Art of the State Pennsylvania: 2020

Art will be insured upon delivery to the The State Museum of Pennsylvania for either its sale price or its insurance value.

Jurors will select work to be exhibited from digital images.

Submit one(1) standard JPEG Image for each Painting, Work on Paper or Photograph or 2-dimensional work. Each JPEG should be captured by a digital camera at a resolution of 300 dpi or up to a 10Mb (Megabyte) file size limit.

For 3-D (three-dimensional) Craft and Sculpture, you may submit up to three (3) JPEGS. (front, back and side views) for each work.

For time-based media to be considered by jurors for the Art of the State exhibition, artists must follow these guidelines to upload digital files to entrythingy.com for review:

1. Audio / Video size should not exceed 100mb
2. Video format needs to be MP4 or MOV
3. Audio format needs to be MP3
4. Single piece of time-based media where photography is the primary element, no longer than five minutes

If an artist’s time-based media is accepted into the exhibition, the artist will be required to provide a media player, speakers, and screen for exhibition display purposes. Media should be programmed to play on a continuous loop. The media player should be equipped to start automatically, and to start and play when and if power is lost and returns.”


Artist must be a current resident of Pennsylvania and 18+ years of age.
Artwork must have been created in the past three (3) years.

Be certain to select the correct category.

Enter size in inches: Height x Width x Depth

Artwork size is limited to 12’ x 12’, 150 lbs. in all categories

Three jurors will now judge all the art works in all categories for inclusion in the exhibition. As usual the fourth - the awards juror - will judge from the final selection of the other three jurors.

The entry fee is now $30 for up to 3 pieces of art. Additional entries require $10 each, plus the $30 entry fee.

The category of Photography now includes time-based media