Miniatures Contest
Every few months we will sponsor an art contest. Check here for details on upcoming and recent competitions.
June 2008 - Tarot
The Tarot contest has a deadline of June 21, 2008 at 4pm. The jurors will be Caroline de Gruchy, Director at C.R. Visuals, and Craig Musselman from Worth1000 with its own series of competitions for digital artists.
The theme for June is the Tarot card. You must design/represent one of the major arcana including the back of the card. No digital files. The artwork must be delivered to the Drop-in-Design Centre at 1334 King. St. E., Kitchener ON N2G 2N7 on or before June 21, 2008 at 4pm.
All artwork must conform to the definition of miniatures as laid out below.
Miniatures
The spirit of miniature artworks is that they be at 1/6 scale. However, since the subject can be landscapes or ladybugs, there are limits to this as a working definition. For the purposes of this exhibit:
2D works: The image size must not exceed 100 square centimeters, or 16 square inches including the framing. There must also be some miniaturization on realistic subjects so that they are rendered less than life size.
Sculpture: Sculptures must be less than 7.5 x 7.5 x 10cm or 3" x 3" x 4".
For more information on miniature art, consult Art-in-Miniature.org.
Rules
- Entry Information: The competition is open to all visual artists including digital artists. The actual art work must be submitted to the jury. Entry form deadline is February 29, 2008 at 4 p.m. and all fees are due at that time, including the optional fee for catalogue reproduction. Artwork should be sent to
The Drop-in-Design Centre Miniatures Competition.
c/o C.R. Visuals Inc.
1334 King St. East, Kitchener ON, N2G 2N7.
Click here to download the Entry Form. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to be able to open this form.
Download the latest version of Acrobat reader from Adobe's website.
- Display Categories:
- paintings, including watercolours, printmaking
- sculpture, ceramics, glass, bas relief
- digital art
- drawings, pastels, coloured pencil
- photography
- fiber art, mixed media, collage
- Art Works: All art works must be signed. Write the title on the back with an arrow to indicate the top. Works must be ready for display (mounted, framed).
- Shipping: Entries must be hand-delivered or sent by special delivery. Shipments should contain the entry form, entry fee, a short biography, 2 SASE and one large SASE for returning artworks. The Drop-in-Design Centre and its sponsors will not be held responsible for damage during shipment to or from the D-i-D Centre.
- Entry Fee: The entry fee is $20 payable by cash, debit, cheque, visa, mastercard, Amex. The fee includes entry for up to 3 works by the artist.
- Jury: The works to be exhibited will be selected by a jury of visual artists. Decisions of the jury are final. No entry may be withdrawn once it has been accepted.
- Prizes: The jury reserves the right to not award prizes if the entries are not of sufficient merit.
- Best in show: 3% of entry fees collected.
- Best in Category 1% of entry fees collected.
- Sale Commission: All works submitted for exhibition must be for sale. For all works sold, the Drop-in-Design Centre will deduct a 40% commission from the selling price specified by the artist on the entry form.
- Liability: Neither the Drop-in-Design Centre nor any of its sponsors accept liability for loss of or damage to works in their possession. Works in transit are NOT covered to or from the D-i-D centre. If artists need protection, they must make arrangements with their own insurance agency.
- Payment: All unsold works and payment for sold works will be available for pickup by the artist or his or her agent, 60 days following the conclusion of the exhibition.
- Catalogue and Online Gallery: The top 5 pieces in each category will be photographed or scanned for reproduction in our online gallery. A catalogue will be published listing the names of the jurors and all accepted entrants in the exhibition. The works selected for the awards and those given honorable mention will be reproduced courtesy of the D-i-D Centre. Accepted artists may have a single work reproduced in the catalogue in colour for a fee of $100. All artists receiving awards or honorable mention will receive a copy of the catalogue free of charge.
- Date of Exhibition: The exhibition opens at the D-i-D Centre on June 30, 2008 and will continue until July 31 2008. The D-i-D Centre reserves the right to extend the exhibition.
|
 |
