Gallery Show Hanging Fee

3% Cover the Fee
Art gallery display with small paintings, pottery, and small boxes labeled 'Mystery Rock' in a white-walled room.

Fee Assistance

Side Rail is dedicated to cultivating a supportive inclusive space for creative ideas and pursuits while offering the community a no-commission and low fee environment to share their ideas and work.

In order to sufficiently cover the amount of time and energy put into organizing, curating, promoting, and hanging your work, while also honoring the education, experience, and capacity of our members, we do charge a hanging fee. We encourage all prospective artists and makers to self asset their need of assistance, and invite those with sufficient financial means to donate what feels comfortable.

  • Side Rail offers the opportunity for participants to volunteer 2-4 hours of gallery sitting for 50-100% of the hanging fee cost. Gallery hours will generally be on Saturdays from 12 - 4pm, with some exceptions. There will be a limited number of opportunities available. Interested individuals should make note of this request and time amount when accepted into the show via email. 

  • Side Rail offers those who identify with the following statements a fee reduction of $5-$10.

    • I regularly stress about meeting my basic needs such as food, housing, & transportation and I am not always able to achieve them.

    • I identify at LGBTQUIA+, BIPOC, Neurodivergent, Disabled, or another marginalized group which affects my standard of living.