February 2016

Art Exhibition & Competition Prospectus

Theme:  ALL Women

"Be a First-Rate version of yourself, instead of a Second-Rate version of somebody else."
--Judy Garland, Actress and Singer

Contemporary Art Gallery Online is proud to announce their 2nd Annual “ALL Women” Online Art Competition for the month of February 2016. 

Contemporary Art Gallery Online encourages entries from all Women 2D and 3D artists regardless of their experience or education in the art field or where they may reside.  This is an international competition and everyone is encouraged to participate. A group exhibition of all entrants will be held online at the Contemporary Art Gallery Online during the month of March 2016.  

There is No Theme for this Current Art Competition,except you must be a women to enter.  Artists should submit their best representational and non-representational art.  Here is a link to last years EXHIBITION, so as to better demonstrate this month's theme.

This competition will be judged within three categories; Paintings, Photography and Mixed Media and 3D Work.  Awards will be given for the top 3 to 5 works selected, (this will depend on the number of submissions in each category).  In addition, depending on the amount and the quality of all submissions received, Honorable Recognition awards will also be presented.

Important MUST Knows 
Art Exhibition and Competition Opens: February 1, 2016
Deadline for Receiving Entries: February 29, 2016
Competition Results are Posted: March 14, 2016
Opening of Online Art Exhibition: March 1, 2016
Award Certificates Emailed to Artists: March 31, 2016
Online Art Exhibition Closes & Archived: March 31, 2016

Entry Fees:

$15 for 1 to 3 images and $20 for all images up to 5
The Paypal account name will appear on your credit card statement as CAGOnline.
It is not necessary to have a Paypal account in order to use this service.

Eligibility: 

• Must be original work to the artist. 
• The artist must be willing to sell their work (print or original).
• All work must be available in both low resolution as well as high resolution form.  For the purposes of this competition, low resolution files should be sent and not exceed 10 MB.  High resolution files will be required for the Annual Anthology and any other print media for which your work may be selected.

Submitting Images:

Files should be titled in the following format: Artist's Name, Art Title, Medium Used, Size (H x W in inches), Price (in USD). 
EXAMPLE: JohnBrown_Midnight_Photography_8x10_75.
Image requirements for entries: JPG files (Please try to keep the file size under 10 MB to ensure proper uploading). 

Prizes include Memberships to Contemporary Art Gallery Online, Digital Award Certificate, Event Collateral, Radio Interview, In the Artist Studio episode **NEW**, Inclusion in the Year End Anthology Publication, Extensive Marketing and much more. Our Radio Shows have had more than 100,000 listens and the Gallery receives over 125,000 unique visitors a year with over 1.86 Million hits in a year. This is exposure you cannot garner on your own! And finally your entry remains on the Gallery forever.

All participants receive event collateral for their portfolios.

We Look Forward to Viewing Your Creations. 
We Send Our Best Wishes, 
CAGO Art Competition Committee