My Feenix Art Contest

My Feenix art contest is opened to adults and well as high school students From continental United States, Alaska or Hawaii and offers an award of $10 000 to the winner. The challenge is to depict a character, Feenix, from New York Times best selling Urban Fantasy Novel, Blood Trinity. Three categories of art are accepted, 2-d traditional art, digital art and 3-d art. Each category is limited to 1500 entries. Deadline to enter this contest is July 9th.

This will be a juried competition and all art will initially be judged to choose the finalists. Finallists will then be displayed at live gallery event in Atlanta, Georgia that will be open to the public and covered by the media. During this gallery event the final judging will be done.

Scoring will be based on the following criteria:

• Physical representation closest to the character in the book (10 points)
• Capturing Feenix’s personality (10 points)
• Creative flair (5 points)
• Quality of art (5 points)
• Visually pleasing (3 points)

Judges for this competition are:

Dave Akins
Catherine S. Perry
Wes Sarginson
Alexi Torres
Su Walker
Barbara Vey, Publishers Weekly

It is absolutely free to enter, however only one image per person will be allowed.

For more information visit the official My Feenix website, where you can read about the official contest rules and FAQs.

This article was written by the artist and guest writer ArmadaVolya

Art in the Square Delray Beach 2011

Art in the Square is to take place on October 29th -30th, 2011 in Delray Beach, Florida. This event is produced by RPG Productions, LLC. to support local art programs and Make-A-Wish Foundation®. During this event Old School Square Cultural Arts Center will be transformed into an outdoor art gallery with works of some of the best artists and craftsmen both from South East and from around the country. Art in the Square will be a juried event with awards ranging from $400 to $3000.

On display will be: ceramics, drawings, fabrics, glass, graphics, jewelry, metalwork, paintings, pastels, photography, printmaking, sculpture, wood and mixed media. This event is expected to attract many collectors and dealers as well as national and regional media as well, as trade publications. Art in the Square will take place in the beginning of the holiday shopping season and is expected to bring in a lot of shoppers.

For artists who wish to participate, a $17 fee and a $100 deposits are required. The deposit is to be returned if not accepted. 12x12 booths are available for $400. You can find out more by going to the RGP Production, LLC website. A $50 discount on the booth is offered to members of NAIA (National Association of Independent Artist), Palm Beach Artists Guild, South Florida Artists Association, and Women in the Visual Arts Inc.

During the promotional period frequent show updates and artist profiles will be circulated to media outlets as well as emailed to a combined email subscription list of over 47,000 industry professionals, art collectors and artists. All this will ensure a widespread coverage of the event and artists participating in it.

Art in the Square will be advertised through: Palm Beach Post, Sun-Sentinel, New Times Magazine, radio, television, street banner advertising, street flyer distribution in strategic downtown locations, and billboard advertising.

RPG Production will continuously post updates and will heavily promote artists on Facebook, Twitter and ArtFestivals4You.com.

Visit this page to sign-up for the Art in the Square Delray Beach 2011 and to learn more about the festival.

This article was written by the artist and guest writer Armada Volya

Armada Volya - Guest Writer for The Art Inquirer

The Pennsylvania based Ukranian artist Armada Volya is the first guest writer for The Art Inquirer.

An art expert, artist/craftswoman who works in several media, as well as knowing the works of several artists, Armada will contribute to the continuous progress and innovation of this blog.

With this new step, The Art Inquirer manifests its intention of being a reference in the art world as a reliable, informative and constantly updated resource.

Armada is the author of the blogs From the World of Art and Armada Volya's Art Corner.