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The Pastel 100

 

Deadline: September 1, 2010

Sponsored by The Pastel Journal, America's leading magazine devoted to pastelartists, and sister publication of The Artist's Magazine, this annual
competition offers cash, prizes and publicity to its lucky winners.  Image and information about each painting will be published in The Pastel Journal.

 

 ELIGIBILITY
Artists must be age 16 or older. Work must be at least 80% soft pastel; no oil pastel. Nupastels and other “harder” pastels are considered soft pastels. The contest is open to artists in the U.S. and abroad. All works must be original.
Compositions based on published material or other artists’ work are NOT considered original and are not eligible. Paintings executed in a workshop under another artist‘s supervision or paintings based on another person's photograph (even if it’s copyright-free) are NOT eligible. Anyone honored with an Art Spirit Foundation Award in any
competition during the past three years is ineligible to win the same award this year. Employees or associates of F+W Media, Inc., Jack Richeson & Co. Inc., or their immediate families may not enter.
The Pastel Journal reserves the right to reject work deemed unsuitable for publication or that does not meet above criteria. Work previously published in a national publication or receiving an award at a national-level exhibition at the time of submission to this contest is not eligible.

PREPARING YOUR ENTRY
You may
enter files online or via regular mail. All digital files submitted via regular mail must be accompanied by an Official Entry Form or facsimilie. You may enter work in any and all categories; there is no limit to the number of images you may enter. You may mail all your entries in on one CD. Please include a separate sheet that gives the title and dimensions of each image. The titles of the images on the CD must match the titles on the sheet. Image files cannot exceed 2MG. The file format must be JPEG. If your work is selected for the top 100, we will contact you about sending a high-res replacement. Incomplete entry forms and information sheets, and improperly marked CDs will be disqualified. Slides will not be accepted.

FEES AND PAYMENT
All entries are $20 per image. A credit card number and signature, check or money order for the required jury fee (in U.S. funds drawn on a U.S. bank) must accompany a mailed-in entry. You may send one check to cover all entries in a package. Or you may enter online using a credit card. There will be a $10 charge for returned checks or declined credit cards. Credit cards will be charged within 90 days of contest deadline. Charge will appear as “F+W Contests.”

MATERIALS
CDs will not be returned (so have a duplicate made for your own files). The Pastel Journal will not be responsible for the loss, damage or return of any CDs submitted to the
competition.

Image and information about each painting will be published in The Pastel Journal.

Click here to enter online
MAIL ENTRIES:
ATTN: Competitions Dept.
Pastel
100
4700 East Galbraith Road
Cincinnati, OH 45236

JUDGING

Entries will be prejudged and finalists will be chosen by the magazine staff. Award winners and honorable mentions will be selected by the jurors named above. All properly prepared entries will be viewed and judged. The jurors and editors reserve the right to recategorize the entries.

CATEGORIES & JURORS

Landscape/Interior:  Brian Cobble, of Albuquerque, N.M., is a signature member and master pastelist of the Pastel Society of America.
Still Life/Floral:  Claudia Seymour (www.claudiaseymour.com) is the president of the historic Salmagundi Club in New York
Abstract/Non-Objective:  Colette Odya Smith (www.coletteodya.smith.net) of Wauwatosa, Wis.,
Portrait/Figure:  Artist Alan Flattmann (www.alanflattmann.com) lives in Covington, La.
Animal/Wildlife:  Cindy House (www.cindyhouse.com) of Warner, N.H.,

NOTIFICATIONS
All winners will be notified by January 31, 2011.
The Pastel Journal Best of Show Award:  $5,000 Cash
The Pastel Journal Grand Prize Award:  $2,500 Cash
THE RUTH RICHESON/UNISON PASTELS AWARD:
SET OF UNISON PASTELS (324 pieces, value $1,800) + $750 worth of Richeson Co. products

THE ART SPIRIT FOUNDATION/ DIANNE B. BERNHARD GOLD MEDAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE: $1,500 CASH

THE ART SPIRIT FOUNDATION/ DIANNE B. BERNHARD SILVER MEDAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE: $1,000 CASH
  The Jack Richeson/Unison Pastels Category Awards:
5 First Place Awards—valued at $500 assorted Richeson pastel surfaces
5 Second Place Awards—valued at $250 36 piece Unison Pastel set, plus pastel surfaces
5 Third Place Awards—valued at $150 18 piece Unison Pastel set, plus pastel surfaces
5 Fourth Place Awards—valued at $100 36 piece Richeson soft pastel set, plus pastel surfaces
5 Fifth Place Awards—valued at $50 18 piece Richeson pastel set, plus pastel surfaces
 All top prizewinners and placewinners will receive features in The Pastel Journal (April 2011 issue).
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Celeste Prize 2010, 2nd Edition in New York


