Competition Overview

Painting Competition Rules

Open Competition Format

• • Each entry is judged against the criteria for the category, rather than against submissions by other artists

    • This promotes a positive atmosphere focused on personal growth - this is an event emphasizing community and becoming better artists together, so please respect that

    • This does not mean that this is not a "competitive event" - judges are committed to doing their best to maintain a solid, foundational standard in mind while grading each entry
      
      

Awards and Prizing

• • Medals - as this is an open format competition, there may be multiple bronze/silver/gold medal winners within each category, or none at all if no entry achieves the standards for that level

  • Trophies - single 'Best In Show' and 'People's Choice' trophies are given out at every show - 'Best In Show' goes to an entry determined by the judges, while 'People's Choice' is chosen by attendee votes
    
    

Submission Quantities

• • Each participant may submit up to three (3) entries per category

  • HOWEVER - our team of judges will determine which one (1) is the participant’s best entry and only judge said entry

  • If submitting more than one entry, be aware that the judges may end up choosing a piece that you consider to not be the best of the 3 - there will be many entries to review, so it is unlikely that judges will be able to spend much time choosing which piece to judge
    
    

Additional Important Information:

• • Multiple persons may contribute to a piece - however each participant must be credited on the entry form

    • If a collaborative entry wins an award, the award goes to the entry - not to each contributor (i.e. one award per winning entry, not per person).

  • Judges reserve the right to pick up or move entries as necessary.  Our judges are very aware of the time and resources involved in creating beautiful works of art, and will always do their best to handle entries with care

    • With this in mind - please ensure your entry is mounted securely to its base/plinth/etc!  Our team is not responsible for damage due to improperly secured entries

  • Be respectful of all submissions that do not belong to you. Please do not touch another artist’s piece without permission from said artist

    • We reserve the right to eject anyone from event that is intentionally risking damaging the hard work of our competition participants