Confluence of Expression: Wildlife Exhibition

Confluence Art Gallery invites submissions for its Confluence of Expression: Wildlife Exhibition, an online juried art and photography exhibition.

For this exhibit, artists and photographers are encouraged to share their artistic vision and interpretation of wildlife. Note for this exhibition wildlife is defined as animals not in enclosures dependent upon humans for food, water and shelter.

There are two categories for this exhibition. One category for artwork and a separate category for photography. Each category will have its own judges. If you plan to submit both art and photographs, please submit up to 5 art pieces under one entry and up to 5 photographs as a separate entry. This will aid the sponsors to send the art entries and photographic entries to the appropriate judges.

DATES AND DEADLINES:

Call for Artists Announced: June 16, 2017
Deadline for Entries: September 18, 2017
Artist Notification: October 6, 2017
Opening of Online Exhibition, October 15, through December 31, 2017
Opening of Exhibit at Green Door Art Gallery, November 8 through December 31, 2017

A physical exhibition of the award winners will be held at Green Door Art Gallery in St. Louis from November 8, 2017 through December 31, 2017. Public artist reception will be held at Green Door Art Gallery on November 17, 2017, and on December 12th, there will be a Holiday Open House at the Gallery. Artwork and photography entries will be limited in size to 20X24 framed.

Awards and Prizes

Cash awards will be given to the Best of Show winner as well as 1st and 2nd place winners for each category: art or photography.

Best of Show, $200 plus one year representation on Confluence Art Gallery website
1st Place, $100 plus one year representation on Confluence Art Gallery website
2nd Place, $50
Ribbons for 5 Honorable Mentions per category.

The Best in Show winner and 1st place winner will be the 'Featured Artists' on the Confluence Art Gallery website for one year and will have the opportunity to display, promote and sell a collection of their art through Confluence Art Gallery.

All accepted artworks will be on display online for the duration of the exhibition. The artists may choose to sell their accepted art through Confluence Art Gallery. Upon submission, artists may choose to price their artwork for sale or mark it Not For Sale (NFS).

A catalog of the exhibit will be available to order for $35 plus shipping. Information about ordering the catalog will be announced October 8, 2017 and you may order by October 21, 2017. Only the number of catalogs ordered and paid for by October 21, 2017 will be ordered. Catalogs will be delivered by November 15th.

All winners and accepted artists will receive extensive online publicity and promotion.

Depending on the number and quality of all submissions received, additional Honorable Mention and/or Special Recognition awards may be given.

ENTRY FEES: If you want to enter both Art and Photography into the Wildlife Exhibit you will need to enter each category separately. You may submit up to five pieces of art in one category and then up to five pieces of photography in the other entry.

There is a non-refundable entry fee of $25 for first two images.

You may ente additional images for a non-refundable fee of $15 each. A maximum of 5 images will be accepted per artist per category (2D Art or Photography).

Should you have questions, please email [email protected]

Payment is required at the time of entry.

Confluence Art Gallery utilizes the EntryThingy platform to receive, process and jury all competition entries. EntryThingy provides artists with a free, secure and easy-to-use system to apply to a wide variety of national (and international) juried art exhibitions 24 hours a day. There is no cost to the artist to register on the site and all payments processed through EntryThingy are secure. EntryThingy accepts both credit cards and PayPal.

Artists who submit an entry and images to Confluence Art Gallery must agree to Confluence Art Gallery's Terms of Service and Use, Privacy Policy and Competition Rules.

Read the full Competition Rules on the submission page. Click the button below to submit:

Juried Competition Rules

Below are the rules for entering any Confluence Art Gallery Juried Competition. Please read them carefully as you will be required to agree to them, in addition to Confluence Art Gallery's Terms of Service & Use and Privacy Policy, prior to submitting. If you have any questions about the competition or the application process, please feel free to contact us at TBD.

Eligibility

Open to artists worldwide.
Must be 18 years or older to enter.
Entries must follow the competition theme.
Work must be the original creation of the artist and completed within the past 3 years. Work completed under the direction of an instructor or in a class/workshop is ineligible.

Mediums and size limitations; please see the competitions specific guidelines for details.

You may enter works of art that have won art competition awards in other shows.

Images

Accepted entries will be selected from digital photographs submitted through EntryThingy.

Image should not exceed 3MB.

Image should be in jpeg format, 72 dpi.

Image should not contain any frame, mat, watermark, copyright or signatures for the judging.

Image should be labeled as
LastName_FirstName_Title.jpeg Example: John_Doe_Untitled.jpg. Do not include special characters such or stray spaces in the file name. Doing so may prevent the file from uploading.

Images must be clear and in focus. Images of artwork that is improperly exposed or out of focus will be rejected from judging. Please remember that your photographs reflect your skills and represent your work.

