The Kingston Arts Council’s annual Juried Art Salon enables member artists from the region to enter up to three pieces in any medium and have their work judged by three professional artists. The winners and finalists are exhibited at the Wilson Room of the Kingston Public Library during the month of May. 

Entry Requirements:

• Artists must live in the Kingston region (approximate radius of 100km) or artists who reside outside the region must have strong ties to Kingston. If unsure, please contact Greg Tilson, JAS Coordinator: programs@artskingston.com. 
• Artwork must be created without the aid of an instructor. 
• Entrants must hold current membership with the Kingston Arts Council: www.artskingston.ca/join. 

Submission Guidelines:

• Completed Entry Form (ensure current phone number, email and address) to be submitted on-line, by mail, or by dropping it off at Arts Council office. 
• List of image(s) entered with the title, media, and size (max. 3 entries). 
• Artist Statement (no longer than 300 words). 
• Submission Fee $10 per entry (max 3 entries), by Cheque/Money Order or online by credit card/paypal at www.artskingston.ca (please check your membership status). 

Click here to submit your entry for 2012 online! 
http://artskingston.ca/juried-art-salon-submission.cfm

Images & Documentation

• All images and documentation must be submitted in digital format (jpeg files), no bigger than 1024 x 786 px / 72-300 dpi (please use the title of the work as the filename). 
• Include one image file per art work entry (max. 3 entries – exception for sculptural work which can have 3 images per art work entered). 
• If submitting by mail, please include the image files on a CD clearly labelled with your name/contact info. 
• Test your CD before submitting to ensure it is formatted correctly. Submission: Thursday March 29 2011 4pm: Entry Deadline Please Apply On-Line at www.artskingston.ca Or Mail Submissions to: Juried Art Salon Kingston Arts Council P.O. Box 1005 Kingston, ON K7L 4X8 Or Drop Submissions off at: Kingston Arts Council 253 Ontario Street, Suite 203 Downtown Kingston 

All entries must be received at the Kingston Arts Council offices by 4pm Thursday March 29 2012

Timeline:

Before May 1st

• First stage adjudication with digital images will take place.
• Artists whose work is selected for the final adjudication process will be contacted by e-mail

 Tuesday May 1st 6:30 – 8:30pm

• Selected art must be delivered to the Wilson Room at the Central Branch of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library 

Wednesday May 2nd 6:30 - 8:30pm

• Art not selected should be picked up during this time

Thursday May 3rd ALL DAY

• Exhibition Installation

Thursday May 10th, 7-8:30pm

• Opening Reception
• Awards presented at 7:30pm in the Wilson Room at the Central Branch of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library. There will be music and refreshments

Wednesday May 30, 6:30pm - 8:30pm

• Pick up of all art work at exhibition

Adjudication Process:

• Jurors will first make a selection from the digital images 
• Artists whose work is selected will be asked to deliver the original works on Tuesday May 1st 6:30 – 8:30pm for the final decision. 
• Artists whose work does not make the final selection will be asked to pick up their work on Wednesday May 2nd 1pm – 3pm 
• Once artwork is accepted into the show, it must remain in the Salon exhibition until it is checked out on Wednesday May 30th. 

Adjudicators:

Michael Davidge is an artist who lives and works in Kingston, Ontario.  He is currently the Artistic Director of Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre in Kingston, Ontario.  He holds degrees in both English Literature and the Fine Arts.  He is a curator, an artist, and an art critic.  His writing on art and culture has appeared in Parachute, Matrix, and BlackFlash magazine, among other publications.  He edits Syphon, an arts publication devoted to cultural activity in the peripheries.  His work “Pretty Vacancy” was selected for the inaugural AGP Triennial regional exhibition in 2012.  He frequently engages with performance as an aspect of his exhibitions, and plays regularly with the experimental free-jazz disco group, SouB?.

Jane Derby taught English at Kingston secondary schools for 30 years before enrolling at OCAD.  Since graduating in 2007, she as worked full time as an artist.  Her practice has concentrated primarily on discarded and everyday materials, and her work has been shown in Kingston, Ottawa and Toronto.  She is on the board of the Organization of Kingston Women Artists (OKWA) and has participated in, and curated, a number of shows in the Kingston area.

Gary Michael Dault is a writer, painter and art critic.  The author, or co-author of a number of books about visual arts, Dault has written countless gallery and museum catalogues.  He has written frequently for Canadian Art and Border Crossings, and , for over a decade, contributed a weekend visual arts review column (“Gallery-Going”) to The Globe & Mail.  Dault has exhibited widely as a visual artist; his latest exhibition, Envelope & Contents, was at Peak Gallery in Toronto during December 2011.  Mr. Dault also produces a column of photographs and text for the online journal, The Toronto Art Post called “Notes from Swan House”.

Sales:

• The Kingston Arts Council will facilitate all sales. 
• The KAC will withhold 20% commission of the sale price, excluding taxes, and remit ½ of this to the Kingston Public Library. Liability: 
• During the exhibition, the Kingston Arts Council will strive for project handling, but is not responsible for any damage, theft, or loss of artwork that might occur from the time of delivery until pick up. Upon delivery you will be asked to submit a signed liability form to this effect, available on-line at www.artskingston.ca. 

Waiver Permit:

• By entering the Kingston Arts Council Juried Art Salon you agree that the KAC may use your digital image for promotion purposes for the period of one year. 

Awards:

• Grand Prize (Linda Morris Award): $1300 
• Second Prize: $700 
• Third Prize: $300 
• Best Use of Colour (Hilary Scanlon Award): $100 
• People’s Choice Award 
• Nan Yeomans Award 
• 3 Youth Artist Awards

For more info Contact: Greg Tilson, Programming Coordinator programs@artskingston.com

Volunteering: We need people to help with intake of entry forms and artworks, hanging, and with the opening reception. Please let us know if you can volunteer!

The exhibition runs until May 29, 2012 in The Wilson Room, Central Branch of Kingston Frontenac Public Library, 130 Johnson Street

The following are the results of the 2011 Annual Juried Art Salon, presented by The Kingston Arts Council:

Grand Prize: Hazel Ottley - "Cross Eyed"
2nd Prize:  Maayke Schurer - "Crowbeach" (video)
3rd Prize: Chris Miner -  "Teilhard Frost and Hullabaloo"
Nan Yeoman's Legacy Award:  David Dossett - "Park Bench Lake Ontario"
Best Use of Colour:  Nicole McGrath - "The Orphan Bear"
Emerging Artist Award: Mackenzie Browning - "Sheep Stone Farm"
Honourable Mention:
Kate Yuksel - "Protector"
Rina Thibault - "The Meditation"
Bernard Clark - "On The Outskirts of Town"
Margaret Hughes - "Still Life"
The People's Choice Award: Margaret Sutherland - “Same-Same”