Call Detail
Colored Pencil Society of America Explore This! 21
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Contact Email: exhibitions@cpsa.org

Entry Deadline: 11/15/24
Days remaining to deadline: 15

Entry Fee (Entry Fee): $25.00
Entry Fee (Membership Entry Fee): $20.00
Work Sample Requirements
Images | Minimum:Min. 1, Maximum:Max. 4
Total Samples | Minimum:Min. 1, Maximum:Max. 4
Call Type: Exhibitions
Eligibility: International
State: Florida

Important Dates

  • Deadline for entries: 11/15/2024
  • Acceptance list posted at www.cpsa.org 1/15/2025
  • Show opens online and awards announced 2/1/2025

Non-refundable Entry Fees

  • CPSA members $20 (2025 membership year)
  • Non-members $25 (sorry no refund should you choose the non-member fee by mistake)

Awards

  • $2,000 cash award for Best of Show and EXPY Award
  • Up to 15 smaller cash amounts and product awards

Specifications
Please review the Explore This! prospectus for details about specifications.

  • Entries must be predominantly colored pencil
  • Work must include some other technique, surface, or element NOT allowed for the CPSA International Exhibition such as:
    • Another medium such as ink, watercolor, pastel, acrylics, etc.
    • Collage or montage
    • Artist-prepared surface
    • Three-dimensional surface
  • Work must be completed on or after January 1, 2022.
  • Artwork must be solely the original concept, design, and execution of the submitting artist.
  • Reference photos used in creating the artwork must be taken personally by the submitting artist.
  • Reference photos taken by anyone other than the submitting artist must be incidental to and not the main focus of the artwork.
  • Artwork created as a pastiche (parody or imitation of another artwork) is allowed provided the work is sufficiently altered to make the parody obvious and the original is not copyrighted.

Not allowed

  • Work done with 100% colored pencil on a single 2D surface, regardless of size.
  • Work which has appeared in any previous CPSA Explore This! exhibition.
  • Collaborative work executed by more than one artist, including classroom projects and exercises.
  • Work based on or copied from AI-generated images.
  • Work produced by applying colored pencil exactly over a printed or digital image, though you may create a completely different drawing over a printed digital image or photograph.
  • Work constructed from actual colored pencils.
  • Alteration of the artwork after submission of the entry.

For More Information

Before entering, read the full Explore This! 21 prospectus at Prospectus-2025-ET21-final2025-2.pdf (cpsa.org)

Application Requirements

Failure to comply with specifications stated in the prospectus is cause for disqualification, meaning the entry is not considered by the juror and/or is removed from the exhibition. Penalties for non-compliance may also apply.

Eligibility Criteria

  • Explore This! is open to living artists worldwide age 18 or older.
  • Artwork must be predominantly colored pencil
  • Artwork must include some technique, surface, or element NOT allowed for the CPSA International Exhibition such as:
    • Another medium such as ink, watercolor, pastel, acrylics, etc.
    • Collage or montage
    • Artist-prepared surface
    • 3D surface
  • Artwork must have been completed on or after January 1, 2022.
  • Artwork may not have been included in a previous CPSA Explore This! exhibition
  • Artwork must be solely the original concept, design, and execution of the submitting artist