Fine Arts Entries ALL ENTRY FORMS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY MARCH 10, 2017. Senior (62&up) $2.50 per entry Fine Arts $4.00 per entry Theme $5.00 per entry Person(s) with Disabilities $2.00 per entry Open Division Fine Arts PRICE OF ENTRIES To all artists who are entering the Fine Arts open division at the Pima County Fair, THANK YOU. Your Artistic Displays Are Enjoyed by All. All the Communities of Pima County, and nearby friends and families are invited to enter their items of interest in competition at The Pima County Fair. Southwestern Transportation People are able to travel in the desert by many means. Paint or draw something that represents the Southwestern Transportation. Here are a few examples. Horses Stagecoach Wagon Trains Automobiles DIVISION 888-NOVICE DIVISION 889-PROFESSIONAL DIVISION 890-SENIOR DIVISION 891-PERSON(S) WITH DISABILITES DESCRIPTION 800 Southwestern Transportation
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS All entries must be solely the work of the artist and completed within the last 2 years. Use of patterns in some art forms is unavoidable, but we stress, under no circumstances are kits to be used. Copying work done by other artists is an infringement of copyright law; this includes other s photographs. Professional artists should be especially sensitive to this concern. The judges will be looking for originality, workmanship, composition and presentation. RECEIVING DAYS OF ARTWORK Exhibits will be received at Old Pueblo Hall, Pima County Fairgrounds: Friday, April 14, 2017 Saturday, April 15, 2017 3 pm 8 pm 10 am 3 pm ABSOLUTLY NO SUBSTITUTIONS OF ENTRIES AFTER SUBMITTING ENTRY. RELEASING DAYS OF RIBBONS & ARTWORK At the close of the Fair, April 30, 2017, entries will be released from 5:30 pm -7:30 pm. We will have two other pickup days on Monday, May 1, 2017, 4:00pm 8:00pm & Wednesday, May 3, 2017 from 10:00am 5:00pm. Monday and Wednesday are the only days you can drive up to the building to pick up your entries. All entries not picked up by May 8, 2017 will be donated to charity. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL ANY ITEMS BE RELEASED BEFORE THE CLOSE OF THE FAIR. Receipts issued on receiving day must be presented to redeem artwork. SALE OF ARTWORK THE SOUTHWESTERN FAIR COMMISSION WILL NO LONGER BE A BROKER FOR A SALE BETWEEN YOU AND THE BUYER ARTWORK SOLD OR UNSOLD WILL NOT BE RELEASED BEFORE THE CLOSE OF THE PIMA COUNTY FAIR ON APRIL 30, 2017. If you put a sales price on your entry, we will contact you with the name & phone number of the person interested in your item.
GENERAL RULES All entrants must be southern Arizona residents; winter visitors are eligible and welcome. Due to the family atmosphere of the Fair, artwork deemed inappropriate or containing nudity will not be permitted. The Pima County Fair and its agents assume no responsibility for loss, theft, or damage to any artwork during the periods of receiving, exhibition, return or storage. Every precaution will be taken to guard against such loss or damage. The Pima County Fair reserves the right, both final and absolute, to interpret all rules and regulations and to arbitrarily settle and determine all matters, questions and differences in regard thereto or otherwise arising out of or connected to the Pima County Fair. No Business Cards Allowed on Any Entries Art work must be framed and ready to hang with heavy-gauge picture wire No glue of any kind can be used for getting art work ready to hang Saw Tooth hooks are not allowed Tape will not be accepted Canvas painting not framed must have a wire screwed into the frame AWARDS AND RIBBONS 1 st Blue Ribbon 2 nd Red Ribbon 3 rd White Ribbon 4 th Yellow Ribbon 5 th Pink Ribbon Best of Class/Best of Show Merit People s Choice Prizes WILL BE AWARDED to Best of Class and Best of Show and People s Choice. Classes with more than 30 entries will be judged as a class. Judges are instructed not to award ribbons unless the entry is deemed worthy. Judges will be using the American System if judging and all judging is final. It is the responsibility of the Artist to collect any award vouchers from the Fine Arts reception desk and cash them at the Fair Office Cashier Window as soon as they are issued. VOUCHER S WILL NOT BE CASHED AFTER NOON ON MONDAY, May 1, 2017.