Deadline; September 30, 2010
  - $55,000 in Awards!
Open call to artists who will vote awards!
Artwork is now being accepted directly online for Celeste Prize 2010 - 40,000 euro (circa 55,000 US$) awards are voted by the 50 finalist artists themselves on 11 December in New York at Brooklyn's Invisible Dog during finalists' exhibition.
Prizes are equally divided in the following categories:
Painting
Photography & Digital Graphics
Video & Animation
Installation & Sculpture
Live Media audiovisual & Performance.
Artists are chosen by a 21-person, international jury of renowned art critics & curators.
The prize is open to any person practicing art, whether full or part-time professionals, students and self-taught artists from anywhere in the world. There are no limits for age, sex, experience or qualifications. The prize encourages participation by artists at every level.
 
For more information, go to: http://www.celesteprize.com/prize/


Darton College Global Beer, Wine, and Coffee Label Contest

DEADLINE OCTOBER 01, 2010 -

$1000 in Awards Contests, Juried Art Shows - , Ceramics, Digital Media, Illustration, Metalsmithing, Sculpture, Oil, Pastel, Photography, Art Gallery The Challenge: Design a label for any one of these categories: beer, wine, coffee. The Rules: Use complete artistic license, though the words global beer, global wine, or global coffee must appear on the label. Your design must be submitted on a CD or DVD. You may enter as many times in as many categories as you wish, but each individual entry must be accompanied by a fee of $8.00. All entry fees go toward scholarships for Darton College students to study abroad. Copyright remains with the artist but the artist agrees by submitting entry to allow Darton College to use label in any medium, print, electronic, or other, for promotional purposes without any compensation. The Honors: Publication, exhibition, and promotion of winning labels (1st, 2nd, 3rd, Honorable Mention) in each category as well as cash awards in each category as follows: 1st place $100.00, second place $75.00, 3rd place $50.00, Honorable Mention $25.00. A Grand Prize of $250.00 will be given to an overall winner, who will be selected regardless of label category. The Logistics: Send all entries to: Darton College Global Beer, Wine, and Coffee Label Contest, Darton College Global Education, 2400 Gillionville Road, Albany, GA 31707. Be sure to label each disk with name and contact info. Enclose entry fee payment made out to Darton College Foundation/Label Contest. Entries cannot be returned unless accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope bearing sufficient postage. Deadline for submissions is October 1, 2010 (postmark). Winners will be announced on October 15, 2010.

Website : http://darton.edu



Spirograph Art Contest
 deadline: October 5, 2010. 

 The contest is free to enter  Sound Feelings Publishing is inviting submissions of beautiful designs to be included in a brand new multi-color instruction booklet for the popular Spirograph toy from the 1960s.
$2000 worth of prizes will be issued to the winning designs. One grand prize of $450, two 2nd place winners at $125, four 3rd place winners at $75, ten 4th place winners at $40 and thirty 5th place winners at $20.
The original Spirograph incorporated pens that had four colors, black, blue, red and green. The new designs must be drawn with the $5.99 Spirograph Multicolor Pen. These pens contain the original four colors, black, blue, red and green — but they ALSO include fun and creative rainbow colors: yellow, light blue, pink, purple, brown, and orange — ten colors in one pen! The Spirograph Multicolor Pen contains 10 ballpoint cartridges within one large barrel. The ballpoint pen tips of the cartridges are the EXACT size of the original pen tips that came with your 1960s Spirograph. (Modern ballpoint pens have larger size tips that will not fit through the holes of the Spirograph gears.)
The contest is for the 1967-1970 Kenner Spirograph toy (not Spirograph Plus or any other variant). For more information, please contact Sound Feelings Publishing at 818-757-0600.
For more information:
http://www.soundfeelings.com/products/spirograph_pen_refills/art_contest.htm



The Sketchbook Project

DEADLINE NOVEMBER 01, 2010

Calls for Submissions - Digital Media, Illustration, Sculpture, Photography, Art Gallery

Introducing: The Sketchbook Project Tour: 2011The Sketchbook Project Tour: 2011 is one of Art House's most exciting projects to date. You sign up and pick your theme, and then we send you the sketchbook. You fill it up and send it back to us and we'll take it on tour to Brooklyn, Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco, Austin, Portland, and more! To sign up - and to view the full set of rules - please check out the website.

