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Plein Air Contest Rules
I would like to hear from artists who have participated in plein air contests where an entry fee (jury fee or just to participate fee) was paid and prize money was involved. I would like to know if most contests work on the honor system or have specific rules in the following aspects:
1) Did your in-process, unused stamped blank surfaces, or completed paintings have to be checked in each evening and checked out the next morning for an event that lasted more than on day? The obvious resaon for this requirement who be to prevent work indoors at night and to keep the maximum time available to complete a work(s) equal for all participants.
2) For lack of a better title, were their "field checkers" to assure no one was using a photograph as a reference or a digital camera (which enables viewing a captured scene with it's particular light,cloud pattern, etc. and superimposing a grid).
3) Most contests require your blank surfaces be stamped at registration. Does blank mean no pretoning of the surface for watercolor, acrylic, or oil, but OK to use toned surfaces for pastels?
4) Any other rules that you think sould be excluded or included.
5) Any experiences you had or obsevations you made that you felt permitted an element of unfairness.
1) Did your in-process, unused stamped blank surfaces, or completed paintings have to be checked in each evening and checked out the next morning for an event that lasted more than on day? The obvious resaon for this requirement who be to prevent work indoors at night and to keep the maximum time available to complete a work(s) equal for all participants.
2) For lack of a better title, were their "field checkers" to assure no one was using a photograph as a reference or a digital camera (which enables viewing a captured scene with it's particular light,cloud pattern, etc. and superimposing a grid).
3) Most contests require your blank surfaces be stamped at registration. Does blank mean no pretoning of the surface for watercolor, acrylic, or oil, but OK to use toned surfaces for pastels?
4) Any other rules that you think sould be excluded or included.
5) Any experiences you had or obsevations you made that you felt permitted an element of unfairness.
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Comment by Carly Hardy on November 7, 2009 at 1:59am -
We have an annual plein air paintout in Buford, GA, each year. Each artist that participates for the awards must be registered (pay an entry fee). Registration also includes the right to exhibit the paintings in the Tannery Row Art Gallery for the month following the event.
Check in can be any morning of the paintout. Registered artists must bring their substrates (canvas, panels, paper, etc) to be stamped on the back side. This does not mean that the surface cannot be primed with a color. Underpaintings are allowed since many artists do not work on a white surface (pastelists, colored pencils, charcoal, etc).
We do not require that the artists bring in their work each evening, but many do since they can be left in the gallery before the awards ceremony. Artists are on the honor system for completing their paintings "en plein air".
We don't have field checkers....but we do have a couple of folks who go around each day taking photographs for future advertising and the website. I take water with me in my vehicle in case someone needs a fresh drink if I'm out taking photos.
We did require that all completed paintings be turned in by a certain time so the gallery could be hung and the judging take place before the reception began.
Have too many rules and you'll have to have a "rule enforcement committee"....just kidding!
carly
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