The following are the rules for entering into any of the Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery (LST) monthly art competitions. Please read the rules and the procedures in order to apply properly. Please try to follow the theme of each competition, as this is the most important aspect for the artist to consider. If you have any questions regarding the theme and its interpretation, please contact us at info@lightspacetime.com and we will help you with the application process.

Please read and understand thoroughly what the Light Space & Time procedures are to apply and participate in their monthly art competitions.

DETAILS:

This month’s Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery (LST) exhibition is open to all 2 dimensional artists, including photography (excluding video), without any geographic limitations. Professional or non-professional artists may apply.

AWARDS:

There will be ten winners in the top tier, including the following; first place, second place, third place, fourth place and fifth place, along with five honorable mention awards selected from all of the entries. Depending on the amount and the quality of the entries received there may also be Special Recognition awards posted as well. There is no limit to the number of images that an artist can submit.

1. Selected images will be seen by an international audience of gallery directors, art collectors, art consultants and others who appreciate fine art. The winning entries will be exhibited and featured on the Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery for a one month period of time and then placed in the gallery’s Archives for additional viewing.

2. By being placed on the LST website, each artist will be able to show and promote their art, their artistic experience, along with their personal art website. In addition, by being featured on the LST website, backlinks to the artist’s website is also provided.

3. After the art show closes for that month, the exhibition will remain in the LST Archive, for a limited time, to be viewed by additional website visitors and to also be promoted by the artist through their personal art portfolio.

4. LST will promote the winners of each exhibition in direct email promotions, press releases marketing, event promotions and in social media marketing to art collectors, art gallery owners and directors, related art professionals, corporate art representatives and interior designers.

5. LST will further promote the winning results by placing press releases to more than 70+ online Press Release sites to announce the winners of each month’s competition. Each press release will detail that month’s exhibition and when possible, advertise the artist’s professional art websites. In addition, LST also promotes that month’s art exhibition in 65+ worldwide event sites.

6. LST will also provide promotion to the artists in the Honorable Mention and Special Recognition categories by having them listed in the archive of the online gallery exhibition.

ELIGIBILITY:

LST Art Calls are open to all AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL artists, 18 years and older, worldwide (unless restricted in the call). Experimental and mixed techniques are also welcome. Only 2D work is eligible and each file may not exceed 1MB and must be in a jpeg format. No images that were selected from previous LST Competitions are allowed to be entered again.

ENTRY FEE:

The entry fee is $10.00 for two (2) entries or $15.00 three or more, up to five (5) entries.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE:

See deadline for this month’s competition and theme.

HOW TO ENTER:

1. Click on this link to enter. SUBMIT HERE

2. Upload your images in the form provided above and make sure that each step is followed closely.

3. Pay your entry fee. Payments are made online through PayPal and the artist does not need to have a PayPal account in order to make payment. The PayPal account name is submissions@lightspacetime.com

NOTE: There Will Be No Return of Any Entry Fees

IMAGE PREPARATION:

Prepare your images as required before beginning the submission process. Submissions are only accepted via the online process. Submissions as email attachments, on CD, or prints are not allowed in this competition and will not be returned.

Digital image files must meet the following specifications: JPEG files only with the largest dimension being 1000 pixels (width or height), with a resolution of 100, and JEPG compression quality of 12 (or the highest quality setting). Do not send images of your artwork which has been framed or contains watermarks. LST may color correct your images in order to enhance the overall presentation. LST may crop your images for formatting purposes for use in the Next Gen Carousel, Next Gen Slide Show, other off-site slide shows, YouTube presentations, other LST presentations and for other areas of the website if your images are chosen.

The sizing and labeling of your images is very important. Please label your image files in the following manner; last name, image #, competition name, image/entry name. Here is an Example: Smith_1_Surfaces_Wave.jpg. Please fill out the entire form and load all five (5) images before sending the upload. If the submitted images are not sized properly, the artist understands that LST may have to crop the images to conform to the format constraints.

The file name may not include characters such as #, $, &, periods or other similar characters as part of the file, and it is important to follow these instructions about the file name to allow the right storage into the image database.

Image name may not exceed 40 characters. Please note that image name is the name of the artwork, not the file name.

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY:

Please provide a short biography not to exceed 75 words and be sure to include your personal artist website for inclusion, if chosen. If you go over the amount of words the bio will be edited.

ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION:

Everyone whose image(s) is chosen for the exhibition will receive an email notification of the accepted image(s). All other participants will also receive an email with the results of the art competition.

CRITERIA FOR JUDGING:

Based on the artwork submitted to our competitions, they will be judged based on the following elements of artistic expression:

1. Interpretation and the clarity of the theme to the viewer.

2. Creativity and originality of the depicted theme.

3. Quality of artistic composition and overall design based on the theme.

4. Overall impression of the art. What is the effect of the artwork in general and as a whole? Overall, does the artwork stand on its own as a complete and outstanding work of art?

JUROR:

The Juror of the exhibition will be John R. Math and he may be assisted by other professional artists when available. John R. Math is the director and operator of the Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery. Mr. Math is an art photographer who now sells his work successfully through art galleries and art representatives, mostly in corporate art world.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Please review the dates of each month’s competition for deadlines and themes.

SALES:

Any and all purchase inquiries will be referred directly back to the artist for further disposition.

USE RIGHTS:

Artists who submit their artwork to the Light Space Time Online Art Gallery (LST) website for a single themed art competition and have any of their submitted artwork chosen for participation in that themed show agree to the following; That LST be granted usage of the chosen artwork only for display, marketing and promotional purposes for that, and for any future LST themed art show(s) and that usage of that image is limited to LST press releases, LST event presentations, LST articles, LST graphics, LST slide shows, LST presentations, LST event materials and for use on the LST website.

The artist further agrees that LST can maintain an archive of the chosen artwork for the purpose of a historical documentation and as a record of past themed shows. This archive will be available for public viewing and be limited to the LST website (www.lightspacetime.com). LST will credit each image creator with their Artist Name, File Name and the Artist Website, if applicable. Otherwise, the Artist shall maintain all copyrights of any images that are submitted to LST.

No resale of or exchange of images will occur by LST. Any images not selected for participation in any LST themed art shows may be removed from the LST and www.lightspacetime.com servers after sixty (60) days from the date of the deadline of the art competition’s published results.

All images contained herein or attached to this website are the property of the artist and the artist retains the sole copyright and all applicable rights to said images. No images may be copied or downloaded from this website.

Any questions? Contact us at: info@lightspacetime.com

Best of Luck! SUBMIT HERE