"ART of WatER" is an open inclusive international call for ART from ALL artists in ALL mediums to apply. We are seeking ART that relates to WatER in all its forms and impacts. You can live anywhere in the world, be any age, color, culture and work in any medium and we welcome you. We wish to promote ART and connect ARTists the world over with each other and ART appreciating audience, including collectors. Our exhibit with be internationally viewable as a 3D immersive online exhibit on our gallery website. Your ARTwork will be directly linked to You for everyone to connect directly. Together, we CAN speak up and out through ART about the vital importance and beauty of WatER.

This ART call benefits the Accidental Animal Rescue and Sanctuary. Proceeds from this call also help native plant habitat expansion and maintenance of wildlands, plus cultivated habitat for the benefit of wildlife and rescue animals. These habitats also help capture water and greenhouse gases to contribute to our collective environmental wealth. Entry fees from this ART call also go towards the cash prizes, the costs of the art call administration, and custom exhibition construction.

Award of selection to our Virtual 3-D Collective Exhibit includes opportunities to sell your art directly or not sell as you wish. This exhibit is about WatER, it great life giving beauty and its vital importance to all life on earth and helping ARTISTS, including You, who appreciate the beautiful value of WatER, to meet each other and promote their ART collaboratively. 

PROSPECTUS The Red Bluff Art Gallery supports artists worldwide. Our gallery shows international ART and has for more than 18 years. We have sponsored more than 300 exhibitions, including international touring exhibitions. Selected art will be displayed online with our established website, social media and collector contacts. The virtual show of Your ARTwork, if selected by the jurors, will be connected directly to You for ART sales. You get 100% of proceeds of any ART if You so choose to sell. Entry fees are used to support the Accidental Animal Rescue Center, which provides sanctuary and habitat for many animals. Plus, we will be providing cash prizes.

THEME The ART of WatER! WatER! OUR Environment wealth vital for LIFE! WatER, Beauty FULL WatER. One of the  single most important elements for OUR survival. One of the single most Beautiful elements to observe as an ARTist. Sparkling dew drops on roses, mist enveloped hills, rushing waterfalls, meandering rivers, burbling brooks, long lakes and lovely ponds. Vast oceans, thundering power of sea waves, rain cleansing air, pools, tubs, vases made beauty FULL with precious priceless water. Liquid diamonds. Snow, frost, fog, rainbows and hail; water is such an amazing substance that WE all need to live, let's celebrate its impactful importance with ART. 

AWARDS First Place: $200 and featured in the Exhibit with Prize notification on Artwork. Second Place: $150 and Notice of Award in the Virtual Show. Third Place: $100 and Notice of Award in the Virtual Exhibit. Multiple Special Recognition Awards will receive $50 and Notice of Award in our Virtual Exhibit. Selected Art will be included in our Virtual Exhibition and promoted to our online audience, collectors, art appreciators, social media contacts and press release as appropriate. You can show the exhibit link on Your artistic resume and to Your social media for further artistic benefits too. We plan to keep the exhibit active on our website for a minimum of one FULL year to benefit all ARTists and appreciators including You!

ENTRY FEE  $28 for first entry. $14 per each additional entry to a maximum of 20 image entries. Accepted artwork will be featured in 3D Virtual Gallery Show, promoted and shared. Plus, You will have the option to have Your ART directly linked to Your media contact of choice for further exploration of ART and possible sales. This is also a great way to meet and see fellow animal loving ARTists' ART.

  
Entry fees are non-refundable and does not guarantee acceptance of ARTwork. All entry fees will go to cost associated with prizes, administration and building 3D Virtual ART Exhibit, plus the Accidental Animal Rescue Center. Additionally, Your entry fees help support native plant garden habitats, with WateR for Life, that help provide an environmentally wealthy sanctuary for plants and animals while helping capture greenhouse gasses, sequester water for wildlife and recharge water table plus make oxygen for All of US!!

CALENDAR Entries are due by April 18th.  Notification of selections, prizes and online exhibit will begin on May 18th. Notification will be done by email to the email address You provide during entry process. Please also make sure You enter Your name as You would like it to appear with Your ARTwork titling, should Your ART be selected for the ART exhibit.  The ART exhibit will be listed and visible on our website for a FULL year for continued art appreciation visitations and Your resume development.

BENEFITTING 
All entries will help promote ART and ARTists. Plus, You will be benefiting the animal welfare, habitat development and sanctuary at the ACCIDENTAL ANIMAL RESCUE CENTER. To see the animals and stories of current rescues that You will be benefiting visit, here: www.NelsonDynanArt.com/rescue.htm

EXHIBITION EXAMPLE
For an idea of what to expect by entering this artist call You can visit the previous gallery "Save OUR Planet! 2025" https://www.redbluffartgallery.com/saveplanet2025.htm

Application Requirements

APPLICATION All fine art mediums may be entered; Painting, printmaking, drawing, mixed media, sculpture, fiber, digital and photography are acceptable.

REGULATIONS All ARTwork is to be Your original creation and not copied or created in an ART class, seminar or workshop with assistance from instructor. No copyright violations please! By entering You agree that You are the copyright owner, take full responsibility for Your image and You grant us permission to use Your ART image to promote Your ART and our calls for ART. You remain the owner of the image, You grant us selected use for promotion of our ART calls and Your ART with proper credits to You when used online as appropriate.

ENTRY All entries will be handled by CaFE, an online ART entry forum. Artists can join for free and organize artworks for entry on this platform. To enter this show, go to CaFE create an ART entry account, upload Jpeg images as instructed by CaFe. Enter this show for possible selection, prizes and to help the flora, fauna and our environment wealth for all!

Eligibility Criteria

ELIGIBILITY All artists both professional and amateur may enter. We are an inclusive gallery that promotes world unity and we welcome all ARTtists to enter!

SELECTION PROCESS Gallery directors will jury and select with their extensive education and experience in the art world. Personal feedback will be not given by jurors.

ART SALES ART can be for sale or not for sale as You wish. All selected entries will list Your direct website or email details for further contact and possible purchase. You, the ARTist, get 100% of proceeds from Your ART sale and the collector contact for possible future sales for Your career development if You wish to sell ART.