ATC Art Exhibit Opportunity: Deadline March 14, 2009

[Lynn]

Open Call for Entries

Art in Hand: The World of Artist Trading Cards


The Historic Smithville Mansion Annex Art Gallery will display the emerging art media of Artist Trading Cards from local, national, and international participants in April 2009.

Anyone can enter from professional artists and designers to those just beginning their artistic journey. The exhibit will be curated to determine placement; however all entries will be included in the show. Cards will be swapped out at the end of the exhibit to the participants. You will receive as many cards as you send.


Open Media: collage, photography, painting, drawing, printing, etc.

There will be four different submission categories:

1. Original paintings, mixed media, collage, hand-pulled prints and drawings

2. Photographs

3. Digital Art

4. Digital Prints of original artwork (i.e. paintings, drawings, etc.)

Cards will be swapped within their category.


Format & Size: Standard Artist Trading Card – 2 ½ x 3 ½ inches

To Enter: Send in 3, 6, 9 or 18 Artist Trading Cards There is no submission fee. Please include a SASE with sufficient postage for your card trade returns at the end of the exhibit. International returns do not need to send postage. Please send one extra card to be used in a scheduled public workshop and trading session.

Send to: Burlington County Division of Cultural Affairs & Tourism, PO Box 6000, Eastampton, NJ 08060 ATTN: Lynn Lemyre

Entries must be postmarked by March 14, 2009
Exhibit Dates: April 4 -25, 2009

Documentation: All received works will be exhibited and the artists listed on the website www.burlcoarts.com. We will send photographs of the exhibit and copies of any press coverage of the exhibition to the participants. At the exhibit there will be a world map indicating the home countries and cities of the artists.

Awards will be given in the following categories:

Best Painting $100
Best Drawing $100
Best Mixed Media $100
Best Photograph $100
Best Abstract $100
Best Representational $100
Best Surreal $100
Peoples Choice $100

For more info about the exhibit and the gallery:
LLemyre at co.burlington.nj.us or visit http://www.burlcoarts.com

[Bearuh girl]

Great!! Can you take photos of the exhibition?

[Lynn]

Absolutely will

[Lynn]

I would love to have you!

[Serena]

Wow, this looks like fun. I'll take some time to make some cards for this! I'm in Canada and glad international submissions are ok. I see that I'll have to create an extra card above the 3/6/9/18 cards. Do I make only one extra card independent of the number of submissions I choose to create? Oh, and what size of self-addressed-envelope is desirable?

Thanks, Serena /|\

P.S. I can't seem to befriend anyone on this site, but I can accept invitations to be friends: weird, I know, but the link isn't working for some odd reason... I'd love to receive a friend invite from you ;-) Lol, or anyone else for that matter!

[Lynn]

Hi Serena,

It would be, 3, 6, 9 or 18 cards plus one extra card.

Return envelope size is whatever size works for the number of cards you are sending, it makes no difference to me.

Welcome aboard!

[Lynn]

I just added some new information. There are now actual cash awards:

Best Painting $100
Best Drawing $100
Best Mixed Media $100
Best Photograph $100
Best Abstract $100
Best Representational $100
Best Surreal $100
Peoples Choice $100

[Genxster]

I'm still getting my cards together. I hope to submit at least 6.

[Timbrettopoli]

I'm finishing my ATCs. I'll mail them this week! :)

[Lynn]

Hi Everyone, Just bumping this up. The deadline (postmark, not received by), is March 14th. There's still time to participate. Right now I have approximately 300 cards and more coming in everyday, so it should be a great exhibit. By the end of March I'll have a webpage with all the artists listed at www.burlcoarts.com.

Hope you can participate!

Lynn

[Megan]

I would love to do this!!! Is there anything else I need to know before I mail the cards?
Thanks!!

[Lynn]

I can't think of anything else you need to know. If you have any specific questions though, just let me know!

Lynn

[kstyles]

I almost forgot about this! I'll be mailing my cards tomorrow. What do I need to include on the back of the cards?