2015 NWAL FALL OPEN ART SHOW
The Northwest Art League will hold its Fall Open Judged Art Show on Saturday, October 17, 2015 at the
Cypress Creek Christian Church, 6823 Cypresswood Dr., Spring TX 77379 (Forum Activity Room), across
from the Cypresswood Police Station.
The show will be judged by Judi Coffey. Judi is a frequent exhibitor in national and regional
exhibitions. She is the current President of I-SEA (International Society of Experimental Artists) and Nautilus
Fellowship Signature, Past President of the Watercolor Art Society-Houston & Signature Elite. She is a
Signature Member of the National Watercolor Society, Mid-Southern Watercolorists, Western Federation
Watercolor Societies, Texas Watercolor Society, (Purple Sage Brush Honor Society), Western Colorado
Watercolor Society, Gold Medallion Award, and Mississippi Watercolor Society.
ELIGIBILITY: The Show is open to 1) NWAL members, 2) members of Lone Star Art Guild clubs, 3) nonmember artists and 4) adult and school students. We especially encourage school students to enter their art
in the show. There is no limit on the number of art works an artist may enter into the show. To be eligible for
entering the show the art must have been completed within the last 2 years and cannot have been previously entered in
a Lone Star Annual Convention Show. If you are not current on your NWAL annual dues, they may be paid at
the show.
LOCATION:
Cypress Creek Christian Church, 6823 Cypresswood Dr., Spring TX 77379
(the Forum Activity Room).
DATE AND TIMES:
Registration via LSAG database ends at midnight. All artist are
encouraged to pre-register their entries on-line through the LSAG Database.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Friday, October 16, 2015
5:30-8:15 pm
Delivery of show pieces
Saturday, October 17, 2015
8:30-9:30 am
10:00 am
1:30 pm
2:00 pm
3:30 pm
Delivery of show pieces
Show closed for judging
Show opens to the Public
Awards and Judges Critique
Removal of artwork
We cordially ask all exhibitors to restrict the removal of their work to after 3:30 p.m.
REGISTRATION ENTRY FEES:
Registration Paid Prior to
October 13th
Registration Paid After
October 13th
PRIZES:
All artist are encouraged to pre-register their entries on-line through the
LSAG Database.
1 piece .......................... $5.00
NWAL Members
1 piece .......................... $6.00
LSAG Club Members
1 piece ........................... $1.00
School Students
1 piece ........................... $10.00
Non-Members
1 piece ........................... $8.00
1 piece ........................... $9.00
1 piece ........................... $1.00
1 piece ........................... $12.00
NWAL Members
LSAG Club Members
School Students
Non-Members
Best of Show - Adult
$80
Best of Show - School Student
$20
Ribbons for Best Floral, Best Watercolor, Best Landscape, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 1st Honorable
Mention and Honorable Mention in each Division/Category.
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Ribbons given for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 1st Honorable Mention will be eligible for entry in LSAG show. Ribbons
will be given for regular Honorable Mention but those will not be eligible for LSAG.
REGISTRATION: Registration of artwork via the LSAG database is the only way to enter this show. There
will be no walk-in registration. Entries paid prior to October 13th costs less. Payment of entries should be
sent to: Ms. Karen Corner, NWAL Treasurer, 17607 Sorrel Ridge, Spring, TX 77388. If you cannot access
the LSAG database or need assistance getting your artwork registered, you may contact Polly Ward at
pkingward@yahoo.com or you can send a text to (281) 728-2224.
ENTRIES: All adult entry paintings must be framed and complete with wire, ready to hang (saw tooth
hangers are not allowed). Three-dimensional pieces must be submitted in such a manner that can be handled
by the show committee. All entries must be TITLED. School Student entries do not require framing.
SANCTION: NWAL is a member of the Lone Star Art Guild. The show will strictly follow the LSAG
exhibition show and art competition rules and definitions which are attached.
For additional information about the show and entry requirements,
Contact the show chairman Polly Ward, pkingward@yahoo.com or text to (281) 728-2224
NORTHWEST ART LEAGUE RULES
(Same as Lone Star Art Guild rules, except as noted)
ORGANIZATION OF THE SHOW: Show entries will be grouped within five (5) Artist Division levels,
based on the artist’s overall experience. An artist will compete within only one Division. The Divisions will
be divided into ten (10) Art Categories which are generally separated by artist techniques and medium used.