DIVISIONS PROFESSIONAL Designed for the artist working on a professional level, who is teaching or has taught art, has participated in gallery exhibits or juried shows whose work is selling through stores, galleries or Arts & Crafts fairs ($500. or 3 pieces a year). NOVICE Hobbyist who has never sold their artwork (except through Fine Arts Pima County Fair) or taught art and has worked in the medium less than 2 years. SENIOR Designed for the artist who meets the definition of senior citizen age requirement, 62 or older PERSON(S) WITH DISABILITIES Designed for the artist who meets the definition of disabled under the (ADA) Americans with Disabilities Act or other state laws.
DIVISION 1000-OIL AND ACRYLIC PAINTING-NOVICE DIVISION 1001-OIL AND ACRYLIC PAINTING-PROFESSIONAL DIVISION 1002-OIL AND ACRYLIC PAINTING-SENIOR DIVISION 1003-OIL AND ACRYLIC PAINTING-PERSON(S) WITH DISABILITIES Works painted on canvas or a prepared ground and displayed without glass 100 Oil 101 Acrylic 102 Mixed Media 103 If not listed above, use this class number DIVISION 1004-WATER MEDIA-NOVICE DIVISION 1005-WATER MEDIA-PROFESSIONAL DIVISION 1006-WATER MEDIA-SENIOR DIVISION 1007-WATER MEDIA-PERSON(S) WITH DISABILITIES Works typically displayed under glass 100 Water color 101 Acrylic on paper 102 Mixed Media 103 If not listed above, use this class number DIVISION 1008-DRAWING-NOVICE DIVISION 1009-DRAWING-PROFESSIONAL DIVISION 1110-DRAWING-SENIOR DIVISION 1111-DRAWING-PERSON(S) WITH DISABILITIES Drawing media typically displayed under glass
100 Pencil 101 Colored pencil 102 Pen & Ink 103 Conte crayon 104 Charcoal 105 Scratch board 106 Soft pastel 107 Oil pastel 108 Mixed media 109 2D 110 3D 111 If not listed above, use this class number DIVISION 1112-PHOTOGRAPHY-NOVICE DIVISION 1113-PHOTOGRAPHY-PROFESSIONAL DIVISION 1114-PHOTOGRAPHY-SENIOR DIVISION 1115-PHOTOGRAPHY-PERSON(S) WITH DISABILITIES 100 Color - Animal 101 Color Flowers/Plants 102 Color - Landscape 103 Color - People 104 Color - Pets 105 Black & White - Animal 106 Black & White Flowers/Plants 107 Black & White - Landscape 108 Black & White People 109 Black & White Pets 110 Mixed Media Animal 111 Mixed Media Flowers/Plants 112 Mixed Media Landscape 113 Mixed Media People 114 Mixed Media Pets 115 Sepia 116 Masking tape collage 117 Underwater 118 Stitched Vintage 119 Stain, smudge and erode using water 120 If not listed above, use this class number
DIVISION 1116-PORCELAIN AND CHINA-NOVICE DIVISION 1117-PORCELAIN AND CHINA-PROFESSIONAL DIVISION 1118-PORCELAIN AND CHINA-SENIOR DIVISION 1119-PORCELAIN AND CHINA-PERSON(S) WITH DISABILITIES Designs must be original. Entries must be accompanied by display stands where appropriate 100 Naturalistic-Floral or Fruit 101 Naturalistic-Portraits 102 Landscapes or Wildlife 103 Contemporary-Oriental-Dresden-Modernistic 104 Embellished-gold- enamel-luster 105 Dolls-all parts must be made by the entrant 106 If not listed above, use this class number DIVISION 1120-MISCELLANEOUS-NOVICE DIVISION 1121-MISCELLANEOUS-PROFESSIONAL DIVISION 1122-MISCELLANEOUS-SENIOR DIVISION 1123-MISCELLANEOUS-PERSON(S) WITH DISABILITIES 100 Decorative painting-oil or acrylic on wood-metal-glass-canvas-etc. 101 Folk Art-painting on various media 102 Sculpture-list medium 103 Clay Art-no molds use 104 Printmaking 105 Jewelry-cast or fabricated 106 If not listed above, use this class number DIVISION 1124-GLASS-NOVICE DIVISION 1125-GLASS-PROFESSIONAL DIVISION 1126-GLASS-SENIOR DIVISION 1127-GLASS-PERSON(S) WITH DISABILITIES 100 Etched glass 101 Blown glass 102 Stained glass 2 dimensional
