the Beauty of Handmade Art

Artists submit 2 images, 1 of the cropped piece, 1 of the artist holding the piece (for verification). Avenue Art and artists post frequently, and ask for votes. The image is assigned an identifying number for voting.  The vote form is generated by a link on a post. The top votes and a wild card piece are judged, and the winner (minimum $50) is determined. The top vote scored piece wins $20.

As long as the product is hand painted, handmade, or hand constructed the piece may be submitted for the competition.

(Our definition of this is full-time, living on income from their art (minimum $20,000/year) have strong following, have body of work, have signature style, earned national or international recognition and or have employees to do their art.

Artist is required to post the whole album when asking for Votes:

After the New Album is posted with all of the submissions and voting link. Artist should do the following:

Copy all the text in the post.

Go to bottom, select Share

Paste the text, in the "Post" area. 

Change the wording if you choose, but don't edit the link for the voting form.

When the steps are executed in this order, all of the friends can see the entire album, which gives each piece the exposure and advertisement it deserves.

Fee Options:

    •         $10.00 Exposure and Advertisement, Eligible for top vote score $20 AND the judged 1st place prize, Minimum of $50.

Artists can pay by mobile payment service through the submission form, or we can send a link for a square.  No refunds!  

Prize:

     •        The Artist who wins the 1st Place Prize, will be paid with a mobile payment service or check.

     •        Prize amounts will be determined at the beginning of the competition.  If the minimum participants are not met, the prize amount will be a portion of the amount taken in.

     •        Top vote prize: the artist of the piece that received the most score on votes will win $20.00, unless that piece was the 1st Place winner, then top vote will go to the 2nd top vote.

     •        All prize money will be US dollars.

     •        No artist can win the first place prize nor the high vote score more than once within a three (3) months’ time period (for example, a winner announced in January, is not eligible until April).    

     •        The artist who has won within a 3-month time period may submit a piece only for the purpose of exposure and advertisement during these three months.

Facebook Posts:

Avenue Art Competition will post the artists’ submissions and/or the competition Album on Facebook.  At the artists choice, the name of the artist and whether they have may have pieces for sale will be in the description and the website.

The post wording will be similar to this wording, “Public Voting/Judged Art Competition. Please VOTE by sharing the post, then click on the link and vote by filling out the survey. Remember my piece number ______!”  

The best way to share the album, copy the text>share button>paste the wording>add any personalized message and post.

If you want to share only your submission, copy the text>find your piece>share button>paste the wording>add any personalized message and post.

The more album shares the more exposure of all art.

The more an artist posts the more likely to accumulate votes.

Avenue Art Competition Will:

    •        Post on social media, a minimum of two (2) postings a week during competition

    •        Assign a unique number to the piece to appropriately post the piece associated with the correct artist.

    •        We will only post the cropped photo of the artwork and will not post the photo of the artist.

    •        Will identify the artist, the piece and if they have items for sale on the post and on the website

    •        Reserves the right to disqualify any vote, artist or piece of art upon their own discretion.

Avenue Art Competition Reserves the Right to Refuse any Artwork. 

Requirements for Artist:

    •        Anyone over 18 years of age

    •        Complete the required form

    •        Anyone with a Facebook or Instagram profile or has the ability to submit 2 images to fill out a form and attach 2 images or email marysartplace@gmail.com with required data.

    •        Submissions of political nature, violation of human rights renditions or any other unethical content will NOT BE ACCEPTED, all by discretion of Avenue Art. There will be no refunds for these submissions.

    •        Artist must be the original creator of the piece.

    •        Artist gives “Avenue Art Competition” the right to use the image on social media posts.

    •        Artist gives "Avenue Art Competition" the right to include any image submitted on the Avenue Art website

    •        All personal information the artist provides to Avenue Art through the submission is up to date, accurate and truthful.

     •        Artist takes full responsibility for any imperfections on the image.

     •        Any outside interest to purchase the art will be up to the artist and third party to corroborate the sale, “Avenue Art Competition” will not take any commission on the sale.

     •        Artist to ensure the image and artist ID are correct and properly identified as their piece.

Artist Submission Guidelines:

      •        Must submit one form/email that includes a minimum of two images per art piece submission.

              o   Image 1- Clear image of the artwork. Must be cropped to all edges of the artwork, with straight edges, with no background showing, with signature in view. (Avenue Art understands a visible image of signature may not be possible, the reason must be stated.)

              o   Image 2- Image of the artist, with the piece, waist up, including face. The artist photo must match the Facebook account being used. (This picture is for verification that the piece was created by the artist.)

             o   If submitted by a direct Email, the email must have all required information including competition  ID in the subject line.

      •        No artist can win more than once within a three (3) months’ time period (for example, a winner announced in January, is not eligible until April).

      •         The artist who has won within a 3-month time period may submit a piece for the purpose of exposure and advertisement during these three months.

      •        Within one competition, the artist will not be eligible for both the top vote and the judged first place.  It would be either/or.  In this scenario, the second highest vote score would win the top vote $20.

Voting:

Although Avenue Art will post requesting the followers to vote, the artist posting their own post of requesting votes, is at an advantage for higher scores.

If the artist shares a post they must share the entire album.

Highest vote score wins $20

The Piece ID will be emailed to you. This number will change for each submission

Avenue Art uses the platform Survey Monkey.

Voters can vote only once per form that is posted. If the form was already used for a vote, the system will not allow an additional vote.

Artists will share the original voting post but must always share the complete album with all of the submissions

Vote scoring 6 = LOVE It So Much!! This is my favorite!,  5 = Love, 4 = Strongly Like,  3 = Like, 2 = It's OK, 1 = Proud of the artist’s participation

The voting form allows you to select a second choice.  This boosts the score for other artists in addition to your favorite.

The top 3 vote scores plus a wildcard selected by the Judge will be judged for the first place prize. 

The judge will use the following criteria on a scale of 1 – 4, 4 being the highest and best score: 

Overall, Composition, Color, Balance, Followed theme, Design, Originality