Submission Deadline: December 10, 2018 (Midnight EST)

Curator Selection: On or before December 17, 2018
Artist Notification: On or before December 20, 2018

Grant Notification: On or before December 20, 2018
Exhibit Opens: December 28, 2018

Art-Competition.net is proud to announce the international art call for an exhibition and Fine Art Grant “PORTRAITS 2018".

Twenty artists will be selected for an online group exhibit, "PORTRAITS 2018" at Gallery25N; the exhibit and artists will be extensively marketed worldwide to over 30,000 people including art buyers, gallery owners, curators, collectors, etc. Participants must be 18 years of age or older working in any still art medium. One artist’s work will be selected to receive the “Christopher E. Burke Fine Art Grant” of $500. That artist’s work will become the image of the exhibition and will be used on the invitation, video title screen and on all online marketing.

Theme and Selection: “PORTRAITS 2018” – The curators are looking for a portrait showing the inner essence of the subject or a flattering representation, not just a literal likeness. As Aristotle stated, "The aim of Art is to present not the outward appearance of things, but their inner significance; for this, not the external manner and detail, constitutes true reality." Artists may strive for photographic realism or an impressionistic similarity in depicting their subject, but this differs from a caricature which attempts to reveal character through exaggeration of physical features. The artist generally attempts a represent an expression in great portraiture of character and moral quality, not anything temporary, fleeting, or accidental.

Extensive Marketing of the Exhibit and Artists:

Gallery 25N’s mission is to provide artists with exposure and extensive marketing of their art and accomplishments to our international list of clientele. Gallery25N.com and Art-Competition.net will co-market the artists and their work in the exhibition worldwide in the following ways:

• Press Release: Extensive press release announcements will be sent out for the opening of the Group Exhibit.
• Social Media Marketing: The exhibition, artists and their artworks will be marketed through Art-Competition.net, International Artists Directory and Gallery 25N's social media-marketing network via LinkedIn, Pinterest, Tweeter, GooglePlus, Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, YouTube, etc.
• Online Presence: After the exhibit ends, the artists’ exhibit will remain in the "Past Exhibits" section of Gallery 25N's website with a back-link to the artist's websites.
• A video is created of the artists work and exhibit for publication on Gallery 25N’s website and YouTube Channel, http://www.youtube.com/user/Gallery25N. The video will be promoted in all of our online marketing venues.

Submit Your Art:

http://Art-competition.net/registration/registration.cfm?artcontest=Portraits_2018

Prospectus:

http://art-competition.net/Contest_Information.cfm?CIP=Portraits_2018