The 2025 Art Rental Collection – Call for submissions

For over 50 years, the Stewart Hall Art Rental and Sales Service has showcased the talent of local artists from Pointe-Claire and the surrounding community. The mandate of this service is to promote and support the accessibility of original works of art by offering individuals and corporations the opportunity to buy or rent art for a nominal fee.

Every fall, the Art Rental and Sales Service renews its collection by inviting artists of the greater Montreal area to submit their works to a professional jury. After being presented at the Gallery, the selected works are available for purchase or rent on a monthly basis at the Art Rental and Sales Service for a period of one year.

Please view the steps below to submit your work for the Art Rental 2025 Collection at Stewart Hall Art Gallery.

The  selection process for the Art Rental Collection will solely take place electronically.

Submission criteria:

• We will accept paintings, photographs, drawings, mixed media and original prints.
• Works must have been produced within the past five years
• Only original works of art may be submitted. We do not permit giclée prints (with the exception of digital photographs).
• A maximum of three works of art may be submitted.
• The title of the work, date, medium, size (maximum including frame 92 cm x 104 cm : 36 in x 41 in) and price (maximum $2 000) must be included for each submission.
• Images of works submitted do not need to include the frame. However, should an artwork be accepted it must arrive exhibition ready. We require that all artworks in the collection are framed (some exceptions apply) and equipped with picture hanging wire and D rings. Failure to meet these requirements may result in the exclusion of the work from the show.

Please take note that all rental payments (a percentage of the sale price per month) collected will be remitted in full to the artist twice a year in June and December. The City of Pointe-Claire retains a commission of 25% for works sold.

Submission deadline: September 18, 2024 by midnight.

Applicants will be notified by e-mail as to the jury’s decision regarding their submission on Wednesday October 2, 2024. Those with accepted artworks will be contacted to set up an appointment to deliver their works to the Gallery. The drop-off times will be scheduled from Friday, November 1 and Saturday, November 2, 2024.

All artists whose artworks have been accepted for the 2025 collection and have works in the present collection (2024) should pick them up at their designated appointment time.

Works selected for the Art Rental 2025 Collection will be on exhibition at Stewart Hall Art Gallery from November 16, 2024 to January 12, 2025. The new collection will then be on display in Art Rental for one year.