Fine Arts Entries ALL ENTRY FORMS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY MARCH 10, 2017.

Open Division – Fine Arts

PRICE OF ENTRIES

Senior (62&up) $2.50 per entry

Fine Arts $4.00 per entry

Theme $5.00 per entry

Person(s) with Disabilities $2.00 per entry

To all artists who are entering the Fine Arts open division at the Pima County Fair,

THANK YOU. Your Artistic Displays Are Enjoyed by All.

All the Communities of Pima County, and nearby friends and families are invited to

enter their items of interest in competition at The Pima County Fair.

“Southwestern Transportation”

People are able to travel in the desert by many means. Paint or draw something that

represents the Southwestern Transportation. Here are a few examples.

Horses

Stagecoach

Wagon

Trains

Automobiles

DIVISION 888-NOVICE

DIVISION 889-PROFESSIONAL

DIVISION 890-SENIOR

DIVISION 891-PERSON(S) WITH DISABILITES

CLASS DESCRIPTION

800 Southwestern Transportation

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

All entries must be solely the work of the artist and completed within the last 2 years.

Use of patterns in some art forms is unavoidable, but we stress, under no circumstances

are kits to be used. Copying work done by other artists is an infringement of copyright

law; this includes other’s photographs. Professional artists should be especially sensitive

to this concern. The judges will be looking for originality, workmanship, composition

and presentation.

RECEIVING DAYS OF ARTWORK

Exhibits will be received at Old Pueblo Hall, Pima County Fairgrounds:

Friday, April 14, 2017 3 pm – 8 pm

Saturday, April 15, 2017 10 am – 3 pm

ABSOLUTLY NO SUBSTITUTIONS OF ENTRIES AFTER SUBMITTING

ENTRY.

RELEASING DAYS OF RIBBONS & ARTWORK

At the close of the Fair, April 30, 2017, entries will be released from 5:30 pm -7:30

pm. We will have two other pickup days on Monday, May 1, 2017, 4:00pm – 8:00pm

& Wednesday, May 3, 2017 from 10:00am – 5:00pm. Monday and Wednesday are

the only days you can drive up to the building to pick up your entries. All entries

not picked up by May 8, 2017 will be donated to charity.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL ANY ITEMS BE RELEASED BEFORE

THE CLOSE OF THE FAIR.

Receipts issued on receiving day must be presented to redeem artwork.

SALE OF ARTWORK

THE SOUTHWESTERN FAIR COMMISSION WILL NO LONGER BE A

BROKER FOR A SALE BETWEEN YOU AND THE BUYER

ARTWORK SOLD OR UNSOLD WILL NOT BE RELEASED BEFORE THE

CLOSE OF THE PIMA COUNTY FAIR ON APRIL 30, 2017.

If you put a sales price on your entry, we will contact you with the name & phone

number of the person interested in your item.

GENERAL RULES

All entrants must be southern Arizona residents; winter visitors are eligible and welcome.

Due to the family atmosphere of the Fair, artwork deemed inappropriate or containing

nudity will not be permitted. The Pima County Fair and its agents assume no

responsibility for loss, theft, or damage to any artwork during the periods of receiving,

exhibition, return or storage. Every precaution will be taken to guard against such loss or

damage. The Pima County Fair reserves the right, both final and absolute, to interpret all

rules and regulations and to arbitrarily settle and determine all matters, questions and

differences in regard thereto or otherwise arising out of or connected to the Pima County

Fair.

No Business Cards Allowed on Any Entries

Art work must be framed and ready to hang with heavy-gauge picture wire

No glue of any kind can be used for getting art work ready to hang

Saw Tooth hooks are not allowed

Tape will not be accepted

Canvas painting not framed must have a wire screwed into the frame

AWARDS AND RIBBONS

1st Blue Ribbon

2nd Red Ribbon

3rd White Ribbon

4th Yellow Ribbon

5th Pink Ribbon

Best of Class/Best of Show

Merit

People’s Choice

Prizes WILL BE AWARDED to Best of Class and Best of Show and People’s

Choice. Classes with more than 30 entries will be judged as a class. Judges are instructed not to

award ribbons unless the entry is deemed worthy. Judges will be using the American

System if judging and all judging is final.

It is the responsibility of the Artist to collect any award vouchers from the Fine Arts

reception desk and cash them at the Fair Office Cashier Window as soon as they are

issued. VOUCHER’S WILL NOT BE CASHED AFTER NOON ON MONDAY,

May 1, 2017.

DIVISIONS

PROFESSIONAL

Designed for the artist working on a professional level, who is teaching or has taught art,

has participated in gallery exhibits or juried shows whose work is selling through stores,

galleries or Arts & Crafts fairs ($500. or 3 pieces a year).

NOVICE

Hobbyist who has never sold their artwork (except through Fine Arts Pima County Fair)

or taught art and has worked in the medium less than 2 years.

