Open call for Portrait Artists - $1000 First Prise

[Mario Tucci]

Call for Artists

The 1st Annual Juried Portrait Competition and Exhibition will be held at The Art Guild Gallery at Elderfields Preserve located at 200 Port Washington Blvd, Manhasset, NY from October 13-November 28, 2008. All artists are invited to submit CDs or DVDs of their 2D or 3D work. Any medium is acceptable but no photographs, reproductions or giclees please. Quality of draftsmanship and values will be taken into consideration. The exhibit will be juried by award winning portrait artist, Ying-He Liu, who is represented by seven portrait galleries in the US, and who served as faculty member at the Portrait Society of America's10th National Conference in 2008. Visit www.yingheliu.com for more information. Awards will be given: 1st Place -$1,000, 2nd Place -$500, 3rd Place -$250. All entries must be postmarked by Sept. 24, 2008. Participants will be notified by e-mail. A prospectus is available by emailing [email protected] with the subject "Portrait."

Prospectus Attached

[Bianca Berends]

About this competition,

I found it a bit strange that you post this message about the competition internationally (I live in The Netherlands) and then I read in the prospectus that I have to sit during the opening hours of the gallery? And that the gallery is only open during weekends between 12 and 5 pm?

I think it is great that you are organising a Portrait Competition, but I must say that I find an entry fee of 35 dollars in comparison to a first price of a 1000 dollars and the limited opening hours a bit steep.

[Mario Tucci]

Bianca

I realy didn't intend to post it internationally. I'm new to posting on this site. I really don't expect many international entries due to the shipping cost. You would loose money even if you won first place. However, if someone did submit it they could pay an additional $10 and not have to sit.

Regards,
Mario Tucci
Gallery Chair