Pastel Society of Southern California (PSSC)
PSSC 8th Annual Members’ Exhibition 2017
8th Annual Members’ Exhibition
2017 Official Prospectus
REQUIREMENTS AND AWARDS:
• To be eligible to participate in this show, you must be a current paid member of the PSSC as of the previous November meeting. The Membership Chairman at or before the November, 2015 meeting must have received your dues.
• Each member in good standing is guaranteed at least one piece in the show, as selected by the PSSC Jury Committee or Special Invited Juror.
• Participation in PSSC events, such as meetings, workshops or paint-outs, is encouraged, but not mandatory. A great way to get involved in PSSC functions is to volunteer in the events that take place at the time of the take-in of paintings for the show, and at the PSSC exhibition opening festivities.
• This year PSSC will have four categories from which artists can choose to submit paintings. Choose either Gold OR Silver, plus Miniature (in other words, you may submit in Gold and Miniature; or Silver and Miniature; but not both Gold and Silver). You may also submit just in the Miniature category.
• This year we have a new category called Novice. This is for beginning artists and student artists who have started painting in the past two years. Novices can enter paintings completed in classes or workshops, provided the instructor has not personally worked on the painting. If you enter the Novice category, you will not be eligible to enter the Gold, Silver or Miniature.
• We encourage all of our members, from beginners to seasoned professionals, to enter the exhibition, and have provided these categories to appeal to all levels.
ENTERING YOUR IMAGES:
Entry form must be filled out in its entirety. List sizes up to the nearest inch. Submitted images must not include matting or frame. Crop the photos to include only the artwork. Be sure your images are right-side-up.
Before uploading your images, make sure they are smaller than 4MB, but at least 1920 pixels on the longest side at 72 dpi. Images should be in JPEG format, sRGB color space. Help in photographing your work and properly sizing your images can be found at: www.OnlineJuriedShows.com/help.aspx. If you need help entering your images or are unable to, please email Help@OnlineJuriedShows.com or call 949-287-8645.
Please add Services@OnlineJuriedShows.com and Manager@OnlineJuriedShows.com to your safe senders list to ensure notifications are received.
DISTINGUISHED ARTIST - GOLD JUROR AWARD:
This category is for all eligible PSSC members who are professional artists, art teachers, or painters with years of experience. The submitting artist will determine if his or her painting will be submitted in this category. The winners will be judged by our Invited Distinguished Artist, Barbara Courtney Jaenicke. Cash awards will be given for the following: Best of Show, First Place, Second Place, Third Place and two Honorable Mentions.
Artists entering in this category are not eligible to enter the Silver Juror Award or Novice Categories. However, they may also enter in the Miniature category.
DISTINGUISHED ARTIST - SILVER JUROR AWARD:
This category is open to all eligible PSSC members who have not submitted in the Gold Juror Award or Novice Categories. The submitting artist will determine if his or her painting will be submitted in this category. There will be five subcategories for submitting pastel paintings. Art and art-related products from sponsors will be given as prizes for awards, as judged by our Invited Distinguished Artist, in the following subcategories:
LANDSCAPE & INTERIOR
PORTRAIT & FIGURE
STILL LIFE & FLORAL
ANIMAL & WILDLIFE
ABSTRACT & NON-OBJECTIVE
Artists entering in this category are not eligible to enter the Gold Juror Award or Novice Categories. However, they may also enter in the Miniature category.
DISTINGUISHED ARTIST - MINIATURES JUROR AWARD:
This category is open to all eligible PSSC members submitting paintings in both Gold OR Silver Juror Awards. Submittal into this category will count as one of the four total pieces allowed. (An artist may also submit up to four paintings in just the Miniature category if not submitting in Gold or Silver or Novice.) The paintings must be 80 sq. inches or smaller--for example, 8” x 10” or any multiple size that adds up to 80 sq. inches or less when you measure the width times the height. You can have a mat or frame that measures no more than 3 inches around the painting. For an 8” x 10” painting the frame or mat can be 14” x 16”, or 224 sq. inches maximum total size including frame.