Confluence Art Gallery may crop for formatting purposes for promotional and advertising use, in slide shows, YouTube videos, Confluence Art Gallery presentations and marketing materials, and for other areas of the website where your images may appear. Other than cropping, your images will not be modified, color corrected or enhanced.

Selection and Awards

Selections will be made by Confluence Art Gallery Owners and Artists, Sandy Brooks, Diane Tessman, Garry McMichael, and/or invited guest jurors who are prominent in the art world, including other artists and art professionals.

Artwork will be judged based on the following criteria: creativity, originality, interpretation, quality, overall design, demonstration of artistic ability, and mastery of your chosen medium.

The submission of entries/images does not guarantee you will be selected for participation in the online exhibition. Only accepted artwork will be on exhibit.

All accepted images will appear in our online exhibition from September 1, 2017 through November 30, 2017. After that, it will be archived on the site.

The Best in Show winners will be the 'Featured Artists' on the website for the duration of the exhibition.

Accepted artists and award winners for Confluence of Expression Wildlife exhibition will be notified by email by August 18th, 2017.

Cash awards will be paid through PayPal or by check within 21 days of the notification of winning.

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Entry Fees

A non-refundable entry fee of $25 is required for up to two initial entries. Additional images are $15 per image. Artists may submit up to 5 images per entry. Please ensure you are choosing the correct entry fee for the number of images you are entering.

Payment is required at the time of entry.

Entry fees are NOT refundable.

Artist Statement/Bio

All winning artists will provide a short Bio or Artist Statement (400 word limit), written in the third person. This is your opportunity to tell us a little bit about yourself, including your artistic training, inspiration, media choice, or anything that you might like people to know about you and your art. If you have a website, please include your website URL and/or email address. Please note that any statements/bios that exceed the word limit or are poorly written will be edited.

If your artwork is accepted, it may be linked directly to your website so potential collectors may see your art and contact you directly.

If accepted artists wish to sell their art through Confluence Art Gallery, we will market your artwork in the Confluence Art of Expression Floral and Botanical Art Exhibition and during the Green Door Art Gallery Exhibition. Artists will set the selling price for the artwork or mark the artwork Not For Sale (NFS) in their submissions. Pricing should reflect the artists current pricing structure. Confluence Art Gallery will take a 30% commission of the sales price set by the artist. Sales may be made directly through the online gallery.

Email Subscription

By submitting artwork to Confluence Art Gallery, the Artist understands and agrees that they are opting in and will be placed on our email list and will receive future email announcements and email notices from us. If you want to be removed from this email list, please click the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any email and we will remove you immediately from all future emails.

POLICIES

Artists who submit an entry and images to Confluence Art Gallery must agree to the terms and conditions of this prospectus. In addition to the criteria mentioned in the previous sections, the following policies apply:

Submissions received after the posted deadline will not be considered.

Once a submission is made, no image substitutions may be made. Additional entries can be submitted by returning to EntryThingy and entering the competition again provided you do not go over five submissions per artist rule.

All work must remain in the online and in the physical exhibition for the entire duration of the exhibition. No early withdrawals will be permitted.

Confluence Art Gallery reserves the right to cancel an exhibition, extend deadlines, or change exhibition dates. In the event of an exhibition cancellation, entry fees that have been paid will be refunded.

By submitting work to be considered for the exhibition, artists grant Confluence Art Gallery a non-exclusive perpetual license to reproduce the images of their artwork on our website, in the marketing of any art competitions including, but not limited to the galleries social media network outlets. Confluence Art Gallery is granted usage of the chosen artwork, for display, marketing and promotional purposes for that art exhibition and for any future Confluence Art Gallery themed art competitions and exhibitions - either online or in co-operating art gallery. Usage of the image(s) is limited to any Confluence Art Gallery publicity including, but not limited to, ads, marketing materials, press releases, event presentations, articles, compilation slide shows and videos, brochures, catalogs, posters, event mailers, and for use on the Confluence Art Gallery website and in the gallery.

The artist agrees that Confluence Art Gallery can maintain an archive of the chosen artwork for posterity as part of a historical site record of past exhibitions. This archive will be available only on the Confluence Art Gallery website. Confluence Art Gallery will provide credit for each image with the Artist Name, Title and the Artist Email/Website, if applicable. The artist shall retain all copyrights of any images that are submitted to Confluence Art Gallery.

No images may be copied or downloaded from the Confluence Art Gallery website. Confluence Art Gallery does not claim ownership of the artwork you submit for consideration. All images attached to the Confluence Art Gallery website are the property of the respective artist and the artist retains the sole copyright and all other applicable rights to said images.

Artists should read the website's Terms of Service & Use page. By entering into any art competition conducted by Confluence Art Gallery, the artist is automatically agreeing to the Terms of Service & Use, Privacy Policy and the Competition Rules.

These rules may be updated from time to time, so please be read them before you agree to them.

Updated April 20, 2017