Competition Classes

Adult Class Descriptions:

Class A: Professional

A Professional is one who is actively engaged in the art field in his or her occupation or one who teaches classes or sells artwork for a portion of their income.

Class B: Semi-Professional

A Semi-professional is one who has reached a degree of professional quality in their work. This classification is a matter of ability and attitude more that career.

Class C Advanced Amateur

Advanced Amateur is one who will be consistently painting, striving for a
quality of workmanship, creativity, and originality that placed them above amateur.

Class D: Amateur

An amateur is one who is frequently taking classes and/or studying with more experienced painters, or uses artwork as a hobby.

Tips for taking photos/scanning your work:

1. To avoid glare, remove glass or shrink wrap from your artwork before taking a photo.
2. Lay artwork flat on the floor and take photo from above or hang it at a height where the middle of your piece will be parallel to your camera. 
3. With photos and scans, digitally crop any background so that only the artwork (with or without a frame) is visible. 
4. Use a tripod or set camera on a level surface to steady it,
5. Set camera’s timer to 3-4 seconds so that pressing the shutter button doesn’t create a shake in your image. 
6. If scanning, use a good quality scanner with clean glass.  Make sure artwork is pressed flat against the glass.

 Voting: 

• Public voting will take place from August 25th - August 27th   
• Vote by going to Facebook – facebook.com/BEC-Fair-Fine-Arts
• Voters may vote for their 3 favorite entries in each of the 9 classes
• To vote, simply "LIKE" a photo.     
• Only 1 vote per entry will be allowed.
• If voters cannot access Facebook, they may email their selections to the corresponding  email addresses above or contact a director

Winner’s Instructions: 

1. Winners will be announced on Facebook on August 28th
2. Securely frame your artwork and secure with hook eyes and wire
3. Deliver your artwork to the Home Arts building on August 24th  between 1-8:00 pm
4. If you are not able to deliver or pick up, please make arrangements for someone to do it for you. Thank you!