Prospectus

Art Port Townsend
14th Annual Juried Art Show
Expressions Northwest
a festival of the visual arts featuring a juried art show
August 3–August 26, 2012

Entries

• All entries will be juried from digital images. Awards will be judged from the original works of art.
• A maximum of three entries per artist may be submitted for jurying.
• For sculpture, up to three images may be submitted per entry.

Entry Fees

A non–refundable entry fee of $45 is required for a maximum of three entries. Entry deadline: June 7, 2012.

Digital Entry

You can enter your images online at OnlineJuriedShows.com. A lot of help formatting your images and how to enter can be found on the website under the “How to Enter” link. You will need to create an account (it’s free).Image Specifications: Your image should be at least 1920 pixels @72 dpi on the longest side. Use RBG color space and make sure it’s a JPEG (the filename ends in .jpg)
Proceed through all 5 steps of entry including getting a Receipt of Entry.

Questions?

For those who are not computer savvy and for more information, contact:
Joan Balzarini 360-681-0850
Rae Belkin 360-437-9442, artist@cablespeed.com

Eligibility

Artist must be 16 years of age or older and a resident of WA, OR, ID MT, AK or British Columbia.Entries must be original, entirely the work of the entrant, executed within the last three years, and without the supervision of an instructor.Entries must not be copied, derivatives, or based on other copyrighted or published paintings or photographs.

Conditions

Work in two and three dimensions including jewelry and photography is eligible. Sculpture may not exceed 70˝ × 24˝ × 24˝. Two dimensional work may not exceed 70˝ height × 44˝ width including frame.

• Unless artist installs, no work may exceed 50 pounds in weight.
• All two–dimensional works on paper must have glass or plexiglass. Work must be ready to hang, including wire. Shipped paintings must use plexiglass. Hand delivered work may use glass.
• Artists may not substitute another work for an accepted work, alter the work or the sales price, nor withdraw the work after it has been accepted.
• Art Port Townsend reserves the right to refuse any work which does not match the entry or meet the media, size or framing criteria.

Accepted Works

• Works can be hand delivered or shipped. Instructions will be mailed in the notification letter. There will be a $10.00 charge for each shipping container.

Sales

Should your work(s) sell, Northwind Arts Center will pay you a wholesale price equal to 70% of the retail selling price. Northwind will pay Washington State sales tax.

Photography

Art Port Townsend reserves the right to use images and to photograph entries for the purposes of documentation, education, publicity, and to encourage interaction of the arts.

Liability

Every reasonable precaution will be taken during the receiving, installation, exhibition, and return of work, but neither Port Townsend Arts Commission nor Northwind Arts Center will assume responsibility for loss or damage incurred. Artists should carry their own insurance. Work should not be so fragile that shipment or public display is potentially harmful to the work or the viewer.

Agreement

Submission of this image or images and, if accepted, the artwork, shall constitute an agreement on the part of the artist to comply with the conditions set forth in this prospectus, including the following: I hereby release and discharge the officers, employees and volunteers of the Port Townsend Arts Commission and Northwind Arts Center from any and all claims occasioned by damage or loss of said image(s) or artwork while in possession of Art Port Townsend.
No work accepted for this exhibition may be withdrawn prior to the close of the exhibition. Permission to reproduce the artwork in a catalog of the exhibition, for publicity purposes, for educational purposes, and to encourage interaction of the arts is granted. All decisions of the Exhibition Chair are final.

Northwind Arts Center
2409 Jefferson St. • Port Townsend, WA 98368
Open 12 pm-5 pm Northwind Arts Center is closed Tuesday & Wednesday
www.northwindarts.org
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