Calls for Entries

Deadline: Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at 11:59 pm

Exhibition: Golden Horizons

Dates: September 26, 2025 to December 12, 2025

Location:
CAC Virtual Gallery

Qualifications:
All current artist category members of the California Art Club.

Subject:
The mission of this competition is to encourage artists to develop and refine their classical art skills and spotlight their mastery by providing a new platform for showcasing contemporary-traditional works of art.

We ask artists to represent Golden Horizons via contemporary-traditional methods. Any genre of work will be eligible for consideration.

This exhibition focuses on the vibrant colors of autumn – rich golds, reds and browns – capturing the visual transformation of nature as it shifts from summer’s warmth to winter’s frost.

Examples:
Artworks could feature figures standing in a forest surrounded by golden light, or walking among pumpkin patches or picking apples. Landscapes can capture trees in full autumnal splendor, or fields ripe for harvesting. Still lifes can showcase pumpkins, gourds, and various autumnal fruits, provoking the bounty of the harvest. Seascapes can feature the evening sun, casting a golden hue over the ocean, capturing the autumn’s softer light. It’s all up to your creative imagination!

Some potential sculptures could reflect expressive animals, like deer or foxes, symbolizing the wildlife associate with the autumn.

We kindly request that artists submit works created in the last three years.

Note: NFS works are now eligible for consideration. Review updated competition guidelines here: https://www.californiaartclub.org/excellence-in-traditional-fine-art-competition/.

Medium:
Paintings in oil, watercolor, gouache, pastel or acrylic. Drawings in charcoal, color pencil or graphite.

Sculptures in permanent materials such as bronze, marble, terra cotta, fiberglass, resin or wood. Clay is acceptable, however would need to be cast if listed for sale. Otherwise NFS is fine.

Since this is an entirely virtual exhibition, there is no limit on dimensions.

Please note that no giclees, prints, photography, digital works or digitally altered works will be accepted. This will automatically disqualify artwork from the competition.

Commission:
60% Artist; 40% CAC

Submission Information:

Click Here to Submit

HOW TO APPLY

 

Submit all artwork through Online Juried Shows. There is no entry limit. 

 

ENTRY FEE

 

 

 

Please pay by credit card through Online Juried Shows. For $35, you may submit a single image. Additional images are $15. There is no limit to how many works may be submitted.

Submission fees are non-refundable.

 

NOTIFICATIONS

 

Notifications will be sent to artists via email on or around Monday, June 23, 2025.

ARTWORK DROP-OFF/PICK-UP

This exhibition is entirely virtual, so there is no need to deliver your work to any location.

 

SHIPPING and SALES

If a work sells, the collector will assume shipping costs. There is an expectation that sold works are framed. The artist will be responsible for preparing and packaging the work for shipment. The CAC will handle the sale of the artwork, itself, and any associated tax.

Artwork cannot be removed for the duration of the exhibition.

 

AWARDS

First Place:     $1,000

Second Place: $500

Third Place:   $250

Honorable Mention/s:   $100

 

Special Recognition Awards will also be additionally and exclusively available for Student Artist, Mentorship Program, and Associate Artist Members. Recipients of the Special Recognition Awards will receive $50.

 

The judge for this installment of the Excellence in Traditional Fine Art Competition is TBD.

 

Multiple opportunities for visibility will be provided for approximately 30-40 works of exceptional artistic merit from each competition. This visibility will include:

·         Exhibition on the CAC website

·         Featured posts on social media channels

·         Winners will be featured in the California Art Club Newsletter

CONSIDERATIONS

Please note the following:

·         All artwork submitted will be considered for the showcase regardless of its availability for acquisition.

·         Artwork can only sell through the CAC upon acceptance and through the end of the exhibition.

·         Giclees, prints, photography, digital works or digitally altered works will not be accepted. This will automatically disqualify artwork from the competition.

·         Please kindly submit artwork that clearly showcases the theme.

·         We encourage artists to submit an artwork statement with their submissions as this can sometimes be the tipping point for acceptance.

 

QUESTIONS

Contact California Art Club's Exhibitions Manager, Eire Hoke at 626/583-9009 or eire@californiaartclub.org.