SENIOR

Designed for the artist who meets the definition of senior citizen age requirement, 62 or

older

PERSON(S) WITH DISABILITIES

Designed for the artist who meets the definition of disabled under the (ADA) Americans with

Disabilities Act or other state laws.

DIVISION 1000-OIL AND ACRYLIC PAINTING-NOVICE

DIVISION 1001-OIL AND ACRYLIC PAINTING-PROFESSIONAL

DIVISION 1002-OIL AND ACRYLIC PAINTING-SENIOR

DIVISION 1003-OIL AND ACRYLIC PAINTING-PERSON(S) WITH

DISABILITIES

Works painted on canvas or a prepared ground and displayed without glass

CLASS DESCRIPTIONS 100 Oil

101 Acrylic

102 Mixed Media

103 If not listed above, use this class number

DIVISION 1004-WATER MEDIA-NOVICE

DIVISION 1005-WATER MEDIA-PROFESSIONAL

DIVISION 1006-WATER MEDIA-SENIOR

DIVISION 1007-WATER MEDIA-PERSON(S) WITH DISABILITIES

Works typically displayed under glass

CLASS DESCRIPTIONS 100 Water color

101 Acrylic on paper

102 Mixed Media

103 If not listed above, use this class number

DIVISION 1008-DRAWING-NOVICE

DIVISION 1009-DRAWING-PROFESSIONAL

DIVISION 1110-DRAWING-SENIOR

DIVISION 1111-DRAWING-PERSON(S) WITH DISABILITIES

Drawing media typically displayed under glass

CLASS DESCRIPTIONS 100 Pencil

101 Colored pencil

102 Pen & Ink

103 Conte crayon

104 Charcoal

105 Scratch board

106 Soft pastel

107 Oil pastel

108 Mixed media

109 2D

110 3D

111 If not listed above, use this class number

DIVISION 1112-PHOTOGRAPHY-NOVICE

DIVISION 1113-PHOTOGRAPHY-PROFESSIONAL

DIVISION 1114-PHOTOGRAPHY-SENIOR

DIVISION 1115-PHOTOGRAPHY-PERSON(S) WITH DISABILITIES

CLASS DESCRIPTIONS 100 Color - Animal

101 Color – Flowers/Plants

102 Color - Landscape

103 Color - People

104 Color - Pets

105 Black & White - Animal

106 Black & White – Flowers/Plants

107 Black & White - Landscape

108 Black & White – People

109 Black & White – Pets

110 Mixed Media – Animal

111 Mixed Media – Flowers/Plants

112 Mixed Media – Landscape

113 Mixed Media – People

114 Mixed Media – Pets

115 Sepia

116 Masking tape collage

117 Underwater

118 Stitched Vintage

119 Stain, smudge and erode using water

120 If not listed above, use this class number

DIVISION 1116-PORCELAIN AND CHINA-NOVICE

DIVISION 1117-PORCELAIN AND CHINA-PROFESSIONAL

DIVISION 1118-PORCELAIN AND CHINA-SENIOR

DIVISION 1119-PORCELAIN AND CHINA-PERSON(S) WITH DISABILITIES

Designs must be original. Entries must be accompanied by display stands where appropriate

CLASS DESCRIPTIONS

100 Naturalistic-Floral or Fruit

101 Naturalistic-Portraits

102 Landscapes or Wildlife

103 Contemporary-Oriental-Dresden-Modernistic

104 Embellished-gold- enamel-luster

105 Dolls-all parts must be made by the entrant

106 If not listed above, use this class number

DIVISION 1120-MISCELLANEOUS-NOVICE

DIVISION 1121-MISCELLANEOUS-PROFESSIONAL

DIVISION 1122-MISCELLANEOUS-SENIOR

DIVISION 1123-MISCELLANEOUS-PERSON(S) WITH DISABILITIES

CLASS DESCRIPTIONS 100 Decorative painting-oil or acrylic on wood-metal-glass-canvas-etc.

101 Folk Art-painting on various media

102 Sculpture-list medium

103 Clay Art-no molds use

104 Printmaking

105 Jewelry-cast or fabricated

106 If not listed above, use this class number

DIVISION 1124-GLASS-NOVICE

DIVISION 1125-GLASS-PROFESSIONAL

DIVISION 1126-GLASS-SENIOR

DIVISION 1127-GLASS-PERSON(S) WITH DISABILITIES

CLASS DESCRIPTIONS 100 Etched glass 101 Blown glass

102 Stained glass 2 dimensional

103 Stained glass 3 dimensional

104 If not listed above, use this class number

DIVISION 1128–WOODWORKING-NOVICE

DIVISION 1129-WOODWORKING-PROFESSIONAL

DIVISION 1130-WOODWORKING-SENIOR

DIVISION 1131-WOODWORKING-PERSON(S) WITH DISABILITIES

CLASS DESCRIPTIONS

100 Caricature

101 Wildlife

102 Sculpture

103 Relief

104 Miniatures (not to exceed 3”)

105 Wood Burning

106 Kachina’s traditional or contemporary

107 If not listed above, use this class number

DIVISION 1132-COLLAGE-NOVICE

DIVISION 1133-COLLAGE-PROFESSIONAL

DIVISION 1134-COLLAGE-SENIOR

DIVISION 1135-COLLAGE-PERSON(S) WITH DISABILITIES

All items must be at least 50% Collage.

