Eligibility Requirements for LSAG's Convention
1. Members must be in good standing with their local LSAG affiliated Club.
2. COPIES of existing art or artwork made by using another artist's concept and design will not qualify for entering the LSAG convention.
To qualify as an Original Artwork it must be the end result of the submitting artist's ORIGINAL CONCEPT, DESIGN AND EFFORT; i.e., artwork in which only the creating artist
physically integrates and/or manipulates every component of his/her original concept & design.
Teachers, friends, critics, etc. may give verbal assistance but may not physically work on the artwork being submitted for competition. Artwork created in, or as the result of a workshop, will only qualify if the workshop adopts your idea (that's your original concept), and you do the workshop set-up (that's your effort) using your model (or object) to be painted, sculpted, etc. (that's your original design). In this case, your finished artwork would qualify for competition in the LSAG; however, no other class member's personal effort to reproduce a rendition of your original concept and design would qualify!
Photographs, pictures and existing artwork are in the same category as teachers, friends, critics, etc.
These resources may be used for reference only.
3. All entries must have won a First, Second, Third Place, or First Honorable Mention at their home show, another LSAG club show or other judge's critique. If the Convention entries are becoming too numerous, and the size of the show must be reduced, then the host club(s) may limit entries to First, Second, and Third Place. Once an artwork has won a First place ribbon or Best of Show/Floral in an LSAG Show during the year, it is eligible for the LSAG Convention. It may not be entered in another LSAG Club Show.
4. All entries must be winners since the last LSAG Convention. At the time of receiving a member
club award, the entry must have been completed within the prior twenty-four months.
5. All hangable artwork must be ready to hang complete with wire or be submitted in such a manner that it can be handled by the hanging committee. If any piece of artwork is extremely large, heavy, or particularly fragile, then special arrangements must be made with the hanging committee for its display. ENTRIES ARE ENTERED AT OWNER'S OWN RISK, although every precaution will be taken in handling.
6. The following information must be placed on the back or under artworks: name, address, phone number, price (or NFS), medium, Artist Division and Art Category. The signature or name on your artwork will be covered for judging.
7. The hosting club(s) will set up registration and exhibition fees. A registration fee will be charged to each person attending the Convention and an exhibition fee will be charged for each artwork that you submit.
If you enter your artwork in the Convention Exhibit and do not personally attend, then you may or may not be charged a registration fee. This is at the discretion of the Convention Steering Committee and will be made clear on the registration form you receive prior to the convention.
8. The following Ribbon Awards will be made in each Artist Division and Art Category if appropriate. The host club may give other awards at their discretion. A SINGLE WORK OF ART MAY RECEIVE NO MORE THAN TWO AWARDS.
BEST OF SHOW
BEST FLORAL--DOROTHY HARGRAVES MEMORIAL RIBBON
FIRST PLACE, SECOND PLACE, THIRD PLACE AND HONORABLE MENTION (S)
9. There will be five (5) Artist Divisions, which are separated by primary skill levels.
PROFESSIONAL - artist's choice
SEMI-PROFESSIONAL - artist's choice to move up
NON-PROFESSIONAL - artist's choice to move up
ADULT STUDENT - one who has painted, sculpted, etc., for less than three years (self-study) or under the direction of a teacher. The teacher may give any and all verbal assistance needed; however, the teacher MAY NOT PHYSICALLY WORK ON the artwork to be entered in a show. After two (2) years of College Art (4 art courses) or three (3) years as an Adult Student, any LSAG member will automatically be placed in the Non-Professional Division.
SCHOOL STUDENT - Any school student, grades K-12 who has retained a student standing. When
school competition is heavy, then this Artist Division should be divided as follows:
Elementary (grades K-5)
Middle School (grades 6-8)
High School (grades 9-12)
Once an artist is established in one of the five (5) Artist Divisions, that artist may move up in Artist Divisions, but may never move down regardless of any new art mediums worked in/or submitted. An artist should show in the same Artist Division the entire LSAG year. If an artist does enter in a particular division earlier in the year and then, later in the year, enters shows in a higher division, then the artist should enter ALL of his or her artwork, for later LSAG league shows or convention registration, in the higher division.
