NAME ADDRESSS CITY STATE PHONE# E-MAIL #1 TITLE DIMENSIONS MEDIUM YEAR COMPLETED #2 TITLE DIMENSIONS MEDIUM YEAR COMPLETED #3 TITLE DIMENSIONS MEDIUM YEAR COMPLETED #4 TITLE DIMENSIONS MEDIUM YEAR COMPLETED #5 TITLE DIMENSIONS MEDIUM YEAR COMPLETED SIGN: _______________________ DATE: _______________________ Return to: FAMU Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Gallery, 1630 Pinder Street, Tallahassee, FL 32307, ATTN: NJAC 2016

2016 DATES AND DEADLINES

JULY 29, 2016 APPLICATION, FEE, & JPEGS DUE

AUGUST 12, 2016

NOTIFICATION OF JURY RESULTS

AUGUST 26, 2016 DELIVERY OF ACCEPTED WORK

SEPTEMBER 6 – OCTOBER 28

DURATION OF EXHIBITION

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016 OPENING RECEPTION

NOVEMBER 25, 2016 RETURN OF WORK

P I N N A C L E National Juried Art Competition and

Exhibition

$1,000 awarded to

Best in Show Winner!

FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY

FOSTER-TANNER FINE ARTS GALLERY

PINNACLE 2016

Entry Form Please return this completed form with your digital files of artwork and submission fee.

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ARTIST / WORK ELIGIBILITY. Artists over 18 years of age, residing in the continental United States are eligible. FAMU employees are ineligible to participate in this competition. Artists may enter up to three original 2D or 3D works of art executed after January 1, 2014. All artworks must be original and completed without supervision by an instructor in a class or a workshop. All artwork must be suitable for professional presentation. Two-dimensional

works, when displayed, cannot exceed 48” in any dimension including frame. AWARD SELECTION

The juror will select exhibited works from submitted jpegs. The awarded works of art will be chosen by the juror from the physical work. No more than one prize will be awarded per individual artist. $1,000 is awarded to Best of Show. There are also First, Second and Third Place cash awards. Two Honorable Mentions will be acknowledged in the exhibition. JUROR- Zoë Charlton, Chair, Department of Art, American University Zoë Charlton received her MFA degree from the University of Texas at Austin and her BFA from Florida State University in painting and drawing. Charlton has participated in residencies at the Skowhegan School of Painting and at The Creative Alliance in Baltimore, MD. Her work has been included in national and international group exhibitions including the Contemporary Art Museum (Houston, TX), the Studio Museum of Harlem (NYC, NY), the Zacheta National Gallery of Art (Warsaw, Poland), Haas and Fischer Gallery (Zurich, Switzerland), Clementine Gallery (NYC, NY) and Wendy Cooper Gallery (Chicago, IL). CATALOG All exhibiting artists’ work will be featured in, and receive one full color illustrated PINNACLE catalog. SALES It is optional for exhibited artists to sell their artwork. Sales are the responsibility of the Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Gallery, which will retain 10% of the selling price. For artists who opt to offer their work for sale, signing the entry form is an agreement to those conditions. ENTRY FORM Fill out and return the entry form with your CD with jpegs, entry fee, and an optional return, stamped envelope through regular First Class U.S. MAIL TO: FAMU Foster-Tanner Art Gallery 1630 Pinder Street, Tallahassee, FL 32307 ATTN: PINNACLE NJAC 2016 All entries must be postmarked by FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2016 Do not send by Certified Mail. NON-REFUNDABLE ENTRY FEE A non-refundable entry fee of $25.00 is required for up to three jpegs. Each additional artwork image is $5.00 each for a maximum of $35.00 for five slides. Payment must be made by check or money order made payable to FAMU Foundation / Visual Arts #0130. Do not send cash.

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