If you would like to participate in the Octopus Project...

1. Email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and include your name, contact info (including phone number) and mediums you work in. We will send you our next spark for your consideration.

2. If you find the spark of interest and are certain that you want to participate, email us before the participation deadline (usually 4 weeks prior to the exhibition) to let us know. Our shows are open to both emerging and established artists and are as such, unjuried. Once we send out the spark we accept artists on a first come first served basis, up to our maximum of 50 per show. The fee to participate is $20.

3. Art Guidelines: We ask artists to submit only one piece per exhibit. Our size maximum is 30"x30". Work must be ready to hang.

**SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CHROMA:

• Use only ONE COLOUR or shades of that colour.
• If you choose to have the background material show, please use only a WHITE background.
• If you choose to frame your work please use EITHER A WHITE OR NATURAL WOOD FRAME.

4. Make art!

5. One to two days before the exhibit (we will email you with details), deliver art to Melanie Gordon's studio at the Distillery, 55 Mill St. Bldg. 74 (Case Goods Warehouse), Studio 410. Bring your $20 fee (in cash please) with you. If your work is sold you will receive 100% of the sale price. If you do not wish to sell your pieces, you can specify this with us.

6. The show! The exhibit runs for 2 days from 12-6pm on Saturday and 12-5pm on Sunday in Melanie Gordon's studio and the 4th floor of the Case Goods Warehouse. The opening reception is on Saturday (time to be announced) and it is a great opportunity to meet the other artists in the show.

7. Pick up your art if it hasn't sold. The pickup times are usually from 5-6 on the Sunday of the exhibit and from 5-7 on the Monday after the exhibit (we will email you with details).

8. We send out the next spark.