Fine Arts Division - Professional

Chairperson: Amanda Bucco (topsfieldart@gmail.com)

Deadline for Receiving Entry Forms: September 9th, 2013

Receiving Days at Coolidge Hall:
Saturday, September 14, 2013 12:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.
and
Sunday, September 15th, 2013 12:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.

Pick Up Day at Coolidge Hall: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 2:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.

Entry form & fees must be received by September 9th, 2013.
No exceptions.

Professional Artists are invited to volunteer for exhibit monitoring and demonstrations. Please indicate your volunteer interest on entry form. Volunteer Schedule will be posted at Receiving Dates (9/14 & 9/15) as well. Each volunteer will receive a parking and admission ticket to enter the fair grounds.

1. PROFESSIONALISM: Exhibitors in the Fine Art Professional Division includes those who benefit from financial gain for the sales of their artwork: art teachers, instructors, judges, curators, etc. Exhibitors are encouraged to provide an updated one-page biography/artist statement for the Topsfield Fair Gallery Book of Artists and business cards, which will be displayed in the Art Sales Room.
2. FEES: Each entry in the Professional juried competition requires an $8.00 entry fee. Art Sales Room requires a $10.00 fee. The maximum entry fee for two (2) juried entries and multiple entries in the Art Sales Room is $26.00 total due. Entry fee must be submitted with official entry form. Payable by cash or check to: The Essex Agricultural Society. Fees are non-refundable and are donated to the Essex Agricultural society.
3. ORIGINALITY: All work must be original and not previously exhibited at the Fair. Artwork derived from another artist's work, such as calendars, magazines, postcards, computer images, or any image of another artist's work, is not considered original. Copies, limited editions, giclee prints, wet paintings or reproductions are not acceptable for the juried exhibition.
4. JURIED ENTRY IDENTIFICATION: All juried competition entries must be clearly labeled on the top back of art work with the following information: (Example below)
   • Professional Division
   • Artist's Name
   • Telephone #
   • "Title"
   • Medium
   • Price
5. JURIED ENTRIES: Professional juried exhibition entries are limited to 2 entries. Overall frame size should not exceed 48 united inches (Height + Width), this includes frame. Due to the large number of entries, oversize work can not be accepted.
6. JURIED EXHIBITION: A professional panel of judges selects ribbon winners based on artistic merit, which includes: originality, composition, color and value, technique and presentation. The Fine Art Department and judges reserve the right to reject any entry. Artists will be contacted prior to the opening of the Fair to retrieve unaccepted work. All work must be for sale.
7. FRAMING: Artwork must be securely framed and wired. Will only accept the following: wood frames with screw eyes/d-rings & wire or metal frames with track for metal hangers and wire.
   ATTENTION: (see diagram on #8) Unsafe or improperly framed artwork, including no glass or thin wire, will not be accepted. Artwork under glass must be matted, includes all photos. No clip frames, easel back frames, front-loading "pop in" frames, spring clips or staple frames will be accepted.
8. FRAMING:
   Do-It-Yourself Framers: For secure frames that hang flat on wall, attach screw eyes or hangers to each side of the frame at one-third the height from the top of frame. Insert Framing Wire through the hangers and secure ends. Top of wire must be 2-3 inches below the top of frame.

SALES POLICY: All juried artwork should be priced to sell. All professional artwork in the exhibition and Art Sales Room is for sale. Topsfield Fair Fine Art Department and volunteers are not responsible for art sold for less than intended price due to improper labeling or last minute changes made by artist. Essex Agricultural Society retains a twenty percent (20%) commission of all art work sold.

ART SALES ROOM: This is limited to accepted juried entrants. Please use Art Sales Room Entry Form on attached page.

1. The number of entries is limited and bins are shared. Art Sales Room entries are limited to:
   • Three (3) framed pieces for hanging, 11"x 14" or smaller
   • Fifteen matted (15) unframed pieces, up to or not to exceed 16"x 20" (must be either shrink-wrapped or in plastic sleeves)
   • Ten (10) note card packets, postcard sets, calendars (must be either shrink-wrapped or in plastic sleeves)
   (Please, no individual note cards, saran wrap, zip-lock bags, or string. We can not accept stretchers or canvas for wall or bin.)
2. Identification Requirements: Art Sales Room entries must be clearly and professionally labeled ON THE FRONT of each entry with:
   • Name
   • Artist Code (Initials), Piece #
   • "Title"
   • Category
   • Price
   • For example:
     • Amanda Bucco
     • AMB-1
     • "Ferris Wheel"
     • 11-F
     • $250

Topsfield Fair Fine Art Department volunteers are not responsible for art sold for less than intended price due to improperly labeled artwork.

Up to (2) juried entries are allowed.

Please choose the specific category of your entry:

Painting Categories

• A1. Oils
• A1. Acrylics
• B2. Watercolors
• C3. Pastel (Soft Pastels or Oil Pastels)
• D4. Mixed Media/Collage

Graphics Categories

• E5. Drawing (Charcoal, Crayons, Markers, Pencils, Pen & Ink)
• E6. Etching & other Hand Pull Prints (Linoleum, Monoprint, Silkscreen, Wood Block)
• E7. Computer Graphics

Photography

• F8. Black & White
• F9. Color

Art Sales Room Entries can be entered by downloading and printing out the art sales entry form, and mailing it to:
Topsfield Fair, P.O. Box 134, Topsfield, MA 01983
(Make Checks Payable to Topsfield Fair)

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