Prospectus
NATIONAL OIL & ACRYLIC PAINTERS’ SOCIETY
2016 FALL INTERNATIONAL ON-LINE OPEN EXHIBITION
Open to ALL National & International Oil & Acrylic Artists
Application Dates: AUGUST 25, 2016 – NOVEMBER 14, 2016
Notification Date: DECEMBER 12, 2016
ARTIST ELIGIBILITY
This International Exhibit is open to all artists 18 years or older working in oil or acrylic mediums.
MEMBERSHIP
No Annual Membership is required to apply for this Exhibition but is Welcome. NOAPS is opened to National and International members. Application Fee for this On-Line International Exhibit is the same for Members and Non Members.
The Entry Fee for the On-Line International is not applicable for the NOAPS Annual membership.
SELECTION PROCESS
Selected paintings will be based on the quality and individual mastery of the medium. IMPORTANT: Selections will be based on viewing the image submitted (make sure the image depicts a true representation of the painting). Selections are based only on the image submitted by the artist. The jurors and judge DO NOT see any information about the artist. Notification will be by email.
ENTRY PROCEDURES
Submit entries via Juried Art Services (JAS) www.juriedartservices.com .a) Digital files should be saved in universal jpeg format .b) Images should be between 1400 pixels and 4000 pixels longest dimension at 300PPI (pixels per inch). c) JAS is a free service and provides a comprehensive ‘help’ menu d) NOAPS is also available to help with procedural problems, contact Michelle Murray, Online Director, at michellemurrayart@shaw.ca
ENTRY FEE:
(US CURRENCY) $30 (1 image) with $10 for each additional image (5 maximum)
TERMS and CONDITIONS
All work must have been created in oil and/or acrylic mediums. There is no limitation on size. The art entered is to have been painted in the past 3 years and not previously accepted in a NOAPS Exhibit. If you wish to sell the art entered, please price your art consistent with the established value of your work. Paintings do not have to be for sale. Selected paintings will be showcased on www.noaps.org, in the NOAPS BLOG, and in NOAPS Social Media. By entering, entrants are consenting to having a reproduction of their work used for promotion of the exhibit. You are confirming the work entered is your own and copyrighted images incorporated in your work have not been used.
AWARDS:
Best of Show : $1,000 Second Place: $500 Third Place: $300 Additional Awards: Best Landscape $100, Best Still Life $100, Best People $100,Best Use of Light & Color $100, Most Innovative $100 and Narrative Excellence $100. Ten artists will receive non-monetaryAwards of Excellence recognition and ten artists will receive non-monetary Merit Awards. The TOP 150 artists will be given recognition on www.noaps.org with name, website link, and image selected for the exhibit.
AWARDS JUDGE
Cecy Turner, NOAPS Signature Artist
Cecy Turner is an award-winning artist and a Texas native. She graduated from Vanderbilt University and did post-graduate study in art at University of North Texas.
Feature articles about her have appeared in Art of the West Magazine, Artists Magazine, Watercolor Artist Magazine (cover) and she was chosen by Southwest Art Magazine as an "Artist to Watch."
Cecy holds Signature Memberships in National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, National Watercolor Society, Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, Outdoor Painters Society, American Women Artists and Plein Air Artists Colorado, and is a Fellow of American Artists Professional League and Master Signature Member of Women Artists of the West. She has won awards in most of these organizations as well as Oil Painters of America, and she was a finalist in the American Artist Magazine Landscape Competition.
SALES
Selected work will post on www.noap.org to promote sales. Requests relating to artist information or sales will be forwarded to the artist.
The National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society was organized for the purpose of "governing, administering, and maintaining such activities as will provide a national forum and standard of excellence in which artists can fully express the media of oil and acrylic on canvas and panel." Focusing on the emerging artist, rather than the well known painters who have already gained acceptance in the Visual Fine Arts industry, the NOAP Society has continued to encourage these extremely talented artists. This philosophy has served well during two plus decades of steady growth as evidenced by its tremendous appeal to not only the art connoisseur, but also to the general public which persists in its relentless quest of "The BEST!"