Artist Agreement

2024 Highlands Juried Art Exhibit

ENTRY FORMS & IMAGE UPLOAD LINKS

The Deadline for entries is Friday, August 23 at 11:59 p.m.

READ BELOW, or you may download these sections if you want to print them: 

https://highlandsart.org/prospectus-pdf

IMPORTANT: Please read all the information below, then come back here and click these links below to enter your images.  

ADULT CATEGORIES    ADULT - Photography     ADULT - Fine Art 

YOUTH CATEGORIES    YOUTH - Fine Art     YOUTH - Photography

NUMBER OF IMAGES YOU MAY ENTER, & FEES

· ADULTS: As many as six (6) images. $20 for the first three images, then $5 for each additional image

· YOUTH: Three (3) images. There is no entry free for Youth.

SCHEDULE

AUGUST

8/23 Friday  Deadline for entries is 11:59 p.m.

8/28 Sunday Acceptance notices and loan agreements emailed 

8/30 Friday Artist deadline to submit final brief artist statement, and a biography if applicable.

SEPTEMBER

9/22-24 Sun/Mon/Tue By appointment. All works & agreements delivered to Maxfield’s.

Packing materials to be retained at Compton Gallery until pickup.

9/29 Sunday 2:00–5:00 p.m. Opening Reception 

OCTOBER

10/4 Friday 5:00–9:00 p.m. Exhibit is open for Boonton Main Street First Friday festivities

DECEMBER 

12/29 Sunday 2:00–4:00 p.m Closing Party

Afterwards, at 4:00, Artists (or their representative) will pack up their works and take them

home.

Remaining artworks to be picked up by appointment the following week. 973-910-2400­­­­­­­­­­­

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EXPANSIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:

NOTE: This is a 3-month-long exhibit. If your art is accepted, you may replace your work with an appropriate curator-approved piece.

• 1. All art submitted (whether or not it had been exhibited in Highlands shows) will be considered for inclusion in our auxiliary Entr’Exhibits, which are held in-between the annual juried exhibits, including at venues such as Compton Gallery in Boonton and Farmstead Arts in Basking Ridge, NJ. Click this link to view our past exhibits http://www.highlandsart.org/exhibits
• 2. Award-winning images will accompany press releases to be sent to prominent NJ news outlets and publications. 
• 3. Selections from the exhibit will be posted on social media channels and featured on the New Jersey Highlands Coalition website. https://njhighlandscoalition.org/ 
• 4. The entire exhibit will be archived (with artists’ permission and Copyright credit) on its dedicated Annual Juried Art Exhibit website at https://highlandsart.org

AWARDS & PRIZES:

Thanks to generous donors, the following prizes will be awarded:

ADULT CATEGORIES:

FINE ART 

Grand Prize $300

Second Place $200

Third Place $100

PHOTOGRAPHY

Grand Prize $300

Second Place $200

Third Place $100

YOUTH CATEGORY:

FINE ART

First, Second, Third Place and   Honorable Mention Youth fine art awards include a free art workshop with 

an award-winning art instructor at   Speakeasy Art Gallery in Boonton

PHOTOGRAPHY

First, Second, Third Place and   Honorable Mention Youth awards include a free photography workshop 

with notable landscape photographer   and exhibit founder, Dwight Hiscano

AWARDS JUDGES

• HAL BROMM will judge the fine art awards;      owner Hal Bromm Gallery in NYC. Hal opened Tribeca’s first art gallery in      1975, and hosted Keith Haring’s first major solo exhibition.      https://www.halbromm.com/ 
• DWIGHT HISCANO will judge the Photography      awards. Dwight is a NJHC Trustee, founder of the Highlands Juried Art      Exhibits AND Internationally published and highly collected landscape      photographer exhibited by the Smithsonian, the National      Geographic-sponsored International Mountain Summit in Italy, the Capitol      Rotunda, the Ross Art Museum and more. https://www.dwighthiscano.com/
• PAUL & KRISTY JACH will judge the Youth art awards;      Co-owners and curators of Speakeasy Art Gallery in Boonton, NJ showcasing      international contemporary artists to offer art collectors and enthusiasts      a playful mix of Hi Art with an edge and Lowbrow with masterful technique.      https://www.speakeasyart.com/

CLICK HERE for a complete list and profiles of our all our Jurors & Awards Judges

Highlands Art Exhibit 2024

READ BELOW, or you may download these sections if you want to print them:

https://highlandsart.org/prospectus-pdf

1. ELIGIBILITY

     A. All adult entrants 18 years of age or older on August 4, 2024 will be classified in the Adult Category. 

     B. All youth artists under 18 years of age on August 4, 2024 will be entered into the Youth Category.

     C. Employees and Trustees of the New Jersey Highlands Coalition, and their immediate family members, and employees and trustees of Maxfield Engine House and Boonton Preservation Project and their immediate family members, and jurists and judges of the competition and their immediate family members are not permitted to enter. 

