2012 Regional Fine Arts Exhibit Prospectus

Original works completed in the last two years by artists 18 and older.
Submission deadline: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
$4,000 in Awards
Best of Show: $2,000; 2nd Place: $1,000; 3rd Place: $500; Merit Awards: $250 (2)

Please view our previous exhibits at www.dogwoodregionalfineartsexhibit.blogspot.com

About the Dogwood Arts Festival:

The Dogwood Arts Festival, in its 52nd year, transforms Knoxville into a month long springtime celebration with a “blue jean to black tie” festival offering something for everyone. Street fairs and Americana performers throughout the city, over 60 miles of dogwood trails and gardens, heritage tours, masterful fine art exhibitions and performing arts events, sidewalk chalk painters and a three day Art Fair enliven the city against the canvas of beautiful, blossoming Dogwood trees. The Dogwood Arts Festival offers residents and visitors from across the nation a memorable experience of the richly woven customs, perspectives, and creativity of our Southern region.

The Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibition was developed to showcase and award the finest artists of our region. Artists from within a radius of 300 miles of Knoxville may enter. Fine art encompassing all styles and genres from both emerging and established artists will be selected by a renowned juror for exhibition. Our new 2012 location will be both upper and lower galleries in the beautifully restored Emporium Center at 100 S. Gay Street, Knoxville’s downtown arts anchor location. The exhibit will be on display from April 6 through April 27.

Juror:

Terri Jordan is the curator of Exhibits at the Customs House Museum, Tennessee’s second largest general museum. She is also President of the Tennessee Art League’s Board of Directors. Jordan attended the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and has spent the last 17 years working with non-profit arts organizations and as a gallery curator. As an artist, Terri has won numerous awards for her paintings and has been featured in galleries throughout the Southeast and New York. Her work is in collections in Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, California, New York, North and South Carolina, Texas and England. In 2003 the University of Georgia purchased four of her paintings for their collection.

Awards:

Cash awards totaling $4,100 will be presented at the exhibit’s Opening Reception on April 6th at the Emporium from 5-9 pm. Best in Show $2,000, 2nd Place $1,000, Third Place $500, two $250 Merit awards and one $100 award from Fast Frame. All awards are designated by the juror and are final. All artists accepted into the show are encouraged to attend the Awards Reception at the Emporium Art Center on April 6th.

Eligibility:

Open to all artists 18 years and older residing within a 300 mile radius of Knoxville. Submit only work completed in the last two years. 2-D has no size limitations. 3-D over 100 lbs. must be installed by the artist. Categories are: 2-D painting, drawing, mixed media, printmaking, and photography;
3-D sculpture of all media (may submit two images). No computer generated art, jewelry, large installations (larger than a 6’ x6’ footprint), CNC milled pieces, or other mass-produced work.

All work must be suitably framed/mounted or wired for installation. Plexiglas is preferred for 2-D. 3-D work must be sturdy, stable, or otherwise secured to a base. The juror reserves the right to disqualify any work not suitably presented, or any work appearing not to correspond to the CD entry image.

Entry Procedure:

The non-refundable entry fee is $30.00 per application (may submit up to three works per application). Two images may be submitted for each 3-D piece submitted on the application.

Jury results will be forwarded via email.

Delivery:

Work must be delivered to, and picked up from the Emporium Art Center at 100 Gay Street, Knoxville, TN. Shipping details will be provided with adjudication results. Always pre-calculate shipping costs of submitted work.

Return of Work:

Work unclaimed within 30 days becomes property of Dogwood Arts Festival.

Liability:

Receipt of the completed application form constitutes your agreement with all conditions established in the prospectus. Dogwood Arts Festival will provide insurance for all work while they are on site at the exhibit venue for the extent of the exhibit. Unclaimed work is not insured after the posted pick-up date. Artists are responsible for insuring work while in transit. Consent to use photos of work for promotion purposes is assumed unless otherwise stated by artist.

Sales:

Every effort is made to promote sales.* The Dogwood Arts Festival, which is a non-profit 501-C-3 organization, will retain a 40% commission as a donation (20% to Dogwood Arts Festival and 20% to Emporium Art Center). ORNL Federal Credit Union is the presenting sponsor of the Dogwood Arts Festival.

* work is NOT required to be for sale.

Schedule:

February 21 – Online submission received by Dogwood Arts Festival
March 10 – Juror selections will be emailed back to artists
March 24 – 27 – Shipped work received (shipping details included with jury results)
April 1 & April – Hand delivered work received @ the Emporium Art Center – Sunday 1-5pm; Monday 10am-5pm
April 6 – Grand Opening Reception & Awards Ceremony 5-9 pm @ the Emporium Art Center
April 6–27 – Exhibit open Monday through Friday, 10 am to 5 pm – PLEASE NOTE that the Emporium Art Center is closed on April 9th for the Easter Holiday
April 29–30 – Work picked up 1-5pm Sunday and 9 am to 5 pm on Monday
May 1 – Shipped work returned to artists

Questions? Contact Denise Sanabria at [865] 384.5272 or email regionalfineart@dogwoodarts.com

Regional Fine Arts Exhibit 2012 Application

Read prospectus for complete instructions and guidelines before applying online.
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Please enter the following information for each piece you are submitting. You must enter all information for each piece. If you are submitting two views of one piece you should title the piece “title name 1” and “title name 2”.
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Entry Three
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I have read the attached Prospectus with Regional Fine Art information and Festival Policies. In consideration of the Dogwood Arts Festival’s acceptance of my application, I agree to accept all decisions of the Dogwood Arts Festival as final and to abide by their policies.
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