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CALL FOR ART ENTRIES
Competition Entry Information and Artwork Submission Guidelines

About Purple Line NOW!
Purple Line NOW! is a 501 (c) (4) nonprofit organization advocating for the Purple Line on behalf of citizens, businesses, environmental, civic, minority and labor organizations. We are celebrating the recent announcement that the Purple Line has received federal approval to move the next phase of preliminary engineering. For more information about the Purple Line, please visit our website at www.purplelinenow.com.

Purple Line NOW! seeks green mobility choices for citizens of our region and we believe the Purple Line is the most important next addition to the Maryland public transit network. The Purple Line will be a 16-miles long modern light rail and will connect Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Lyttonsville, Silver Spring, Long Branch, Takoma/Langley, College Park/the University of Maryland, M Square, Riverdale Park and New Carrollton, Maryland. The Purple Line will form an arc around the northern end of our nation's capital, tying together major Maryland suburban centers in Maryland's two most populous counties.

Put Your Creativity to the Test
We seek two dimensional works of art that celebrate how the Purple Line will connect communities and improve the transportation experience for commuters, students, shoppers, sports fans and other travelers using sleek, clean, quiet light rail trains.

How to Submit an Entry
We encourage creativity as your work reflects the mission of the Purple Line. Artists may choose to enter the Open Call Category which has no age or grade requirement or the Student Category where all artists must be currently enrolled in K-12 grade. Artwork will be judged via digital submission and winning entries will be selected for display at The Arts of the Purple Line reception event on April 26, 2012. When you are ready to submit your artwork, click on the “ENTER” button below and make sure to complete and include all requested information.

Entry Requirements and Guidelines
Winning artists will be chosen from the digital submissions and notified prior to the event. Winning artwork selected for display must be dropped off according to the dates below for installation and exhibit on April 26, 2012.

Here we go!

Step One: Digital Submission of Artwork

  1. The art must have been specifically created for the 2012 Arts of the Purple Line Art Competition (submission may not have been previously published or used for commercial purposes.)
  2. Entry must be the original work of the artist.
  3. The competition is open to anyone, of any age, however, each artist must label and submit work into the proper age category.
  4. Submission may be in any medium, but must be two dimensional
  5. Images of your art must be high-resolution (300 dpi) and be submitted in JPG/JPEG format, no larger than 1000 pixels in any direction (about 13”). No other format (i.e. pdf, psd, etc.) will be accepted.
  6. When your artwork is ready to be submitted, click on the “ENTER” button below. You will be taken to a form that must be completed and you will be able to upload your artwork there.
  7. Please use the following information as a label which must be attached to your piece should it be chosen for exhibit the evening of the event. The label should be attached to the upper (stage) right hand side of each piece of art delivered. Please make a copy for your records. The information must match your digital submission form once you click the ENTER button below.

    Name of Artist: ____________________________
    Address: _________________________________
    City, State, Zip: ____________________________
    Image Number: ____________________________
    Year Work Was Executed: ____________________
    Title: ____________________________________
    Medium: _________________________________
    Size (Framed):   w"_____       h"_____       d"_____
    Weight (Framed): __________________________

  8. Remember: Send only HIGH QUALITY JPEG format. Do not send PDFs or files that are embedded in any applications that must be run to view the JPEGs. Do not send files that end in “.exe”.
  9. Are you ready to submit your artwork? Please click here to enter the competition!

    ENTER

Step Two: Winning Artwork Chosen for Exhibit

  1. Only two-dimensional works can be accepted. Each piece has a size limitation of 36” wide and 36” high, 3” depth at any point and a weight limitation of 25 lbs. If artwork is framed, weight limitations still apply.
  2. Submission may be in any medium, but must be two dimensional (no more than 3” depth at any point.)
  3. All artwork selected for exhibit at the event will be displayed on easels and must be matted, mounted or framed to sit upright on an easel.
  4. Winning artwork will be displayed the evening of the event and must be dropped off on the date below. The event staff will perform the installation of the artwork.
  5. Your work will be handled with care and all reasonable protections will be extended during the time is in our care, custody and control, however, Purple Line NOW and Montgomery College assume no liability for any loss or damage to the artwork during delivery, installation, exhibition, de-installation and return transit.

What happens after I submit a digital piece of art?
Winners will be notified on or around March 14. If your piece is chosen to be exhibited the evening of the event, you must deliver the art work to the Cafritz Arts Center at Montgomery College on April 26, from
12 noon – 3 pm EST.

