buenaventura Artists’ Union