There will be ten (10) adult Art Categories within each Competition Level, which are generally separated by art types and medium used. Local leagues may exclude categories that do not receive art entries for the judging process. The following guidelines were written to assist artists in choosing an Art Category for artwork:
Category A: Painting, not under glass or Plexiglas – oil, acrylic, encaustic, varnished/sealed watercolor paintings, and other durable painting media, including minimal mixtures of painting media such as acrylics with archival ink
Category B: Painting, under glass or Plexiglas – acrylic, watercolor, egg tempera, ink painting, Sumi-e or Oriental brush painting, pastel painting, oil, encaustic, and other such painting media, including minimal mixtures of painting media such as acrylics or watercolor with ink details
Category C: Drawing – pencil, pen & ink, charcoal, scratchboard, pastel drawing, watercolor drawings, crayon, colored pencil, markers and other types or mixtures of mark-making
Category D: Mixed Media – 2D artwork displaying two or more types of media, including assemblage, collage, acrylic or watercolor painting on scratchboard drawings (beyond minimal treatment), and other mixed media
Category E: Photography – digital and film photography minimally altered through technology using standard darkroom (like dodging and burning, etc) and traditional photographic techniques
Category F: Digital Art – all forms of digital art, including photos that have been greatly manipulated through some digital format, presented as framed art or similar presentation
Category G: Sculpture – 3-D forms in various media, including bas relief
Category H: Non-objective Fine Art in any medium, including abstract or experimental work.
Category I: Traditional Printmaking – lithography, relief, intaglio, mono-print, screen-printing, reduction block printing, and other forms of very limited-edition (less than 10 prints), fine art printing -- not reproductions of original works
Category J: Studio Fine Crafts – strictly original fine crafts created in a studio environment such as glass blowing, stained glass, pottery, woodwork, jewelry, mosaic, weaving, fiber art, metal work, and other fine hand-crafting techniques; finely crafted items, often but not always created for utilitarian purposes.
*Note: Each artist decides in which category to place his or her work, with the advice of the member league’s show chairman when needed, unless all work is juried into the league’s LSAG show.
2. COPIES of existing art or artwork made by using another artist's concept and design will not qualify for entering the LSAG convention.
To qualify as an Original Artwork it must be the end result of the submitting artist's ORIGINAL CONCEPT, DESIGN AND EFFORT; i.e., artwork in which only the creating artist
physically integrates and/or manipulates every component of his/her original concept & design.
Teachers, friends, critics, etc. may give verbal assistance but may not physically work on the artwork being submitted for competition. Artwork created in, or as the result of a workshop, will only qualify if the workshop adopts your idea (that's your original concept), and you do the workshop set-up (that's your effort) using your model (or object) to be painted, sculpted, etc. (that's your original design). In this case, your finished artwork would qualify for competition in the LSAG; however, no other class member's personal effort to reproduce a rendition of your original concept and design would qualify!
Photographs, pictures and existing artwork are in the same category as teachers, friends, critics, etc.
These resources may be used for reference only.
3. All entries must have won a First, Second, Third Place, or First Honorable Mention at their home show, another LSAG club show or other judge's critique. If the Convention entries are becoming too numerous, and the size of the show must be reduced, then the host club(s) may limit entries to First, Second, and Third Place. Once an artwork has won a First place ribbon or Best of Show/Floral in an LSAG Show during the year, it is eligible for the LSAG Convention. It may not be entered in another LSAG Club Show.
4. All entries must be winners since the last LSAG Convention. At the time of receiving a member
club award, the entry must have been completed within the prior twenty-four months.
5. All hangable artwork must be ready to hang complete with wire or be submitted in such a manner that it can be handled by the hanging committee. If any piece of artwork is extremely large, heavy, or particularly fragile, then special arrangements must be made with the hanging committee for its display. ENTRIES ARE ENTERED AT OWNER'S OWN RISK, although every precaution will be taken in handling.
6. The following information must be placed on the back or under artworks: name, address, phone number, price (or NFS), medium, Artist Division and Art Category. The signature or name on your artwork will be covered for judging.