103 Stained glass 3 dimensional 104 If not listed above, use this class number DIVISION 1128 WOODWORKING-NOVICE DIVISION 1129-WOODWORKING-PROFESSIONAL DIVISION 1130-WOODWORKING-SENIOR DIVISION 1131-WOODWORKING-PERSON(S) WITH DISABILITIES 100 Caricature 101 Wildlife 102 Sculpture 103 Relief 104 Miniatures (not to exceed 3 ) 105 Wood Burning 106 Kachina s traditional or contemporary 107 If not listed above, use this class number DIVISION 1132-COLLAGE-NOVICE DIVISION 1133-COLLAGE-PROFESSIONAL DIVISION 1134-COLLAGE-SENIOR DIVISION 1135-COLLAGE-PERSON(S) WITH DISABILITIES All items must be at least 50% Collage. The Collage must be an artistic composition made of various materials, (such as paper, cloth, wood, etc.) having rapid succession without transitions. This does not include several pictures representing the same composition in separate picture frames. 100 Abstract 101 Landscape 102 Still Life 103 Plants /Flowers 104 Mixed Media 105 If not listed above, use this class number
DIVISION 1136-GOURD ART-NOVICE DIVISION 1137-GOURD ART-PROFESSIONAL DIVISION 1138-GOURD ART-SENIOR DIVISION 1139-GOURD ART-PERSON(S) WITH DISABILITIES All work must be done by the exhibitor. Craft must be predominantly gourd (more than 80% gourd.) Hard shell gourds must have stems, be mature and clean. Ornamental gourds need not have stems. 100 Birdhouses/Birdfeeders 101 Beaded Gourds 102 Holiday 103 Painting 104 Wood Burning, must be dominate 105 Carved Gourds 106 Jewelry, a large portion made from gourd 107 Dolls made from gourds 108 Woven 109 Masks 110 Southwestern Designs 111 Animals & Reptiles 112 Miniatures 3 or smaller 113 Flowers 114 Musical 115 If not listed above, use this class number DIVISION 1140-TREE ORNAMENTS-NOVICE DIVISION 1141-TREE ORNAMENTS-PROFESSIONAL DIVISION 1142-TREE ORNAMENTS-SENIOR DIVISION 1143-TREE ORNAMENTS-PERSON(S) WITH DISABILITIES Use your imagination to make a tree ornament. The ornament can not be over 9 inches high and 5 inches wide. The ornaments must be lightweight to hang on a tree and must have string or some sort of ribbon attached for hanging. Decorate using paint, glitter, rhinestones, sequins, pearls, ribbon, flowers, etc. You can use any media that you choose.
100 People 101 Animals 102 Christmas 103 Halloween 104 Valentines 105 Thanksgiving 106 Hanukkah 107 If not listed above, use this class number
FINE ARTS ENTRY FORM Entrants last name All entry forms must be postmarked by March 10, 2017 Pima County Fair is not tax supported. Photocopy more entry forms if needed All pictures must be ready to hang with wire and metal screws. No tape allowed. For questions call 762-9100 NAME PHONE ADDRESS CITY AZ ZIP EMAIL ADDRESS YOU MUST CHECK THE BOX FOR WHAT DIVISION YOU ARE. Division: Novice Professional Person(s) with Disabilities Senior 62+ ALL ENTRY FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE Professional & Novice $ 4.00 Sr. Citizen (62 years or older) $ 2.50 Person(s) with Disabilities $ 2.00 Theme Entries $ 5.00 # Division No. 1 2 3 4 Class No. Description of Entry If for sale $ Entry Fee Purchase exhibitor s tickets now! Include $12.00 for 1 ticket or $24.00 for 2 tickets and pick up on receiving day. 1 Ticket $12.00 2 Tickets $24.00 TOTAL FEE Passes for Main Gate Parking Only. Only 2 tickets may be purchased by each exhibitor. Exhibitor Passes are good for all eleven days of the fair. Only one comp parking pass per family or address. Enter a sale price for your item ONLY if you plan to sell it. Mail completed entry form to: SWFC Entries- 11300 S. Houghton Rd. Tucson, AZ 85747 Please include: Entry form & Entry fees and make checks or money orders payable to SWFC. Cash is accepted. Entries are received on Friday, April 14, 2017, 3 pm 8 pm Saturday, April 15, 2017, 10 am 3 pm At the close of the Fair, April 30, 2017, entries will be released from 5:30 pm -7:30 pm. We will have two other pickup days on Monday, May 1, 2017, 4:00pm 8:00pm & Wednesday, May 3, 2017 from 10:00am 5:00pm. Monday and Wednesday are the only days you can drive up to the building to pick up your entries. All entries not picked up by May 8, 2017 will be donated to charity. I assume all risks of loss or damage to exhibits from point of delivery until release after the fair, and agree to abide by all stated rules and regulations Signature Date