ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Photographers (professional and amateur 18 years or older as of 1/1/2012 living within a 50-mile radius of Middletown, OH are eligible to submit digital photographs or film photographs

CATEGORIES: (6)

COLOR – Wildlife/Animals (Domestic) – People – Landscape/Architectural

BLACK & WHITE– Wildlife/Animals(Domestic) – People – Landscape/Architectural

ELECTRONIC FORMAT GUIDELINES:

- JPEG format saved at level 10 compression

- Images must be no greater than 1600 pixels on the longest dimension

- Images must be saved at 72dpi

- Maximum files size: 1MB

- Color Profile:  Adobe SRGB

- Submit actual image file, no links

FILE NAMING:

Individual files should be titled with the Photographers first initial, followed by last name, a sequential image number, followed by title and sale price. Sale price will be used if your image is selected by the judges for exhibition.

(example: jsmith_01_title_$150.jpg)

ENTRY FEE:

-$15 per entry - no limit to the number of entries

 Only 3 images per category will be eligible for

 acceptance in the exhibition per photographer

-Fee is payable via paypal.

-Your submission process is complete upon receipt of entry fee.

-Entry fee is non-refundable

JUDGING CRITERIA & JUDGES:

Jean Vance, Tom Hogeback, & Michael Davis.

Preliminary judging for exhibition will be done by the panel of judges chosen (above) by the Exhibit Committee. The decisions of the judges are final and binding.  A minimum of 8 and maximum of 15 images will be selected in each category to be exhibited. Judges will then proceed to choose the winners of 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, & honorable mention in each category once the chosen photos have been delivered framed and ready to hang. A Best of Show will be chosen from all selected exhibition entries. Photographers of the selected images to be exhibited will be notified February 12, 2012 and they must deliver their finished piece by February 23, 2012, 8:00p.m.

RECEIVING AND CONDITIONS OF EXHIBITING  ENTRIES: (no mailings)

All entries must be personally delivered to the Middletown Arts Center, 130 N. Verity Pkwy, Middletown, OH during the following times:

Monday, February 20 – 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Tuesday, February 21 – 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, February 22– 10:00 a.m.– 8:00 p.m.

Thursday, February 23 – 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

-Final prints must be framed (matting optional)

-Print size 16 x 22 maximum plus frame

-Canvas images are acceptable – maximum size 30x38.

-All images must arrive ready to hang with wire

  (no saw tooth  hangers allowed)

AWARDS:

Best of Show                                   $250

First Place (each category)                 $100

Second Place (each category)             $50

Third Place (each category)                $25

Honorable Mention                            Ribbon

All awards will be presented during the opening reception.

EXHIBITION AND OPENING RECEPTION:

The Photography Exhibit will be open to the public from March 2, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. through March 31, 2012 during regular building hours.  Only works selected by the judges will be exhibited.  The opening reception for the exhibition and awards presentation will be held March 2^nd  from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Center’s Exhibit Hall.  All participants are encouraged to attend.

LIABILITY/AGREEMENT:

All reasonable care will be taken in handling work submitted; however, neither the Middletown Arts Center; the judges; nor the committee will be held responsible for loss or damage to framed photographs.  All works are entered at the artist’s risk, and the artist must provide his/her own insurance.

Submission of work to this exhibition shall be understood to indicate an agreement on the part of the artist with conditions set forth.  This includes the artist’s permission to have photographs of their work used for publicity and for promotion without compensation.

SALES:

30% of sale price comes to the Middletown Arts Center.

DIRECTIONS TO MAC:

From I-75:  Take Middletown exit.  Follow overhead signs marked 122-Downtown.  Turn right on University, right on Reinartz, left on Verity.  Located on right .

From Hamilton:  Take Rt. 4 into Middletown.  Turn left on Columbia, go straight across Verity into parking lot.

From Franklin:  Take Rt. 73 into Middletown.  Building is the second building beyond U.S. Post Office.  Turn right into parking lot.