2007 IOWA STATE FAIR - FINE ART EXHIBITION

Deadline: July 13 and July 14, 2007 from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. at the Cultural Center

2007 IOWA STATE FAIR - FINE ART EXHIBITION
August 9 - August 19, 2007


Eligibility

To enter the show, your work must be:
Executed since January 1, 2005

Original (“Original” means that the artist has used his/her own concepts, ideas and techniques for execution of the artwork. The artist has NOT copied ideas or techniques or exactly duplicated the subject matter of some other artist or photographer.)

Not previously exhibited in the Fine Art Exhibition of the Iowa State Fair

Executed by an artist 3 years or older

CATEGORIES FOR EXHIBITION

• Oils, Tempera, Acrylics
• Mixed Media
• Watercolors
• Pastels – This category includes work in both dry and oil based pastel.
• Drawings – This category includes work rendered with charcoal, pencil, ink or graphite.
• Prints – This category refers to traditional printmaking techniques and recent innovations in those areas, such as relief printmaking, etching and intaglio prints and planographic techniques. It does NOT refer to commercial print processes such as glicee prints or computer scanned images of photographs.
• Sculpture
• Pottery – This category includes handmade earthenware, stoneware and porcelain. Delicately constructed work requiring more than normal careful handling is not eligible.
• Art Glass – This category includes both hand blown and reverse glass painting.
• Jewelry – Jewelry must be provided with a box with the artist’s name and address.
• Fiber – Hand-woven and/or hand decorated textiles are eligible and should be accompanied by a label for identification. All articles must be strictly handcrafted by the exhibitor. NO WORK FROM KITS IS ACCEPTABLE. This category includes weaving, fiber construction, batik, tie dying, knotting, appliqué and trapunto.

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