Brand New!! David Shepherd's Wild Animals Creative Individual Of The Yr 2014 - Deadline Extended To Fifth February

The deadline for entries for David Shepherd's Wildlife Artist of the Year 2014 (First prize £10,000)

WAS Mon 20th January
BUT is at in 1 trial midnight on Wednesday fifth Feb 2014

Below you lot tin notice the data nearly this really pop fine art contest for wild fauna artists.

There are two novel categories for 2014:

Wildlife inward Monochrome - especially suitable for those who move inward fine fine art prints, graphite or charcoal
Silver Artist - for the Over 60s - which I intend is a slap-up idea!

The Wildlife Artist of the Year Exhibition will live held at the Mall Galleries, London Tuesday third to Sat seventh June 2014, 10am to 5pm (closes 4pm on concluding day).

The Private View volition live held on 29th May 6-9pm. The Private View for this has an splendid attendance alongside lots of enthusiastic individual collectors of wild fauna fine art together with lots of sales. If you're a collector together with desire an invite I advise you lot arrive acquit upon alongside the Foundation.

The David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year website page

Call for Entries Summary

Full details are available on the Wildlife Artist of the Year - Terms & Conditions page on the DS website. They likewise induce got a Wildlife Artist of the Year - Frequently asked questions page

Prizes

The Overall Winner wins £10,000 cash prize together with championship 'David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year 2014'. In addition:

Overall Runner-Up £1,000 cash prize.
Remaining Category Winners £500 each.

Deadlines for entries

The (extended) closing appointment is 5 Feb 2014. No entries volition live considered after the closing date.

Who tin submit

This is an international opened upwards competition. It regularly attracts entries from overseas. Entry is opened upwards to eligible submissions from:

both amateur together with professional person artists. No distinction is made inward the judging for the relative status of the artist.
artists aged 17 years or over (ie 17 years of historic stream yesteryear the closing appointment – 21st Jan 2014).

What you lot tin submit

work completed inside the lastly v years yesteryear the entrant
your ain original work

(My Comment together with interpretation: i.e. any creative someone making an EXACT re-create of the move of some other professional person creative someone or lensman risks having their move rejected.i.e. derivative move cannot attain copyright status)

The Artist must live the sole writer together with possessor of the copyright of all artwork entered, or if move is copied from a photograph or other picture that is non the Artist’s own, The Artist must induce got permission inward writing from the copyright possessor to job his or her work. Source textile together with proof of permission to job must live made available on asking yesteryear the judges.

multiple entries - upwards to 5
any medium except photography, celluloid together with digital
unsold artwork alone (ie the job of the exhibition is to enhance funds for conservation together with at that topographic point is no infinite for artwork which cannot generate funds)

You CANNOT submit:

Work completed earlier 21st Jan 2009 is ineligible
Work which is non master to the artist
photographs, video or digital images - they volition all live disqualified
work which has been sold - either earlier entry or earlier the exhibition. The whole job of the exhibition is to enhance fund to tending protect endangered wildlife

Categories for entries

All entries must jibe to 1 of the seven categories:

Endangered Wildlife - whatsoever wild animate beingness or constitute that is threatened or endangered nationally or internationally
Wild Life - whatsoever wild animals including birds together with plants inward U.K. or anywhere merely about the world including wild landscapes
Wildlife inward 3D - sculpture inward whatsoever medium
Wildlife inward Action- whatsoever wild animate beingness jumping, fighting, flight or whatsoever other interesting behaviour

Wildlife inward Monochrome – whatsoever wild animate beingness or landscape drawn inward tones of whatsoever 1 colour

Young & Wild - opened upwards to 17-25 yr olds roofing all 6 categories

Silver Artist – opened upwards to over threescore yr olds roofing all 6 categories

What it costs to submit an entry

£10 per entry: for DSWF members, Young & Wild together with Silver category entrants
£25 per entry for non-members of the DSWF. Click this link to become a Friend of the DWSF www.davidshepherd.org

Other of import price together with conditions

Sale cost volition live negotiated alongside the creative someone but the concluding determination volition live made yesteryear DSWF. (see lastly year's weblog post service for why I intend I intend this is a really sensible provision) .
Proceeds to the creative someone for works sold

in the exhibition are dissever 50:50 alongside the creative someone during the exhibition together with for 1 calendar month afterwards
not exhibition but promoted via the website are dissever 70% creative someone together with 30% DSWF for equally long equally that advertisement continues.(Note that the website store is withal promoting 2013 Wildlife Artist of the Year (139 items) and 2013 Wildlife Artist of the Year - Selected Not Hung (32 items)

with all the details of the cost together with how to purchase - they are really serious nearly selling your art!)

Copyright: By entering WAY you lot concur to grant DSWF

a non-exclusive license to reproduce the artwork for whatsoever job inward connector alongside the contest including publicity, marketing, fundraising together with exhibitions.
the correct to release a express edition impress of the move yesteryear understanding alongside the creative someone upwards until the terminate of 2014. This does non utilize to sculpture.

Digital Entry

digital entry is recommended

online: recommended picture size 2560 x 1920 pixels; file size no larger than 6MB plus a clearly identifiable file name + credit/debit menu to pay fee
by post: jpeg picture on CD plus completed together with signed entry shape plus cheque

No allowance volition live made for misfortunate digital images or bad character photographs. Which I accept to hateful if they cannot run across an splendid picture of your move it's a waste materials of fourth dimension submitting it no affair how practiced the move mightiness live inward reality.
Delivery, collection, transportation costs together with insurance is the responsibleness of the artist.

Selected artists

Those chosen to present their move volition live selected yesteryear an independent panel of judges, to include artists together with conservationists chosen yesteryear the contest organisers.

Previous weblog posts nearly this contest together with exhibition

Wildlife Ar tist of the Year 2013 - David Shepherd ... 06 Jun 2013 Wildlife Artist of the Year 2013: Review of the prizewinners together with exhibition at the Mall Galleries.
Wildlife Artist of the Year 2013 - Call for Entries #1: David Shepherd ... 24 October 2012 Overview of telephone weep upwards for entries for The David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation Wildlife Artist of the Year 2013 Competition.
Wildlife Artist of the Year - Karen Laurence-Rowe 28 May 2012
Wildlife Artist of the Year 2012 - Call for Entries (x2) xvi December 2011
Two opportunities to live Wildlife Artist of the Year ... 25 Jan 2011
Art competition: Wildlife Artist of the Year 28 Jan 2010
Adam Binder wins Wildlife Artist of the Year 2010 25 May 2010
Exhibition review: Wildlife Artist of the Year 2009 02 Jun 2009

Wildlife Art - Resources for Artists

For to a greater extent than nearly Wildlife Art - run across my website Wildlife together with Natural History Art - Resources for Artists. This is a compendium of links to data together with resources for artists who portray natural history, nature together with wildlife.