9th Annual Impressions: Small Works Showcase

Venue

Awards

Judge of Awards

Exhibition Requirements

• Must be a current (or new) paid member of AIS and must be a legal US resident to be eligible to enter the exhibition.
• 2025 AIS membership dues of $65 must be paid prior to entering.
• If dues are not paid prior to the entry deadline, entry will be disqualified.

• Oil, Oil Sticks, Pastel, Acrylic, Watercolor, Casein, Gouache, and Egg Tempera.
• No mixed media, collage, photography, digital, oil pastels, colored pencils or any other media.
• No digitally manipulated work, painted giclee prints or any other type of reproductions, no manipulated or painted over photos.
• Any artist whose work is determined to be in violation of this rule will be disqualified, will forfeit any awards received and will be banned from any and all AIS exhibitions for the following three years.

• Work must be original in concept and execution, impressionistic in style, and must have been completed within the last three years.
• Work done in ANY class and/or under the guidance of an instructor is not eligible for entry.
• Work painted from reference photos must be created from the artist’s own photographs, not from any other photo source, AI generated copyrighted or not.
• Entries must not violate any copyrights.
• No diptychs, triptychs or multiple panels accepted.
• Entries may not have been exhibited in any previous AIS show.
• Work that was entered but not accepted into previous AIS shows may be entered again as long as they meet the above requirements.

• Maximum size (excluding frame) is 192 square inches, with the maximum length on the longest side of 16 inches (example: 12 x 16=192, 12 x 12=144, 10 x 16=160).
• Minimum size is 35 square inches (example: 5 x 7=35, 6 x 6=36).
• Three paintings may be submitted.
• Maximum of one painting per artist may be accepted into the show.

• Work must be suitably framed in a fine art gallery-quality wood frame, wired and ready for hanging.
• No metal frames, gallery wrap canvases or sawtooth hangers.
• Floater frames are acceptable.
• Unsuitable or damaged framing will disqualify.
• Repair or replacement of frame is the financial responsibility of artist.
• AIS and Fallbrook Art Center are not responsible for damage caused by works framed with glass. Plexiglass is recommended.

Liability & Agreement

Sales Commission

• Artist 60%, Fallbrook 40%.
• All work MUST be for sale and must be priced according to your standard pricing. Paintings that do not reflect the artist's current pricing structure may be disqualified.
• No price changes will be accepted once you have submitted your entry-please check your entries for accuracy of information.
• No NFS or POR.
• An artist who withdraws an entry after acceptance into the exhibition shall not be eligible to enter any AIS exhibition for the two succeeding years.
• Any accepted work which is presold MUST be included in the show. Presales must be completed through Fallbrook. Sales commission applies.

Entry Fee

• $35 for one painting, $45 for two paintings and $55 for three paintings.
• Entry fee must be paid with credit card on ShowSubmit website.
• Entry fees are nonrefundable whether your paintings are juried into the exhibition or not.

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