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| $3,500 Cash Purchase Award for Best of Show |
| 10th International Juried Show |
All Participants receive jury feedback
All Accepted artists receive news release forms of proven effectiveness
| $2,000.00 total programming & network space gifted to 10 Award of Merit winners |
$600.00 total Cash Prizes to 6 Award of Excellence winners
Deadline: April 28th 2010
Email: director@artjury.com
Instructions For Artists The deadline for submissions (postal or email date) is April 28, 2010. Divisions (Media) Our juried shows have six media divisions. They are: 1. Acrylic/Oil 2. Collage/Mixed Media 3. Pastel, Colored Pencil, Graphics 4. Photography, Print- Making; Digital Art 5. Water Media. 6. 3-Dimensional Who is Eligible: Artists living anywhere in the world who are at least 16-years old may enter. Entries must have been completed within the past three years. An artist need not have physical possession of any work entered. That is, the piece can be hanging in a gallery, entered into another juried art show, or even sold when it is entered for our show. The important thing is that we see the level of skill. There are no special themes, content, or style required. How to Submit Images may be emailed to us as digital attachments or sent on CDs. Mail CDs to: AJAS 921 Englewood Lane Plano, Texas 75025 If you mail us CDs and want them returned include an SASE that will fit the CD. Image Requirements We accept jpeg or .tiff images via email. We no longer accept slides. Digital images should be saved at 72 dpi resolution, with longest dimension about 600 pixels. Identify as the file name for each digital image its title, dimensions (height x width) in inches, media (one of the 6 listed above), and the artist's name. Crop your images; do not show frame or mat. We do not edit the image clarity of digital submissions, so please send the images as you want them to be displayed. Please make sure that the images are clear and of good quality. You can either photograph your art and make digital images yourself or have it done professionally. How Many Entries May An Artist Submit? There is no limit on the number of submissions. Suggestion: Keep a record of the images that you enter. What Does It Cost To Enter? There is a non-refundable entry fee of $ 10 per image. You may pay by check or PayPal. Mail checks to: AJAS 921 Englewood Lane Plano, Texas 75025 To remit payment by PayPal, simply fill-out the Entry Form and click on Send Entry Form located at the bottom of the page. You will then be directed to the secure PayPal page where you click on PayPal Payments. If images are sent by email and payment is not received within 5 business days of sending them, those images will be deleted from our database. Entry Form Click Here For Entry Form. An Entry form is provided that can be completed and sent at the same time you send your images by email, as an attachment to the email letter, or embedded (pasted) into the email text. If you prefer we have an entry form that you can send as hard copy through regular mail when you send your CD. Do not send the entry form as a JPEG image; we cannot work with that. How We Evaluate Your Art The art you enter is judged by our professional staff The outcome is not based on chance. We use a well designed model of analysis. Here are the five analytical categories that comprise the model:
When judging a work, each category is given a number by the jurist. The feedback shows the average scores given in each of the five analytical categories. If your work is not accepted we refer you to the evaluation you will receive so you can keep improving and try again. Participating artists receive jury scored feedback (evaluation) on all work submitted so they can learn from the experience. If your work is accepted, art gallery owners and directors will view it with an eye toward possible portfolio review, representation, placement or sale. Knowing the areas that the jury considers can guide you in the evaluation of your work and aid in your submission selections. Consider colors that offer visual impact; unique and original content; composition that invites the viewers gaze into the painting and has a sense of movement; work that is both pleasing to the eye and exciting to view. Composition can provide dynamism that contributes to visual excitement. Landscapes should have color and value variation throughout. The Sequence Of Events for The Fall / Winter Show April 28, 2010 - Deadline (postmarked or email date) for submitting images. May 8, 2010- Accepted artists are notified by email. May 22, 2010- Final date (postmarked) for payment of voluntary Allocation & Marketing fee (A&M fee). May, 2010 (or before) - Accepted art is placed in temp gallery, artists invited in to check color balance of their accepted work. This is the First Pass Inspection. June 2, 2010 - First Pass Inspection completed. June 10, 2010 - Final Date for accepted artists to inspect for overall correctness of their images placed in the AJAS Gallery of Accepted Art. This is the Final Pass Inspection. June 12, 2010 - Gallery of Accepted Art opens. Major North American galleries are invited to access the site. Awards of Merit are announced. June 14, 2010 - News release forms are made available to accepted artists for them to complete and send to their local news media June 15, 2010 - Commencement of fund disbursement to award winners December 12, 2010 - Exhibition officially closes. Accepted images whose artists pay the voluntary A&M fee of $40.00 will have their art remain in the Gallery for viewing until June 12, 2011. |
