Sonoran Plein Air Painters
Spring 2018 Juried All Members Show
“Light and Shadows”
April 4, 2018 - April 29, 2018
Exhibition Details
Sonoran Plein Air Painters (SPAP) presents an exciting opportunity to exhibit in our first Juried/Judged Members show with prize money totaling over $1000 dollars at the Tucson Desert Art Museum from April 4 - April 29th. For those who want to participate, we will have a paint out in the courtyard at the Art Museum April 7th (Saturday morning). Our newly formed organization is proud to partner up with the Tucson Desert Art Museum for our first show!
Location
Tucson Desert Art Museum
7000 E. Tanque Verde Rd, Tucson, AZ 85715
Open 10am-4pm Wed-Sun
Show Coordinators:
Chris Rightmer: crightmer1@gmail.com
Russ Recchion: rrecchion@aol.com
Eligibility
You must be a member with dues up-to-date.
To Join or Renew go to: www.sonoranpleinairpainters.com/membership-join-or-renew/
Fees
$35 will allow you to enter up to 3 pieces. You may enter 2 additional paintings at $10 per entry which would give you a total of 5 entries!
Requirements
- All entries must be 2 Dimensional, framed plein air paintings in oils, acrylic, water media, or pastel.
- All plein air works must have been completed within the last 2 years and available for sale.
- SPAP reserves the right to reject any artwork not deemed ready to hang.
- Maximum size: 16”x20”
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: www.onlinejuriedshows.com/Contact.aspx
Please add Services@OnlineJuriedShows.com and Manager@OnlineJuriedShows.com to your safe senders list to ensure notifications are received.
By entering this show, you are providing permission for the use of your images for promotional materials.
Jurors/Judge
The show will be juried to ensure that a quality body of work best represents us
Judge for awards: Glen Rennell, www.glennrenell.com
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, MFA painting, 1978
Fort Wright College, Spokane, WA, BFA painting, 1975
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 1965-66
Maine College of Art, Portland, MA, Associate Professor, Painting, Drawing, 2D Design
Categories
Plein Air Painting
Sales
60/40 split with artists receiving the 60%. Gallery will be processing transactions and artists will receive a check for sold pieces within 30 days after show closes. Our show will also be available online with artwork for sale to a global audience on www.dailybrushwork.com.
Shipping
Artists are responsible for shipping charges of entries to and from exhibit. Please include a prepaid return label. The museum will accept artwork between March 28-March 31.
Awards
1st Place $500
2nd Place $300
3rd Place $200
Artists Choice $100
Important Dates
- February 1: Opening date for submitting work online.
- March 1: Closing date for submitting work
- Week of March 11th: Members notified of works accepted
- April 2: Receive AND hang exhibit between 10am-12pm. If shipping, the museum will accept artwork between March 28-March 31.
- April 4-April 29: Show will exhibit at Tucson Desert Art Museum at the Four Corners Gallery on Tanque Verde and Kolb.
- April 7: Paintout Saturday morning from 8am-11:30am at Tucson Desert Art Museum, courtyard area. With this effort, we can generate some traffic to our show from the brunch restaurant next door.
- April 14: Reception from 5:30-7:30 with light eats and beverages.
- April 30: Take down of show between 10am-12pm.
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING REGARDING JURY NOTIFICATIONS:
Notifications are sent through ConstantContact from Manager@OnlineJuriedShows.com. To ensure receipt of this notification, please add Manager@OnlineJuriedShows.com to your contact list, or safe senders’ list. On the day of notification, you can do the following, but you will also receive an email notification, sent from ConstantContact, that will state the same.
1. Go to OnlineJuriedShows.com and log in using your email address and password.
2. Right above where you just logged in, click "Your Artist Profile." You are now in Your account!
3. Click the show name and you will see your first image. The jury results will be under the thumbnail view.
4. As you will see, it will say either "This Image has been Accepted or Declined in to the show." Under that sentence, you can click "Read Acceptance (or Declined) Letter." The letter will then be displayed below.
5. If you submitted more than one piece in the show, go to the next entered piece in the show by clicking the page number, displayed below the thumbnail image.
6. While you are in your account on OnlineJuriedShows.com, click "Personal Info" and make sure your name, address, phone number, and email address are up-to-date. NOTE: Please be sure to read your letters in their entirety. Most acceptance letters will ask you to RSVP or will have special instructions you must follow.
Disclaimer/Legal
SPAP or Tucson Desert Art Museum is not responsible for damaged art.