Painting and 2D media
2026 Beautiful BC, Presented by the Nature Trust of BC
August 25 to September 13, 2026
Decided ByGallery staff screening
VenueFederation Gallery, Granville Island, Vancouver
ReceptionOpening Reception on August 28, 6 – 7:30PM
This exhibition is in collaboration with the Nature Trust of British Columbia. Artists should submit their most breath-taking BC scenery, landscapes and creatures.
Awards: $500 CAD First Place Prize.
If your work sells
You can enter work that is for sale, already sold, or not for sale; give a price for every piece whatever its status. Prices and availability cannot be changed once entered.
You receive 65% of the sale price; the Federation keeps 35%. Non-members receive 50%.
The Federation may negotiate up to 10% off your price, and pays artists by cheque within 30 days of a sale.
General FCA submission guidelines
- Your own work. Reference photos must be your own, or an amateur photographer’s used with their express consent. Stock images and photos by professional photographers are not allowed, even with permission or a paid licence; stock may only be used for anatomical study. Work made in a workshop or class cannot be entered, and only work that has not been accepted into another Federation online-only exhibition can be entered.
- One of a kind. Each piece must be one of a kind (prints in runs under 200) and finished to an archival standard. For mixed media, list every medium you used.
- Your images and details. Photograph the work on its own: no background, frame or visible edges, straight and the right way up. Blurry or badly cropped images are declined without a refund. Give the medium and what it is on (canvas, paper, board or panel), and a one or two sentence description; it is printed on the gallery label. Nothing can be changed after the deadline.
- Results. Each piece is Accepted (shown in the online exhibition) or Declined. There is no individual feedback, and the decision is final.
- Once accepted. From the results email your work is under contract with the Federation: do not sell it elsewhere. Withdrawing or selling an accepted piece costs $100, removes the Elected Status point it earned, and you cannot enter another Federation exhibition until the fee is paid.
- Entry fees. Entry fees are in Canadian dollars and are not refundable.