TERMS & CONDITIONS

1 – APPLICATION

  • All Artists must fill out an application form and submit by the closing date of June 27th 2025.

  • All information in the application must be true. Incorrect information may make applications ineligible and the Artist/s may be held responsible for any loss caused to the organiser.

  • It is free to apply. 

2 – ELIGIBILITY

  • All Artists must be living and working in Australia.

  • All Artists must be available for bump in, open hours and bump out.

  • All Artists must present a selection of three works.

3 – ARTIST RESPONSIBILITY

  • Artists must ensure they can meet all the Terms and Conditions before submitting an application.

  • If selected the Artist agrees to take out and maintain public liability insurance with a reputable insurer to the amount of not less than $10 million to cover the fair and must provide a certificate of currency of such insurance to the organiser no later than 2 weeks before Inner West Art Fair 2025.

  • The Artist agrees to promote and share the Inner West Art Fair to their community such as family, friends, colleagues and social media.

  • The Artists agrees their artwork must be available for the duration of the fair.

  • Artists agree that:

    • The artwork is their sole original work

    • The Artist has the power to grant the rights under the artwork

    • The Artist has obtained any appropriate releases, including locations, collaborators, an/or performers.

    • The Artist is entitled to reproduce any rights in the artwork..

    • The Artist will compensate the organiser against any loss resulting from the breach of these promises

    • All Artists are responsible for the sales of their artworks and the Inner West Art Fair does not take a percentage cut from any sale of artwork during the fair. 

4 – INNER WEST ART FAIR CONDITIONS

  • All artworks selected for the fair remain the property of the Artist.

  • The Artist is responsible for the packaging and transportation of the artwork to and from the Inner West Art Fair within the time period set.

  • The final layout of the Fair is determined by the Inner West Art Fair team. All efforts of site specific preferences will be considered, but may not be accommodated.

  • The Artist is responsible for setting up their studio during the bump into the layout they desire within the bump in time frame.

  • All Artists are required to pack down their studio during the bump out time frame.

  • The Artist is responsible for providing the equipment required to display the artworks.

  • All artworks and supplied equipment must comply with OH&S standards. 

    See gov.au/occupational-health-and-safety-act-and-regulations.

  • Inner West Art Fair will not be responsible for artworks not collected within bump out.

5 – USE OF IMAGES

  • The Artist will include with their application a high-resolution image of the entered work.

  • It is recognised that authorship and copyright of works entered belong to the Artist.

  • If selected, the Artist gives permission for Inner West Art Fair to use:

    • Images of artworks;

    • Their name, biographical details, and likeness for marketing purpose;

    • The Artist will be attributed to the work as reasonably possible wherever the image is reproduced.

6 – SELECTION

  • Decisions for selections are final and appeals will not be considered.

  • Inner West Art Fair reserves the right to accept or reject any artworks proposed.

7 – FEES

  • The fees for 2025 have had a slight increase from previous years due to additional fair open hours and extra spot lighting.

  • The prices are as below:

    • 3m studio = $1450 +GST

    • 4m studio = $1650 +GST

    • 5m studio = $1850 +GST

    • 6m Studio / colab = $2050 +GST

    • Ceramics / Pottery Studio = $950 + GST

  • All artists have access to a storage room for extra art pieces if they wish.

  • Once selected, the Artist is required to pay a non refundable 50% deposit within 7 days of notification to secure their studio.

  • The remaining 50% fee is required 6 weeks prior to fair on 7th October 2025.

8 – DATES

The Inner West Art Fair takes place at The Substation, Newport. The dates for the fair inclusive of bump-in are Thursday November 20th, Friday November 21, Saturday November 22 and Sunday November 23. It is a requirement for the Artist to be available on all of those dates for bump in, fair opening hours and bump out. The dates and hours are listed below:

Thursday 20th November - Artist bump-in 4pm-8pm

Friday 21st November - Industry Day 12pm-4pm

Friday 21st November - Opening Night 5pm-9pm

Saturday 22nd November - Fair opening 10am-6pm

Sunday 23rd November - Fair Opening 10am-4pm

Sunday 23rd November - Artist Bump out - 4pm-6pm November

The above dates are subject to change due to the amount of Artists applications. If for the unlikely event that we do need to change the dates, each artist will be notified of this date change before the 20th of August 2025.