DRAWING/WATERCOLOR:
ILLINOIS 18TH BIENNIAL EXHIBITION
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Dec. 11, 2010 - Feb. 20, 2011
Calendar
- Oct. 14: Begin receiving entries
- Oct. 28: Deadline to receive entries
- Nov. 1: Exhibition juried by Harold Boyd
- Nov. 1, 7 pm: Juror's Lecture, Harold Boyd
- Nov. 8: Juried results mailed/emailed
- Nov. 13-24 & Dec. 12: Rejected entries picked up
- Nov. 25-26: Tarble closed for Thanksgiving
- Dec. 11: Exhibition opens
- Dec. 12, 2 - 4 pm: Reception, Awards at 2:30 pm
- Dec. 23 - Jan. 2: Tarble closed for the holidays
- Feb. 20: Exhibition closes
- March 1-12: Entries picked up
Eligibility and Media
Any two-dimensional work on paper that involves any water- based painting media (watercolor, gouache, etc.) and/or drawing media (pencil, pastel, charcoal, etc.), including monotypes, collage, hand-made paper, and mixed media, is eligible for entry.
Multiples (printmaking, photographs, digital prints) are not eligible.
All entries must be original, completed within the last two years by a resident of Illinois, and not previously exhibited at the Tarble Arts Center.
Up to three entries may be submitted per artist.
There is no entry fee.
All entries must be framed and glazed (glass or plastic).
Rules of Entry
Entry is by actual works only (no digital images or slides).
All entries must be received at the Tarble Arts Center by 4 pm, Oct. 28, 2010.
No entries will be accepted for jurying without a completed application card, notification card, and entry tags.
Entry tags must be filled out and securely attached to the upper right corner on the back of each entry. This form may be duplicated
All entries must have a stated value, with those not for sale marked NFS.
All entries must be ready for installation by means of strap hangers, screw eyes, or side brackets attached to the frame.
Entries will be received during normal open hours only:
- 10 am - 5 pm Tues.-Fri.
- 10 am - 4 pm Sat.
- 1-4pm Sun.
- Closed Mondays
Awards
All awards will be given at the discretion of the juror:
- Newton E. Tarble Memorial Best-Of-Show Purchase Award ($2,000)
- Ronchetti Acquisition Fund Purchase Award ($1,500)
- Werden Best Traditional Watercolor Merit Award ($350
- 6 Merit Awards ($100 each)
The purchase award winners will be added to the Tarble Arts Center Permanent Collection.
Entries marked as being eligible for the purchase awards will be considered at the amount of the award only, including entries marked NFS and/or valued at an amount greater than the amount of the award. (Example: An entry marked as eligible for the Best-Of-Show will be purchased at $2,000 even if it is marked NFS and insured for $3,000.)
All entries will be eligible for the Merit Awards, and other awards may be added prior to jurying.
Sales will be encouraged, with no commission fee required
Awards will be presented at the reception on Dec. 12, 2010 starting at 2:30pm.
Liability and Insurance
Upon receipt entries will be insured at fair market value until 5pm, Dec. 12, 2010, for works not accepted for exhibition, and through 4 pm, March 12, 2011, for works exhibited.
The Tarble Arts Center and the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois University assume no responsibility for entries left after the applicable dates, or for any loss or damage incurred in shipping or handling prior to receipt at the Tarble Arts Center.
Entries left after March 12, 2011, will be disposed of at the discretion of the Tarble Arts Center.
Juror
Artist Harold Boyd has been described as a "master of line and psychological nuance." His art has been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums.
Recent solo exhibition venues include I-Space (Chicago, IL), Conduit Gallery (Dallas, TX), and Perkinson Gallery (Millikin University, Decatur, IL). His art is in the collections of the San Francisco Museum of Art, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), Illinois State Museum (Springfield), and many other museums and universities.
A member of the Watercolor USA Honor Society, Boyd received the Juror's Award in the 1997 Watercolor USA exhibition.
Boyd is a Professor Emeritus of Illinois State University where he was a member of the studio art faculty for 35 years. His studio is in Bloomington, IL.
Receiving
All entries must be received by 4 pm Oct. 28, 2010, at the Tarble Arts Center.
Hand-delivered entries will be accepted during open hours only (see Rules of Entry).
Shipped entries must be glazed with plastic (Plexiglas, etc.); may be shipped via Federal Express, United Parcel Service, etc.; include a check or money order to cover return costs made out to Eastern Illinois University; allow at least one day for processing by EIU Central Receiving; there is no weekend delivery for shipped entries.
Shipping Address:
Drawing/Watercolor: Illinois Biennial
Tarble Arts Center/EIU
2010 9th Street
Charleston, IL 61920Phone number: 217-581-2787
NOTE: October 23 is EIU's Homecoming; and there may be construction along 9th Street during receiving dates, with traffic restricted to one-way south-bound on 9th Street, but in this case the Tarble will be accessible via the large parking lot just north of the center, and a north-bound detour route for 9th Street will be marked.
Reclaiming
Hand delivered entries not selected for exhibition should be picked up Nov. 13 - 24 or Dec.12, and must be claimed by 4 pm, Dec. 12.
Hand delivered entries exhibited should be picked up March 1 - 12, 2011, and must be picked up by 4pm, March 12, 2011. EXCEPTION: artists with at least one entry accepted for exhibition may pick up all entries March 1 - 12, 2011.
Hand delivered entries will be released during open hours only, and only to the artist or to a representative with written permission from the artist.
Shipped entries will be returned in the original shipping carton and by the carrier used for delivery, and prepayment of return shipping is required.
Shipped entries will be sent out no later than March 23, 2011.
Sponsors
- The Tarble Arts Center Endowment and Betty Ronchetti Art Acquisition Fund of the EIU Foundation
- Philena Werden in memory of Barbara Bishop Werden
- The Coles County Arts Council
- The EIU Alumni Association
- Roc's/The Black Front
- What's Cookin'
- Members of the Tarble Arts Center.