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JURIED COMPETITIONS
Rosewood Gallery presents three juried competitions each year: The Dayton Area Works on Paper (for artists living within a 45-mile radius of Dayton, Ohio, working on or in paper), The View Landscape Competition (for Ohio artists working with landscape imagery or environmental themes), and HWD Sculpture Competition (for artists from Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Michigan who are working in any sculptural medium). Entry forms are required for all competitions; same-size photocopies are acceptable.
Deadlines for entering the competitions are as follows:
The Dayton Area Works on Paper
2009 DEADLINE: Saturday, February 7, Noon 3 p.m., Monday, February 9, Noon 7 p.m. Open to artists living within a 45-mile radius of Dayton. Juried from actual work. $1,100 in United Arts and Education Awards. 2009 Juror: Laine Bachman
View 2009 Entry Form (PDF File)
The View: A Juried Landscape
Competition
2009 DEADLINE: Friday, May 15th
Open to artists living in Ohio. Juried from slides or digital files. $1,100 in United Arts and Education Awards. 2009 Juror: M. Katherine Hurley
View 2009 Entry Form (PDF File)
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HWD: A Juried Sculpture Competition
2009 DEADLINE: Friday, September 25th
Open to artists living in OH, IN, KY and MI. Juried from slides or digital files.
$1,100 in United Arts and Education Awards. 2009 Juror: TBA
Download 2008 Entry Form (PDF File)
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Documenting Your Artwork
The best light for photographing artwork is overcast or indirect natural light. Resist the urge to resort to flash unless you absolutely have to (if the day is really dark and dreary, your images may pick up a blue cast). If your pieces are small (less than 10" x 14"), then you may be able to lay them flat on the ground and shoot from above. Larger work will be more easily shot if you lean it up against the wall. Either way, you may also find it beneficial to place a large piece of white cardboard or foam core behind your painting. This will eliminate any distracting background and allow the viewer to focus on your artwork. You will find this helpful especially if you are shooting slides, since your cropping options will be limited. Whether you lay the art flat or lean it up against the wall, your challenge will be to shoot the artwork straight on, without skewing the frame or edges by leaning one way or the other. Imagine the plane your film is occupying in space and try to keep it completely parallel to your painting. Your goal is to hold the camera as if you were to lay the film flat against the painting. Use a tripod if you have a hard time keeping the film plane parallel or keeping the camera steady. These are the basics of documenting your artwork, this information and more specific details are available at http://www.betterphoto.com. For more information, entry forms or exhibition proposal guidelines, please contact:
Amy K. Anderson, Coordinator
Rosewood Gallery
2655 Olson Drive
Kettering, OH 45420
Phone: (937) 296-0294
Fax: (937) 296-3289
amy.anderson@ketteringoh.org
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