The 19th Annual Individual Artist Awards

Submission Deadline:  Friday, November 2, 2007

About the Awards
The Arts Fund invites Santa Barbara County artists to submit entries for its 19th annual Individual Artist Awards.

This year, awards will be offered in:

• Contemporary Abstract Painting
• Solar Plate, Monotype and Monoprint Printmaking
• Playwriting

The winner in each discipline will receive an award of $2,500. All IAA winners and honorable mention recipients will be invited to participate in a group exhibition occurring in early 2008. In addition, IAA winners in the visual arts will be granted a solo exhibition at The Arts Fund Gallery; an opportunity for a public reading will be arranged for the winner in Playwriting.

The Individual Artist Award program is funded entirely through private donors. Since 1988 The Arts Fund has awarded over $130,000 to more than 100 professional artists in the visual arts, the performing arts, and literature as part of its commitment to nurture the arts in Santa Barbara County.

Application Procedure and Eligibility
This competition is open only to Santa Barbara County residents over 18 years of age who have resided in the county since August 1, 2006 and have not previously won an Individual Artist Award. Quality and originality will be the chief criteria in judging by experts in each discipline. As much as possible, all judging will be conducted anonymously.

Please mail or hand-deliver a CD, including the application form as a Word .doc or as a .pdf file, and $25 application fee (checks made out to The Arts Fund) to:

The Arts Fund
ATTN: IAA Awards
205 C Santa Barbara Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

For digital images, submit high-quality RGB (not CMYK) JPEG images, with image compression set at quality level of 7 max, image resolution at 76 dpi, with the longest dimension set to 700 pixels. In a separate document (Word doc or text file) provide: 1) filename, 2) title, 3) medium, and 4) dimensions.

Submission Requirements

For all categories:

• Images or script and supporting documents, including application, must be submitted on a CD (mailed or hand-delivered to The Arts Fund along with application fee of $25). For digital images, submit high-quality RGB (not CMYK) JPEG images, with image compression set at quality level of 7 max, image resolution at 76 dpi, with the longest dimension set to 700 pixels. In a separate document (Word doc or text file) provide: 1) filename, 2) title, 3) medium, and 4) dimensions.
• To help us insure blind judging, we request that you do not have your name anywhere on your submission except on your application cover sheet, CD label or submission envelope (this includes the text of your biography/statement and in the images of your pieces).
• No employee or family members of the Arts Fund or judges in this competition are eligible to enter.

Contemporary Abstract Painting

2-dimensional non-representational works produced in the last five years, no larger than 6’x6’. Digital and photographic media are not eligible. Submit images of up to 6 individual works (not the actual works) and up to 3 additional close-up images, from among the 6, showing surface quality or detail.  In separate documents submit c.v. or biography and a one-paragraph artist statement.
Judges:      Tony Askew, artist, educator
                   Jack N. Mohr, artist, owner Artamo Gallery

Solar Plate, Monotype and Monoprint

Monoprints may utilize a traditional matrix (etching, linocut, woodcut) in a unique way for a single, unique image.  Solar plates must be based on an original drawing or painting or on an original photograph created by the artist.  No mechanical or digital prints accepted.  Artwork must be produced and hand-printed by the artist and completed within the last three years.  Submit images of up to 6 individual works (not the actual works) and up to 3 additional close-up images, from among the 6, showing surface quality or detail. In separate documents submit c.v. or biography and a one-paragraph artist statement.
Judges:     Edward Cella, owner Edward Cella Art + Architecture
                  Siu Zimmerman, artist, educator

One-Act Playwriting

Limited to original un-produced short plays written in the last five years, under 1/2 hour in duration, no more than 50 pages in length.  Submit 1 play per entry as a word document or pdf file. Include a c.v. or biography in a separate document.
Judges:       Gib Johnson, playwright
                   Linda Stewart-Oaten, writer

Deadline

All applications must be received by Friday, November 2 by 5:00 PM.

Questions

 

For further information, call 805-965-7321 or email info@artsfundsb.org.