ART IN THE CHAMBER
Herts Visual Arts, in partnership with Herts Chamber of Commerce, offers our members an amazing opportunity for contemporary abstract art work to be put on display and for sale at the Chamber’s prestigious modern offices in Hatfield.
There are 8 spaces for art to be hung as listed below. The sizes are maximum artwork sizes; artists should aim to be close to these sizes.
- Boardroom: 5 x 1.5 ft – 150 x 60 cm
- Boardroom: 2 x 2 ft – 60 x 60 cm
- Membership: 2 x 2 ft – 60 x 60 cm
- Operations: 2 x 2 ft – 60 x 60 cm
- Export: 2 x 2 ft – 60 x 60 cm
- Meeting: 2 x 3 ft – 60 x 90 cm
- Reception: 2 x 3 ft – 60 x 90 cm
There are other potential areas for work to be displayed and these will be reviewed as the project moves forward.
All artwork must complement the décor at the Chamber which uses the following pantone colours:
Teal: #19bcb9
Orange: #ED5F1E
Yellow/Mustard: #FFBF00
Promotion of your artwork within the Chamber
HVAF has produced an A5 presentation folder for Art at the Chamber, with inserts for each artist’s work. These will be replaced when art is changed over. Specially designed labels give the artist’s name plus the title, medium, size and price of each painting. These folders will be available for visitors and members of the Chamber to pick up and take away from the reception area. As well as daily visitors to the various teams at the Chamber, they host a monthly event for new members which is attended by about 30 people from local businesses.
In addition, there is a label on each painting giving details including price.
Art Folder and Inserts
- Information about Herts Chamber
- Information about HVAF
- About the partnership
- How to buy our art
- Image of each artwork
- Artist’s name, artwork name, contact details, artwork price and short statement.
To cover the cost of producing the folder, inserts and labels, each exhibiting artist will pay a £10 registration fee.
Next steps
- Download and complete the online form.
- Submit this by email to enquiries@hvaf.org.uk with the word CHAMBER in the subject line.
- Attach a high quality image
- Send us the, description (max 100 words), price, with your contact information and artist statement (max. 150 words)
- Please provide both an email and telephone contact number
Please note: There should be no visible labels on any artwork. Artist information should be fixed to the reverse of the art piece.
Art in the Chamber timescales
- The inaugural exhibition of work at Herts Chamber of Commerce was hung during July 2022, and one of these paintings has already been sold.
We are establishing a reserve list of work to replace sold items from October 2022. There is an ongoing submission process and images will be sent to the Chamber on a regular basis. They will decide which pieces to add to the reserve list.
- Artists whose work is selected for exhibition will be invited to attend the Chamber to hang their work on a specific day and at this stage will be asked to make a donation to HVAF towards the costs associated with this opportunity (minimum £10).
- In the event of any sales interest, artists will be responsible for dealing with any queries independently from HVAF. Any sales are commission free.
- When a sale is made, the artist will deal directly with the customer, notify the Chamber and arrange to attend their office to hand over the work.
- A replacement artwork will be chosen from the reserve list and details will be printed onto a new insert in the presentation folders.