| What Are The Rewards? 1. Gallery or Museum Review of Accepted Work Since artists wish to protect their privacy due to the increasing spam problem, we have cooperated to solve the problem. Whenever a gallery or art museum is interested in one of our accepted artist's work or style, that gallery or museum makes first contact with us. We, in turn, immediately send an email to the artist, supplying the inquiring venue's name and email address. At that point we are out of the loop on that contact. We take no commission. 2. Jury Feedback Is Supplied To All The Artists Who Enter All participating artists receive scored jury feedback on all work submitted. We do this every show and artists value it. You will know why you were or were not juried into the exhibition. These scored evaluations are sent out as soon as they are collated. Due to the many hundreds of entries this distribution time can vary from 1-2 weeks following announcement of the accepted art. 3. Best of Show Purchase Prize This is a $3,500 cash prize awarded to a participating artist 4. Award of Excellence Prize Each of our six exhibition media divisions has a $100.00 Award of Excellence cash prize. 5. Award of Merit Prize There are 10 of these prizes awarded in all the media divisions. They entail gifting each winner a web page on our website which is linked to our Front Line Gallery containing the accepted art. On that page the artist tells what motivated her/him to create the accepted work. 6. Personal Website Pages for Selected Artists Artists who are accepted in more than one show and have each time paid the voluntary $40.00 A&M fee are given dedicated pages on our website. These artists are designated as having attained Master Class or Master Class Plus status. A Master Class artist must have been juried into two consecutive shows. A Master Class Plus artist must have been juried into more than two consecutive shows. Master Class Plus artists are invited to show 10 works from their portfolios in our galleries, in addition to all their accepted works. Master Class artists are invited to show three works from their portfolios in addition to all their accepted works. This art remains in our galleries for one year. AJAS pays for the programming and network space. To date AJAS has gifted more than $50,000 in programming and network costs to these talented artists. |
| Accepted artists have the option to participate in our Masters programs of free website pages in which to show their art. |
Our Distinguished Jurists Include:
Charles DeBus, Senior
Lecturer, Photography,
Meadows School of the
Arts, Southern Methodist
University.
Charles DeBus was a colleague of
Ansel Adams (1902-1984). When
not teaching at SMU, and in
between exhibitions, he instructs
at his studio in Fredericksburg,
Texas. He is a standing member of
the Board of Distinguished Jurists
of the American Juried Art Salon.
Lecturer, Photography,
Meadows School of the
Arts, Southern Methodist
University.
Charles DeBus was a colleague of
Ansel Adams (1902-1984). When
not teaching at SMU, and in
between exhibitions, he instructs
at his studio in Fredericksburg,
Texas. He is a standing member of
the Board of Distinguished Jurists
of the American Juried Art Salon.
Mark Gordon, Associate
Professor of Art at Barton
College, Wilson, NC.
He is past Chair of the Advisory
Committee of the Fulbright
Commission, former member of
the Fulbright Grant Review
Committee, and a grant recipient
of the Pollock-Krasner
Foundation, New York. He is a
standing member of the Board of
Distinguished Jurists of the
American Juried Art Salon.
Professor of Art at Barton
College, Wilson, NC.
He is past Chair of the Advisory
Committee of the Fulbright
Commission, former member of
the Fulbright Grant Review
Committee, and a grant recipient
of the Pollock-Krasner
Foundation, New York. He is a
standing member of the Board of
Distinguished Jurists of the
American Juried Art Salon.
Lynn Fero, Vice President,
Business Affairs, CBS
Television Distribution.
Lynn is an award winning artist, working
in pastels. Her works have appeared in
more than 40 national juried shows.
Lyn's paintings have also appeared in
several major motion pictures.
Recently she had a painting in the
Allentown Art Museum's 2009 Biennial
and in the Coos Bay (Oregon) Art
Museum's show "Expressions West
2009".
Business Affairs, CBS
Television Distribution.
Lynn is an award winning artist, working
in pastels. Her works have appeared in
more than 40 national juried shows.
Lyn's paintings have also appeared in
several major motion pictures.
Recently she had a painting in the
Allentown Art Museum's 2009 Biennial
and in the Coos Bay (Oregon) Art
Museum's show "Expressions West
2009".
| Consider This: We were the first juried show to offer all participating artists the jury evaluations of their entered works. We were the first juried show to develop and use an objective scoring mechanism to provide a level playing field for all entrants. We do not employ hype to attract your participation. We do employ integrity. Assisting artists to develop their skills and provide them an inexpensive, professional venue in which to display their work are the reasons we are here. |
We cordially invite your participation in the upcoming show