31st Annual International Open Exhibit
The American Art Company
1126 Broadway, Tacoma, WA 98402-3510
May 6 - June 10, 2017
Best of Show $1500
Entry Begins January 5, 2017
Entry deadline March 5, 2017
Notification of acceptance will arrive by March 24, 2017
Ship or deliver paintings for transport to Phoenix Art Restoration - April 14-21, 2017, 10am-5pm
Deliver paintings to the gallery April 14-21, 2017, 10am-5pm (closed Sunday & Monday)
Pick up paintings June 13-17, 10am-5pm (or call gallery to make other arrangements)
Jacob Aguiar, Juror & Awards Judge
Jacob Aguiar will instruct our pastel workshop in conjunction with the show on May 3-5, 2017 in Gig Harbor, WA. Cost for the 3-day workshop is $350. for all participants.
For details and registration please visit this page
Workshop Chairs:
Alejandra Gos, James Geddes
Have you just started painting in pastels and want to expedite your learning, or are you an experienced pastelist looking to change things up in a friendly but challenging environment? In this workshop, Jacob Aguiar will guide you through his process of creating pastel landscape paintings en plein air and in the studio. Focusing on the foundations of successful representational art, including composition, values, color, and drawing; and including specific exercises such as creating notans, small color studies, and underpainting techniques, Jacob will take you through the process of producing landscape paintings in pastel.
Submission of entries
Exhibition entry fee for up to 3 images is $35 for current NPS members and $50 for non-members. Entry fees are non-refundable and must be paid by the entry deadline.
You can pay online with a credit card (Visa, MC, AMEX, Dis) or PayPal.
All entries for this exhibition are digital. Enter online at www.OnlineJuriedShows.com.
Artists may submit up to 3 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 write to us here: www.onlinejuriedshows.com/Contact.aspx.
Please add Services@OnlineJuriedShows.com and Manager@OnlineJuriedShows.com to your safe senders list to ensure notifications are received.
Limitations
Size: Minimum 20x16 or 16x20 or 320 square inches Outside frame size.
All work must be framed, professional in appearance and ready to hang with strong wire and flat metal hangers. No work will be accepted with artwork glued, taped or in some fashion merely applied to a background. Work with visible pastel dust on frame or mat will be refused. Work that arrives with plexi-glass glazing and has no proof of Tru-Vu authenticity will be rejected.
Work that arrives at the gallery with pastel dust on the mat or glass will be pulled out of the show.
Sales
All work must be for sale and realistically priced. A 50% commission will be taken by The American Art Company.The gallery will pay the artist two weeks after the show closes.
Eligible work
Artist must be 18 years of age or older. All work must be original in concept and executed by the artist in the pastel medium within the last two years. Work exhibited in previous NPS exhibits is not eligible. No instructor assisted (hands-on) work is eligible.
Mixed media pieces must be 80% predominately pure pigment (soft) pastel.
Delivery of Accepted Work
You will receive all necessary exhibition information via email, including a copy of our shipping agent’s (Phoenix) shipping instructions and specifications. Works may be hand carried to the gallery or shipped or hand carried to Phoenix Restoration & Custom Framing, 17712-15th Ave. NE, Shoreline, WA 98155.
Liability
All reasonable care will be taken with paintings and submissions. NPS, its officers, volunteers and The American Art Company shall not be held responsible for the loss and damage to paintings, frames or digital entries.
NPS suggests that participants carry separate insurance as provided under individual contracts with shippers and receiving agents.
The artist grants permission to reproduce work for publicity purposes, both in print and digital galleries. Copyright will be attributed to the artist. Entry into this exhibition constitutes agreement with all conditions set forth in this prospectus and Entry Form and is your commitment to participate.
Your entry form is a legal and binding contract to deliver artwork that has been juried into the show. If, after being juried in, an entrant chooses not to deliver artwork, he or she may not enter an NPS show for a period of two years.
Deadline for entry is March 5, 2017.
Notification of acceptance will arrive by March 24, 2017.
If you have not received notification of your entry by the end of day March 24, PLEASE James at 425-765-9297 for assistance with your juried results.
Show Co-Chairs:
James Geddes, email: webmaster@nwps.org, 425-765-9297 - Mary Maue email: memaue@aol.com, 360-540-2345