The exhibition for JM2010 will run from 18 September 2010 - 3 January 2011.

 

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Conditions of entry

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The entrant:

Must live or be professionally based in the United Kingdom.

Must adhere to the key dates as follows:

  • Stage1: Deadline 5 March 2010
    Submission of digital image of the painting (one per artist).
  • Stage 2: Sending in week 17- 21 May 2010
    Delivery of shortlisted paintings for final judging.
  • Exhibition at Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool:
    18 September 2010 - 3 January 2011

May enter one painting only.

Substitutes cannot be accepted.

Undertakes that thework submitted is of his or her own origination, and that he or she holds allmoral and intellectual property rights in that work.

Accepts that the images and painting, if shortlisted,are entered at the artist's risk. The entrantmust submit the official registration form or the entry will be invalid.The organisers are not liable for any loss or damage incurred to the image or painting, if shortlisted or selected for the exhibition itself.

If shortlisted for Stage 2 and the exhibition, the entrant remains entirely responsible for the transportation of the painting to and from the depot. The organiserswill not be liable for any loss or damage, however caused, either in transit to and from the exhibition, or during any period of storage, packing or unpacking, or in any period in which theworkmay be on their premises or in their keeping.

Is strongly advised to take out their own commercial insurance to
cover their work in transit (two-way), at the depots, throughout the judging period and, if selected, during the exhibition itself. Exhibitors will be required to collect their work from the specified depots. Accepts that the painting submitted will be available for sale in the exhibition and that the Walker Art Gallery, should
they be interested, is given first option to purchase thatwork.

Accepts that, if a final exhibitor, all sales of exhibited work must be
undertaken by NMLTrading Ltd during the exhibition period. If selected for the exhibition agrees to the reproduction of their work
(at no fee) in association with the exhibition, including press, publicity, merchandise, catalogues and postcards etc.

Is aware that National Museums Liverpool is registered under the
Data Protection Act 1998.

The image(s)

Digital images of the submitted work must be JPEGS no larger than 5MB in size. One image showing the painting as a whole must be submitted. An optional second image may be submitted if collage and/or relief have been used within the painting.This may show a detail or a different angle of the same work. The image(s) of the painting must not be manipulated in any way and must be of the painting entered.The painting shown on the image(s) must be available, if shortlisted, for Stage 2 of the competition and the exhibition itself.

The image(s) and completed entry form can be submitted online. If you are unable to enter or submit images online, you can post your image (via CD or 35mmcolour slide) to the John Moores Projec tManager with a completed entry form. Slide entries
will be converted to digital images for Stage 1 judging. Unfortunately we are unable to return slides or digital images.

Full details about entering online or by post, including digital image requirements, will be given in your Confirmation of Registration form once you have registered. Please do not submit images until you have received Confirmation of Registration.

The painting

Must be new or recent (preferably executed since the last John Moores exhibition held in Autumn 2008).

Must be wholly or partly executed in any painted medium.

Must be designed to hang on a wall.

Must be the originalwork of the artist named on the registration form.

Must, if shortlisted for Stage 2, be the same work as that submitted as an image at Stage 1 and be available
for Stage 2 of the competition and if selected for the exhibition itself.

When packed for transport, should measure nomore than 3m x 3.75m.

When unpacked, it must project no more than 0.5m from the wall. Work made up of more than one piece, such as a diptych or triptych, must also be no larger than 3m x 3.75m when displayed on a wall.

The exhibition

Works shortlisted for Stage 2 must be available from the sending in week to their return following the judging. If selected for the exhibition, they must continue to be available from Stage 2 judging to the close of the exhibition. They may not be removed before the exhibition closing date which is Monday 3 January 2011. Work sold from the exhibition is subject to a 20% commission charge.

This charge will be made by NML Trading Ltd upon completion of
the sale and will be invoiced to the exhibitor. The commission charge will attract VAT at the prevailing rate and this will be shown on the invoice to the exhibitor. The charge will be based upon the sale price cited by the exhibitor. Where the exhibitor is registered for VAT, the sale price will, for commission purposes, be the price
exclusive of the VAT charge.

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