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10th Master Circle Division
March 28 – April 28, 2023 |Online
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The 10th Master Circle Exhibition of the International Association of Pastel Societies will be exhibited on the IAPS Website, iapspastel.org. This is an online exhibition only and no work will be shipped.
Awards
- Prix de Pastel - $2,000
- Gold Award in Honor of Daniel Greene - $1000
- Silver Award in Honor of Elizabeth Mowry - $600
- Bronze Award in Honor of Bill Creevy - $400
- four Awards of Excellence - $200 each
Eligibility
Eligible Work
- Works must be in dry pastel. No oil pastels. Mixed media must be predominantly dry pastel.
- Work must be original, not copied from other artists or published materials and from your own reference. Any reference provided by an instructor is not eligible, including an instructor- provided photo, still life setup or model setup.
- Work that was done in a classroom or workshop scenario is ineligible.
- All artwork must be originally drawn and not created on top of any type of photographic image.
- All work must have been created within the last two years.
- Paintings of nudes will be considered for acceptance.
- Artwork sent to the show must be exactly the same piece as the photo submitted.
- Work may not have been accepted in any previous IAPS Exhibitions. This does not include IAPS Member Society shows (see details below).
- Work may be for sale. NFS is acceptable.
- The top layer of the painting should be at least 80% dry application of pastel.
- If the outcome of the piece has been significantly and unduly influenced by another artist’s work, the jurors may consider the piece to be ineligible.
- Works that appear to duplicate a painting previously accepted into an IAPS show may be ineligible.
- In its pursuit of exhibitions of international excellence and distinction, IAPS encourages artists to enter new and fresh paintings. We recommend that you submit work that has not been included in a national show during the last 12 months, and has not won an award in any previous exhibition. We suggest that you not submit your entries into shows that will be running concurrently.
Honors Points: IAPS Eminent Pastelist
Entry Fee
Notification
Entry procedures for artists outside the United States
Sales
Questions?
Additional Notification Information
Notifications will be emailed and posted in your ShowSubmit account by the end of the day on March 28, 2023.
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.)
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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 (February 15, 2023.)
- 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.
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