Best in Tonalism 2024
Online Showcase
The American Tonalist Society is hosting an online juried competition, show and sale.
Dear Artist,
American Tonalism portrays imagery that embodies and emotes atmosphere and mood. The paintings represent a quiet, contemplative experience that manifest spirituality and simplicity.
This online juried showcase is an opportunity to have your work included among the finest examples of Tonalism being created today. Three cash awards will be presented and award winners will be invited to submit work to the ATS 2025 Live biennial invitational exhibition. The award winner will be featured thru ATS magazine ADS and promoted through ATS’s website and social media channels.
All accepted entries will be posted on the ATS website gallery and OnlineJuriedShows.
Awards:
First Place $1500
Second Place $500
Third Place - $250
At least three Honorable Mentions
ELIGIBILITY
Open to artists worldwide.
RULES
Paintings must be in the style of tonalism. The tonalist movement illustrates the departure from emphasis on color, strong contrasts, bravura brushwork, and high chroma. Instead, it focuses on emotion, spirituality, feeling and mood, encompassing luscious, luminous, and evanescent atmospheric effects featuring foggy mornings, evocative moonlit nights with a minimal palette of neutral hues. Like visual poetry, tonalist paintings have a quiet statement of contemplation, mystery, and intrigue. “The purpose of the painter is simply…to awaken an emotion.” George Inness
By submitting images to this juried opportunity, you understand and agree that accepted images may be displayed on ATS’s website, Facebook page, and other social and/or print media. Images do become part of ATS’s archives and may be used for this and future ATS promotions. Artists will retain copyright to their image(s).
Entries can be marked NFS.
The American Tonalist Society curates exhibitions of fine art demonstrating excellence in tonalism based on concept and execution. The decision of the judges is final. Jury fees are non-refundable.
By entering this exhibition, you agree that you have read and will abide by all rules outlined in this prospectus
• Please submit your images of paintings in oil, acrylic, pastel, tempera or watercolor. (no photography or prints allowed). Up to two paintings per artist will be accepted into the show.
• Image files must be jpg and under 4 mb. For best results, images should be at least 1920 pixels on the longest side @ 72 dpi. For help with your submissions, contact onlinejuriedshows@gmail.com or 888-666-1351
• If available for sale, please indicate retail price. The show will be promoted on social media for sales opportunities. Sales split : Artist 60% ATS 40%
• 2023 Signature Artist split is 80/20. Artist 80% ATS 20%.
Artists are responsible for shipping to the buyer.
Artist will be connected with the buyer to facilitate shipping after the sale. Artists should consider this in their pricing of the work for sale.
• Any questions, please email americantonalist@aol.com
Charge: $40 for one entry, $10 for each additional. No limit to the number of entries you wish to submit for consideration.
ATS Signature Artists (artists who were in the “Shades of gray 2“ Biennial exhibition at the Salmagundi Club in NYC): $35 for up to two entries, and $10 for each additional.
Entry deadline: July 1, 2024
Judging: July 5 - 15
Jury results will be posted Aug 1st.
Juror : Brent Cotton - ATS