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Pre-Exhibit Show: Online Now
Entry Deadline: Sept. 1, 2011; 8:00 pm PDT
Grand Opening: October 1, 2011

Open Call to Artists: 2D and 3D Visual Art Qualified Artwork:
Accepting all 2D and 3D visual art mediums that offer a statement, commentary, view on politics, issues of our world, our society, or our life.

Open Call to Artists: 2D and 3D Visual Art Intention:
We are hosting the Political and Social Art exhibit to showcase the artwork of our times. We are offering a forum for artwork and artists that attempt to convey a message, prompt a dialogue, provide a social commentary, or simply ask the viewer to contemplate. Through Infinity Art Gallery’s online exhibit we intend to increase exposure for political and social artists, by providing the opportunity for their artwork to be seen by not only those interested in this art form, but by visitors who may not be familiar with the myriad of styles and artistic talent represented.

Finalists will be selected for artistic excellence. Artwork will be selected solely on its own merit without regard to the artists’ name, geographic location, national home or any other factor outside of the quality of their artwork.

Exhibitions:
All exhibits take place online at www.InfinityArtGallery.com and showcase artwork by international contemporary artists. Jury selected artwork will be exhibited for three months online at InfinityArtGallery.com.

All eligible entries submitted by artists may be displayed online during the call-to-artists. Artists may choose not to participate in the pre-exhibit show and will have the option for jurors only when they submit their work.

Open Call to Artists: 2D and 3D Visual Art Eligibility:
All juried exhibits are open for artists everywhere to submit.

Artists must be 18 years of age or older. Publishers, galleries, agents, and collectors may not submit artwork on behalf of artists. Media (video/film/audio) not accepted. The original design and concept must have been created by the submitting artist, have been created without the use of a kit, and may not have been created under supervision or instruction. Artists may submit work that was submitted for previous exhibits, but may not submit artwork previously selected by the jury as a finalist in any exhibit at Infinity Art Gallery.

Open Call to Artists: 2D and 3D Visual Art Jurors:
Julie Weismann and MarDee Hansen

Grand Opening:
October 1, 2011; no later than 12:00 noon PDT
Award winners will be announced in internationally distributed newsletters, and the artwork, and jurors comments of the award winners will be exhibited in the winners’ gallery. At this time the artwork of non-finalists are removed from the gallery and only the juried selected exhibit finalists will be on display in the gallery.

Open Call to Artists: 2D and 3D Visual Art Awards:
Creative works of art will be selected for artistic excellence, which includes concept and mastery of technique. Award winners will be announced the day of the Grand Opening. Seven awards will be given, four will receive cash awards.

$1,900 Total Value of Awards
Best of Show - $300 cash, plus artist portfolio page valued at $200
1st Place - $150 cash, plus artist portfolio page valued at $200
2nd Place - $50 cash, plus artist portfolio page valued at $200
3rd Place - Artist Portfolio valued at $200 Founders’ Choice - Artist Portfolio valued at $200
Director’s Choice - Artist Portfolio valued at $200
Director’s Choice - Artist Portfolio valued at $200

Submitting Entries:
Artists pay an entry fee of $25 USD to submit 1 or 2 works of art. Artists may enter more than once.
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Deadline:
September, 2011 8:00 pm PDT
A digital clock showing Pacific Standard Time is on display on the Home page and Submit Now page of the gallery. A countdown clock will be added to the Submit Now page 3-4 days prior to deadline.

Image Guidelines:
Please submit high quality photos that are acceptable for viewing online.
Infinity Art Gallery makes every effort to prevent visitors from electronically copying or printing large images.

Two-dimensional (2D) pieces: artists may only submit 1 view per piece.
Three-dimensional (3D) pieces: artists may submit 2 views per piece.

Image Size: 72 dpi images should be a minimum of 850 pixels and a maximum of 2000 pixels. High resolution (300dpi) images can be smaller. If you need help resizing, click here for some helpful instructions.

Image File Size: cannot exceed 1.2 MB for each image.

Image Quality: When preparing your image, please use little or no compression and if saving as a jpg, use Baseline standard. If you need to reduce the file size, it is better to make the image size smaller than to add compression.

Image Format: You may submit your artwork in the following image formats: jpg, tiff, pdf, bmp, and if given the option, use RGB color mode.

File Names: Please rename your image files using the following example: smith-bob-titleofart.jpg (your last name, first initial and then title of your artwork) Sending your images with the camera's file name (DSC09873.jpg) may cause your artwork to be improperly displayed online.

Images should not contain gallery name, title, copyright symbols, camera date stamps or any other identifying marks. (artist's signature on artwork is acceptable) PowerPoint, slide shows, flash files, videos, etc. will not be accepted.

Unacceptable Content: We will not accept artwork that is explicitly violent, triggering or pornographic (outside artistic content); this art gallery is a hate-free zone. * We will not accept any artwork that is intended to be hateful, violent, threatening, or contains explicit imagery that has no place in an artistic form. Though we understand that some imagery may be necessary to provide a complete picture of the social or political commentary, the gallery will not post images that they believe the artistic community would reject. We don’t anticipate rejecting any artwork.

Copyright:
Each artist retains the copyright of their art and all images or text submitted. Infinity Art Gallery will not use, reprint, or otherwise display images except thru electronic means for the purpose of promotion, announcement and press.

Artist Statements:
Artists are encouraged to submit an artist statement - up to 100 words for each piece. You may write something different for both pieces of art.

Hyperlinks to Artist Websites:
Each artist will have their website or email hyperlinked. Hyperlinks are accessible under the large image view of each piece of art.

Sales/Commissions:
Viewers contacting the gallery are directed to purchase art directly from the artists (or their sales representatives if contact information is provided). Each artist’s name is displayed below the image of their artwork and their website is hyperlinked. Artists who do not have websites will have their email addresses hyperlinked. Artists are advised to provide an email address intended for professional/public use.

No commissions are taken by Infinity Art Gallery for sales generated via the exhibition or the gallery.

Conditions of Submission:
Infinity Art Gallery will not use, reprint, or otherwise display images except thru electronic means for the purpose of promotion, award announcements and press. Entry fees are non-refundable. This has never happened, but we reserve the right to postpone exhibit dates until such time that a viable number of submissions are received to offer a well rounded exhibit. In such instances entrants will be notified by email within 24 hours after the posted deadline.

All dates are 12:00 am to 11:59 pm Pacific Daylight Time.

Open Call to Artists: 2D and 3D Visual Art website: http://www.infinityartgallery.com/upcoming/political-social/