Plein Air Brandywine Valley Artist Information

Artists are invited to submit applications and portfolios with a non- refundable $25.00 application fee through the Plein Air Brandywine Valley event website. Monday, February 13, 2017 we will begin artist applications, and close artist registration on Friday, June 30, 2017. Qualifying artists will be notified by July 15, 2017. 
Artists who are selected MUST confirm attendance by August 15, 2017. An official will review event rules and rules pertaining to the various sites at an Artist Gathering on Sunday, October 15, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. at the Marshalton Inn, 1300 W. Strasburg Rd., West Chester, PA.

Canvases (and other surfaces) will be stamped at the Artist Gathering. Work must be completed in the time frame allotted and submitted to the committee the following morning at the “Main Location” identified on each day.

Prizes

Plein Air Brandywine Valley judges will award prizes in the following categories:

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Rules and Regulations

ELIGIBILITY

Plein Air Brandywine Valley (PABV) is open to all artists 18 and over working in pastel, oil, acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, and photography.  The show is juried.

APPLICATION PROCESS

This is a juried event.  Once artists are accepted into PABV, they will be responsible for submitting a $75.00 registration fee confirming their participation in the event.  Those paying be credit card should be sure to write PABV Registration in the memo field.  For those using checks, please make checks payable to Children’s Beach House and mail to:

Children’s Beach House

100. W. 10^th Street,

Suite 411

Wilmington, DE  19801

For technical difficulties, or to make payment by phone, please contact Justin Nixon at 302-645-9184.  The deadline for application is June 30 and selected artists will be notified by July 15.  Please note, applications will be reviewed as they are received and PABV reserves the right to close the application process prior to June 30^th if all of the spots are filled.  It is important to apply as soon as possible!

Each painter/drawer must submit jpegs of four to eight pieces of their work through www.pleinairbrandywinevalley.org as one component of the application process.  If accepted, those same submissions will be used on the PABV website to advertise sample works of the accepted artists. 

The application fee is a non-refundable $25.00. Upon acceptance, registration fee of $75.00 will be due to reserve an artist’s place in the competition.

EVENT DETAILS

Artists must check in to have their canvases stamped on Sunday evening at the Artists’ Gathering.  At this gathering the locations and detailed instructions will be distributed.  ARTISTS MAY NOT VISIT PRIVATE LOCATIONS PRIOR TO THE DAY OF THE EVENT.  ARTISTS WHO BREAK THIS RULE WILL BE DISQUALIFIED AND NO REFUND WILL BE GIVEN.

Painting, drawing and photography opportunities are scheduled for Monday through Thursday with two evening competitions included. 

All works are to be completed outdoors in natural elements and NOT in studio or indoor spaces.  Entries must be scenes from the selected locations without the use of a camera (with the exception of the participating photographers) or tutelage of any kind.  Subject matter may include landscapes, wildlife, water views, architecture, and people so long as they are depictions of the actual locations. 

Artists may not bring guests or pets to the various locations during the events.  Arrangements have been made with private and public locations for artists ONLY.

SUBMISSIONS

Works can be turned in starting on Tuesday afternoon at Janssen’s Market.  In order to allow volunteers time to create an inventory - No more than three pieces will be accepted on Thursday, so artists MUST turn in some work on Tuesday and/or Wednesday.  Up to three pieces of photography may be turned in on Friday morning by 10:00 am.  THESE RULES WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED.

PREVIOUS EXHIBITION OR PUBLICATION

Photographs may not have been previously exhibited or published and must have been taken at the approved venue between the approved hours.

AWARDS & EXHIBIT AWARDS

Awards will be determined at the discretion of the contest judges and contest coordinators.  All work submitted for judging MUST BE FOR SALE.  Work an artist decides not to sell during the PABV event may not be judged for an award or hung for display. 

CONDITIONS AND LICENSING: Winning Photographers/artists agree to make available to PABV high-resolution digital images, transparencies, and/or negatives of all winning entries, if requested.  Winning photographers also grant non-exclusive, limited licensing rights to PABV, with no renewal period.  If a non-winning photograph is used by PABV, a $50 licensing fee will be paid at the time of final publication or printing.  In any case, licensing will be solely for the purpose of promoting PABV.  These uses many include, but are not limited to, publication in advertisements, rack cards, posters, magazines, newspapers, and other promotional applications.  Any requests for reproduction of winning images by artists, galleries, businesses, or entities other than those named herein above, will be negotiated directly with the photographer/artist. 

*Images uploaded to the online gallery will not be eligible for licensing fees.