Please read qualifications of eligibility in the LSAG yearbook. All entries must be original in concept - NO copies from either published materials or original works of art. ONLY the artist may work on a submission of art work. Submitted work is to have been completed within 24 months of the show. Art work previously entered in a BVAL or LSAG show is not eligible. Submissions will be judged by the show committee for appropriateness.

Entry forms can be acquired in one of these two options:

1) Fill out this online form, print it, and then bring it with your art works during the show registration day.
2) Get it at the BVAL office located at the Art Center during the show registration day.

ELIGIBILITY
All entrants must reside within 200 miles of Houston. An artist may have a maximum of three entries.

DIVISIONS AND CATEGORIES
Once an artist is established in one of the Artist Divisions, that artist may move up to another division, but may never move down regardless of any new art mediums worked in or submitted. If an artist is moving up in an Artist Division, the artist will make that change upon entering the first club show after the LSAG convention. (Rule #96)

DIVISIONS - ARTISTS
I -  Professional; II - Semi-Professional; III -Non-Professional - After two years of college art (4 courses), or three years as an Adult Student, any LSAG member will automatically be placed in the Non-Professional division. ( Rule #9a)IV Adult Student - One who has painted, sculpted, etc., for less than three years, (self study), or under the direction of a teacher. The teacher may give any and all verbal assistance needed; however, the teacher may not touch the artwork to be entered in a show. Artists may compete in this division only three years.

CATEGORIES - ART WORKS
There will be ten (10) adult Art Categories within each Competition Level, which are generally separated by art types and medium used. Local leagues may exclude categories that do not receive art entries for the judging process. The following guidelines were written to assist artists in choosing an Art Category for artwork:

Category A: Painting, not under glass or Plexiglas – oil, acrylic, encaustic, varnished/sealed watercolor paintings, and other durable painting media, including minimal mixtures of painting media such as acrylics with archival ink
Category B: Painting, under glass or Plexiglas – acrylic, watercolor, egg tempera, ink painting, Sumi-e or Oriental brush painting, pastel painting, and other such painting media, including minimal mixtures of painting media such as acrylics or watercolor with ink details
Category C: Drawing – pencil, pen & ink, charcoal, scratchboard, pastel drawing, watercolor drawings, crayon, colored pencil, markers and other types or mixtures of mark-making
Category D: Mixed Media – 2D artwork displaying two or more types of media, including assemblage, collage, acrylic or watercolor painting on scratchboard drawings (beyond minimal treatment), and other mixed media
Category E: Photography – digital and film photography minimally altered through technology using standard darkroom (like dodging and burning, etc) and traditional photographic techniques
Category F: Digital Art – all forms of digital art, including photos that have been greatly manipulated through some digital format, presented as framed art or similar presentation
Category G: Sculpture – 3-D forms in various media, including bas relief
Category H: Non-objective Fine Art in any medium, including abstract or experimental work.
Category I: Traditional Printmaking – lithography, relief, intaglio, mono-print, screen-printing, reduction block printing, and other forms of very limited-edition (less than 10 prints), fine art printing -- not reproductions of original works
Category J: Studio Fine Crafts – strictly original fine crafts created in a studio environment such as glass blowing, stained glass, pottery, woodwork, jewelry, mosaic, weaving, fiber art, metal work, and other fine hand-crafting techniques; finely crafted items, often but not always created for utilitarian purposes.

*Note: Each artist decides in which category to place his or her work, with the advice of the member league’s show chairman when needed, unless all work is juried into the league’s LSAG show.

ARTISTIC REQUIREMENTS:
All entries must be ORIGINAL IN CONCEPT AND DESIGN. There will be no copies from either published materials or original works of art. The artists should use their pictures or photographs as reference only for particular subjects to be portrayed if no other access to these subjects is available. Only the artist may work on a piece of art work. No patterns, kits, or molds may be used, with the exception of bronze castings from the artist's original work.

Work entered is to have been completed within 24 months of the show. Work previously entered in a BVAL show or which has won a blue ribbon or best of show at another LSAG Show is not eligible for entry in this show. Because the show is intended as an exhibit for the general public, the show committee reserves the right to refuse work, which in their opinion, is obscene or offensive.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
All work to be hung shall be framed, complete with wire, ready for hanging. An exception is made in the Other Art Category. This work may be unframed if it is finished to the edge. No work over 15 pounds or larger than the width of a flat (38 inches - measured to the outside of the frame) is allowed. Those competing in the PROFESSIONAL Category will have the option of submitting ONE over-sized 60” width painting or the three standard sized paintings. Please call if in doubt - contact Nancy Elliott   elliottdesign@gmail.com 979-485-0470

LIABILITY:
The BVAL will take reasonable precautions to prevent damage to or loss of the work entered, however, artists are advised that they are entering the show at their own risk. The BVAL will not be responsible for damage or loss.

JUDGING AND AWARDS: - There will be monetary or gift awards for Best of Show, Best Floral, and BVAL Award. Ribbons will be awarded for 1st place overall in each Division, and Ribbons will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, 3rd places within each Category in each Division. The judge may award honorable mention ribbons where merited. The judge is not obliged to award place ribbons and may withhold ribbons if entries in a particular Category do not merit them.

A prize of $600 will be awarded to Best in Show and $200 for Best of each Division. People attending the exhibit will have an opportunity to vote for The People’s Choice Award which will be announced at the conclusion of the exhibit.

ENTRY FEE: $10 per entry for members, $20 for oversized entry (only one allowed in professional category only), $14 for non-members, and $5 for school students.

CONTACT: Nancy Elliott   elliottdesign@gmail.com 979-485-0470

ENTRY LABELS: Download the labels here, or pick it up at the office in the Art Center .