2018
Sponsored by:
Brazier Gallery
1616 West Main Street
Richmond VA 23220
Exhibition Details
Come paint the beautiful and historic capital of Virginia at Richmond’s original plein air event! Home of the James River, public gardens, and historic buildings, there are endless subjects to be painted.
Entering Your Images
• Entry form must be filled out in its entirety. List sizes up to the nearest inch. Submitted images must not include matting or frame. Crop the photos to include only the artwork. Be sure your images are right-side-up.
• Before uploading your images, make sure they are smaller than 4MB, but at least 1920 pixels on the longest side at 72 dpi. Images should be in JPEG format, sRGB color space. Help in photographing your work and properly sizing your images can be found at: www.OnlineJuriedShows.com/help.aspx. If you need help entering your images or are unable to, please write to us here: https://onlinejuriedshows.com/Contact.aspx
• Please add Services@OnlineJuriedShows.com and Manager@OnlineJuriedShows.com to your safe senders list to ensure notifications are received.
Fees
$40 entry fee for up to 3 images.
Jurors
Juror of Submissions: A committee of five people with gallery experience
Judge of Show: Duane Keiser, founder of the Painting A Day movement
Categories
Artists must enter ONLY plein air artwork (i.e. painted from life, NO PHOTOGRAPHS).
Sales
Straight Sales handled by Brazier Gallery. 50% of the sales go to the artist. A portion of the sales benefits the Richmond S.P.C.A. which is a non-profit, no-kill humane organization that saves the lives of more than 3,600 homeless animals each year.
Lodging/Transportation
Brazier Gallery can provide artists with host families. Brazier Gallery will contact accepted artists to arrange housing.
Awards
$15,000+ in cash and merchandise awards.
Calendar
Open/close date for submitting work online: December 1st, 2017 - March 1st, 2018
Notifications sent out: Friday, March 23, 2018
Drop off of artwork or arrival date to the event:
Canvas Stamping & Reception Party: Sunday, June 17th 4:30pm - 7pm at Brazier Gallery, 1616 West Main Street, Richmond VA 23220
Fast & Fresh: (aka a quick paint) Saturday, June 24th, 2017 from 9:30am - 11:30am
Collector’s Preview Party: Friday, June 23rd from 5-8pm
Exhibit and Sale: The competition exhibit will be open to the public at Brazier Gallery from 8-9pm on Friday, June 22nd and from 10am-5pm on Saturday, June 23rd and 12-4pm on Sunday, June 24th.
Disclaimer/Legal
Brazier Gallery has the right to use images of artists’ paintings for promotional use of Plein Air Richmond.
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