Purple Line NOW reserves the right to publish, distribute, and display reproductions of winning entries for promotional purposes which may include website images, t-shirts, buttons, and for other promotional purposes. Artwork will be attributed to the artist. Purple Line NOW will not financially compensate entrants for any expense incurred related to the Arts of the Purple Line Art Competition.

Calendar and Deadlines

  1. Application and Submissions are due no later than February 29, 2012, 5:00 pm (EST)
  2. Notification of Winners, on or around March 14, 2012
  3. Delivery of Artwork, April 26, between 12 noon and 3 pm (EST) to the Cafritz Art Center at Montgomery College
  4. Pick-up of Artwork April 26, no later than 8 pm (EST) from the Cafritz Art Center

Awards
Winning artwork will be featured at the Arts of the Purple Line reception event on April 26, 2012 and featured on our website, on event invitations, and used for promotional purposes. Winning artists may be featured in event program and artist profile will be featured on website and in newsletter. Each winning artist will receive a ticket to the event on April 26. A total of $500 in cash prizes will be divided among winning entries

Judges

Judges will include:

Ralph D. Bennett
Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland, President of Bennett Frank McCarthy Architects and President of Purple Line NOW! He remains part time faculty at the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Maryland, currently teaching courses in sustainability and coordinating part of the Masters thesis program. He has taught drawing, visual analysis and architectural theory and is a member of the Public Art Review Panel for the Montgomery County Planning Board.

Theresa Cameron
Theresa is manager of local arts agency services where she works closely with the Local Arts Advancement team to help develop and implement programs and services that strengthen the field of 5,000 local arts agencies. Previously, she was CEO of the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County (AHCMC) in Maryland for 10 years. While at AHCMC, she developed Creative Montgomery, a countywide cultural planning process as well assisting several organizations in developing cultural facilities including Strathmore Performing Arts Center, Imagination Stage, Olney Theatre Center, etc. Prior to joining AHCMC, she was manager of corporate and foundation relations at the Association of University Women Educational Foundation and also served for six years as the senior program specialist for the National Endowment for the Arts in its Local Arts Agencies Program. Theresa earned a bachelor's degree in music from the University of Wyoming and credits toward a M.B.A. at the University of Phoenix.

Joanne Gigliotti
Formerly director of The Smithsonian Associate's Studio Arts Department, Joanne has shown work in over seventy one-person and juried exhibitions across the United States. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Design, and Sculpture from Carnegie Mellon University and a Master of Education in Art from The Pennsylvania State University. Her work is represented in many permanent collections including The National Museum for Women in the Arts, The McCormick Collection, The Westinghouse Collection, and The London Library. She teaches a yearly master class for artists and works independently painting and creating jewelry and gifts based on her tile designs and exhibiting her work in museum stores.

Ken Shields
Ken has worked in publishing and design for more than 30 years, many of them in New York supporting high-end ad agencies and corporations. Having thoroughly mastered traditional print and design methods, he embraced the digital boom in the 80's and 90's and received a master's degree from Yale Gordon School of Communications Design. He continues to promote usability, quality communications, and effective design across all mediums. Today, Ken is Vice President, Publishing for the American Council of Life Insurers and is an adjunct instructor for Montgomery College, Pennsylvania, Department of Visual Arts and Design.

Tina Slater
Tina has been teaching art to children for 25 years --5 years in public schools, followed by 20 years in her program "Art After School" in Silver Spring, MD. She has a Masters in Art Education from Western Kentucky University. Currently, she serves as president of Action Committee for Transit (ACT), a Montgomery County advocacy group that has been pushing for the Purple Line and other transit initiatives for 25 years. ACT envisions a county where it is easier to travel -- a county built for people, not automobiles. ACT is very excited to support this art contest and the opportunity for artists to focus on transit that will connect our communities.

Tips and Suggestions
Visit some of these web pages to get an idea of how the Purple Line will be pedestrian friendly, safe and green by clicking on the following links:

Purple Line NOW: www.purplelinenow.com
Maryland Transit Administration: http://www.purplelinemd.com/ |
For more photos and facts, visit the following websites:
http://www.lightrail.com/photos
http://light-rail.blogspot.com/
http://www.lightrailnow.org/facts/fa_photo_menu.htm

Questions?
Please contact Christine Scott (Executive Director of Purple Line NOW!) at cscott@purplelinenow.com or via cell phone at 865-300-7959.