BEST MINIATURES -- Product Prizes, as Judged by our Invited Distinguished Artist
DISTINGUISHED ARTIST - NOVICE JUROR AWARD:
This category is open to all eligible PSSC members who have not submitted in any other categories and who are beginning artists and/or student artists who have started painting in the past two years. Novices can enter paintings completed in classes or workshops, provided the instructor has not personally worked on the painting. The submitting artist will determine if his or her painting will be submitted in this category. Artists entering in this category will not be eligible to enter the Gold, Silver or Miniature Categories.
BEST NOVICES -- Product Prizes, as Judged by our Invited Distinguished Artist.
RULES FOR ALL CATEGORIES:
• You must enter online. All entries must be submitted as digital files to www.OnlineJuriedShows.com.
• For information on submitting images and to pay the jury fee, go to onlinejuriedshows.com, scroll down to the “Pastel Society of Southern California 8th Annual Members’ Exhibition” exhibit listing and click “enter this show.”
• Each member may submit up to four images. The entry fee of $35, includes up to four pieces. Entry fees are non-refundable and must be paid by the entry deadline. Payment is online via credit card or PayPal.
• The artwork’s final layer must be (80%) soft pastel.
• Artwork must be original and personally executed, not copied from other artists or from published or copyrighted materials. Artists working from reference photographs must have permission from the photographer to use the photo.
• Artwork may not have been accomplished in a directed, step-by-step class or workshop, or otherwise be painted using an instructor’s original photograph, painting or real life/still-life set-up, even if the instructor grants permission as such. (Such copied work is for learning purposes only and is not for exhibition.)
• Artwork must have been completed in the last two years and may not have been exhibited in a PSSC show before.
• Artwork in the Gold, Silver and Novice categories must be no longer than 40” in either direction, including frame.
• Painting must be wired for hanging. Use D-rings or screw eyes only, placed 1/3 down from the top of the frame. Saw tooth hangers are unacceptable. Use braided wire that is sturdy enough to support the artwork. The peak of the hanging wire should be approximately 2 inches from the top of the center of the frame.
• Frames must be sturdy, neat, and simple. Mats, if used, are to be clean, well cut, and neutral in color. Mats must be in proportion to the frame, i.e., frame must be the correct size for the painting.
• Artwork may not be removed from the show until the exhibit closes. Artwork may not be moved on exhibit walls after placement by the Exhibition Director.
• Artwork must be tasteful and no nudity is allowed.
• All paintings shall be delivered with an attached (removable) label specifying:
Artist Name
Painting Title
Medium
Painting Size
Sales price
• In addition, print the artist name on the back of the painting, stretcher bar or frame so that we can identify the painting in the event the label is inadvertently detached.
REVENUE FROM SALES:
All artwork is encouraged to be for sale. If necessary, work may be listed as NFS (Not for Sale), but no “price on request.” The purchase price must be clearly written on the painting. If an artist sells a painting at the show, each artist is responsible to pay the Switzer Learning Center a donation of 25% for each painting sold.
DEADLINES and OTHER IMPORTANT DATES:
Monday, February 6, 2017 – Final day to submit digital images and pay jurying fee to onlinejuriedshows.com
Monday, February 13 – Notification of acceptance (by email from onlinejuriedshows.com).
Saturday, March 11, 1 - 4 p.m. – Take-In: Deliver your accepted and ready-to-hang painting(s) to South Bay Lexus Service Center, 24777 Crenshaw Blvd, Torrance, CA 90505. The Take-In immediately follows our PSSC General Meeting held the same day at 10 a.m. at Riviera UMC.
Sunday, April 23, 1 to 4 p.m. -- Show gala reception and awards ceremony at South Bay Lexus Service Center, 24777 Crenshaw Blvd, Torrance, CA 90505. Show continues through April 29, 2017. Awards ceremony, 1-2 p.m.; Barbara Courtney Jaenicke public demo, 2-3 p.m.
Saturday, April 30, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Pick up your painting(s) from South Bay Lexus Service Center, 24777 Crenshaw Blvd, Torrance, CA 90505
LIABILITY:
Artwork will be handled with the utmost care, and PSSC will make every reasonable effort to keep artwork safe. Artists are responsible for insuring their own pieces. PSSC and its representatives will not be responsible for loss, theft or damage of artworks while in the organization’s possession or in transit, including those artworks sold during the exhibition. Submission of online entry form and fee, along with a signed waiver form for accepted works at the take-in, shall constitute agreement with ALL conditions set forth in this prospectus.
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