What Makes this event different?
It’s part of Art and Color 365’s mission to celebrate artists for the unique perspectives, amazing skills, beautiful imagery, and creativity they contribute to the world. We do this through regular feature stories in our magazine about significant artists and with monthly art competitions that showcase artists to bring them greater attention and offer broader outreach for their work. Art and Color 365 writes feature stories for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place winners. Special Merit award winners will receive individualized social media stories and posts. And all awarded artists -- 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, Special Merit, Artistic Recognition, Honorable Mentions, and Finalists, will have their artwork featured in the Summer issue of Art and Color 36 Magazine – print and digital – and their artwork included in an online exhibition for a full year.
Entry Fee and Rules
The entry fee is $25.00 for up to three pieces of art. (Unlimited entries allowed.) Artists must be 18 years of age or older. Open to artists worldwide.
Still Life Theme: Artists may submit artwork created with any two-dimensional media, i.e. oil, acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, pencil, colored pencil, charcoal, Conté crayon, pen and ink, scratchboard, silverpoint, and pastel. Artwork can be of any still life subject in any artistic style, including realism, impressionism, expressionism, abstract, etc.
All works must be original. See competition entry website for complete information.
PRIZES:
1st Place:
• Wins $150 cash award;
• Receives a six-page magazine feature story about the artist showcasing up to eight pieces of their art. Additionally, the feature story will be posted on www.artandcolor365.com;
• Will have their awarded artwork included in exhibitions in Art and Color 365’s magazine (print and digital) and on the magazine’s website;
• Social media promotion in the form of individualized posts, stories and reels;
• Distribution of an individualized press release which will be submitted to top U.S. media outlets and search engines;
• Receives a digital award certificate as well as a letter size award certificate suitable for printing;
• Receives a free digital issue of Art and Color 365 magazine in which their story appears.
2nd Place:
• Receives a four-page magazine feature story about the artist showcasing up to five pieces of their art. Additionally, the feature story will be posted on www.artandcolor365.com;
• Will have their awarded artwork included in exhibitions in Art and Color 365’s magazine (print and digital) and on the magazine’s website;
• Social media promotion in the form of individualized posts, stories and reels;
• Distribution of an individualized press release which will be submitted to top U.S. media outlets and search engines;
• Receives a digital award certificate as well as a letter size award certificate suitable for printing;
• Receives a free digital issue of Art and Color 365 magazine in which their story appears.
3rd Place:
• Receives a two-page magazine feature story about the artist showcasing up to three pieces of their art. Additionally, the feature story will be posted on www.artandcolor365.com;
• Will have their awarded artwork included in exhibitions in Art and Color 365’s magazine (print and digital) and on the magazine’s website;
• Social media promotion in the form of individualized posts, stories and reels;
• Distribution of an individualized press release which will be submitted to top U.S. media outlets and search engines;
• Receives a digital award certificate as well as a letter size award certificate suitable for printing;
• Receives a free digital issue of Art and Color 365 magazine in which their story appears.
Special Merit Award Recipients:
• Will have their art featured in an individual showcase in Art and Color 365 social media;
• Will have their awarded artwork included in exhibitions in Art and Color 365’s magazine (print and digital) and on the magazine’s website;
• Receive a digital award certificate as well as a letter size award certificate suitable for printing;
• Receive a 50% discount on a digital issue of Art and Color 365 magazine which includes their artwork
Artistic Recognition, Honorable Mention, and Finalist Award Recipients:
• Will have their awarded artwork included in exhibitions in Art and Color 365’s magazine (print and digital) and on the magazine’s website;
• Will have their artwork included in Art and Color 365 social media;
• Receive a digital award certificate as well as a letter size award certificate suitable for printing;
• Receive a 50% discount on a digital issue of Art and Color 365 magazine which includes their artwork
