Annual Notification 2019-Few more Updates

This year we are happy to have sponsors to whom we are really grateful. With their support hope to make this year's show bigger and better.

1. Wild ARK-Nature and Photography Adventures

2. Canvas Smart

3. Sammilan Shetty's Butterfly Park Belvai

4. Maestríaa Paper and Paper Products

We also have individual sponsor this year from Wildlife Artist Meena Subramaniam. 

Annual Notification point number 17 mentions:"Artworks in the show are for sale and 10% from the sales proceeds will go the trust" We would be donating that 10% amount to Rocha India. You may read more about them from their page. This way all participating Wildlife artists this year will be actively contributing towards conservation as well!

Annual Show Call for entries!

You could be the next Indian wildlife artist for the year 2019!

Venue: Venkatappa Art Gallery (VAG) is situated Bangalore, India

Show will start from 19th Jan- 23rd Jan 2019! It would be 5 days show!

1. Flora- Landscapes, Seascapes, Botanical art

2. Avian- Artworks with Birds

3. Mammalia- Artworks with Mammals
4.Open Category- Butterflies,Insects, Reptiles, Amphibians
5. Sculpture

6 Online submission of low resolution photographed image of the artwork to be sent to us.

7 Minimum size of your original artwork without frame should be 11x14 inches and maximum size not more than 3 feet.

8 Online non re-fundable entry fee of Rs.2000 per participant.

9 The artwork must not have won any prize in any other competition anywhere in the world, or been previously published.

10 The artwork must have been created within last three years and be your own original work.

11 You must be the sole author and owner of the copyright of all artwork entered, OR if your work is copied from a photograph(s) that is/are not your own, you must have sole permission in writing from the copyright owner to use his/her work. Copies of published photographs or paintings are not eligible. Source material or proof of permission to use must be made available on request by the judges. AWN does not accept any liability in the publication of unlawfully reproduced art.

12 We might ask for reference images from which the artworks were made if your artworks get short listed.

13 All artworks must feature wild natural subjects: domestic, captive and feral animals will not be accepted, nor will cultivated plants. Wild mammals, birds, freshwater and marine life, invertebrates and wildflowers are acceptable subjects.

14 Shipping cost to be borne by artist on selected artworks from artist location to venue and from venue to artist location is artist responsibly.

15 Selected artworks need to reach us by end of December 2018.

16 All selected artist will receive the printed catalog with artworks that were on display at the show.

17 Artworks in the show are for sale and 10% from the sales proceeds will go the trust.

18 Please ensure that each painting entry is clearly marked with:

- Full Artist name

- Full postal address

- Telephone number

- Your Status (e.g. Professional, Amateur, Beginner)

- Age (if under 18)

- Title of painting

- Medium (e.g. Watercolour, acrylic, etc)

- Category

- Size including frame in inches

19 Incomplete entries will be disqualified. All entries and artwork must be submitted as good quality photographs or color photocopies (no larger than A3), original paintings cannot be accepted during selection.

20.Students can email scanned copy of their student id card with entries and their entry fee is Rs.1000 per participant.

21. Deadline for online submission is 24th November 2018.

Kindly email the entries to artistsforwildlifenature@gmail.com with screen print of online transfer.

Please make an online transfer of Rs.2000( Rs.1000 for students) to below account

Account Holder Name: A.Natarajan

A/c No: 04592010080007

IFSC Code: SYNB0000489

MICR Code: 560025082 

Syndicate Bank, Ramamurthy Nagar Branch,

Address: No.76,Raghavendra Nagar,TC Palya Main Road,Near Koshi's Hospital,Ramamurthy Nagar,Bangalore, 560016

Account Type: Savings Account

For any details kindly email the entries to artistsforwildlifenature@gmail.com

Please do share with your fellow nature artists!

Please shoot your questions now if any?

Artworks on the poster: Mark Bastion and Ramesh Jayaraj!