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NVCA Open Submission for Local Artists

Open submission runs from December 5, 2022 to February 6, 2023

Official Rules and Regulations

About the project

NVCA is looking to start selling merchandise to help to raise funds to maintain our conservation areas. All proceeds raised will be used to improve safety, maintain infrastructure, create and enhance wildlife habitat, and much more!

Items we are looking to sell items that include shirts, hoodies, and hats.

As part of this new initiative, we would like to invite everyone who lives in the Nottawasaga Watershed to submit artwork that best represents what they think of two of NVCA's conservation areas: Tiffin Conservation Area and Nottawasaga Bluffs Conservation Area

Subject of artwork:

• Must depict either the Tiffin Conservation Area or Nottawasaga Bluffs Conservation Area
  

Artwork requirements

• All art pieces must be submitted in a digital format, such as a jpeg file
• Art must be in colour
• Art must be in the shape of a circle or a rectangle
• Art must not include shading or thin lines as it will be embroidered onto fabric
• The art work should be suitable to become an embroidered piece

Submission requirements

All submissions must include the name, mailing address, phone number and email address of the artist.

Open submission duration

The open submission will begin on December 5, 2022 and end on February 6, 2023.

Eligibility

The NVCA Open Submission for Local Artists is open to artists who live in NVCA's watershed, except for current employees and board members of NVCA and/or their immediate family members.

The Nottawasaga Watershed includes 18 municipalities and spans from Wasaga Beach in the northeast to Moonstone and Bass Lake, southeast through Barrie and Bond Head to Hwy 9 then westward to Orangeville then heading north through Collingwood to Nottawasaga Bay. Artists can check to see if they live in the Nottawasaga Watershed by using NVCA's Interactive Data Viewer.​

To be considered for this opportunity, all artworks must be original art pieces and submitted by the artist that created the artwork.

Judging

A panel of NVCA staff will review artwork submissions and have their top picks judged by the public. There will only be one winner and two runners up. To be chosen on/by February 13, 2023.

Winner

1^st place: $350, annual parking pass, choice of merchandise item with their design

2^nd place: Annual parking pass, art displayed at the subject conservation area

3^rd place: Annual parking pass, art displayed at the subject conservation area

How to submit portfolio​

Please email submissions to events@nvca.on.ca

NVCA Open Submission for Local Artists

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