Contact Email: chas@jhstillworks.com

Call Type: Competitions

Eligibility: Regional

State: Wyoming

Online Entry Deadline: 1/6/2025

Application Closed

REQUIREMENTS:

Media - 

Images - Minimum: 7 Maximum: 10 

Total Media - Minimum: 7, Maximum: 10

Entry Fee (Spirit of Wyoming): $30.00

**PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THROUGH ALL INFO**...it will help your chances!!!

MUST BE 21 y/o to Enter!

The theme for the contest is, and will always be, “Wyoming.” Winning original artwork will be awarded $2,500 and reproduced on the Jackson Hole Still Works Vodka bottle label for one year. Eight finalists will be selected by a discerning jury of industry representatives, and their works will be displayed at the Virtual Voting Party via Jackson Hole Still Works social media, January 22-24, 2025. Finalists will be announced at 7:00pm on January 24th. 

If you submit your art and are selected as a finalist you will be encouraged to attend the Virtual Voting Party. The Grand prize winner will be selected by the voting public. The original artwork will be silent-auctioned off starting after the announcement on January 24, 2025 for 2 weeks, to raise funds for the Wyoming Arts Council. The 7 runner-up works may be offered for sale at a 70/30 split (30% to benefit Wyoming Arts Council) at the discretion of the artist for a maximum price of $2000. (the minimum bid will be set by the artist).

**There is an option for people voting to view the 8 finalists' artwork on-line and/or in person at Jackson Hole Still Works. The public will be able to vote either on-line or in person.

The Top 8 Finalists will receive the following:

● Highlighted recognition on the Jackson Hole Still Works website

● 2 Bottles of Jackson Hole Still Works Vodka

Grand Prize Winner will receive the following:

● $2,500 Grand Prize for the purchase of the original painting

● Six-bottle case of Vodka featuring his or her art

● The winning artwork will be reproduced on the Jackson Hole Still Works Vodka label for one year.  Artist name, title, social tags, and website will be included on the label.

● Jackson Hole Still Works will acquire the piece to be raffled off to benefit the Wyoming Arts Council. Silent auction winner to be notified on February 8, 2025.

VIP - CONTEST TIMELINE:

● January 6, 2025 @ 11:59 PM MST: Uploaded images of  artwork submission, application, and fee due at - CallForEntry.org

● January 8, 2025: Finalists notified and invited to attend the Voting Party

● January 21, 2025: Finalists' framed, original artwork due by 5:00pm at Jackson Hole Still Works.

● January 22-24, 2025: In-Person and Virtual Voting Party at Jackson Hole Still Works. Winner of the artwork contest will be publicly voted on and announced at 7:30pm MST on January 24, 2025. 7 runner-up works may be offered for sale at a 70/30 split (30% to benefit Wyoming Arts Council) at the discretion of the artist...and for not more than $2000. 

● February 3, 2025: Unsold artwork must be picked up by 5:00 pm or will be shipped at artists' expense.

● February 8, 2025: Silent auction winner announced for original winning artwork.

CONTEST GUIDELINES:

● $30 application fee

● Digital portfolio of 7 to 9 representative works required to be uploaded on callforentry.org

All portfolio works must be dated 2019 or later. One of these 7-9 pieces will be noted as the artist’s single “Entry Piece” 

MUST BE IN SQUARE FORMAT and a minimum of 22" X 22" (no limit on size beyond 22X22)...the entry piece MUST be clearly stated as such. The rest of the portfolio works do not need to adhere to this form because they are a representative of your current work. Again, the contest piece you are submitting for the contest MUST BE a minimum of 22x22 and in SQUARE FORMAT. The labels on the bottles are square and we want to have your winning piece 100% fully represented on the bottle.

● Submissions to be considered by the jury MUST BE AN ORIGINAL WORK, ready to hang (no metal frames), 2D, square format with a minimum dimension of 22” X 22”. 

Make sure to indicate clearly the piece that you would like juried in the file name, i.e. - JURY.jpg. **We will have to disqualify art if we do not clearly understand which is your entry piece for the contest.

