Wildlife Creative Individual Of The Twelvemonth 2013 - Telephone Vociferation Upward For Entries #1: David Shepherd Wild Animals Foundation

There are TWO Wildlife Artist of the Year fine art competitions inwards the UK - the 1 run yesteryear the BBC as well as the 1 run by The David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation (DSWF).  Both receive got straightaway issued their Calls for Entries for their 2013 competitions.

The same only different!

I'm going to run posts providing an overview of the respective Calls for Entries for these 2 competitions dorsum to dorsum on this weblog for ease of reference

• TODAY: The David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation Wildlife Artist of the Year 2013 Competition (DS WAY)
• TOMORROW: Wildlife Artist of the Year 2013 - Call for Entries #2: BBC

Each post volition utilisation the same format to summarise the price as well as atmospheric condition as well as how to travel inwards the dissimilar fine art competitions for ease of reference of those wild animals artists who anticipate entering either or both of these competitions.  They volition each patch out:

• where you lot tin detect the rules of entry as well as whatever additional data most the competition
• who tin enter
• what you lot tin submit (and, equally important, what is ineligible)
• how to enter
• the deadline
• details of the exhibition as well as other ways inwards which artwork is displayed

At the halt of tomorrow's post I'll also travel providing a summary of the similarities as well as the differences betwixt the 2 competitions.

Call for Entries - Summary re. The David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation Wildlife Artist of the Year 2013 

2012 DSWAY Competition ExhibitionKaren Lawrence-Rowe accepted the £10,000 transcend prize from
wild animals creative mortal as well as conservationist, David Shepherd CBE
as well as conservationist Mark Carwardine

Last twelvemonth the exhibition at the Mall Galleries raised over £60,000 for endangered wild animals as well as equally ever was both pop as well as enjoyed critical success.  This is a contest which is sits good on the CV of whatever wild animals creative mortal whose travel gets selected for exhibition!

It's skillful to meet this contest providing a really precise description for master art.  Those who re-create photos taken yesteryear other people without whatever master input from the creative mortal ask non apply!

This twelvemonth the prize-giving as well as exhibition volition travel held inwards London betwixt 2nd-8th June 2013.

Below you'll detect my summary as well as commentary on the Call for Entries - which highlights aspects you lot ask to pay particular attending to

Prizes: The Winner gets a really pregnant cash prize

• Overall Winner £10,000 cash prize as well as championship 'Wildlife Artist of the Year 2013' 
• Overall Runner-Up £1,000 cash prize. 
• Remaining Category Winners £500 each.

Deadlines for entries: The closing appointment is 21st Jan 2013

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 as well as professional person artists.  No distinction is made inwards the judging for the relative status of the artist.
• artists aged 17 years or over (ie 17 years of historic current yesteryear the closing appointment – 21st Jan 2013). 

You tin submit:

• work completed inside the finally v years yesteryear the entrant
• original travel ie Artists using exact reference from some other professional person creative mortal or lensman run a jeopardy having their travel rejected.
• multiple entries
• any medium except photography as well as film

You CANNOT submit: 

• Work completed earlier 21st Jan 2008 is ineligible for entry as well as cannot travel submitted
• Work which is non master to the artist
• photographs, video or electronic images - they volition all travel disqualified
• work which has been sold - either earlier entry or earlier the exhibition.  The whole utilisation of the exhibition is to enhance fund to assist protect endangered wildlife

Categories for entries

All entries must check to 1 of the 7 categories:

• Endangered Wildlife - whatever wild brute or constitute that is threatened or endangered nationally or internationally 
• Wild Places - whatever scene or landscape showing the natural surround at its most beautiful or dramatic 
• Wildlife inwards Action - whatever wild brute jumping, fighting, flight or whatever other interesting behaviour 
• Wildlife inwards 3D - sculpture inwards whatever medium 
• Go Wild - allow your imagination cash inwards one's chips wild! 
• Young & Wild - opened upwards to 17-25 twelvemonth olds roofing all vi categories 
• Wild Life - whatever wild animals including birds as well as plants inwards Great Britain or anywhere closed to the world (Botanical artists delight note!)

What it costs to submit an entry:

• £10 per entry: for DSWF members as well as Young & Wild 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 as well as conditions

• Sale cost volition travel negotiated amongst the creative mortal only the concluding determination volition travel made yesteryear DSWF.  I yell back this is really sensible. The reality is that the people who organise this contest know a lot most wild animals fine art sells for.  In putting this status on the contest they're behaving similar a gallery which wants to sell art. It allows them to verbalize over a cost amongst a potential buyer - much equally galleries do. I'm assuming the status relates to frustration on the role of the contest organisers because artists are failing to position the marketplace cost for their travel - pitching either 
• too high (which agency it fails to sell - it's a tactic frequently used yesteryear those who don't actually desire to sell a work) or 
• too depression (generally because the creative mortal knows petty most what their fine art is worth or what it volition sell for inwards a London gallery - only the cyberspace outcome it makes less than it could exercise for the cause!)
• Proceeds to the creative mortal for works sold
• in the exhibition are dissever 50:50 amongst the creative mortal during the exhibition as well as for 1 calendar month afterwards
• from the website are split 70% creative mortal as well as 30% DSWF for equally long equally that advertisement continues. (Note that the 2012 exhibition is however upwards on the website amongst all the details of the cost as well as how to purchase - they are really serious most selling your art!)
• Copyright: By entering WAY you lot grip to grant DSWF 
• a non-exclusive license to reproduce the artwork for whatever utilisation inwards connectedness amongst the contest including publicity, marketing, fundraising as well as exhibitions. 
• the get-go option/right to pose out a express edition impress of the travel yesteryear understanding amongst the creative mortal upwards until the halt 2013.

Digital Entry

• digital entry is a mandatory requirement - no other methods of submission volition travel accepted
• online: recommended picture size 2560 x 1920 pixels; file size no larger than 6MB plus  very clear file name
• by post: jpeg picture on CD plus completed as well as signed entry cast plus cheque
• No allowance volition travel made for wretched digital images or bad lineament photographs.  Which I convey to hateful if they cannot meet an fantabulous picture of your travel it's a waste materials of fourth dimension submitting it no thing how skillful the travel mightiness travel inwards reality.
• allow upwards to 28 days for clearance of a payment yesteryear banking venture check - as well as authorities annotation no entries volition non travel accepted until total payment is made.  That agency effectively that those intending to utilisation a banking venture check for payment ask to submit their entry BEFORE CHRISTMAS
• Delivery, collection, transportation costs as well as insurance is the responsibleness of the artist.

Selected artists: Those chosen to exhibit their travel volition travel selected yesteryear an independent panel of judges, to include artists as well as conservationists chosen yesteryear the contest organisers. 

If you lot receive got a query review the terms as well as conditions - as well as thence if you lot however receive got a query I advise you contact DSWF yesteryear emailway@davidshepherd.org .

Links

• MAKING H5N1 MARK: Wildlife Artist of the Year - Karen Laurence-Rowe
• MAKING H5N1 MARK: Wildlife Artist of the Year 2012 - Call for Entries (x2)
• You tin meet other blogs posts most wild animals fine art on this weblog yesteryear clicking this link - wildlife art
• Wildlife as well as Natural History Art - Resources for Artists

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