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Instructions For Artists: Our Next Juried Show
Enter Our 2008 Fall / Winter Exhibition
The deadline for submissions (postal or email date) is November 28, 2008.
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, sent on slides, or sent on CDs. Mail slides or CDs to:
AJAS
921 Englewood Lane
Plano, Texas 75025
If you mail us slides be sure to include a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE). If you mail us CDs and want them
returned include an SASE that will fit the CD.
Image Requirements
Digital images should be in JPEG format, saved at 72 - 300 dpi resolution, with longest dimension no more than 600 pixels.
Identify as the file name for each digital image its title, dimensions (height x width; x depth for 3-D work) in inches, media
(one of the six 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 ( See how here), or have it done professionally
Each slide image should be labeled with its title, dimensions (height x width; x depth for 3-D work) in inches, and the artist's
name. Indicate Top in the upper right corner.
If slides are juried into the show we will digitize them at our expense, but, if slides are dark, the digital images will be dark.
You may want to have your art work photographed professionally to create slides. But our experience suggests that once
you have slides you will get better image quality if you have the slides digitized professionally or if you can scan and adjust
them yourself on your computer.
How Many Entries May An Artist Submit?
There is no limit on the number of submissions. We define one entry as one image plus an optional detail image. The detail
image is valuable in showing texture or brush strokes. The Photography division needs no detail image; 3-D works should
always have 2 images (front and side views) which count as one entry.
Suggestion: Keep a record of the images you enter to be juried.
What Does It Cost To Enter?
There is a non-refundable entry fee of $10 per image, based on the definition listed above. You may pay by check or
PayPal.
If using PayPal, go to your PayPal account; select "Send Money;" enter the amount ($10 per image, based on the definition
listed above); Our PayPal identifier is: director@artjury.com The category for the transaction is services.
Mail checks to:
AJAS
921 Englewood Lane
Plano, Texas 75025
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. You can send it as hard
copy through regular mail when you send your CD or slides. 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 is what we consider:
We use this model when studying each entry, accepting only those works that meet the highest criteria. 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 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
November 28, 2008 - Deadline (postmarked or email date) for submitting images.
December 8, 2008- Accepted artists are notified by email.
December 28, 2008 (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.
January 12, 2009 - First Pass Inspection completed.
January 18, 2009 - 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.
January 20, 2009 - Gallery of Accepted Art opens. Major North American galleries are invited to access the site. Awards of
Excellence and Merit are announced.
January 22, 2009 - News release forms are made available to accepted artists for them to complete and send to their local
news media
February 15, 2009 - Commencement of fund disbursement to award winners
January 20, 2010 - Exhibition officially closes.
What Are The Rewards?
1. Gallery Review of Accepted Work
The month following the opening of the Gallery of Accepted Art we place an invitation on the front page of News of the
Visual Arts/USA to major North American galleries to visit our site and view the images of accepted art. We cannot promise
that you will be contacted by a gallery as a result of our efforts, but a number of accepted artists are contacted by North
American Galleries for sales, placement, or representation. If your work is accepted, art gallery owners and directors will
view it with an eye toward possible portfolio review, representation, placement, or sale.
Since artists wish to protect their privacy due to the increasing spam problem, we have cooperated to solve the problem.
Whenever a gallery is interested in one of our accepted artist's work or style, that gallery makes first contact with us. We, in
turn, immediately send an email to the artist, supplying the gallery'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 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 evaluations are sent out as soon as they are collated. Due to the
many hundreds of entries this distribution time can vary from two to six weeks following announcement of the accepted art.
Evaluations are not intended as a course in art or instruction in what changes to make to your unaccepted work.
3. Cash Prizes
Each of our six exhibition media divisions has a $250.00 Award of Excellence cash prize and a $100.00 Award of Merit cash
prize.
4. Dedicated Website Pages for Selected Artists - The Master Class
Artists who are accepted to more than one show and have each time paid the Allocation & Marketing 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 full year. U.S. News Corp donates the programming and network space.
For More Information About the American Juried Art Salon, Click on the Following Links:
Entry Form
Current and Past shows
Master Class and Master Class Plus websites
Front Page
About us
Checklist
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Enter Our 2008 Fall / Winter Exhibition
The deadline for submissions (postal or email date) is November 28, 2008.