2. NUMBER OF IMAGES YOU ARE ALLOWED TO ENTER:

• ADULTS (age 18 and older): You may enter up to six (6) images. 
• YOUTH: You may submit a maximum of three (3) images. 

3. SALES, COMMISSIONS, PAYMENTS & PROCEEDS: 

Artists are encouraged, but not required to offer their work for sale. If they chose to do so, proceeds will be split 70/30, with 70% of the sale price going to the artist and 30% going to the New Jersey Highlands Coalition. Artists will receive payment from sales proceeds thirty(30) days after the exhibit closes.

4. MEDIA & STYLE: 

     A.  Artwork may be abstract or representational, and may include two- and three-dimensional paintings, drawings, pastels, original prints (lithographs, etchings, monoprints, serigraphs, monoprints etc.), mixed-media, fiber, sculptures, digital art and photographs, as well as 3-D and carving.

     B.  Photographs should not be heavily manipulated; only minor burning, dodging, contrast and color adjustments are permitted. Heavily manipulated photographs or digital art portions of photographs may be accepted as “mixed media”.

     C. Abstract images are also accepted, as long as they are inspired by the New Jersey Highlands. 

     D. Images created with AI (Artificial Intelligence) will not be accepted.
 

5. SIZE

     A. 2-DIMENSIONAL WORKS Must be framed, wired, and ready to hang or it will not be accepted. 2-dimensional work must be limited to 78 inches on its longest side, including frame.

     B. 3-DIMENSIONAL WORKS (for example, sculpture or carvings) must be either free-standing or suitable for hanging: 

1. If hanging, the work may protrude 4 inches or less from the wall when hung.
2. Free-standing sculpture and carvings must not exceed 44 inches in any direction, including a base, if applicable

6. SUBJECT & CONTENT: 

     A. Each submission must feature or be inspired by the flora, fauna, landscapes, natural, cultural or historic resources of the Highlands of New Jersey, NY, PA & CT, or flora and fauna typically found in the Highlands.

See maps & municipalities here:https://highlandsart.org/about-the-highlands

Images of individual plants and animals from outside of the Highlands will be accepted, as long as the species depicted is found within the Highlands Regions of Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Please note that New Jersey’s Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is considered part of the New Jersey Highlands due to its location and any work featuring the Great Swamp will be accepted.

     B. Submitted work must not contain any offensive, sexually explicit, or inappropriate content. 

     C. Work depicting any recognizable person or persons must be accompanied by a signed model release. 

7. ART AVAILABILITY FOR ADDITIONAL EHXIBIT OPPORTUNITES: 

This exhibit at Maxfield is a 3-month-long exhibit. If your art is accepted, you

may replace your work with an appropriate curator-approved piece.

     A. Compton Gallery Exhibit: If the prize-winning award-winners (Grand Prize, First Place, and Second Place and Honorable Mentions in each category) are no longer available for the Compton Gallery exhibit, then the curator may ask those artists for acceptable substitutions. Dates and delivery details to be announced.

     B. Other Entr’Exhibits: Selections will be curated from allpast Juried Exhibit submissions, regardless of whether they had been shown in previous Highlands exhibits.

8. OWNERSHIP, COPYRIGHT AND IMAGE USAGE

     A. All work must be the property of the entrant; entrant must be the copyright owner and the work must not infringe on the rights of others. 

     B. Entrants will retain Copyrights to their works. Entrants acknowledge that, if their art is accepted and exhibited, they grant the Highlands Art, New Jersey Highlands Coalition, Boonton Preservation Project /Maxfield Engine House the right to reproduce, distribute, and display your art in connection with the exhibit, or for promotion of the exhibit on our websites, catalog, press releases and social media. Proper Copyright information will be included. You may rescind this permission at any time.

SECTION 3 – INSTRUCTIONS  Prospectus, 2024 Highlands Art

READ BELOW, or you may download these sections if you want to print them::

https://highlandsart.org/prospectus-pdf

1. PAYMENT 

NOTE: If you have any problems with this, please call 973-910-2400

ADULT ENTRANTS  over age 18

                 FEES:

                 3 pieces, adult: $20

                 4 pieces, adult: $25

                 5 pieces, adult: $30

                 6 pieces, adult: $35 

TO PAY ONLINE: Visit  https://newjerseyhighlandscoalition-bloom.kindful.com/e/2024-highlands-juried-art-exhibit  

TO PAY BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER: 

• Include "Art Exhibit 2024" in the memo line.   
• Address your payment to:

 NJ Highlands  Coalition

Attention: Highlands Juried Art Exhibit 2024.

