Northern Rivers Community Gallery (NRCG) welcomes exhibition proposals from artists, designers, curators, community and cultural groups in all art forms including but not limited to: visual arts, sculpture, craft, design, digital media, performance, installation/site-specific works and cultural heritage that display innovative ideas and approaches to contemporary art practice.

NRCG presents innovative projects from emerging, mid-career and established artists. Our facility features four professional exhibition spaces with the ability to support diverse creative outputs. We strongly encourage applications from First Nations artists, artists from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, Deaf and Disabled artists and LGBTQIA+ artists.⁠
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NRCG seeks to support a broad range of projects and approaches to contemporary art practice. We particularly value socially-engaged, research-based, and experimental projects that will captivate and challenge our audiences.⁠
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Applications are usually assessed once a year for the following financial year exhibition period. A Gallery Program panel will consider all applications received by the due date. All applicants will be advised in writing as to the outcome of their application.

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 BEFORE APPLYING - GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Services provided to the exhibitor for the duration of the exhibition include: supervision of the exhibition during gallery hours, layout and installation of the exhibition, management of artwork sales, use of plinths, up to 2 x digital projectors with 2-channel audio, vinyl signage for the title of the exhibition, artwork labels and room didactic panels, printed exhibition flyers, digital e-flyers, promotion of the exhibition and a launch event.

2. Once accepting an offer to exhibit at the Gallery, exhibitors must make every effort to honour the specified dates. An exhibitor must provide at least six months’ notice to cancel an exhibition.

4. The Gallery retains a 40% commission on all artwork, commissions, orders and shop stock sales made during the exhibition period. From 1 July 2023, Gallery commissions will be increased to 40%. 

5. A minimum of 80% of the items within any exhibition must be available for sale.

6. Exhibitors are responsible for ensuring all artworks are delivered ready to be installed and for collecting and deinstalling their artwork at the close of the exhibition.

7. As the Gallery is housed in a heritage listed building holes or hooks cannot be placed in the structural walls or the ceiling. The Gallery has some contemporary walls in Gallery spaces 2 and 4 on which very light works can be pinned (eg works on paper).

8. The Gallery utilises a Victorian hanging system (nylon cords from picture rail that hooks onto D-rings). Hanging works must be suitably framed with D-rings secured 5cm from the top of the frame. Hanging works must not exceed 1.9m high to allow access to the building or be more than 8kgs in weight.

9. For group exhibitions consisting of five (5) or more participating members the following guidelines are applicable:

• Payment for Gallery consignment sales will be paid directly to the member organisation to manage individual member payments independently of the Gallery. An itemised consignment sales listing will be provided to the member organisation at the end of the exhibition period.
• Artist Group member organisations will be required to provide an ABN number and bank account details to Ballina Shire Council (BSC) to process payment for all consignment sales made during the exhibition.
• One or two members are to be nominated as primary contacts with the Gallery Coordinator, to facilitate the exhibition requirements.

10. Public programs, including artist’s talks or education programs can be developed by the Gallery to run alongside exhibitions and are at the discretion of the Gallery. Exhibitors are not permitted to develop public programs for NRCG hosted exhibitions independent of the Gallery.

11. The Gallery Coordinator has the right to reject the installation of any artwork considered not to be of Gallery standards, be unsafe or inappropriate for display.

12. Visitors to the Gallery are permitted to take photographs with hand-held devices for personal use only. Use of tripod, flash and additional lighting is prohibited. Images photographed under this policy cannot be reproduced or used commercially.

13. While all due care will be taken with supplied items, Northern Rivers Community Gallery is not responsible for loss, theft or damage. Suppliers are responsible for their own insurance cover of their exhibition content while on display at the Gallery and in transit.