Calling All Artists! Open Show!
Paint Now! Enter Soon!
Artists of 2022
Abstract April! 2022
See our information on our Home Page for a printable entry form. Entry deadline March 27.
Paint Now! Enter Soon!
Artists of 2022
Abstract April! 2022
See our information on our Home Page for a printable entry form. Entry deadline March 27.
Open Class Photography Show
June 2022!
Watch for our entry form to be listed soon!
June 2022!
Watch for our entry form to be listed soon!
All In!
Open Class Art Show 2022!
Our Open Class Art Show will be held again in September.
Keep tabs on our web page for Artist entry form information
and deadlines! Or email us to be added to our Open Class
Show notification list. [email protected]
There is still plenty of time to participate in our third CBAA Gallery Open Class Art Show!
Print your entry form below!
2-2022
Open Class Art Show 2022!
Our Open Class Art Show will be held again in September.
Keep tabs on our web page for Artist entry form information
and deadlines! Or email us to be added to our Open Class
Show notification list. [email protected]
There is still plenty of time to participate in our third CBAA Gallery Open Class Art Show!
Print your entry form below!
2-2022
This was last year's entry form for a sneak peak!
Contests! Calling All Artists!
These are a few open shows that usually occur on a 'good' year! Please contact each group to be sure they are having their show this year.
Enter your art in Great Shows!
And find Exhibits and Open Houses to Attend!
These are a few open shows that usually occur on a 'good' year! Please contact each group to be sure they are having their show this year.
Enter your art in Great Shows!
And find Exhibits and Open Houses to Attend!
This is a Contact Page for all area Artists and Members of the Covered Bridge Art Association who may be interested in area and state art and photography contests. We hope to give all artists an opportunity to share their art talents with a larger audience by letting you know what contests or exhibits are available in our area! Please contact appropriate sponsoring organizations, offices, or state departments to get full details about subject matter, deadlines, and submission details. Many contests are annual so keep these in mind each year as you consider new subjects and new art work that may be entered in contests at various times of the year!
Rising Sun Juried Exhibition-May
contact their website to see if they are showing this year.
Cash Prizes $1,000 Best of Show-First Place $750-Second Place $500-Third Place $300
Contact the Rising Sun/Ohio County Tourism, P.O. Box 112, Rising Sun, IN 47040
Exhibit Location-Rising Sun Pendleton Art Center, 201 Main Street, Rising Sun, IN 47040
Paintings-Photography-3/D; $20 entry fee/2 entries; 10% Commission
Estimated Calendar of Dates-April 1 Entry form and digital image of art sent to Tourism Center
Mid April-Acceptance Notification
Late April-Hand deliver actual art work to Tourism Center
Month of May-Exhibit on display
See their website for Workshops and More!
https://sites.google.com/a/enjoyrisingsun.com/arts-in-rising-sun/home
contact their website to see if they are showing this year.
Cash Prizes $1,000 Best of Show-First Place $750-Second Place $500-Third Place $300
Contact the Rising Sun/Ohio County Tourism, P.O. Box 112, Rising Sun, IN 47040
Exhibit Location-Rising Sun Pendleton Art Center, 201 Main Street, Rising Sun, IN 47040
Paintings-Photography-3/D; $20 entry fee/2 entries; 10% Commission
Estimated Calendar of Dates-April 1 Entry form and digital image of art sent to Tourism Center
Mid April-Acceptance Notification
Late April-Hand deliver actual art work to Tourism Center
Month of May-Exhibit on display
See their website for Workshops and More!
https://sites.google.com/a/enjoyrisingsun.com/arts-in-rising-sun/home
Indiana Gourd Society State Show (weekend in May)
Take in the excitement of Gourds at this show! Check the schedule of events to take part in
workshops to decorate gourds from jewelry, bird houses, to drums and sculpture! Sign up for Gourd Art Raffles, watch gourd videos and let the kid's create their own art at the Kid's Booth.
Held at the Boone County Fairgrounds in Lebanon, Indiana on the first weekend of May.
Check their web site for current calendar of events.
http://www.indianagourdsociety.org/
Take in the excitement of Gourds at this show! Check the schedule of events to take part in
workshops to decorate gourds from jewelry, bird houses, to drums and sculpture! Sign up for Gourd Art Raffles, watch gourd videos and let the kid's create their own art at the Kid's Booth.
Held at the Boone County Fairgrounds in Lebanon, Indiana on the first weekend of May.
