Brand New!! National Exhibition Of Wild Animals Fine Art Exhibition 2012: Telephone Holler Upward For Entries

In 2011, the National Exhibition of Wildlife Art had a tape issue of visitors, a tape issue of entries too tape sales. Over 18,000 visitors came to encounter the exhibition at Gordale, Cheshire over 17 days - amongst 700 help the Private View.  50% of the travel sold - too I know few opened upward fine art exhibitions that tin boast figures similar that.

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 calendar month agone I highlighted the 2 Wildlife Artist of the Year fine art competitions (see Wildlife Artist of the Year 2012 - Call for Entries (x2)).  Below you lot volition notice a summary of the Call for Entries for the NEWA Exhibition 2012.

Winner of the 
Daler Rowney Award 2011
for Best Watercolour
Bearded Dragon
past times Tracy Hall
3.5" x 1.5"
watercolour
£350

National Exhibition of Wildlife Art 2012: Call For Entries 

The aims of the exhibition are to promote too display outstanding examples of wild fauna fine art from both professional person too amateur artists.

The NEWA Exhibition is an opened upward annual contest which has a arrive at of prizes too awards but its principal claim to fame is that it sells the nearly wild fauna  art of whatever exhibition.  All industrial plant inwards the exhibition are every bit good displayed on the NEWA website (you tin see the 2011 exhibition - sorted by artist, keyword and catalogue number)

It's for certain an opened upward exhibition that whatever serious wild fauna creative somebody inwards the United Kingdom of Great Britain too Northern Ireland should endure submitting travel to.

The Call for Entries for 2012 has been published.  These are the Exhibition Rules too Conditions.

Who tin enter?  There are no limits inwards the rules

Deadline for entries: Application forms must endure completed past times sixth June 2012 too artwork must endure delivered 4-5th July.  Works must instruct inwards at pick-up points earlier 2 July 2012.

Eligible artwork

The dependent champaign affair of the travel must include wildlife. Domestic animals, pets, botanical, landscape paintings will non endure accepted.  Works printed past times the manus of the artist, (screen, woodblock, etching, monotype etc) are acceptable from modest impress runs.

• Up to 4 pieces tin endure submitted - only the issue is determined past times the size of the largest piece
• Work must endure original - All travel submitted must endure the entrant's ain travel too should non endure copies of about other artist's travel or taken from photographs or published cloth that is non the belongings of the artist. Source cloth must endure available on request.  (Note that the Exhibition organisers reserve the correct to withdraw whatever travel they consider contravenes whatever of the rules)
• Sculptures must endure robust inwards construction.  Sculptures should endure no to a greater extent than than 42ins. inwards whatever dimension and weigh less than 42lb. 
• Framing must endure of Gallery standard, amongst taut cord create for hanging. No mirror plates

What is ineligible?

• work which is non master ie travel creative somebody must endure able to assert copyright
• work previously shown
• work which exceeds dimensions allowed
• work priced at less than £150

How is travel judged?

As you lot tin imagine, this is a really pop exhibition too lots of artists endeavor too instruct their travel accepted.

• Work is judged on its ain merits past times an independent panel of artists too wild fauna experts.
• Interpretation of the theme
• Originality too creativity
• Artistic composition
• Presentation
• Realistic Price

A listing of artists included inwards the 2012 NEWA exhibition volition endure posted on the NEWA website on completion of judging.  

Submitting work

• Artists submitting travel are asked to consummate their submission shape online too submit it online (This is the Online Application Form)
• Artists tin submit travel inwards person, via courier or via diverse individuals who operate the local regional pick-ups (fees payable)
• All artwork must endure submitted inwards a liberate bubble pack handbag - too then that travel is protected only slides inwards too out easily.
• You cause got an pick to cause got the NEWA website link to your website (for an £8 fee)
• Submission costs £35.  £15 is refundable if all your submitted industrial plant are rejected

The Exhibition

The 2012 NEWA Exhibition volition endure held between Friday 13 July too Dominicus 29 July 2012 at Gordale, Chester High Road (A540), Burton, Wirral CH64 8TF

Exhibition opening hours volition endure Mon – Dominicus 9.30am to 6pm amongst a belatedly nighttime on Th when it closes at 8.30pm

These are photos on NEWA's Facebook Page of:

• The Setting Up of the 2011 Exhibition
• and Preview Night

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