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	Shout Out with Water Can Young People's Show The deadline for submissions is March 4th. Young people are invited to curate the show on March 12 & 13 from 4-7pm and there will be a reception party on Friday, March 16th 3:30-6:30. The show opens March 15 and runs until April 16th, 2012! Here is the printable Submissions Form This year, Shout Out is partnering with WaterCan Watercan.com and Our Community Can and the international photographer Peter Bregg with be exhibiting photographs from their clean water projects in Africa. Peter Bregg will be attending the reception party! WaterCan builds latrines and wells in Africa. In partnering with them we are raising the awareness of access to clean water for all.
	The Board announces that the MEMBER ARTISTS Exhibition opening Nov. 15th, 2012 will be a TRIBUTE to LEONARD COHEN : "Loving Leonard". Artists can enter up to 3 pieces of art work, in any medium, based on the Songs of this iconic Canadian musician and song-writer. Think of: "Suzanne", "Famous Blue Raincoat", " "Democracy", "Bernadette", "Joan of Arc" "First We take Manhattan" , "Sisters of Mercy", "Bird on a Wire", "Tower of Song", "So Long, Marianne" , "Everybody Knows", "I'm Your Man" and "Hallelujah". This exhibition will be juried, and there will be Visitor's Choice Awards. The Board hopes that this Leonard Cohen Tribute theme will truly be an inspIring one for Sunshine Coast artists. Here is a complete list of songs to inspire you:
	General Submissions Exhibitions are chosen from the results of the Gallery’s Annual open submissions call, January 1 – April 30, and occasionally by Invitation. The exhibition schedule for the following year is established after June 30 when the jurying process is complete. Please do not email large files to GPAG, but rather submit art in a CD/DVD format or in laser-print photographs of work, 8 x 10 min. size. DOWNLOAD THE SUBMISSIONS FORM NOW A Curatorial Team is chosen annually and charged with the responsibility of recommending exhibitions by participating in a process of individual and group considerations of artists' submissions and its recommendations are given to the Board of Directors. Please click on SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES and read this document thoroughly in order to avoid any misunderstandings. The Curatorial Team is composed of six members appointed by the Board, equally representing the interests of the gallery, the arts community, and the wider community: two members of the Board of Directors, two representatives of the community at large, and two member artists reflecting a broad cross-section of the visual arts community in its multifaceted variety of training and practice. GPAG thanks the Curatorial Team Jury for their time and work in assessing Submissions and Proposals for the coming year.
	The Floor Plan of the Gallery, in printable PDF format, can be found HERE Please keep in mind that the measurements are approximate, but do give a good idea of availble space. Total display space is 1197 square feet.