HOLLANDAISE
HORSEY

In french cooking, sauce and knife skills are the beginning of all knowledge.  You would be simply amazed by how many sauces start with a basic hollandaise.   Similarly, horses are the foundation of many an art class.  I had an art teacher that once said to me, “If you can master sketching a the complex form of the majestic horse, all of art is at your fingertips.”  I never mastered sketching a horse, but I can make a mean hollandaise.  Luckily, this next Call doesn’t require that I SKETCH a horse. Take a look…

Check out this great Call for Entries in Ex Arte Equinus 5 brought to you by Art Horse Magazine. The fees are reasonable, and this in an excellent opportunity to get true value from Art Publications. Take a look…

*Editor’s Note: For those of you out there familiar with being shunned from high-profile traditional shows for producing Digital Art, please note… this is your chance to get contemporary work into a more traditional format which is always a way to increase acceptance.  It is worth a closer look, trust me.

CALL for ENTRIES:
Ex Arte Equinus 5

Ex Arte Equinus is an international art competition dedicated to presenting the horse as fine art.  Ex Arte Equinus is a competition that provides contemporary Equine Artsts the opportunity to showcase their work in a Fine Art framework and have it seen on an International level.

Images of winning artwork will be published in issue #14 of Art Horse Magazine (published March 2012).  Winners and selected images will also be published in a limited edition hardback book about the show, available from Art Horse Magazine. 

ELIGIBILITY: Contest is open to artists worldwide.  Open to artists 17 years and older.  All artwork must be original work executed by the artist. Works produced by non-human artists are not eligible.  Works based on a photograph must have the photographer’s permission before entering that work.  Works must include a suggestion of an equine form in the image submitted (i.e. a still life painting of tack or hunting dogs would not be acceptable for this show).  Previously submitted works are welcome, however works that placed or appeared in any previous Ex Arte Equinus competition or book are not eligible.

MEDIA: Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Digital Art and Photography. 

DEADLINE: October 30, 2011

NOTIFICATION: Accepted artists ONLY will be notified of their placings via email on or about sixty days from final entry deadline.

ENTRY FEE:  $30.00 per artist for up to 3 entries.  Additional entries up to twelve may be added at $10.00 each.   

JURORS:  Susan Leyland (Sculpture category), Linda Shantz (Drawing category), Bev Petit (Photography category), Valarie Wolf (painting category), and Lyne Raff, editor (Digital Art category).  Overall prizes will be juried by Juliet Harrison, show director, and Lyne Raff, editor.

AWARDS:  Prizes include rosettes for first place through third place for each category.  First place and overall winners receive custom glass awards and one copy Ex Arte Equinus V programme book.  Winning works will be included in issue #14 (Winter, 3/12) of Art Horse Magazine and in the published show programme book as an opportunity to present the work to an international audience of equine art collectors and enthusiasts. All work that is selected into Ex Arte Equinus V will be presented on the Art Horse magazine website and in the published show program, which will be available for sale through the website. 

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