22nd Annual Art Faire Juried Show

Clayton Visual Arts, Inc. announces a call to artists for the 22nd Annual Art Faire. This is CVA’s fourth Juried Art Faire, awarding $2,100 in cash prizes.

Clayton Visual Arts' 22nd Annual Art Faire competition is still happening! But for the safety of all, this will be a completely virtual art exhibit. CVA looks forward to awarding talented artists with cash prizes totaling $2,100. All 2D artwork is welcome, including fiber art and photography. Artists may enter up to three pieces of art (3 images) through CallForEntry.org (CaFE). The fee is $35, but CVA would like to extend the $10 discount for members to all entrants. Simply enter the Promo Code: CLAF20

AWARDS

Margaret Ritchie Award of Excellence: $750

Carolyn Howard 1st Place Fine Art Award: $300

1st Place Photography award: $300

2nd Overall Award: $250

3rd Overall Award: $150

People’s Choice Award: $100

HomeTowne Award: $100 -- Only Clayton residents (zip codes 27520, 27527, 27528) and CVA members are eligible.

3 Honorable Mention Awards for Fine Art: $25 gift certificate to Jerry’s Artarama

3 Honorable Mention Awards for Photography: $25 gift certificate to Peace Camera

ENTRY INFORMATION

The entry fee is $35 for up to 3 separate pieces of 2-D art (digital image entries).

All artists may use the “members only” promotion code (CLAF20) to receive a $10 discount off this year’s entry fee, regardless of membership status. Join CVA

Per usual, about 50 works of art will be selected by the Art Faire judge/juror. She will then make her prize-winning selection from the juried images.

Credit card payments are accepted online. If you wish to pay by check, please make check payable to:

Clayton Visual Arts (CVA)

And mailed to:

Art Faire

Clayton Visual Arts

P. O. Box 698

Clayton, NC 27528

All payment must be received by entry deadline.

Entries must be registered on-line by 11:59 pm Friday, August 21st, 2020

NOTE: Please read the prospectus in its entirety as there is important information throughout. Answers to most of your questions can be found within.

BEFORE STARTING YOUR ENTRY: The images you want to use must already exist in “My Portfolio,” where your images reside on CaFE. If you are submitting an image that you already have in your portfolio, you must duplicate it and rename it according to our protocol, as noted below.

To allow a blind judging of artworks, and for the call administrators to accurately keep track of entries, images must be named in the following manner:

EACH TITLE MUST INCLUDE THE ARTIST’S INITIALS AND BE NUMBERED AS IN THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLE:

If the artist’s name is Mary F. Smith, each title would be named as follows:

MFS01-First Artwork Name (the actual title of the piece)

MFS02-Second Artwork Name (the actual title of the piece)

MFS03-Third Artwork Name (the actual title of the piece)

Artwork images must comply with CaFE’s guidelines, which can be found at the following URL: https://www.callforentry.org/image_prep.phtml See “Media Preparation” for how to size your images.

EVENT CALENDAR

Entry Deadline ---- Friday, August 21, 2020, 11:59pm

Notification of Acceptance by email---- Friday, August 28, 2020 by 11:59pm

Delivery of artwork to The Clayton Center ---- Cancelled

Notification of winners by September 3rd

Reception/Awards ---- Cancelled

Pick up unsold artwork ---- Cancelled

ELIGIBILITY

2D works of art-- graphics, printmaking, mixed media, collage, fiber art, including works on canvas and photography--are eligible for entry in the exhibition.

Artists must be 18 years of age or older.

Works must be entirely the work of a single artist and executed within the last two years.

All entries must be for sale.

Artists should be aware that artwork must be family-friendly and appropriate for the general public.

Works must not have been exhibited in previous Art Faire shows.

Original art is defined as one-of-a-kind art, created by the artist’s hand, and not to include copied subjects from other artists’ work.

Submission of 1-3 pieces of art is permitted.

Artists do not have to be residents of Clayton.

SPECIFICATIONS

Dimensions of artwork (including frame) cannot exceed 48 inches on any side.

Clayton Visual Arts, Inc. reserves the right to disqualify any work whose content, in its judgment, does not meet generally accepted community standards of good taste.

Clayton Visual Arts, Inc., is funded in part by the Town of Clayton Cultural Arts Foundation.

JUDGE AND JUROR

Jean Grunewald, award-winning abstract oil painter of portraits, landscapes, and still-lifes.

RESUME

 Website: www.jeangrunewald.com and www.artbyjean.com

Founding member of www.PAINTNC.org, a plein air group in Raleigh, NC since 2007

 In the BOOKS: Painting North Carolina: A Visual Journey

                            Richeson 75 Book on Animals, Birds, and Wildlife

 Member of PSA, OPA, ISA, AAEA and WPSE

 2020, Accepted in Crossroads Art Center, Richmond VA

2020, WORKSHOP: May 31-Figurative Master Class: Champion Arts, Morrisville, NC

2019-BOARD of directors of AMERICAN ACADEMY OF EQUINE ART-AAEA

2019-November-WORKSHOP: Mastering Portraits-People, Pets or both- Centerpiece Gallery, Raleigh, NC

2019-June-JUDGE for show: Artist League of the Sandhills, Aberdeen, NC

2019-April-WORKSHOP: Make it better, Make it Fun: Creative Approaches to Refresh Your Paintings- Centerpiece Gallery

2018-October-WORKSHOP: Mastering Portraits of Horses with the Option of including People and Pets

2018-July-WORKSHOP: Master Portraits of Children, Pets or People from your Photos- Nicole's Gallery, Raleigh, NC

2016, July-WORKSHOP: " Playing in the Mud" with Value, Color and Random Tricks of the Trade, Baxter's Gallery, New Bern, NC

2016-December-PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF AMERICA (PSA) Finalist in Landscapes

2016-November-RICHESON 75: Animals, Birds and Wildlife- Merit award for two paintings- published in book

2015-December, PSA, 9th place for landscape

2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 WPSE, paintings accepted in yearly show

2014-December, PSA, 6th Place for Non-Commissioned, 8th for Merit in the Commissioned Portraits

2015-spring and fall, NOAPS, two paintings accepted

2016,2015, 2014, 2013, AAEA, Paintings accepted for all shows and also for Spindletop shows

2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, NICOLE'S GALLERY, Raleigh, NC, FEATURED ARTIST

2016-BAXTER'S GALLERY, New Bern, NC, FEATURED ARTIST

2015-2008 WATERFORD FAIR, Red Barn Exhibit: Numerous awards, Waterford, VA

2013- GREENVILLE MUSEUM, two paintings accepted

2012-private WORKSHOP, Middleburg, VA

2012-November, ARTIST SQUARE GALLERY, Leesburg, VA, FEATURED ARTIST

2010- MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES, Nature Art Gallery: Painting Prairie Ridge

2010, 2009 NORTH HILLS MALL PLEIN AIR SHOW, 1st Place and Peoples Choice

and beyond on request....

Application Requirements

Eligibility Criteria