How to Enter
All competition entries must be submitted online using the website platform:
gogophotocontest.com/FairfieldMuseumIMAGES2020.
You must
create an account in order to submit your photographs.
Artists may submit up to 10 images as either a Professional/Serious Amateur or Student photographer (active student under 24 years of age). The museum will not accept dropped-off entries.
Artists in these categories may submit their work for consideration under the following subjects:
Landscape, Portrait, Nature, Abstract, and
Architecture.
Image resolution and file size requirements:
- Resolution: minimum 300 PPI (DPI)
- File size: maximum 10000 kB
Images are submitted online, one entry and one payment per transaction. This avoids title, file, and photographer confusion. Each entry is paid for separately.
Do not attempt to bulk upload or bulk pay for your entries. We apologize for the inconvenience.Eligibility
Open to residents of Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts.
Deadline
All entries must be received by 11:59 A.M. EST on Sunday, March 1, 2020.
Entry Donation Fees
$10 per image entry. Entries must be uploaded separately and paid for separately, at the time of online submission, and through the online submission process. Entries cannot be submitted without payment.
Your entry donations support the Fairfield Museum's education programs. Thank you! Donate-to-Vote
You may also participate in the voluntary
Donate-to-Vote, which helps the Fairfield Museum defray the cost of this online photo submission website.
There is no prize given for the winner of Donate-to-Vote. Votes are cast by making a donation ($1 = 1 vote). The photograph that received the most Donate-to-Vote support will be recognized at the opening of the IMAGES 2020 Juried Photography Show.
The Donate-to-Vote is entirely voluntary and has no influence on the jury's selection of photographs for IMAGES 2020. Notification
Photographers selected for the IMAGES 2020 exhibition will be notified by email on or shortly after Friday, March 20, 2020.
Photographers not selected will be notified by email on or shortly after Friday, March 20, 2020.
Presentation/Delivery of Selected Work
Works selected by the judges must be delivered to the Fairfield Museum for exhibition no later than 4pm on Friday, April 10, 2020.
Please include your name and the title of your work
on the back of the print or frame.
Exhibition photographs may be hand delivered or shipped in flat, reusable cardboard boxes, with bubble wrap. Please, no packing peanuts. Works will be returned in their original packaging. All return shipments will be sent via UPS 5-day ground
. Artists who wish to have the Fairfield Museum return their work are required to enclose a pre-paid UPS return shipping receipt when sending selected work. Hand delivered work that is not picked up by the deadline will not be returned and left at the artist's own risk.
Selected photographers will deliver exhibition prints prepared as follows:
Students: Matted only. White mat only, with a minimum 1" wide edge. The total overall dimensions of your work must be 14" x 18". Matted print will be displayed in acrylic mount of same dimension provided by the museum.
Professional/Serious Amateur: Matted and framed with glass/plexi and hanging wire secured about 1/3 from top. Outside frame dimensions not to exceed 600 square inches. Please, no canvas prints. Acrylic and/or metal prints are acceptable; please supply proper hanging hardware.
Sales
Photographs will not be offered for sale during the exhibition. However, information on how to contact the exhibited artists will be made available to visitors upon request.
Reproductions/Copyright
Submission for entries acknowledges the right of the Fairfield Museum to reproduce any selected work for its promotional and publicity purposes.
Liability/Insurance
Insurance for artwork in transit is the responsibility of the individual artist. The Fairfield Museum will insure works on its premises.
Your entry implies agreement to the above conditions. Thank you and good luck!