Mark your Calendar for December 10th- 6pm for our annual Christmas Party.

Jane would like an RSVP text to 806-543-6866

Below is a map to Jane Phillip's House

7003 87th St in Lubbock

Please bring a sweet or savory FINGER FOOD

If you would like to participate in the gift exchange please bring a wrapped small painting on paper (with a mat) or canvas.

PROSPECTUS AND CALL FOR ENTRIES

Eligibility

1. The artist must be a dues-paid, current member of one of the societies of the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies (WFWS) and may enter through only ONE society.

1. Work must be original and completed within the past two years, on or after January 1, 2018.

• All work must consist of water media on paper or synthetic paper.

• Water media includes watercolor, acrylic, ink, gouache, casein, egg tempera, watercolor pencil and watercolor crayon.
• Any collage materials used must be painted by the artist with water media.
• No alcohol inks or water soluble (miscible) oils.
• No copies of another artist’s work or recognizable use of another’s copyrighted intellectual property will be accepted.
• Paintings must NOT have been shown in any previous WFWS exhibition any previous National or International exhibition by other Societies (including any online National or International exhibitions).  
• Each artist may submit up to three entries, but only one painting per artist may be chosen.

1. Size Limitations: (Outside mat measurements must be in whole inches - no fractions!)

• Maximum outside mat size: 30 X 38 inches (either horizontally or vertically). 
• Minimum mat width: 3 inches on all four sides.
• Minimum artwork size: 140 square inches.

1. Image Instructions:  Digital image files must conform to the following requirements:
   • File format: .jpg files (no exceptions).
   • Resolution must be 300 dpi.
   • Pixel dimensions set to 1200 on the longest side.
   • Each image file must be named as follows:  Society initials (all caps), first four letters of your last name, first name, entry number (1, 2, 3), painting title (short versions please), .jpg extension.

• Maximum file size is not to exceed 2.0 mb.

1. Entries must include:

• Society name
• Artist name, address & phone number and email address.
• Full painting title (NOT the image filename)
• Artwork size: height X width
• Matted size: height X width (matted sizes are limited, see #11 below.)
• Image filename. See file name example in section 4 above.

1. Accepted works must have a single, 4-ply white or off-white mat. (No gray or beige, no colored liners, no colored core and no embellishments)
2. Floated paintings must be 3/8” or less in depth on a white or off-white mat.
3. Back your painting with 3/16th inch foam core backing and enclose in a clear, plastic re-sealable sleeve or envelope. Do not seal the sleeve, use blue painter’s tape to close the sleeve. Attach one painting label to the front lower right of the plastic sleeve/envelope and a second painting label to the back upper right of the foam core.
4. No price, name or image changes will be accepted after entry. All paintings must be available for the duration of the show. All sales will be handled by the Idaho Watercolor Society (IWS) and will incur a 30%_commission to IWS. All paintings must be available for the duration of the show. Failure to do so will result in the artist becoming ineligible to enter WFWS show for the next two exhibition years.
5. Submission will be rejected if it does not conform to information provided with entry. The juror’s decision is final. Artist grants permission to IWS to reproduce accepted artwork for catalog and promotional uses. Failure to provide accepted artwork will result in the artist becoming ineligible to enter WFWS for the next two exhibition years.
6. Matted size requirements: Your WFWS45 entry is limited to the frame sizes available.  Artists have a choice of the following outside mat dimensions only (either orientation): 16x20, 20x24, 22x28, 24x30, 24x36, or 30x38 inches (30x38 - sized for a full sheet.) NO OTHER MATTED DIMENSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Please make sure your mat itself is at least 3" wide on all four sides. If you have a square image, pick a frame size that provides at least 3 inches of mat on the left, right, top and MORE THAN 3 inches on the bottom. If you have a long image do the same.
7. Entry Procedure: Fill out the entry form on the last page and mail it with your check for the entry fees (made out to your local society) to the home address of your delegate listed below. Mail your digital images to your delegate’s email address below. Your entry form, check and digital images must be received by your delegate by no later than Friday, January 10, 2020.

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