PLEASE READ CAREFULLY. By submitting your application, you are agreeing to the following terms and conditions.
Worcestershire Open Studios (WOS) is open to all practising, committed artists and designer makers, over 18 years old, who live in Worcestershire, or in close proximity of the border.
You must be a paid-up member to take part in the main August Open Studios event whether you wish to exhibit individually or as a group.
Although there is no formal curation of applicants we may reject those whose photography/visual imagery is not strong or professional enough to show off work to full advantage. As a visual arts organisation we cannot stress how important it is that the images you present are clear, well-lit and accurate. These are what will attract viewers to your work and may be used in WOS publicity. Please see the Photography Helpsheet for tips on photographing your work in the Members Area
WOS reserves the right to decline membership. Any such decision will be communicated to the applicant in writing and the membership fee refunded.
WOS reserves the right to cancel registration at any point throughout the year. Any such decision will be communicated in writing. No refund will be issued in this case.
Our main method of contact will be via our email newsletter however we may use your contact name, telephone or email address if we need to contact you as an individual.
Use of your personal data and images
Worcestershire Open Studios will hold your entry details in order to promote you as a Worcestershire Open Studios member. To promote the August event we may use images of your work online and in print. See our Social media / PR policy below
In addition to the image you chose to use for your entry to the Open Studios event, we may also use images that you have loaded to your profile page. You must own the copyright to each image that you upload or have the express permission of the copyright holder (usually the photographer) to use it.
We may ask for a high resolution version of an image if required. Credit will be given where possible but this often depends on the context in which the image is used and may not always be feasible.
Our social media and PR policy
We do our best to support and publicise our members fairly via our social media and wider PR channels. We strongly urge you to have your own social media account so that you can ‘tag’ us in your posts and we will do our best to repost your news. We cannot however guarantee that we will repost all tagged content.
The website will carry full details of your membership biography. This will appear as you input it. However WOS reserves the right to undertake minor edits/corrections to this content.
We do not store financial information about our members as all financial transactions are undertaken through Stripe.
Our full Privacy Policy can be downloaded by clicking here.
Disclaimer
We take every care to ensure that the data held on the website and within the various printed materials we produce is as accurate as possible. However it is the ultimate responsibility of the member to make sure that the information that they provide is factually correct and appropriate.
