Connection

Our theme this year is "Connection". This can be interpreted by artists in a multitude of ways. Do you feel connected to your heritage? To nature? To your community? Have you sought ways to consider how materiality and expression have informed your art practice and connected others? Do you feel connected to yourself when applying paint to paper, weaving fabric or sculpting forms? We are looking for variety, creativity and imagination as well as expression, skill and artistic flair.

This year we are teaming up with the Museum of Enfield who have a 20,000 collection of artefacts and are excited to see if artists find connections and share this in their statement. Browse the collect now: Enfield Museums

Deadline to submit: Tuesday 28th April 23:59

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Application Criteria:

Eligibility

1. You live, work or have a connection to Enfield
2. You can drop your work on 27th May between 10am and 6pm
3. You can collect unsold work on 16th June between 10am and 6pm
4. You are at least 18 years old
5. The work has not been made using A.I.
6. Work is for sale and between £45 and £3000 including 20% commission
7. The size of 2D work is no more than 60 x 60cm including the frame and 3D work is no larger than 40 x 40cm
8. Your work is ready to hang
9. You can submit a high quality photograph of your work

Please also refer to our T&C's at bottom of this page

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Terms and Conditions

1. Artists will be notified by 1st May by email if they have been selected.
2. Work must be handed in Wednesday 27th May 12-6pm to Dugdale Arts Centre, 39 London Rd, London, Enfield EN2 6DS
3. The exhibition organisers reserve the right to refuse artwork for any reason, for example if inappropriately presented or has the potential to cause offense.
4. All work must be suitably labeled- use a stick on label at the back of the work with title, medium, price, your name and phone number clearly written.
5. All work needs to be handed in ready to hang.
6. Unsold work must be collected Tuesday 16th June 12-6pm. Please ask a family or friend to help if you cannot come on the day and ensure they have your receipt. We may charge a storage fee of £50 a day if you fail to collect your work.
7. If your work sells, you will receive the price of the work, less 20% commission that covers charges and payment will be sent within at least 2 weeks of the exhibition end. Buyers will be instructed to collect the work when the exhibition has ended on Tuesday 16th June 12-6pm.
8. Please ensure your work is insured - we cannot be held responsible for break-in/fire or any unfortunate event that may cause loss or damage to your work.
9. To ensure a successful event, we ask you to share the event with friends and family and follow @enfield_community_art_ ; @_studioCELL and fellow artists.

Workshop submission T&C's

1. There are paid opportunities for artists to be considered to deliver workshops. This opportunity does not affect your exhibition entry.
2. The workshop should be approx 90 minutes and we will offer slots for you to choose if you are selected.
3. The workshop must be inclusive and in the spirit of the community.
4. The title of your workshop could be loosely interpreted on the Enfield Community Art Exhibition theme Connection.
5. Selected practitioners must be able to cater for at least 8 people and up to 15 people and should state whether all ages are welcome.
6. The workshops will be advertised and the public can join for £2 via an eventbrite link.
7. You will need to complete a risk assessment form if selected.
8. There will be a steward present to sign in attendees and greet exhibition visitors.
9. There will be a toilet, a kitchenette for tea/coffee and a sink downstairs. There are also chairs and tables. The space must be returned as it was, tidy and clean upon completion.
10. Once you have delivered your workshop, we will pay you within 5 days of receiving your invoice.

Selection Panel

This years selection committee:

Joe Barrow

Joe Barrow is an emerging figurative artist based in North London. He studied Contemporary Portraiture at the Art Academy, London. His practice is centred on creating work using a form of automatic painting.

In April 2025, Joe opened Palette and Frame Art Gallery. The gallery reflects Joe’s ethos that art belongs in everyday life and should be accessible and affordable. Too often, galleries can feel intimidating or exclusive. With Palette and Frame, Joe set out to change that, offering an environment where anyone - from first-time buyers to collectors - can feel at ease.

Its programme balances established and emerging artists - including many local artists - to create a vibrant mix of work, with something for everyone. With regularly updated exhibitions, weekly life-drawing classes and evening events, the Gallery is a destination where art lovers can meet exhibiting artists and browse the collections in a relaxed and informal environment.

Palette and Frame, 79 Tottenham Lane, Hornsey, N8 9BE

Jane de Sausmarez

Jane de Sausmarez taught colour theory and practice in the Conservation Department of the City & Guilds of London Art School and Fine Art Painting Courses at the Open College of the Arts (OCA). She began her career teaching drawing at Hornsey College of Art, where she met her husband, Maurice de Sausmarez.

For 35 years she taught at Goldsmiths College, Central School of Art and Byam Shaw School of Art. Jane is the author of Basic Colour; A Practical Handbook, and has given lectures on colour at institutions such as National Gallery and Bruton Art Society. For over twenty five years she has been running intensive colour workshops for both students and professionals from her home in London.

Selina Javaid

Selina Javaid is a local artist and educator and organiser of this project. She has exhibited her work in exhibitions around London including with the Federation of British Artists at Mall Galleries and her photography and video work internationally including New York, Köln, Budapest, Cairo and Yogyakarta.

She teaches art classes from her home studio, educates teenagers in a state school and squeezes in her art practice and commissions whilst caring for her beloved two young children.

Rabiya Nagi

Rabiya Nagi (b. Uganda) is a London-based figurative painter whose work examines how personal and collective experience shapes the present, through layered compositions that balance recollection and imagination.

Nagi holds a Graduate Diploma from the Royal College of Art and an MA in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins (2023).

Her work has been presented in over twenty group exhibitions in the UK and internationally, including This Is Not A Party at Trinity Buoy Wharf, Mootookakio’ssin: Creating in Spacetime in Canada, and OFFPRINT at Tate Modern. She has completed a six-week residency and received multiple commendations, including the Laura Devine Prize. Alongside her studio practice, she has curated two exhibitions, Exposed and Meanwhile, Here. She lives and works in London.