Emerging Artists 2018 Competition

Description

SlowArt Productions presents Emerging Artists 2018, the 26th annual competition for exhibition and Artist of the Year Award. Open to all artists working in any media. This event is devoted to the discovery, introduction and promotion of Emerging Artists. The exhibition will be held March 1 - 24, 2018, at the Limner Gallery.

ELIGIBILITY AND RESTRICTIONS: The competition is open to all artists, national and international, working in all media. All forms of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, graphics, digital and installation art, video, etc. are eligible. Entrants must be 18 years of age or older to apply. Wall mounted works must not be taller than 96" no wider than 120". Sculptural work must fit through a standard height, 36"wide entry door.

EXHIBITION AND TERMS: Winning artists will be featured in a group exhibition at the Limner Gallery, March 1 - 24, 2018. All works in the show must be for sale. The gallery will take a 35 percent commission on all sales. Sale price is determined by the artist. The exhibition will also be displayed on the Limner Gallery web site and social media sites.

ENTRY FEES: To apply for the exhibition only, there is a $35.00 entry fee for one to four artworks entered, presentation is by digital JPG image files and/or print reproductions. Up to six images may be submitted, with a $5.00 fee for each additional artwork above four. Sculptors may provide one additional view per artwork without cost. To be considered for the Artist of the Year award artists must submit ten images, the fee to apply for the exhibition and the award is $50. Artists accepted to exhibit will not be charged additional fees of any kind. Payments by credit card at time of entry using PayPal, or check or money order payable to SlowArt Productions.

IMAGE USE / COPYRIGHTS: Artist retains all copyrights to submitted images and represented artwork. Digital images submitted with artist entry are for exhibition selection only and will be deleted after completion of the selection process. By entering the competition, artists selected to exhibit grant Limner Gallery rights to use the selected image(s) on printed materials and the gallery web site for promotional purposes only. Limner Gallery and/or SlowArt retain no copyrights to artists work.

NOTIFICATION: Artists will be notified of acceptance or non-acceptance no later than December 30, 2017. Results will be posted on or before this date at: http://www.slowart.com/results. Notification will be made via email and by posting on the results page. All artists who provide a working email address will be notified via email, if no email is provided, artists will be notified via postal mail only if accepted to exhibit. Type your email address clearly, if a mistake is made you will not be notified.

PRIVACY POLICY: Artist contact information (address, telephone, etc.) is only held for the purpose of contacting selected artists and is not preserved in any database. Entry data and image files are deleted on the completion of the jury process. All artist emails will be added to our future events announcement email list. Artists who do not wish to be on the email list may unsubscribe when they receive their notification.

DEADLINE: The deadline is November 30, 2017. Entries must be postmarked or submitted via email by 12:00 midnight on this date.