● Digital portfolios will be evaluated by a jury, which includes:

○ Rachel Clifton - Executive Director Wyoming Arts Council

○ Chas Marsh - Partner/Owner of Jackson Hole Still Works

○ Travis Goodman – Partner/Owner of Jackson Hole Still Works

○ Katy Ann Fox – 2015 Spirit of Wyoming winner

○ Kay Stratman - 2024 Spirit of Wyoming winner

● The jury will use the following criteria:

○ Artistic excellence and workmanship

○ Appropriateness of theme

○ Appropriateness for intended use on label and ability to be reduced (2D square format 3.5” X 3.5”)

○ Appearance through a full vodka bottle (almost all successful participants in the past have peeled the back label off of a Jackson Hole Still Works Vodka bottle to understand a more realistic representation of the art through the bottle).

● Applicants are encouraged to tell us a little bit about themselves as well as a brief background story behind the entry piece. (learning about you and your story is one of our favorite elements of the contest).

● The grand prize winning artwork, including the frame, title and copyright, will become the property of Jackson Hole Still Works. The winning piece will be raffled by Jackson Hole Still Works to benefit the Wyoming Arts Council.

COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS:

● Artists must reside in Wyoming or Teton County, Idaho, and must be over 21 years in age at time of submission

● Accepted mediums: watercolor, oil, pastel, pencil, acrylic, collage, multimedia

● ORIGINAL ARTWORK ONLY, no prints or editions

● Original artwork must be minimum size 22" X 22" and in SQUARE FORMAT!

● Subject of the artwork must visually adhere to the theme “WYOMING”.

● The initial digital submission must provide a clear indication of the final artwork. No significant changes may be made to artwork following digital submission. Any unapproved or significantly altered physical artwork will be disqualified.

● PLEASE CLEARLY INDICATE, IN THE FILE NAME OR COMMENTS, WHICH IMAGE YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE BOTTLE...artists in past years have not made this clear and have been disqualified. Please do this!!!

● Entry cannot contain trademark symbols, words, flags, military or governmental insignia

FOR FINALISTS: All artwork must be delivered ready to hang, with secure hanging hardware by January 21, 2025. No metal frames!

SHIPPING ADDRESS:

*UPS or FEDEX ONLY…DO NOT use USPS.

Jackson Hole Still Works

3940 S. Eagle View Dr.

Jackson, WY 83001

TIPS FOR A SUCCESSFUL ENTRY:

● The winning artwork will be reduced to fit on a Jackson Hole Still Works Vodka label. Minimal cropping may occur. The label ratio is 3.5” X 3.5', please keep this in mind.

● The artist should strongly consider how a printed label sized image projects through a bottle of Still Works Vodka. (Hint: Vodka refracts/magnifies light differently than water)

● Contrast is important!

● Visit http://www.jhstillworks.com/spirit-of-wyoming/ to see last year's finalists and submissions.

Questions? chas@jhstillworks.com

Application Requirements

COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS:

● Artists must reside in Wyoming or Teton County, Idaho, and must be over 21 years in age at time of submission

● Accepted mediums: watercolor, oil, pastel, pencil, acrylic, collage, multimedia

● ORIGINAL ARTWORK ONLY, no prints or editions

● Original artwork must be minimum size 22" X 22" and in SQUARE FORMAT!

● Subject of the artwork must visually adhere to the theme “WYOMING”.

● The initial digital submission must provide a clear indication of the final artwork. No significant changes may be made to artwork following digital submission. Any unapproved or significantly altered physical artwork will be disqualified.

● PLEASE CLEARLY INDICATE, IN THE FILE NAME OR COMMENTS, WHICH IMAGE YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE BOTTLE...artists in past years have not made this clear and have been disqualified. Please do this!!!

● Entry cannot contain trademark symbols, words, flags, military or governmental insignia

FOR FINALISTS: All artwork must be delivered ready to hang, with secure hanging hardware by January 21, 2025. No metal frames!

SHIPPING ADDRESS:

*UPS or FEDEX ONLY…DO NOT use USPS.

Jackson Hole Still Works

3940 S. Eagle View Dr.

Jackson, WY 83001

Eligibility Criteria

● Artists must reside in Wyoming or Teton County, Idaho, and must be over 21 years in age at time of submission