Division 2 - Fine Arts

·        All entries must be your original art work.

·        No craft or hobby kits will be accepted in the Fine Art Division.

·        Copies of work of other artists will not be accepted.

·        The competition is open to both professional and non-professional artists.

·        No wet paintings can be accepted.

·        Any entry that falls apart will be removed from the exhibit.

·        Each entry must have your full name, age ,class and professional or nonprofessional on the back or bottom of the art piece. 

·        No entry can be accepted where the artist's name or identifying marks are visible on the front or sides of the art piece.

·        The RRVFA reserves the right to prohibit any entry they deem inappropriate for family oriented exhibition.

·        An entry blank is included in the back of this packet.  Entry blanks may be duplicated.

·        Two entry levels are provided:  Youth and Adult.  Youth is considered 17 and under.  Adult is considered 18 and above.

·        A non-professional artist is a person who engages in an event or activity as a hobby rather than a profession.  A professional artist is someone who sells their art work for monetary profit (more than $2,000 per year; a person who teaches or instructs a particular skill.

·        Fine Art Entrees will be accepted in Building B at the Fair Grounds

Saturday, September 24, 2011               from 10 am to 4 pm

·        Judging of the Fine Arts Division will be on Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 3 pm

·        Entries must be picked up on Sunday, October 2, 2001 between 1-3 pm.

·        No picture larger than 3'x3' (including frame) can be accepted.

·        No picture weighing more than 25 lbs. can be accepted.

·        No glass on pictures.

·        Oil or acrylic

·        Watercolor or pastel

·        Ink  or charcoal

·        Pencil

·        Finger-painting

·        Crayola

·        Mixed media.

·        Oil or acrylic

·        Watercolor or pastel

·        Ink or charcoal

·        Pencil

·        Mixed media.

·        Photographs must be the work of the exhibitor.

·        Photographs must have been taken within the previous 18 months.

·        Photographs may be framed or unframed.

·        Unframed photographs must be mounted on a rigid mount and the overall thickness must not exceed 3/8 of an inch.

·        Minimum size of the unframed mounted photograph is 5"x7" and the maximum size is 11"x14".

·        A hanger must be attached to the back of the unframed mounted photograph.

·         Framed photographs may be matted or not matted.

·        Minimum size of the framed photograph is 5"x7" and the maximum size is 11"x14".

·        The frame must not exceed 16"x20".

·        Framed photographs must have a wire on the back of the frame suitable for hanging.

·        Hanger must be on back of mounted picture.

o       Color

o       Black and White

o       Alternate Processes such as cyanotype, Calotype, Albumen, Cyanotype, Kallitype, Platinum and Palladium, Gum Bichromate, Gumoil, Polaroid Transfer

o       Alternate cameras such as pinhole, Holga, Diana, etc.

o       Photomanipulation.

o       Color

o       Black and White

o       Alternate Processes such as cyanotype, Calotype, Albumen, Cyanotype, Kallitype, Platinum and Palladium, Gum Bichromate, Gumoil, Polaroid Transfer

o       Alternate cameras such as pinhole, Holga, Diana, etc.

o       Photomanipulation.