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2012 ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES

New Jersey Senior Citizens Art Show

ELIGIBILITY

 

County:              Any visual artist, age 60 or over, currently residing in New Jersey, may submit one entry completed within the past three years to his or her county show.

                             Entries submitted must be the original work of the applicant and must not have been previously entered in the New Jersey Senior Citizens Art Show. 

State:                  Entries winning first place at the county level automatically advance to the State competition.  Only

                             one entry per artist is accepted on the State level.  

                             All artwork for the state show must be submitted only by the County Coordinator: one professional and one non-professional first place winner in each of the following categories: acrylic, craft, computer imagery, drawing, mixed media, oil, pastel, photography, print, sculpture and watercolor.

 

ARTIST CLASSIFICATION

Professional:        Person who meets at least two of the following criteria:

                             1)   sold the type of art entered in the contest/exhibition through commercial channels;

2)   exhibited in a professional gallery;

3)   holds professional membership in a guild or association. 

Non-Professional: Person who does not meet two of above professional criteria. 

CATEGORIES

1.   Acrylic

2.   Craft - one-of-a-kind original creations only, no craft kits or molds

3.   Computer Imagery - artwork created by computer only, using a pixel-based painting or graphics program, such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator or Corel Painter 

      Please note: Photos taken by digital camera, digitally- altered photos and images made using a scanner must be entered in the Photography category

4.   Drawing - includes pencil, pen, ink, graphite, markers

5.   Mixed Media - combines two or more media, no one of which clearly predominates; includes collage and assemblage

6.   Oil

7.   Pastel - includes pastel, chalk, charcoal and oil pastel

8.    Photography - includes any image created using a light-capturing devise such as a film-based or digital camera, scanner, pinhole camera, etc., in any part of the process

      Please note: This includes color, black & white or tinted photos, digitally-manipulated photos, photograms, etc

9.   Print - such as etching, engraving, lithograph, woodcut, monoprint, monotype, silkscreen, etc.

10. Sculpture - any work designed in 3 dimensions, carved or constructed in any medium, abstract or figurative; painted or unpainted

11. Watercolor - includes gouache

ARTWORK / DISPLAY RULES

● The maximum size for hanging artwork, including relief sculpture and hanging craft, is still 36” (from outer-edges of frame) in any dimension. The minimum size for hanging artwork remains 11” in any dimension. Please contact us in advance if any hanging piece submitted to the state show exceeds 40 pounds in weight.  Standing sculpture or 3-D craft may not exceed 18" in any dimension; measurements must include the base. Hanging sculpture: see above note.

● All work must be the original creation of the artist (mounting, matting and framing excluded). No giclée prints (or other similar reproductions of original art work), kits or copies of other artists’ artwork will be accepted.

● All works are to be delivered “show-ready” - matted, mounted, framed and with screw eyes (no saw-tooth hangers) ready for hanging, properly labeled at the right bottom corner at the back or at the bottom if 3-D. The artwork should be protected where necessary with glass, Plexiglas, Mylar or other clear protective material.

● Plexiglas or other acrylic material, not glass, on hanging pieces over 24” in any dimension is strongly suggested in order to avoid damage to artwork.

● Any entry with a dollar value exceeding $400.00 must have private insurance.

● If work is incorrectly categorized, it will be moved to the correct category if possible or taken out of competition at the discretion of the jurors.

While every attempt will be made to preserve, secure and protect each entry, the sponsoring organizations will not assume responsibility for loss or damages incurred. Entry in the show signifies compliance with this waiver. 

No artwork may be removed prior to the close of the reception.  Only the County Coordinator or an appointed substitute will be permitted to remove the artwork from the exhibition at that time.

2012 WARREN COUNTY SENIORS’ ART SHOW ARTWORK LABEL & APPLICATION

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Write to us: wcchc@nac.net

 

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Warren County Cultural and Heritage Commission

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