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, sent on slides, or sent on CDs. Mail slides or CDs to:
AJAS
921 Englewood Lane
Plano, Texas 75025
If you mail us slides be sure to include a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE). If you mail us CDs and want them
returned include an SASE that will fit the CD.
Image Requirements
Digital images should be in JPEG format, saved at 72 - 300 dpi resolution, with longest dimension no more than 600 pixels.
Identify as the file name for each digital image its title, dimensions (height x width; x depth for 3-D work) in inches, media
(one of the six 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 ( See how here), or have it done professionally
Each slide image should be labeled with its title, dimensions (height x width; x depth for 3-D work) in inches, and the artist's
name. Indicate Top in the upper right corner.
If slides are juried into the show we will digitize them at our expense, but, if slides are dark, the digital images will be dark.
You may want to have your art work photographed professionally to create slides. But our experience suggests that once
you have slides you will get better image quality if you have the slides digitized professionally or if you can scan and adjust
them yourself on your computer.
How Many Entries May An Artist Submit?
There is no limit on the number of submissions. We define one entry as one image plus an optional detail image. The detail
image is valuable in showing texture or brush strokes. The Photography division needs no detail image; 3-D works should
always have 2 images (front and side views) which count as one entry.
Suggestion: Keep a record of the images you enter to be juried.
What Does It Cost To Enter?
There is a non-refundable entry fee of $10 per image, based on the definition listed above. You may pay by check or
PayPal.
If using PayPal, go to your PayPal account; select "Send Money;" enter the amount ($10 per image, based on the definition
listed above); Our PayPal identifier is: director@artjury.com The category for the transaction is services.
Mail checks to:
AJAS
921 Englewood Lane
Plano, Texas 75025
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. You can send it as hard
copy through regular mail when you send your CD or slides. 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 is what we consider:
- Color/Value Usage
- Design/Composition
- Content
- Originality
- Technique
We use this model when studying each entry, accepting only those works that meet the highest criteria. 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 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
November 28, 2008 - Deadline (postmarked or email date) for submitting images.
December 8, 2008- Accepted artists are notified by email.
December 28, 2008 (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.
January 12, 2009 - First Pass Inspection completed.
January 18, 2009 - 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.
January 20, 2009 - Gallery of Accepted Art opens. Major North American galleries are invited to access the site. Awards of
Excellence and Merit are announced.
January 22, 2009 - News release forms are made available to accepted artists for them to complete and send to their local
news media
February 15, 2009 - Commencement of fund disbursement to award winners
January 20, 2010 - Exhibition officially closes.
What Are The Rewards?
1. Gallery Review of Accepted Work
The month following the opening of the Gallery of Accepted Art we place an invitation on the front page of News of the
Visual Arts/USA to major North American galleries to visit our site and view the images of accepted art. We cannot promise
that you will be contacted by a gallery as a result of our efforts, but a number of accepted artists are contacted by North
American Galleries for sales, placement, or representation. If your work is accepted, art gallery owners and directors will
view it with an eye toward possible portfolio review, representation, placement, or sale.
Since artists wish to protect their privacy due to the increasing spam problem, we have cooperated to solve the problem.
Whenever a gallery is interested in one of our accepted artist's work or style, that gallery makes first contact with us. We, in
turn, immediately send an email to the artist, supplying the gallery'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 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 evaluations are sent out as soon as they are collated. Due to the
many hundreds of entries this distribution time can vary from two to six weeks following announcement of the accepted art.
Evaluations are not intended as a course in art or instruction in what changes to make to your unaccepted work.
3. Cash Prizes
Each of our six exhibition media divisions has a $250.00 Award of Excellence cash prize and a $100.00 Award of Merit cash
prize.
4. Dedicated Website Pages for Selected Artists - The Master Class
Artists who are accepted to more than one show and have each time paid the Allocation & Marketing 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 full year. U.S. News Corp donates the programming and network space.
For More Information About the American Juried Art Salon, Click on the Following Links:
Entry Form
Current and Past shows
Master Class and Master Class Plus websites
Front Page
About us
Checklist
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