Check their web site for current calendar of events.
http://www.indianagourdsociety.org/
T. C. Steele State Historic Site Art Workshops and Events
Follow this web site to find workshops and programs to challenge your painting skills while you learn from other artists around you.
http://www.tcsteele.org/programs/#workshops
The Friends of T.C. Steele State Historic Site, Inc. 4220 T.C. Steele Rd.; Nashville, Indiana 47448
Phone: (812) 988-2785
Fax: (812) 988-8457
Email: [email protected]
Follow this web site to find workshops and programs to challenge your painting skills while you learn from other artists around you.
http://www.tcsteele.org/programs/#workshops
The Friends of T.C. Steele State Historic Site, Inc. 4220 T.C. Steele Rd.; Nashville, Indiana 47448
Phone: (812) 988-2785
Fax: (812) 988-8457
Email: [email protected]
Indiana State Department of Agriculture-Photo Contest
http://www.in.gov/isda/2468.htm
Deadline is June 30, annually. See web page for details.
Categories:
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
http://www.in.gov/dnr/parklake/5997.htm
Revolving Deadlines-See the above web page for details.
Watercolor Society of Indiana
http://www.watercolorsocietyofindiana.org/memberinfo.html
Postmark Deadline for annual Juried Exhibit is July 8, 2015. Membership required.
See web page for complete details.
Watercolor Society of Indiana; 4181 E. 96th Street, Suite #200, Indianapolis, IN 46240
317-814-6194 Ext 150
Indiana State Fair Open Class Art and Photography
http://www.in.gov/statefair/fair/results_search.html?q=open%20class%20art
Regular Deadline July 1. Late Registrations are accepted-see web information.
Fees apply.
See following web page for Non-Animal Open Class Premium List
Department 114:Home and Family Arts
http://www.in.gov/statefair/fair/files/Dept.114.pdf
1 BEST OF SHOW (Do not enter this class) - rosette - Awarded in the Professional Division for the art piece of special
excellence. This award will be selected by the jury of judges from the first place winners of each class in the professional division - $250
2 PAINTINGS - this class will include all entries in oil, acrylics, synthetics and airbrush. Must be properly framed. - $300-225-150-100-50
3 WATER COLOR PAINTINGS - this class will include transparent or opaque water colors or collages. Plexiglass is preferred but not required. Glass or plexiglass will not be replaced if broken. - $300-225-150-100-50
4 SCULPTURE - this class will include ceramic, wood, metals, fabric or mixed media.(Woodcarving is excluded and must be entered in class number 114-PF-18)(sculpture weighing over 50 pounds will not be accepted).- $150-100-50
5 DRAWINGS - This class will include pencil and ink, any subject - $150-100-50 (no pastels)
6 PASTELS - This class will include works done in pastels, any subject - $150-100-50
7 PRINTS - This class will include the following types of prints: wood cuts, intaglio, lithographs, linoleum, serigraphs, monoprints, etchings and collographs (all prints must be printed by the artist, commercially copied prints will not be accepted).- $150-100-50.
8 CERAMICS - wheel thrown, hand built or cast from artist’s original work. - $150-100-75
9 METAL - forged metal or metal enameling - $100-50-25
10 GLASS, PLASTICS - any object - $100-50-25
11 JEWELRY - precious metals, mixed-media, set with stones, enameled, carved materials - rings, bracelet, broach, necklace, pendant, etc. (no beads) - $100-50-25
12 FIBER ARTS - CONSTRUCTED - Weaving, knitting, crochet, felting and many other manipulated materials. Wall hangings must be ready to hang with rod. Can include two-dimensional or three-dimensional works. - $100-75-50
13 FIBER ARTS - EMBELLISHED FABRICS - Fine art quilts, stitchery, fabric collage machine work or a combination of the
above techniques. Wall hangings must be ready to hang with rod. - $100-75-50
14 FIBER ARTS - BASKETRY Must be an original basket - no kits or patterns may be utilized. Any article woven of reed, it
may include specialty materials such as leather, wool, paper, twist, etc but should be mostly reed. Baskets may be woven on wooden bases, metal frames or other similar items. *The term reed may include such materials pine needles, cane, and wood splints and a basket may be made entirely of these materials. - $100-75-25
15 SURFACE DESIGN - Batik, tie dye, direct die, block and screen printing, painted furniture, painted ceramics and other
decorated items. - $100-50-25
16 WOODWORKING - Furniture, clocks - $100-75-50
17 WOODWORKING - Toys and other objects - $100-75-50
18 WOODCARVING - Entry must be completely hand-carved. In the round natural finish, in the round painted finish, caricature/stylized - any finish, relief - any finish, chip-any finish, miscellaneous. - $150-100-75 (Enter Northwest Door)
19 WOODCARVING - SWEEPSTAKES (do not enter into this class) - $25 - rosette
20 PROFESSIONAL CALLIGRAPHY - Framed ready for hanging, bound book, accordion book, and 3-Dimensional work
where calligraphy is the central element of the piece. - $100-75-50-25-10
NOTE: Calligraphy is defined as handwritten letters as opposed to letter forms which have been constructed and
then filled in. Only original designs will be accepted. No printed copies.
21 COMPUTER ART - Black & White or Color. - $100-50-25
22 MIXED MEDIA AND/OR CONTEMPORARY EXPERIMENTAL, NON TRADITIONAL
http://www.in.gov/isda/2468.htm
Deadline is June 30, annually. See web page for details.
