Entries close MAY 20, 2009

Entry terms and conditions

Although cyber exposure is a valuable tool, the aim of the World Masters of the Art Awards is to provide most importantly, an introduction to galleries and museum curators, the media, art collectors, art agents, art distributors and art publishers. That is where exposure means economical growth to the artists. Exposure through our websites and internet is also important as it creates a window to what is going on in the world of popular and contemporary art amidst an age of automation and high tech.  

The Awards are open to all mature International artists in the following categories:

• REALISM includes paintings portraying the subject as seen.
• SUREALISM include visionary, fantastic, imaginary and other forms of surrealism
• MODERN ART includes all paintings from expressionism, etc to abstract.
• MIXED MEDIA includes artworks such as assemblage and sculpture.
• DIGITAL ART is all art produced or retouched with the use of a computer.
• PLEIN AIR   
• PHOTOGRAPHY GENERAL
• SCPULTURE

Note although the subject is unrestricted the majority of the composition must be created by the artist.  

There is two phases to the Masters Contest.
First phase all entries will be on display on our website for online voting and judging by the panels of the World Art Foundation members from  May first to may 30th. The judging is via the Internet and decided by both the WAP members and a panel of judges and appointed critics.  Announcement of the winners will be made on or after May 27th.  All select will be bestowed  the Master Status Designation. (MSD) for  their category.

Second phase, the selected work of 10 entries of each category will be sent to the world Art Foundation where the panel will have the opportunity to physically view and decide to whom they will bestow the World Master designation on the 3 selected winners.

The winning artworks will delivered to the World Art Expo in California and the World Master of the Arts Award will be bestowed upon the winning artists in a gala ceremony.  
With the results online as a permanent winner’s gallery exhibit in the New Year. One entry is allowed per artist and in one category only. The decision of which category to enter is entirely up to the artist however the Masters committee reserves the final decision.  

Copyright of entered artworks remains the property of the artist who agrees to grant permission to Art Dept to use the submitted material in exhibits on our web site. All entries are permanently archived and displayed online. Your permission to display the entry for the contest and later in the archives cannot be reversed and its use or removal is entirely at the discretion of Art Dept.

Participation fee
An Participation fee of US $100.  Entry fees are to be paid online using credit card and no other method of payment will be accepted. If you do not have a credit card, please seek the help of a friend payments can be made online using our secure gateway and are not live transactions.

THE WINNERS ART WILL BE EXHIBITED IN THE HALL OF MASTERS WHERE IT WILL BE VIEWED BY THE MEDIA, ART GALLERIES, MUSEUM CURATORS IN A COCKTAIL PARTY FOLLOWED THE NEXT DAY BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC

• The President nominates the International Jury to be composed of members chosen among Contemporary Art critics and historians of international reputation. The International Jury will assign the MASTER AWARDS  to the winning artists of the World Art Expo.
  
  
• The President, in collaboration with International Jury, will nominate the members. The Committee will have the task of selecting the artists to be admitted to the exhibition. The President will inform each member of the Committee of the number of artists to be selected. Furthermore, an Internal Committee, composed of art experts, will contribute to the selection of artists to be admitted to the World Art Expo.
  
  
• The World Art Expo accepts Artists who are known or still unknown at national or international level; therefore the country of origin’s cultural societies may also select “emerging” artists. The appropriate documentation will be sent to the members of the International Country of origin cultural societies who must forward them back to the World Art Expo as soon as possible.  
  
  
• The International Jury, composed of eminent scholars of Contemporary Art, is responsible for assigning awards. The Jury reserves the right to divide works into appropriate categories and sub-categories, and will assign awards at its discretion.  
  
  
• Artists are not required to be present during the World Art Expo. Costs for transportation of the works, including insurance in transit and in the warehouse before and after the EXPO, are in addition to, and not included in, the Artist's share to participate in the World Art Expo. The Technical instructions -   contains the instructions for and terms and conditions concerning shipping of the works and also detailed explanation regarding the reason why it is extremely important not to use express couriers for sending your artwork but a shipping company that has experience in managing  Fine Arts Customs. These will be sent no later than May 20th, 2009, by e-mail. Confirmation of receipt of this document is essential.
  
  Disclosure 
  The Value of the awards
  The rate card value of the Cover of umbrella’s magazine is $10,000
  The rate card value of an advertorial page is $4,400
  The award has a $250 value
  Printing of a premium Giclee is valued at $150 each
  Each magazine has a $4.95 price