Website : http://www.arthousecoop.com

Prospectus : http://arthousecoop.com/projects/sketchbookproject/?utm_source=theartlist

&utm_medium=eblast&utm_campaign=artlistemail



The Unfastened Heart (Dutton/Penguin)

DEADLINE DECEMBER 31, 2010

- $1500 in Awards The Icon Prize Online Event - Contests, Juried Art Shows - , Ceramics, Crafts, Digital Media, Illustration, Mixed media, Metalsmithing, Sculpture, Oil, Photography, Art Gallery Read! Create! Win! You are invited to participate in an open competition to provide the book cover art for the republication of the widely-praised literary novel, The Unfastened Heart (Dutton/Penguin). The winner of this contest will be awarded The Icon Prize and will receive $1500 in award money, with his/her artwork to be featured on the cover of the new edition of the novel. Participants may enter for consideration paintings, graphic art, photographs, collage art and other visual media based on the novel by submitting a digital photograph in jpg or jpeg format. Each submission should include a brief statement about the section of the novel to which the art speaks.
There is no entry fee. This contest is open to anyone worldwide, and artists of varying backgrounds and experience are welcomed. Artists may submit more than one entry. The administrators strongly encourage early submissions. Reviewers have called The
Unfastened Heart "Magical!" (Cosmopolitan), "Evocative," (Boston Globe), "Tender and compassionate. .taking us deep into an enchanted -- and enchanting -- world." (New York Times Book Review) Film rights to The Unfastened Heart have sold to Columbia Pictures. Online Event

Website : http://www.lanevonherzen.com

Prospectus : http://www.lanevonherzen.com/id1.html




Illustration Network Awards 2010


DEADLINE DECEMBER 31, 2010 - $2000 in Awards

 

Online Event - - Ceramics, Digital Media, Art Gallery

The Illustration Network are proud to present the Illustration Network Awards "INA 2010". This year there are $2,000.00 in prizes to be won including the INA trophy for the best illustrator of 2010 with 2 runner up prizes. We're also hosting the best illustrations of 2010 within 5 categories which include: Pop Art, Comic, Logo Design, Manga and Book Illustration. To participate in the awards simply register and present your work. The deadline for all entries is December 31st 2010, all 8 awards will be announced on January 5th 2011.

Online Event

Website : http://www.illustration.net

Prospectus : http://www.illustration.net/?t=awards




 
The Icon Prize


DEADLINE DECEMBER 31, 2010 - $1500 in Awards

 

Read! Create! Win! You are invited to participate in an open competition to provide the book cover art for the republication of the widely-praised literary novel, The Unfastened Heart (Dutton/Penguin). The winner of this contest will be awarded The Icon Prize and will receive $1500 in award money, with his/her artwork to be featured on the cover of the new edition of the novel. Participants may enter for consideration paintings, graphic art, photographs, collage art and other visual media based on the novel by submitting a digital photograph in jpg or jpeg format. Each submission should include a brief statement about the section of the novel to which the art speaks. There is no entry fee. This contest is open to anyone worldwide, and artists of varying backgrounds and experience are welcomed. Artists may submit more than one entry. The administrators strongly encourage early submissions. Reviewers have called The Unfastened Heart "Magical!" (Cosmopolitan), "Evocative," (Boston Globe), "Tender and compassionate .taking us deep into an enchanted -- and enchanting -- world." (New York Times Book Review) Film rights to The Unfastened Heart have sold to Columbia Pictures.

Website: http://www.lanevonherzen.com/
Prospectus: http://www.lanevonherzen.com/id1.html




The United States Mint Call for Artists!

ONGOING


- $7000 in Awards
 Calls for Submissions - Acrylic, Illustration, Sculpture, Oil, Pastel, Watercolor Other
The United States Mint invites artists to be a part of American history through coin design. The Artistic Infusion Program (AIP) provides gifted artists the opportunity to contribute creative and beautiful designs for coins that will be enjoyed by all Americans. AIP artists have submitted successful designs for coins released through the 50 State Quarters® Program and the Presidential $1 Coin Program. Honorariums are $2,000 for each design submission and $5,000 for each selected design. Visit www.usmint.gov/artists to apply.
The United States Mint, 801 9th Street N.W., Washington, District of Columbia, 20220, United States
Website: http://www.usmint.gov/artists