Categories:
- Conservation: landscape, water and wildlife
- Agri-tourism: destination agriculture, including products from orchards, wineries, farmers' markets, produce and flower gardens
- Faces of Agriculture: photos featuring people engaged in the activities of daily farm life and/or giving non-ag audiences a deeper understanding of Indiana agriculture
- On the Farm: buildings, animals, planting, harvest and equipment
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
http://www.in.gov/dnr/parklake/5997.htm
Revolving Deadlines-See the above web page for details.
Watercolor Society of Indiana
http://www.watercolorsocietyofindiana.org/memberinfo.html
Postmark Deadline for annual Juried Exhibit is July 8, 2015. Membership required.
See web page for complete details.
Watercolor Society of Indiana; 4181 E. 96th Street, Suite #200, Indianapolis, IN 46240
317-814-6194 Ext 150
Indiana State Fair Open Class Art and Photography
http://www.in.gov/statefair/fair/results_search.html?q=open%20class%20art
Regular Deadline July 1. Late Registrations are accepted-see web information.
Fees apply.
See following web page for Non-Animal Open Class Premium List
Department 114:Home and Family Arts
http://www.in.gov/statefair/fair/files/Dept.114.pdf
1 BEST OF SHOW (Do not enter this class) - rosette - Awarded in the Professional Division for the art piece of special
excellence. This award will be selected by the jury of judges from the first place winners of each class in the professional division - $250
2 PAINTINGS - this class will include all entries in oil, acrylics, synthetics and airbrush. Must be properly framed. - $300-225-150-100-50
3 WATER COLOR PAINTINGS - this class will include transparent or opaque water colors or collages. Plexiglass is preferred but not required. Glass or plexiglass will not be replaced if broken. - $300-225-150-100-50
4 SCULPTURE - this class will include ceramic, wood, metals, fabric or mixed media.(Woodcarving is excluded and must be entered in class number 114-PF-18)(sculpture weighing over 50 pounds will not be accepted).- $150-100-50
5 DRAWINGS - This class will include pencil and ink, any subject - $150-100-50 (no pastels)
6 PASTELS - This class will include works done in pastels, any subject - $150-100-50
7 PRINTS - This class will include the following types of prints: wood cuts, intaglio, lithographs, linoleum, serigraphs, monoprints, etchings and collographs (all prints must be printed by the artist, commercially copied prints will not be accepted).- $150-100-50.
8 CERAMICS - wheel thrown, hand built or cast from artist’s original work. - $150-100-75
9 METAL - forged metal or metal enameling - $100-50-25
10 GLASS, PLASTICS - any object - $100-50-25
11 JEWELRY - precious metals, mixed-media, set with stones, enameled, carved materials - rings, bracelet, broach, necklace, pendant, etc. (no beads) - $100-50-25
12 FIBER ARTS - CONSTRUCTED - Weaving, knitting, crochet, felting and many other manipulated materials. Wall hangings must be ready to hang with rod. Can include two-dimensional or three-dimensional works. - $100-75-50
13 FIBER ARTS - EMBELLISHED FABRICS - Fine art quilts, stitchery, fabric collage machine work or a combination of the
above techniques. Wall hangings must be ready to hang with rod. - $100-75-50
14 FIBER ARTS - BASKETRY Must be an original basket - no kits or patterns may be utilized. Any article woven of reed, it
may include specialty materials such as leather, wool, paper, twist, etc but should be mostly reed. Baskets may be woven on wooden bases, metal frames or other similar items. *The term reed may include such materials pine needles, cane, and wood splints and a basket may be made entirely of these materials. - $100-75-25
15 SURFACE DESIGN - Batik, tie dye, direct die, block and screen printing, painted furniture, painted ceramics and other
decorated items. - $100-50-25
16 WOODWORKING - Furniture, clocks - $100-75-50
17 WOODWORKING - Toys and other objects - $100-75-50
18 WOODCARVING - Entry must be completely hand-carved. In the round natural finish, in the round painted finish, caricature/stylized - any finish, relief - any finish, chip-any finish, miscellaneous. - $150-100-75 (Enter Northwest Door)
19 WOODCARVING - SWEEPSTAKES (do not enter into this class) - $25 - rosette
20 PROFESSIONAL CALLIGRAPHY - Framed ready for hanging, bound book, accordion book, and 3-Dimensional work
where calligraphy is the central element of the piece. - $100-75-50-25-10
NOTE: Calligraphy is defined as handwritten letters as opposed to letter forms which have been constructed and
then filled in. Only original designs will be accepted. No printed copies.
21 COMPUTER ART - Black & White or Color. - $100-50-25
22 MIXED MEDIA AND/OR CONTEMPORARY EXPERIMENTAL, NON TRADITIONAL
