Art Port Townsend 2010
Annual Artist Studio Tour
Art Port Townsend’s Annual Artist Studio Tour is complete for 2009; however, many of the studios are open year round by appointment. Follow the links on the list at right to learn about the artists and their work.
Check back on this page for more information on the 2010 Studio Tour as it becomes available.
Juried Show
The Port Townsend Arts Commission and Northwind Arts Alliance are seeking submissions for “Expressions Northwest”, the Twelfth Annual Art Port Townsend Juried Art Competition which takes place August 7th – August 29th in Port Townsend, WA. Artists must be at least 16 years of age and a resident of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, or British Columbia. Works in both two- and three- dimensional forms, including photography, are eligible. A total of $2,595 in cash prizes will be awarded. Additionally, merchandise awards will also be presented.
The juror for this show will be Suzanne Beal, a critic, arts writer and curator in Seattle. Her writings on theater, dance and visual art have appeared in Art in America, Art on Paper, Art Ltd., Sculpture, Fiber Arts and American Craft, among other publications. In addition, she is the author of numerous gallery monographs on selected Northwest artists. Suzanne has curated exhibitions at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery at the University of Washington (Seattle, WA), Sandpoint Gallery (Seattle, WA), The Kirkland Arts Center (Kirkland, WA), and Cornish College of the Arts (Seattle, WA). She is the membership chair of ArtTable (Seattle Division), a national organization for professional women in leadership positions in the visual arts. She holds an M.A. in Art History from the University of Washington.
A non-refundable entry fee of $35 is required for a maximum of three digital entries (no slides or prints) per artist. The deadline is June 9th, 2010.
Click on this link to view the prospectus as a pdf file: Prospectus
Juried Show Calendar
June 9………………………………………………………..Entry postmark deadline
July 6…………………………………………………………Notifications mailed
August 1-2 ………………………………………………..Delivery of work
August 6 ~ 7 p.m. ………………………………………..Awards ceremony & reception
August 7 ~ 12 p.m.–5 p.m………………………………Exhibition opens
August 7 ~ 1 p.m………………………………………….Suzanne Beal lecture
August 21-22 ~ 10 a.m.–4 p.m………………………Artist Studio Tour
August 26 ~ 7 p.m……………………………………….Poets reaction to the Juried Show
August 29 ~ 5 p.m………………………………………..Exhibition closes
August 29 and 30……………………………………….Pick up art work
Open 12 p.m.-5 p.m. Northwind Arts Center is closed Tuesday & Wednesday
You may also call (360) 379-3025, e-mail sguinup@olypen.com or send a SASE to: Art Port Townsend Juried Show, 2409 Jefferson St., Port Townsend, WA 98368.
2009 Contacts
Director:
Jeanette Best
PO Box 65499,
Port Ludlow, WA 98365
Studio Tour Information:
Susan Hazard
60 Vancouver Lane,
Port Townsend WA 98368-9675
susan.hazard@cablespeed.com
Image Quality
Both the studio tour and juried show require that the artist submit photos to be judged. Your help is needed to assure that your art work is represented by the best possible quality images.
Many artists struggle every year to submit good quality images of the proper size. In the last few years, the quality of the pictures has been getting better, but many artists are still having problems with image size. We’ve asked for images no smaller that 1024 pixels on the longer side. Image size is important for two reasons: so that all art will be viewed at the same size by the juror, and so that the images are big enough to print in the brochure.
If you send an image larger than 1024, we will downsize it for you. What we won’t do, is enlarge a too-small image, since this could compromise image quality.
Most commonly, images are mailed using a program that automatically resizes images. You send great images, your computer decides to shrink them. Double check your e mail program, and make sure that you’ve told it to send images full size.
In most cases, crop your image to your artwork. The juror doesn’t need to see the frame (in most cases), the wall it is hanging on, or the interior of your home. We actually got a photo one year that included a view down the hall and into the bathroom. Really.
Title your images correctly: lastnamefirstinitial_title that’s LAST NAME first. When Mary Smith sends us an image titled marysmith_goodstuff she gets lost in the Ms, not down in the Ss where she belongs. So, we get confused and spend extra time.
PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT EMBED IMAGES IN YOUR E MAIL, OR INCLUDE THEM AS PART OF A MICROSOFT WORD DOCUMENT. Instead, ATTACH images to your e mail as high quality jpegs.
Most importantly, there is a real person on the receiving end of your email. If you are having problems, let us know, and we’ll try to work it out.
Also remember that with roughly 600 images to handle every year, our time is limited.
Thanks for your help!
From the prospectus:
• All entries will be juried from digital images. Awards will be judged from the original works of art. You can either include a cd-rom with your images when you mail in your entry form or you can attach the images to an e-mail to:
images@artporttownsend.org
• Please do not embed your images in the text of the e-mail message. Send high quality jpeg images, at least 1024 pixels along the longer dimension. Image files should not exceed 2MB. File name must be in the following format:
lastnamefirstinitial_title.jpg (Mac users be sure to add .jpg extension.)
Example: smithj_snowstorm.jpg
• For sculpture, up to three images may be submitted per entry.
Benefactors:
Washington State Arts Commission
Sponsors:
Akamai Art and Glass Supply, Antalya Holdings, Pat Austin, Carlson Chiropractic, David D.Chulijian, DDS, PS, Jane and Charlie Kopriva, Carla Main andd Brad West,.Olympic Art and Office Supply, Diane Simpson, Townsend Communications, Sylvia and Don White.
Contributors:
Ancestral Spirits Gallery, Leslie and Janet Cox, Adrian and Louise Dronkert, Louis and Mary Lou Enlow, Green Eyeshade, Port Townsend Gallery, Karen and Harvey Putterman, Wilson Insurance Co.
Friends:
John Barnard, Cheryl Bentley, Robert and Barbara Chandler, Lucy and Charlie Hanson, Elizabeth Harmon, Gwen Lovett, Paul Rogland, Guy and Teresa Scharf, Marsha and Sol Wiener