For directions
and assistive services:
Union County
Office of
Cultural & Heritage Affairs
(908) 558-2550
NJ Relay Service: 711
E-mail: culturalinfo@ucnj.org

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

1. Any artist age 60 or over, currently residing in Union County, may submit one entry.

2. Entrants may be either professional or non-professional in status.

3. The entry shall have been completed in the last three years and not previously exhibited in the Union County Senior Citizens Annual Art Exhibition.

4. All work must be the original creation of the artist (mounting, matting and framing excluded). No kits or copies of others’ original artwork will be accepted.

5. Hanging craft or artwork, including photography, must be no more than 36" and no less than 11" in height and width, including matting and outer-edge frame dimension. Standing sculpture or 3-D craft may not exceed 18" in height, width or depth, including base.

6. 2D artwork must be ready for hanging, preferably using screw eyes. No tape. The artwork should be protected, where necessary, with glass, plexiglas, mylar or other clear protective material. On hanging pieces over 24”, plexiglas, not glass, is strongly recommended.

7. All work must be pre-registered; call 908-558-2552 for an application-brochure.

CATEGORIES

1. Acrylic

2. Craft - one-of-a-kind original creations only, no craft kits, molds or wearable fiber art

3. Digital Imagery - artwork generated or altered using computer graphics software, including digitally-altered original photographs
   
   Please note: Photos taken by a digital camera should be entered in the Photograph category, unless digitally-altered beyond an outcome obtainable in a traditional darkroom setting.

4. Drawing - includes pencil, pen, ink, graphite

5. Mixed Media - combines two or more media, no one of which clearly predominates; includes collage and assemblage

6. Oil

7. Pastel - includes chalk, charcoal and oil pastel

8. Photography - includes color, black & white or tinted photographs taken with a film-based or digital camera

9. Print - includes etching, dry point and intaglio

10. Sculpture - any work designed in 3-dimensions, carved or constructed in any medium, abstract or figurative, painted or unpainted

11. Watercolor - includes gouache

CLASSIFICATIONS

Professional - must meet at least two of the following criteria:

1. sold the type of art entered in the exhibition through commercial channels

2. exhibited in a professional gallery

3. held professional membership in a guild or association

Non-Professional - does not meet the above criteria

SUBMISSION OF ARTWORK

1. Artwork should be delivered to: Elizabethtown Gas Company, Liberty Hall Center, 1085 Morris Ave., Union (across from Kean University) on Wednesday, June 4, 2008 between 9 am and 2 pm.

2. Artwork submitted must have Label #1 attached to the back of the picture or base of sculpture. Keep Label #2 for your records.

3. While all possible care will be taken to safeguard the artwork, the County of Union or Elizabethtown Gas does not assume responsibility for loss or damage incurred.

4. Pick up date for non-winners: Thursday, July 17, 2008, between 9 am and 2 pm.