2024 Juried Signature Show
October 14 – 20, 2024 |The Best Friend Train Museum, Charleston, SC
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Awards
Photography: 1st Place $300, 2nd Place $175, 3rd Place $125
Honorable Mention (6): $50
Entry Fees
Maximum 2 works per artist.
Diptych counts as two pieces.
Eligibility Requirements
- Open to ALL South Carolina residents.
- Original painting or photography artwork completed within the past two years is eligible.
- Workshop or class produced art is ineligible for entry.
- Maximum art size including frame is 38” w x 48” h.
- Minimum art size including frame is 8” w x 10” h or 8”h x 10”w.
Additional Criteria
3D, sculpture, fiber, crafts, or other forms of decorative arts are not eligible for entry.
Original work shall comply with the following criteria:
- The work is the artist’s original creation and is not in whole or in part, a copy of any other person’s work or photograph.
- The work was created solely by the artist and not under supervision of an instructor.
- The work is not a photographic computer generated or other form of electronically generated work.
- Artificial Intelligence, “AI” enhanced or created art and photography is prohibited from entry into the Show.
- Photographs must be original work, printed in either a darkroom or computer on photographic paper. Photographs on canvas not accepted. Digitally manipulated not accepted. Minor revisions such as burning, dodging, contrast adjustment are allowed. No computer-generated, digitally manipulated imagery (beyond digital darkroom), collaging, or photoshopping, etc.
There will be a volunteer docent during Show hours. CAG is not responsible for artwork after 8 p.m. on October 20th, 2024, by which time artist must have removed art from the Show.
For this in-person Show, art screen space is limited.
Rules for Entry
- Uploaded using the ShowSubmit portal.
- Fully representative of the work you would like to show in the online exhibit.
- Professionally cropped.
- Shown without frame, mat, glass, or background visible.
- Presented with the image right side up and not blurry.
- List sizes up to the nearest inch.
- Maximum art size including frame is 38” w x 48” h.
- Minimum art size including frame is 8” w x 10” h or 8”h x 10”w.
- Works over maximum size will be disqualified, as available screen space is carefully planned and allocated in advance.
- Entries can’t be changed after entry.
- All works must be wired to gallery standards and must meet professional presentation standards as interpreted by the CAG Show Committee.
- Art delivered for the in-person Show is to be appropriately framed ready for hanging (if applicable, matted).
- No saw tooth hangers.
- Accepted works cannot be substituted and must be available for the duration of the Show.
- Title and dimensions of entered work cannot be changed.
- Incomplete work, incorrect sizes and incorrectly wired art won’t be accepted or hung at the Show.
- Gallery wraps are permitted: The side of the gallery wrapped frames are completed, either with a continuation of the painting, or with the sides painted (no bare canvas) and no staples are showing. When entering work using the Add Work form, enter the same dimensions as the Work Size in the Frame Size fields.
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Delivery/Shipping
Deliver Artwork
The Best Friend Train Museum
Judging
In-Person Show
Best Friend Train Museum 42 John Street (Left Side Entry)
Online Show
Reception
Best Friend Train Museum 42 John Street (Left Side Entry)
Pick-Up Artwork
42 John Street (Left Side Entry After the reception ends at 8 p.m., on Sunday October 20th, 2024.
Additional Notification Information
Notifications will be emailed and posted in your ShowSubmit account by the end of the day on October 7, 2024.
You may view the notification in your ShowSubmit account by logging in and clicking tapping the Notifications at the top right of the screen, or in your Entry History (Accepted works will be notated by a green check.)
If you do not receive your email, login and view the notification in your account. We cannot respond to inquiries regarding the status of notifications.
Note: Entries made prior to 2023 may not display the View Notification link.
Image and Filename Specifications
- Submit your original JPEG image files.
- Crop out all parts of the photo that are not the actual work; do not show mat, frame, etc, only the work itself.
- Image must be displayed right side up.
- You do not need to resize your image files.
- You do not need to rename your image files.
Additional Entry Information
- You will pay for your entry by credit or debit card using our secure checkout system.
- After your entry is submitted and paid for, you may log back in to review your entry, edit artist and image information, and add or substitute images up until the entry deadline (October 2, 2024.)
- Entry fees are not refundable and must be submitted and paid by the entry deadline.
- Entries cannot be accepted or changed after the deadline. Incomplete entries will be disqualified.
Support
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