Postage & Packaging is the same whether you order 1, 2, or 3 — so feel free to stock up. Please read the Open Call Terms & Conditions on the submissions page before purchasing.
This is the official Auto Amor Art Board (24 × 30 × 0.5 cm) — handmade in the studio cut from hardwood ply and sealed with two layers of rolled-on acrylic gesso.
Each board has a bit of personality:
• the edges can be a little rough from the cutting,
• the top surface might fancy a quick sand or an extra coat of your own gesso,
• and you’ll probably spot some honest wood grain here and there.
If you’re looking for a flawless, luxury, factory-perfect panel… this is not that.
This is the board you get because you’re taking part in the Auto Amor Project.
Compared to premium, factory-pressed birch ply panels—manufactured specifically for absolute flatness—this board is made from hardwood ply and prepared by hand at scale. As with most plywood-based art boards, storing it flat on a level surface when not in use helps it acclimatise and remain stable for working.
Stamped with the official logo on the back, this board lets you enter any of the 2026 Open Calls — giving you the chance to be exhibited and to be included in the Catalogue Collectif.
Artists outside the UK can submit work to Auto Amor without needing a board to be shipped to them.
Important: this product does not include a board. You must source your own board locally using the specification below.
To keep the exhibition manageable, international submissions are limited to 20 per month.
Board Specification
You must create your artwork on a board with the following size:
24 cm × 30 cm (9.45 in × 11.8 in) Thickness: Approximately 6 mm (~0.24 in)
How Your Entry Works
Purchase this International Submission product.
You will receive a Squarespace order confirmation email with an order number (SQ code).
Create your artwork on your board.
Submit your work through the normal Auto Amor submission process.
Include your SQ order number in your submission.
Your order number acts as your official entry.
If Your Work Is Selected
If your artwork is accepted for exhibition, Artists must either:
Deliver the work in person, or
Appoint a UK-based delegate (friend, collector, courier, or contact) to receive the work and transport it to the exhibition on their behalf.
Auto Amor does not manage international shipping, customs clearance, or import/export arrangements. These responsibilities remain entirely with the artist or their appointed delegate.
After the Exhibition
Any unsold work must be collected by you or your UK-based delegate for safekeeping or onward transport.
If you choose to take part in a swap, the swapped artwork must also be collected from the exhibition by you or your delegate, who can then send it back to you.
Auto Amor cannot arrange international return shipping.
Taking place this July at Spirit Studios on the Suffolk coast, A Day in May is a group exhibition inviting artists to spend a single day in a landscape they care about and create an artwork in response. Coinciding with the 250th anniversary of Constable and Turner, the project reflects on the enduring power of landscape art and our deep connections with the natural world.
Whether working spontaneously on location or later in the studio, the simple act of spending time making work outdoors becomes a quiet collective gesture: many artists reflecting on the places that matter most to them and the relationships we hold with the environments that shape our lives.
Participation itself is central to the project. Alongside invited artists, A Day in May offers an open opportunity for any artist — professional or amateur — to take part by spending a day observing and responding to a place that matters to them. All artists will work to the same scale, on our Auto Amor 24 x 30cm gessoed boards.
Important Dates
Register & Purchase your board(£12.50 + P&P) here before the 30th April
Submit Artwork via Auto Amor: International deadline 25th May/ UK 8th June
Successful applicants to be notified by 1st June (International)/ 8th June (UK)
Delivery of Artwork to London or Suffolk before the 26th June.
Sales from tickets and artwork will benefit the Wildlife Trusts.