Artists Database
All artists are invited to register their contact details and areas of interest with the Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre by submitting a completed
Artist's Database Form (283kB PDF) This information will be included on the Gallery’s digital database, and will allow us to distribute relevant information about special events, professional development opportunities and art competitions and prizes by email.
Friends of Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre Inc.
To receive regular information on all of the Gallery’s exhibitions and programs, artists are encouraged to become members of the
Friends of the Gallery Inc. The Friends foster and support the continuing development of the Gallery and its programs. Membership offers a range of benefits including: mailed invitations to all Gallery activities, exhibition openings, public programs and events; the Friends’
artifacts newsletter, information about other arts-related events, and special excursions to visit other galleries and places of interest. Friends' functions and events offer artists the opportunity to meet other artists and supporters of the Gallery.
Guidelines for the submission of exhibition proposals
Local artists - Community Access Exhibitions Program (CAEP)
The Gallery has a busy calendar of changing exhibitions within six separate exhibition areas. Two of these areas, the Macnaughton Focus Gallery and the Boyd Gallery, are made available to local artists under the popular and exciting Community Access Exhibitions Program (CAEP).
The aim of the CAEP is to provide local artists with a professional venue for exhibitions of new work. To be eligible for consideration under the CAEP, individual applicants must be residents of Tweed, Kyogle, Lismore, Byron or Scenic Rim shires or Gold Coast City. In the case of group shows at least half the applicants must satisfy the residential requirement.
Artists, both emerging and established, are encouraged to submit proposals according to the application guidelines:
Community Access Exhibitions Program Guidelines (329kB PDF) Each proposal received is carefully assessed by the Gallery’s Exhibitions Committee at scheduled meetings throughout the year and applicants are advised in writing as to the outcome of their proposal within published timelines. The number of exhibition slots available to CAEP applicants varies according to the Gallery’s major exhibition calendar.
Non-Local Artists - Temporary Exhibitions Policy
The Gallery warmly welcomes the submission of professional proposals from artists outside the region. Artists may submit proposals at any time during the year, however all proposals received are considered by the Gallery’s Exhibitions Committee at scheduled meetings throughout the year.
Selection criteria for applications submitted under the Temporary Exhibitions Policy include: excellence, innovation, audience development, distinctiveness and diversity, educational focus or value, size and physical requirements, relevance (including but not limited to: regional, national, and compatibility with other scheduled exhibitions), availability and cost.
Temporary Exhibitions Policy and Procedures (87kB PDF)