7. The hosting club(s) will set up registration and exhibition fees. A registration fee will be charged to each person attending the Convention and an exhibition fee will be charged for each artwork that you submit.
If you enter your artwork in the Convention Exhibit and do not personally attend, then you may or may not be charged a registration fee. This is at the discretion of the Convention Steering Committee and will be made clear on the registration form you receive prior to the convention.
8. The following Ribbon Awards will be made in each Artist Division and Art Category if appropriate. The host club may give other awards at their discretion. A SINGLE WORK OF ART MAY RECEIVE NO MORE THAN TWO AWARDS.
BEST OF SHOW
BEST FLORAL--DOROTHY HARGRAVES MEMORIAL RIBBON
FIRST PLACE, SECOND PLACE, THIRD PLACE AND HONORABLE MENTION (S)
9. There will be five (5) Artist Divisions, which are separated by primary skill levels.
PROFESSIONAL - artist's choice
SEMI-PROFESSIONAL - artist's choice to move up
NON-PROFESSIONAL - artist's choice to move up
ADULT STUDENT - one who has painted, sculpted, etc., for less than three years (self-study) or under the direction of a teacher. The teacher may give any and all verbal assistance needed; however, the teacher MAY NOT PHYSICALLY WORK ON the artwork to be entered in a show. After two (2) years of College Art (4 art courses) or three (3) years as an Adult Student, any LSAG member will automatically be placed in the Non-Professional Division.
SCHOOL STUDENT - Any school student, grades K-12 who has retained a student standing. When
school competition is heavy, then this Artist Division should be divided as follows:
Elementary (grades K-5)
Middle School (grades 6-8)
High School (grades 9-12)
Once an artist is established in one of the five (5) Artist Divisions, that artist may move up in Artist Divisions, but may never move down regardless of any new art mediums worked in/or submitted. An artist should show in the same Artist Division the entire LSAG year. If an artist does enter in a particular division earlier in the year and then, later in the year, enters shows in a higher division, then the artist should enter ALL of his or her artwork, for later LSAG league shows or convention registration, in the higher division.
There will be ten (10) adult Art Categories within each Competition Level, which are generally separated by art types and medium used. Local leagues may exclude categories that do not receive art entries for the judging process. The following guidelines were written to assist artists in choosing an Art Category for artwork:
Category A: Painting, not under glass or Plexiglas – oil, acrylic, encaustic, varnished/sealed watercolor paintings, and other durable painting media, including minimal mixtures of painting media such as acrylics with archival ink
Category B: Painting, under glass or Plexiglas – acrylic, watercolor, egg tempera, ink painting, Sumi-e or Oriental brush painting, pastel painting, oil, encaustic, and other such painting media, including minimal mixtures of painting media such as acrylics or watercolor with ink details
Category C: Drawing – pencil, pen & ink, charcoal, scratchboard, pastel drawing, watercolor drawings, crayon, colored pencil, markers and other types or mixtures of mark-making
Category D: Mixed Media – 2D artwork displaying two or more types of media, including assemblage, collage, acrylic or watercolor painting on scratchboard drawings (beyond minimal treatment), and other mixed media
Category E: Photography – digital and film photography minimally altered through technology using standard darkroom (like dodging and burning, etc) and traditional photographic techniques
Category F: Digital Art – all forms of digital art, including photos that have been greatly manipulated through some digital format, presented as framed art or similar presentation
Category G: Sculpture – 3-D forms in various media, including bas relief
Category H: Non-objective Fine Art in any medium, including abstract or experimental work.
Category I: Traditional Printmaking – lithography, relief, intaglio, mono-print, screen-printing, reduction block printing, and other forms of very limited-edition (less than 10 prints), fine art printing -- not reproductions of original works
Category J: Studio Fine Crafts – strictly original fine crafts created in a studio environment such as glass blowing, stained glass, pottery, woodwork, jewelry, mosaic, weaving, fiber art, metal work, and other fine hand-crafting techniques; finely crafted items, often but not always created for utilitarian purposes.
*Note: Each artist decides in which category to place his or her work, with the advice of the member league’s show chairman when needed, unless all work is juried into the league’s LSAG show.
