eblast September 22, 2015

CALL FOR ARTISTS 

 2016 Poster Art Contest

For the 34^th Annual Juried Spring Art Show & Sale

The 2016 Spring Show Committee announces the Poster Art Contest for the 34th Annual Juried Art Show & Sale (Show). The winning artwork will be used to publicize the Show and will be featured on a framed poster to be auctioned off at the Show. The image will also be on posters, smaller posters, cards and invitations that will be for sale during the show.   

Entry requirements

·        Current membership (2015) in the WAA

·        Artwork in any 2-D media and on any non-offensive subject

·        *New Submission Option High quality resolution images of 3-D work. 

·        One piece of artwork per artist

Submission requirements

·        Entry must be emailed to bcarter.art@outlook.com. Your entry should include   artwork in .jpg format as well as artist’s name, address, phone number and email address.

·        Signature on the artwork must be blocked.

·        Submittal of entries opens October 1, 2015

·        Deadline to receive entries is 8pm Eastern Standard Time, Saturday November 28, 2015.

Selection

The Show committee will select the winning artwork on Tuesday December 01, 2015. The winner will be contacted immediately and announced on Thursday December 10, 2015 at the WAA Holiday Banquet.   

Selected Artwork 

 The selected artwork may not be entered into the Show. The artwork will be displayed at the Show and may be offered for sale; however, it is not required to be for sale. If the artwork is sold either prior to or during the Show, the standard 30% commission will be due WAA. A framed poster will be on display and auctioned off at the Show with proceeds to benefit WAA. The artist will be asked to sign posters during the Show reception on Thursday April 7, 2016. All proceeds from poster sales will benefit WAA. 

PASTEL DEMONSTRATION for Next Meeting

Our next General Membership Meeting will be held on Thursday, October 8th, 2015.  We will meet as usual at 6.30pm.  The meeting will be held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church at 16 North 16th Street - that is at the junction of Market and 16th Streets. Parking is around the back of the church off Princess. PLEASE NOTE THIS CHANGE OF VENUE!

Our speaker will be Bonnie Rogers who teaches pastel figure drawing at the Cameron Museum School. Bonnie will give a demonstration of her beautiful pastel work and will demo a live figure painting in pastel. She is excited to share her passion with like-minded artists. Bonnie has a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Arts from UNC-Wilmington. She worked  as a graphic designer and is an award-winning artist and teacher in pastel and oils.  

Her work is figurative, and she also enjoys landscape painting en plein air.  

Let your friends know - and remind them of the venue change. This change is just for October's meeting. The meeting in November will be at NHC Arboretum, when we will welcome Justine Ferreri, well-known Wilmington clay artist.

Ann Lees

WAA Education Chair