Submitting Your Rugs for Judging

Your friendly OHCG Annual Conference team is back with more info on the judging process! Last time we told you about the judging categories and prizes to be awarded. Next up is the submission process:

Submitting your rugs is going to be handled a bit differently this year. Previously, you simply brought your rug to the Annual on the Friday, it was judged that day, and winners announced the following day.

This year, because we’re displaying things in the Art Gallery of Northumberland (AGN), you’ll need to get them to us ahead of time. Rugs can be viewed by the public from April 29 to May 10 - check the gallery hours at [art gallery website]. This is a groovy opportunity to showcase rug hooking (and YOUR work!) in an accredited gallery.

We’ve created a Judging registration form to smooth out the submission process, and it will be available in the December newsletter. Here are some tips you’ll want to be aware of:

- Rugs (and the registration form) can be delivered to Cobourg any time between January 1, 2025 and April 25, 2025 at 4 pm. Check in with your rug hooking colleagues to see if they, too, are entering items and work out how best to get them to Cobourg. We know of some folks who are arranging to coordinate delivery to Cobourg on behalf of their branch members - check in with your branch today to see if this is a possibility!

- As is standard for any art gallery, the AGN requires you to supply a valuation for your rug, as they must insure it against Fire and Water damage. Only you know how to value your work, but a rough guideline is $200/square foot for wide cut and $300/square foot for fine cut. This information is to be entered on the registration form, but will only be used for AGN’s insurance calculations. It will not be publicly available.

- You may retrieve your items from the Gallery on May 10, after 4 pm. You’ll need to specify on the registration form who is authorized to drop off and pick up your work.

- Remember that you mustn’t publish photos of your work ahead of the annual! The judging process is anonymous. More on that in our next post.

- Can’t make it to the Annual? Maybe you could visit the AGN when the display has been hung, April 29-May 9.

We hope to see you (and your rugs for judging) in Cobourg, May 10, for Peace, Love & Rug’n Roll!

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