Wild, Wild, West!

What a lonely place it would be to have a world without a wildflower!

- Roland R Kemler.

The Artwork will focus on wildflowers in the Western United States

Exhibition Details

Our goal is to illuminate wild plants that grow anywhere in the Western United States.

Eligibility

Artwork must not have been entered in a previous RMSBA exhibit.

Artists are encouraged to become members of the Rocky Mountain Society of Botanical Artists but all artists can enter with tiered entry fees depending on membership in RMSBA.

Fees

The entry fee for RMSBA members is $20 for your first entry plus $5 for each additional entry. Nonmembers entry fee is $30 for your first entry, plus $5 for each additional entry. The entry fee is non-refundable, and must be paid by September 15, 2022, the entry deadline. Retain your ‘Payment Receipt’ email for future reference. If your receipt shows a payment method other than credit card or paypal, your payment did not go through. Contact onlinejuriedshows@gmail.com or call 888-666-1351.

Entering Your Images

All entries will be made through Online Juried Shows at www.OnlineJuriedShows.com. For best results, make sure your image is 1920 pixels @72 dpi on the longest side. 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 onlinejuriedshows@gmail.com or call 888-666-1351.

All artwork will be juried using digital images. Criteria for acceptance will include botanical accuracy as well as artistic presentation and technical use of medium represented by a high quality digital image. Jurors TBD

Sales:

Sales information will be determined at a later date.

Calendar:

RMSBA is seeking multiple venues for this show and pieces must remain in the exhibit venue(s) until the official close of the exhibit.

1. Open for entry May 1, 2022

2. Last day to enter September 15, 2022

3. Images go to Jurors September 16-18

4. Notification of acceptance will be sent to artists October 1, 2022

5. Deadline and location for receipt of shipped and drop-off artwork to be determined. Instructions will follow upon acceptance.

6. Install : TBD

7. Opening reception : TBD

8. Takedown: TBD

Presentation of Artwork:

Frames must be plain, natural colored, wood Frames.

12” x 16”

16” x 20”

18” x 24”

12” x 12”

Selected entries must be:

• Framed and ready to hang

• NO sawtooths or projecting eye screws

• Plexiglass required on all artwork

• White or off-white mat colors

• Floating images are discouraged as they often fall during shipment

Label the back of your artwork with your name, address, phone number, email, title of artwork, sales status and price. Titles must include the Latin name of the plant portrayed. Accepted entries that do not conform to the above presentation may be refused at the time of hanging.

All artwork will be transported in RMSBA Fleece Art Sacks and other packing material will not be stored by RMSBA.