The Collage must be an artistic composition made of various materials, (such as

paper, cloth, wood, etc.) having rapid succession without transitions. This does not

include several pictures representing the same composition in separate picture

frames.

CLASS DESCRIPTIONS

100 Abstract

101 Landscape

102 Still Life

103 Plants /Flowers

104 Mixed Media

105 If not listed above, use this class number

DIVISION 1136-GOURD ART-NOVICE

DIVISION 1137-GOURD ART-PROFESSIONAL

DIVISION 1138-GOURD ART-SENIOR

DIVISION 1139-GOURD ART-PERSON(S) WITH DISABILITIES

All work must be done by the exhibitor. Craft must be predominantly gourd (more than 80% gourd.) Hard

shell gourds must have stems, be mature and clean. Ornamental gourds need not have stems.

CLASS DESCRIPTIONS

100 Birdhouses/Birdfeeders

101 Beaded Gourds

102 Holiday

103 Painting

104 Wood Burning, must be dominate

105 Carved Gourds

106 Jewelry, a large portion made from gourd

107 Dolls made from gourds

108 Woven

109 Masks

110 Southwestern Designs

111 Animals & Reptiles

112 Miniatures – 3” or smaller

113 Flowers

114 Musical

115 If not listed above, use this class number

DIVISION 1140-TREE ORNAMENTS-NOVICE

DIVISION 1141-TREE ORNAMENTS-PROFESSIONAL

DIVISION 1142-TREE ORNAMENTS-SENIOR

DIVISION 1143-TREE ORNAMENTS-PERSON(S) WITH DISABILITIES

Use your imagination to make a tree ornament. The ornament can not be over 9

inches high and 5 inches wide. The ornaments must be lightweight to hang on a tree

and must have string or some sort of ribbon attached for hanging.

Decorate using paint, glitter, rhinestones, sequins, pearls, ribbon, flowers, etc. You

can use any media that you choose.

CLASS DESCRIPTIONS

100 People

101 Animals

102 Christmas

103 Halloween

104 Valentines

105 Thanksgiving

106 Hanukkah

107 If not listed above, use this class number

FINE ARTS ENTRY FORM Entrants last name __________________________

All entry forms must be postmarked by March 10, 2017 Pima County Fair is not tax supported.

Photocopy more entry forms if needed

All pictures must be ready to hang with wire and metal screws. No tape allowed. For questions call 762-9100

NAME______________________________________________________ PHONE_______________

ADDRESS___________________________________________________________________________

CITY__________________________________________________AZ ZIP_________________

EMAIL ADDRESS______________________________________________________________________

YOU MUST CHECK THE BOX FOR WHAT DIVISION YOU ARE. Division: Novice ____ Professional ____ Person(s) with Disabilities____ Senior 62+___

ALL ENTRY FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE

Professional & Novice $ 4.00

Sr. Citizen (62 years or older) $ 2.50

Person(s) with Disabilities $ 2.00

Theme Entries $ 5.00

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Description of Entry If for sale $ Entry Fee

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Purchase exhibitor’s tickets now! Include $12.00 for 1 ticket or $24.00 for 2 tickets and pick up on

receiving day.

1 Ticket $12.00_____

2 Tickets $24.00_____

TOTAL FEE________

Passes for Main Gate Parking Only. Only 2 tickets may be purchased by each exhibitor. Exhibitor Passes

are good for all eleven days of the fair. Only one comp parking pass per family or address. Enter a sale

price for your item ONLY if you plan to sell it. Mail completed entry form to: SWFC Entries- 11300 S.

Houghton Rd. Tucson, AZ 85747

Please include: Entry form & Entry fees and make checks or money orders payable to SWFC. Cash is

accepted.

Entries are received on Friday, April 14, 2017, 3 pm – 8 pm

Saturday, April 15, 2017, 10 am – 3 pm

At the close of the Fair, April 30, 2017, entries will be released from 5:30 pm -7:30 pm. We will have

two other pickup days on Monday, May 1, 2017, 4:00pm – 8:00pm & Wednesday, May 3, 2017 from

10:00am – 5:00pm. Monday and Wednesday are the only days you can drive up to the building to

pick up your entries. All entries not picked up by May 8, 2017 will be donated to charity.

I assume all risks of loss or damage to exhibits from point of delivery until release after the fair, and

agree to abide by all stated rules and regulations

Signature________________________________________________ Date_________