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Charleston Artist Guild
Charleston Artist Guild

2025 High School Senior Show

February 21 – March 15, 2025 Charleston Public Library, Charleston, SC
Deadline was February 20th.
Arowana by Lucy Delamater Cromwell
Arowana by Lucy Delamater Cromwell

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Deadline for entry was February 20, 2025
The Senior Show is open for entry to 2025 high school seniors from the greater Charleston region of Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties.

$15,000 is the planned student scholarship and monetary awards for this year’s Senior Art Show.

CAG will again be using the online entry portal for art submissions. We will provide a link to you for sharing with your students. Each high school senior can create a free account and upload images of their art for entry into the Senior Show. Images of the entries will be displayed at the awards reception, on a large screen and displayed online.

Scholarships this year are:

  • CAG 1: $2000
  • CAG 2: $2000
  • CAG 3: $2000
  • New Jersey Community Foundation Scholarship: $2000
  • New Jersey Community Foundation Founder’s Scholarship: $2000
  • Faye Sullivan Scholarship Fund #1 $2000
  • Faye Sullivan Scholarship Fund #2 $2000

Monetary awards are:

  • 1st place: $350
  • 2nd place: $225
  • 3rd place: $125
  • 6 honorable mentions of $50 each

Entry

  • Free entry
  • 1 artwork per artist

Eligibility Requirements

  • Open to 2025 high school seniors from the greater Charleston region of Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties.
  • Original painting, drawing, or photography artwork completed within the past year is eligible.
  • 3D, sculpture, fiber, crafts, or other forms of decorative arts are not eligible for entry.
  • An important rule for entry is the following. The work is the artist’s original creation and is not in whole or in part, a copy of any other person’s artwork or photograph. Works that don’t follow this rule will be disqualified from being considered for judging.

Additional Criteria

Original work shall comply with the following criteria:
  1. 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.
  2. The artist solely created the work.
  3. The work is not a photographic computer generated or other form of electronically generated work.
  4. Artificial Intelligence, “AI” enhanced or created art and photography is ineligible for entry.
  5. Photographs must be original work, printed in either a darkroom or computer on photographic paper. Photograph on canvas and digitally manipulated images aren’t eligible. Minor revisions such as burning, dodging, contrast adjustment are allowed. No computer-generated, digitally manipulated imagery (beyond digital darkroom), collaging, or photoshopping, etc.

Rules for Entry

Each artwork entry is to be:
  • 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.
Entries can be changed or replaced until Thursday, February 20, 2025, when they are finalized for judging.

Online Show

February 21 – March 15, 2025

Reception

The presentation of the awards and scholarship details to the winners at the awards reception on Sunday, March 9th, from 2:30-4:30 p.m.

The location for the awards reception is the large meeting room of the Charleston Public Library on peninsular Charleston, at:

68 Calhoun St,
Charleston, SC 29401

Questions

For questions about CAG or this prospectus, please contact [email protected].

For technical support, please see the Support section below.

Image and Filename Specifications

  • File Format: Submit original, high-quality JPEG image files. Other formats (e.g., PNG, TIFF) are not accepted.
  • Crop Your Image: Ensure only the artwork itself is visible in the image. Do not show any visible matting, frames, or background distractions.
  • Orientation: Make sure your image is oriented correctly (right side up) so that the artwork appears in its intended viewing direction.
  • Image Size: You do not need to resize your image files before uploading. The system will automatically resize them. Smaller images cannot be enlarged to meet the requirements, so ensure your images are high resolution before uploading.
  • File Names: You do not need to rename your files before uploading them. The system will handle any file naming requirements.
  • File Size: There is a 30mb maximum file size limit. Larger image files will take longer to upload and process.

Additional Entry Information

  • After your entry is submitted, you may log back in to review your entry, edit artist and image information, and add or substitute images up until the entry deadline (February 20, 2025.)
  • Entries cannot be accepted or changed after the deadline. Incomplete entries will be disqualified.

Support

For questions about CAG or this Prospectus, please contact James Byrd ([email protected]).

For technical support or entry questions, first check our Help Center or Entry Guide. If you still need help, email ShowSubmit Support ([email protected]). We’ll respond between 9am and 6pm Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.