ARTIST DIVISIONS: Each artist must determine in which one of the four (4) Divisions to
compete, which are based on the artist’s primary skill level.
I.
PROFESSIONAL
Artist’s choice
II.
SEMI-PROFESSIONAL Artist’s choice to move up
III.
NON-PROFESSIONAL
IV.
ADULT STUDENT
One who has painted, sculpted, etc. for less than three (3) years
(self-study) or under the direction of a teacher. The teacher may give any and all verbal
assistance needed; however, the teacher MAY NOT PHYSICALLY WORK ON the
artwork to be entered in a show.
Artist’s choice to move up
After two (2) years of College Art (4 art courses) or three (3) years as an Adult Student,
any LSAG member will automatically be placed in the Non-Professional Division.
V.
SCHOOL STUDENT Any School Student, grades K-12, who has retained a student
standing. When School Student entries warrant, this Division is sub-divided as follows:
V-ES - Elementary - Grades K-5, V-MS - Middle School - Grades 6-8, V-HS – High School
- Grades 9-12
Once an artist is established in one of the four (4) Artist Divisions, that artist may move up in Artist Division,
but may never move down regardless of any new art mediums worked in /or submitted. An artist should
show in the same Artist Division the entire LSAG year. If an artist does enter in a particular division earlier
in the year and then, later in the year, enters shows in a higher division, then the artist must enter ALL of his
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or her artwork, for later LSAG league shows or convention registration, in the higher division.
ADULT ART CATEGORIES: There are ten (10) art categories within each adult artist division.
Artists may choose to compete in any or all of the art categories which are generally separated by
artist techniques and medium used. NOTE: The following GUIDELINES were written to assist
artists in choosing an ART CATEGORY for artwork in which MIXED MEDIUMS are used. Each
piece of art entered must have been completed within the last 2 years.
Category A:
Painting, not under glass or Plexiglas – oil, acrylic, encaustic, varnished/sealed
watercolor paintings, and other durable painting media, including minimal
mixtures of painting media such as acrylics with archival ink
Category B:
Painting, under glass or Plexiglas – acrylic, watercolor, egg tempera, ink painting,
Sumi-e or Oriental brush painting, pastel painting, oil, encaustic, and other such
painting media, including minimal mixtures of painting media such as acrylics or
watercolor with ink details
Category C:
Drawing – pencil, pen & ink, charcoal, scratchboard, pastel drawing, watercolor
drawings, crayon, colored pencil, markers and other types or mixtures of markmaking
Category D:
Mixed Media – 2D artwork displaying two or more types of media, including
assemblage, collage, acrylic or watercolor painting on scratchboard drawings
(beyond minimal treatment), and other mixed media
Category E:
Photography – digital and film photography minimally altered through technology
using standard darkroom (like dodging and burning, etc.) and traditional
photographic techniques
Category F:
Digital Art – all forms of digital art, including photos that have been greatly
manipulated through some digital format, presented as framed art or similar
presentation
Category G:
Sculpture – 3-D forms in various media, including bas relief
Category H:
Non-objective Fine Art in any medium, including abstract or experimental work.
Category I:
Traditional Printmaking – lithography, relief, intaglio, mono-print, screen-printing,
reduction block printing, and other forms of very limited-edition (less than 10
prints), fine art printing -- not reproductions of original works
Category J:
Studio Fine Crafts – strictly original fine crafts created in a studio environment such
as glass blowing, stained glass, pottery, woodwork, jewelry, mosaic, weaving, fiber
art, metal work, and other fine hand-crafting techniques; finely crafted items, often
but not always created for utilitarian purposes.
*Note: Each artist decides in which category to place his or her work, with the advice of the
member league’s show chairman when needed, unless all work is juried into the league’s LSAG
show.
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SCHOOL STUDENT CATEGORIES: School Student art entries will be grouped by grade level
into three (3) Overall Categories as follows: V-ES: K thru 5, V-MS: 6 thru 8, and V-HS: 9 thru 12.
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