How It All Works

The Process

1. Join A Canvas

Submit an entry to become part of a canvas with 9 other people. The entry fee is $6.00.

2. Watch the canvas' progress

From your control panel, you can look at the canvases that you are involved in and see which artist currently is in possession of it. It will also show when the canvas is in the mail transfering between artists.

3. Work on the canvas

When the canvas comes your way, you'll have the chance to continue the visual conversation on it. First, mark off that you received the canvas in your control panel. When working on it, please be respectful to the previous artists work and also leave room for the next artist to continue the conversation. When you're done with the canvas and ready to ship it,simply login to the control panel and get the address of the next artist, then mark it off that it was sent.

The Rules

Sign up/Canvas

  • Your address is only given to the person who is sending you the canvas and no-one else.
  • Each canvas will consist of 10 artists.
  • The 10 artists are chosen in order of sign-up.
  • You can not choose who you are on a canvas with. It is the luck of the draw.
  • After a canvas is full or after it has been 2 weeks since the first sign up, the canvas will be sent even if it was not all of the way filled up.
  • There is a minimum of 6 people per canvas.

Receiving/Sending

  • You have 7 days to finish and ship your canvas to the next person.
  • After 14 days of having your canvas and not sending it, the canvas will be defaulted and you will be expected to mail it back to Art House within 3 days.
  • When you are done working on the canvas and it is time to ship it to the next person, you must login to the website and you will see the next artist's address to send it to in your control panel. After you send it out (i.e. you just got back from the mailbox), you must check it off that it was sent in the control panel.
  • If a canvas is defaulted everyone on the canvas except the person who didn't send it will automatically be put onto another canvas at no charge.
  • If you have an emergency and can't finish working on the canvas in your alotted 7 days, you must send us an email letting us know the circumstances.
  • People who do not pass along a canvas will not be allowed to participate in future shows. Not sending it ruins it for everyone involved. Art House has the right to take legal action if multiple requests to return a canvas has not been completed.

Working on canvas

  • There are no rules on what you can do to the canvas as long as the people after you can still work on it and that the size of the canvas never changes. Remember, the idea of the project is collaboration, so leave room for the next artist to continue with their interpretation.
  • You can not un-strech the canvas. It must stay stretched around its frame.

Shows/Sell

  • Each Painting will be sold for 500. 8% goes to each artist, 5% to Art House, and the rest (15%) goes to a selected charity.
  • Canvases will be regularly on display at Art House at 1149 Foster Street, Atlanta, Ga.

General

  • Each canvas is the property of Art House. Canvases not returned within in the time listed above will have legal action taken against them.
  • This is all about community. Send the canvas on! Have fun! It wlll be worth it in the end.
  • Your address will not be sold or given to anyone except the person directly sending you the canvas. We take privacy very serious.