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Paintings must be for sale. (EAC commission is 35%) No price changes may be made after entries are accepted.
Work previously published at the time of submission to this contest, in a national publication or receiving an award at a national level exhibition, is not eligible.
AWARDS:
Cash awards of at least $6,000 will be announced at the opening of the show. Four-teen paintings will be selected for cash awards, with a top award of $2,000. Any artist winning the Award of Excellence will not be eligible to win that particular award again for the next 2 years. Your image may be used for the catalog or for publicity reproduction.
JUROR
Dawn Emerson earned her BA from Brown University in English/Art in 1977. She made a living after college as a graphic designer for 10 years, then started teaching art to children in public and private schools after moving westward in 1987. Though Dawn had drawn all her life, and studied brush painting from an early age, her ambition at that point was not on becoming a fine artist, but on teaching. After moving to Oregon in 1991, Dawn became a full time artist in residence for schools throughout Central Oregon, teaching multicultural arts, design, and drawing.
Though she continued teaching children k-12 for 5 years while raising her two children, Dawn began taking workshops for pastel. After that, pastel became a passion, and Dawn quickly began winning major awards, and soon earned status as a signature member with the Pastel Society of America, the Pastel Society of the West Coast, the Association of Equine Artists, and as an associate member of the Society for Animal Artists.
Dawn's work has been featured in numerous journals and texts over the years. She has been included in museum shows around the country focussed on birds and animals, and has been invited to jury numerous shows in Idaho and Oregon. Dawn was privileged to judge The Artists Magazine animal category in 2011, and the animal category in the annual Pastel Journal's Pastel 100.
Dawn has become known for her creative and inspiring approach to teaching drawing and pastel workshops. The passion for energy and movement that is alive in her paintings are part of her who she is as a teacher. When she is not preparing for shows or teaching at the community college in Central Oregon, Dawn works at the local printmaking studio doing monotypes. Though pastel is her primary medium, more and more of her work includes mixed media. While her subjects include mostly the figure, landscape, and animals, all subjects are exciting to her, and her work spans realism through abstraction.
ENTRY INFORMATION
Preliminary selection will be made from digital images (hereafter referred to as images) submitted according to instructions. Artists may submit a maximum of 4 images. Entry fees are $35 for the first two images, and $10 for each additional image. Entry fees will not be re-funded. Size of work is limited to 42 inches in any direction, including frame. Frames must be sturdy, with a wire hanger. Entries must be postmarked by March 5, 2012 or hand delivered by NOON on March 10, 2012.
Mail properly labeled CD, (see instructions), a completed entry form for each image, total fee (check or money order made out to Emerald Art Center), and a SASE #10 business size to:
Emerald Art Center
Attn: Merrilea Jones
500 Main St.
Springfield, Oregon 97477
The Board of EAC has adopted a policy of not allowing art to be displayed that is considered obscene or offensive. A copy of that policy may be had upon request.
SHIPPING & RETURN OF ACCEPTED WORK
Paintings must be shipped and returned within the U.S. A $30 fee will be charged for unpacking and repacking of each carton of shipped work. Shipping instructions will be sent to you with acceptance notices. There is a $15 handling fee for each hand delivered painting. If the painting sells, the handling fee will be refunded to the artist.
LIABILITY
Reasonable care will be taken of your works of art while it is in the possession of the Emerald Art Center. The Emerald Empire Art Association is responsible for your works of art only while in our possession, and not while in transit (either by you or your designee, or shipped to or from us). Artists are encouraged to insure their work in transit.
EXHIBITION CATALOG
Each artist who submits an entry will be sent an exhibition catalog on CD or in print, featuring all paintings selected by the juror for the show.
DOWNLOAD APPLICATION
Mailing instructions:
Put your CD in a paper sleeve and tape to a 5.5'' x 8.5'' piece of mat board or fold a piece of index weight card-board in half with the paper sleeve and CD taped inside. Put this in a 6'' x 9'' envelope. Do not use a hard plastic CD case. Be sure to include sufficient postage.
Note: Images should be of excellent quality. Poor quality images will jeopardize your chances of acceptance. If a painting is judged not to be of the quality reflected in your submitted image, EAC reserves the right to exclude it from the show. All information on entry labels as to size and price must remain the same on accepted entry. Painting must not be altered once the image is submit-ted, with the exception of the artists signature.
All CDs of accepted artwork will become the property of EAC. Permission is assumed to reproduce artwork from CDs for catalog and publicity.
Checklist for entries:
- CD properly labeled (see instructions)
- Entry Fee Check
- Entry forms filled out completely for each image. Print all info clearly.
- Include self-addressed business size #10 envelope with sufficient postage
Mail to:
Emerald Art Center
Attn: Merrilea Jones
500 Main St.
Springfield, OR 97477
(541) 746-5575
(541) 726-8595 (Art Center)
Digital File Requirements:
Please submit one CD, including one unframed image file (JPG) of each entry. Four paintings may be submitted on one CD. A file size of between 1.5 and 2.5 MB will yield enough resolution for reproduction in the exhibition catalog should your painting be selected for the show.
Naming your digital files: Use your first initial and last name followed by-A (or B,C,D) -the title of the painting-.jpg. This means that you must rename your files from your camera prior to saving them on the CD.
Labeling your CD: As shown on Application [download], put your full name and title(s) of entries A & B at the top. Put the framed size of your painting(s) on the sides, A (and C) on the left, B (and D) on the right. At the bottom, put the titles of entries C & D.
CALENDAR:
- March 5 Postmark deadline for entries
- March 10 NOON Deadline for hand delivered entries
- March 30 Notification mailed to artists
- April 17-21 between 11-4 p.m. Shipped paintings arrive at
Emerald Art Center Gallery
500 Main St.
Springfield, OR 97477
- April 20-21 Hand delivered paintings to EAC between 11-4 p.m.
- May 1 Show opens
- May 5 Artists reception and awards ceremony 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
- June 1 Show ends
- June 2 Hand delivered art pick-up between 11 - 4 p.m.
- June 5 Paintings shipped back
About:
The goals of the Emerald Empire Art Association: To provide an environment for interaction among artists and the development of creative ideas. To provide opportunity for artists to exhibit their work. To offer a variety of programs and events that teach and display art. To enrich the community through innovative outreach and in-house programs.
The Emerald Empire Art Association is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting Fine Art in the community. Funded in part by private Foundation, Corporate, and Public grants and donations.