508 Main  Street, Boonton NJ 07005

YOUTH ENTRANTS under age 18: There is no entry fee for youth entrants. Limit is three images.

2. PREPARE YOUR JPG IMAGES:

A. IMAGE QUALITY: 

1. Please be sure your signature is not visible on the face of your artwork, so that our jurying process is fair and discrete. 
2. Please make sure your artworks are well photographed, evenly lit, and accurately depict the work represented in color and detail, without artifacts such as shadows or reflections, with accurate colors and even borders. 
3. Please avoid artifacts such as shadows or reflections when photographing your work. Poor reproductions of  your work will decrease your chances of being accepted. 

B. SCULPTURE & FREE-STANDING ART AND CARVINGS: At least two images of each piece must be 

submitted, showing at least two different angles. 

C. DIGITAL (jpg) IMAGE TITLES & FILE SIZE

1. All images must be submitted in digital jpeg format. Each image should be no smaller than 1MB nor exceed 10MB (the higher the better, for example: minimum 3000 pixels or better on the long side and minimum 3MB). Please call if you have any questions. NOTE: My business phone number has techical issues, so if you need to reach me by phone, please CALL 973-452-9750
2.  On the submission form, the first field is “Image Title”. Type in your actual jpg file name, (see example below) which must include the following information, in this order: entrant's name, artwork title, medium, outside dimensions (including frame).  Use underscores ( _ ) between terms. EXAMPLE: Smith_John_Sunrise_at_the_Lake_Photograph_18hx24w.jpg  

After you have read Sections 1, 2 & 3, please click a link below to enter our images.

ADULT CATEGORIES    ADULT - Photography     ADULT - Fine Art 

YOUTH CATEGORIES    YOUTH - Fine Art     YOUTH - Photography

4. IF YOUR ART IS ACCEPTED

Please send the following information in an email by September 24 to; highlandsart@njhighlandscoalition.org

An artist statement. This can be brief, or up to three paragraphs, about your personal

connection to the Highlands, how you are inspired by the landscapes, the wildlife, the cultural and historic resources of the Highlands, how you discovered the Highlands, etc. Some optional suggestions perhaps include:

• Your preferred media
• Your artistic influences, evolution or direction
• Location of the subject of your art, and any historical information
• Bio/CV including, if applicable
• Where you live
• Your professional influences, affiliations or occupation
• Galleries/Exhibits
• Projects, books or other publications, education, associations, grants, awards etc.

B. Entrants will retain copyrights to their work. 

C.  If your art is accepted, The following agreement will be required to be checked on the online entry form: I understand that I retain all rights to my images. If one or more of my images is selected by the juror of a Highlands Art exhibit, now or in the future, I hereby grant to Highlands Art, The NJ Highlands Coalition and Maxfield Engine House/Boonton Preservation Project the non-exclusive use of those images for the sole purposes of reproduction in the exhibit catalog; on the above respective organizations' social media and websites, and press releases. I agree that I am fully and solely responsible for the content of my images, including the reproduction of the likeness of recognizable individuals. I understand that I may rescind this agreement at any time.

5. DELIVERY & HANDLING OF ARTWORK

A. Accepted art must be dropped off and picked up at Maxfield’s Engine House during the dates and times provided (see ­Deadlines and Schedule, above).

B. All work must be wrapped, boxed or otherwise protected to enable easy transport. 

C. Please use a reusable cardboard box, a reusable portfolio or a reusable bubble wrap pouch. 

D. Please DO NOT use excessive amounts of packing tape; your packaging will be reused and handlers must be able to easily pack and unpack each piece. 

E. All packaging will be retained at Compton gallery and returned with each artwork.

6. SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY 

The Deadline for entries is Monday, August 19 at 11:59 p.m.

After you’ve read all the information above, click these links to enter:

ADULT CATEGORIES    ADULT - Photography     ADULT - Fine Art 

YOUTH CATEGORIES    YOUTH - Fine Art     YOUTH - Photography

Thank you, and good luck; we look forward to receiving your submissions. If you have any questions at all, NOTE: My business phone number has techical issues, so if you need to reach me, please email highlandsart@njhighlandscoalition.org or CALL 973-910-2400

email: highlandsart@njhighlandscoalition.org

web site: https://www.highlandsart.org