This is a registration entry donation on line show to benefit our pastel artists in the Ukraine. All proceeds will go to the 3 pastel artists we have so far identified and any other pastel artists that we discover by August 31st, or the duration of the show.
All registration fees will be divided equally between any artists who we have discovered, either still living in the Ukraine or as a refugee in another country.
The registration fees are nominal in order to encourage all of our art community to participate. All entries MUST BE IN PASTEL.
The award prizes are nominal as well and the total amount of the award prizes will be a donation by APAA so that the prize money does not come from the registration fees.
There will be a Best of Show, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, plus 3 Honorable Mentions. The Jurors will be Board Members of APAA and the Judge of Awards will be a well known pastellist donating their time for this worthwhile cause.
Entries must have a sunflower or sunflowers, or a landscape with sunflowers, or an abstract sunflower, or any configuration you determine which has an identifiable sunflower as a subject or motif. The Sunflower is a symbol for the Ukraine.
You may use photos from on line that have been released for use BUT DO NOT USE OTHER ARTISTS ARTWORK TO COPY OR PRESENT AS PART OF YOUR OWN ARTWORK. You can google Sunflower images free, to find many excellent photos out there for use, but remember you cannot use another artist’s work either whole or in part. You can also use someone else’s photo if they give you permission.
All entries will be put into our on line store for sale. We will be using social media to direct people to the store. The artist will be responsible for contacting the prospective buyers and shipping the unframed painting to them and collecting the sales price itf necessary. APAA can collect the money through PayPal for the artist but the artist will have to absorb the PayPal fees.
if there are any questions left unanswered, please contact Sharon Frey at sharon.frey@gmail.com or Nori Thorne at norithorne@gmail.com.
