The judging day event will be held on Sunday 12th September 10am til 5pm, Green Park Station Bath.
All artwork displayed in the adult competition is for sale and 15% of all sales go to the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS). This is a great cause which helps give a voice to these remarkable animals as the WDCS strive to protect them and their environments.
The public are also invited to join us at the event to pick there own winner in the "Peoples Prize"! This will allow you to view all the entries on display and chose your favourite. Also at the event we will have a number of stalls including charities and local groups that you may wish to become involved in or find out more about their activities.
There will also be a number of talks and demonstrations at the event including a talk from Mark Simmonds, the International Director of Science at the WDCS.
The competition is free to enter and open to everyone from the Bath and Bristol area.
There will be two main competitions - Adult and Junior. In the Adult competition, the overall winner will receive £250 worth of free quality bespoke picture framing from Framecraft; a number of prizes of £50 quality bespoke picture framing from Framecraft will also be available for subcategories that include: Photography/Digital, original Artwork in any media and for those that make use of recycled materials/environmental message.
The junior competition is open to anyone aged 16 and below, in three categories 12-16 years, 6-11 years and aged 5 & under; the winners will receive prizes of art materials and the winning submissions framed free of charge.
All winners will have their work displayed in Framecraft’s Bath Shop for the month of September. All other entries will be displayed on the second floor of their Keynsham Branch. All Adult entries must be framed to a high standard, be A3 (including Frame) or larger and able to fit (without support) on to an easel. Junior entries need only to be card backed and no bigger than A3. The entries will be judged for both Artistic merit and Environmental message.
The entries must be submitted by Wednesday 8th September 2010 and the judging will be on Sunday 12th September 2010 in Green Park Station, Bath. The judging event will also include live demonstrations and a number of charity organisation stalls where you can find out more about the environment.
The public are also invited to attend the Judging Day to inspect the artwork, where they can purchase their favourite art and vote for their own winner, in both the adult and junior categories. 15% of any sales of artwork from the competition will go to the Whales and Dolphins Conservation Society, a locally based international conservation society.
Judging will be performed by a panel including representatives from both the art and environmental community; these include renowned artist Olive Webb, The Whales and Dolphins Conservation Society, the Managing Director of Framecraft Edward Taylor and from The Ethical Property Company Janine Woodward.
Competition Rules and Entry forms can be collected from Framecraft’s branches, Bath and Keynsham, or Download it in PDF click here!
Our galleries stock a large number of open edition prints, limited edition prints and photographic images from a number of publishers as well as our own unique prints of Bath, Bristol and the rest of the world. We can also acquire prints through our catalogues or through the directories of the Fine Art Trade Guild.
