2nd Annual Black & White art competition

2nd Annual Black & White

art competition

BRIEF

“Colour is everything, black and white is more.” ~Dominic Rouse

Prospectus

Fusion Art invites submissions for the 2nd Annual Black & White art competition for an online exhibition during the month of May 2018.

For this competition artists, worldwide, are encouraged to share their artistic art and photography using black & white & the nuanced shades in between. The artwork can range from realism to surrealism to abstraction and all artists over the age of 18, regardless of location or experience, are encouraged to submit their best representational or abstract art and photography.

All competitions include awards in two categories – “Traditional” Art and ” Photography & Digital” Art and the Best in Show winners in each category will be invited to participate in the 3rd annual group show in Palm Springs in February 2019.

SCHEDULE

Call for Artists Announced: March 12, 2018
Deadline for Entries: April 26, 2018
Opening of Online Exhibition: May 1, 2018
Online Exhibition Closed & Archived: May 31, 2018 (remains on website under “Archived Exhibitions” for 3 years)

AWARDS

Cash awards will be given to the top three (3) winners in each category.

The Best in Show winner in each category will be the “Featured Artists” on the website for the duration of the exhibition. Winners will receive extensive online publicity and promotion. They will also receive an invitation to participate in Fusion Art’s 3rd annual group show in Palm Springs in February 2019, which will feature the Best in Show & Artist Spotlight winners from the previous 12 months of online exhibitions.

Depending on the number and quality of all submissions received, Honorable Mention and/or Special Recognition awards may also be given.

Winning artists will receive a digital award certificate, event announcement and copy of the press release for their art portfolio.
A video of the group exhibition will be created and available on the exhibition webpage and Fusion Art’s YouTube channel.
The artists will be promoted on the website, in online press releases to hundreds of outlets, in online event calendars, art news websites, including but not limited to ARTFIXdaily and Artweek and through the gallery’s extensive social media outlets. Artweek.com, alone, has 30,000 newsletter subscribers and almost 300,000 website visitors per month and ARTFIXdaily is the industry leader in curated news from the Art World.
Links to the artist’s website will be listed on the exhibition page and should result in increased traffic to the artist’s website.
Fusion Art’s objective is to promote the artists, worldwide, to art professionals, gallerists, collectors and buyers.

FEES

An entry fee of $20 for 1 image
An entry fee of $30 for up to 3 images.
An entry fee of $45 for up to 5 images.
No more than a total of 5 images will be accepted in any one submission. An artist may enter more than once.
Payment is required at the time of entry.
ENTRY FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE
IMAGE LABELING: Image should be labeled as Title_FirstName_LastName.jpeg. Example: Untitled_John_Smith.jpg.