Illustration West 50
EXHIBITION: CLICK HERE TO GO TO ENTRY FORM COMPETITION SPONSOR: The Illustration West 50 Web Site on SI-LA.ORG ENTRY FEES WEB SITE FEES (covers 2 years on-line and updates.) ELIGIBILITY PROCEDURE CATEGORIES 1. Advertising (see last years’ acceped entries.) 2. Entertainment/ Visual Development (see last years’ accepted entries.- entertainment , visual dev. ) 3. Editorial (see last years’ accepted entries.) 4. Book (see last years’ accepted entries.) 5. Institutional (see last years’ accepted entries.) 6. Childrens’ Market (see last years’ accepted entries) 7. Unpublished & Self-Promotional (see last years’ accepted entries) 8. Student (see last years’ scholarship winners and accepted entries.) 9. Gallery (see last years’ accepted entries) 10. Graphic Novels/ Comic Books (see last years’ accepted entries) Fill out entry form completely. You will be notified of acceptance via email with a pdf. SILA reserves the right to verify information and/or reassign an entry into the correct category. Submission acknowledges the right to SILA by the artist to use them for exhibition, education, publication or promotion of Illustration West 50 and SILA. Judges’ decisions are final. ACCEPTANCE AWARDS SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS CLICK HERE TO GO TO ENTRY FORM Artwork © Keith Batcheller 2011
DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
Do you need some more time? Just let Alyce at the office know: 800-799-6368 or info@si-la.org
Keith Batcheller
JUDGES:
Dennis Brown - Illustrator
Bill Robles - Illustrator, Courtroom Sketch Artist
Michael Humphries - Art Director, Background Artist, Disney Feature Animation & Instructor, Art Center College of Design
Dick Krepel - Illustrator & Instructor, Savannah College of Art & Design
Lon Levin - Illustrator & Art Director
Mohamed Danawi- - Illustrator & Instructor, Savannah College of Art and Design
The art exhibition is planned for
early spring of 2012 at the
Gallery Nucleus
Be ready to function in the 21st century! Be sure you’re on the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles’ Illustration West 50 Web site. This Web site will include all work accepted into the largest juried illustration competition west of New York.
$35 per entry ($15 for SILA members and students entering category 8). Entry fee in full must accompany all submissions. Entry fees are not refundable.
$55 per accepted entry ($35 for SILA members and students exhibiting their own artwork in category 8). The Web site fee is required for inclusion on the Web site. Each accepted entry will be reproduced in full color on the Illustration West 50 Web site.
Except for the Visual Development category, any illustration created in or published between June 1st 2010 and June 1st 2011. The work in Visual Development category can date as far back as 2006. Entries from around the world are welcome
Each original illustration is a separate entry. Do not submit campaigns, series or complete books as one entry. Fill out the entry form(s) and upload your images and details. An email will be sent to verify receipt. You can pay with Paypal (go to www.paypal.com, click on the "Send Money" tab and, using our email info@si-la.org, follow their directions. There are no fees.) or mailing in a check or money order to: SILA Illustration West 50 P.O. Box 8143, Van Nuys, CA 91409-8143.
Commissioned and published work used for consumer/trade print ads, fashion, point of-purchase, product, packaging, outdoor, Web sites and CD-ROMS.
Commissioned and published work for promotion or packaging of entertainment events, products and organizations, including: music, motion picture, DVD/video, television, computer games, live entertainment or Commissioned work for a production of a motion picture, animation, video games, and television. Examples: character designs, layout, visual development, background paintings, and storyboards.
Commissioned and published work for newspaper, magazine, courtroom sketches including spots, and humorous works.
Commissioned and published work for fiction/non-fiction, hard & soft cover books. Includes children’s, juvenile, adult, and cookbooks.
Commissioned and published work for annual reports, corporate projects, capability projects, in-house publications, illustrated company logos, calendars, menus, calligraphy, non self-promotional greeting cards, philatelic, and collectibles.
Commissioned and published work used for the childrens’ market.
Any self-promotional work, whether commissioned or not commissioned. Sourcebook ads, mailers, gallery work, portfolio pieces, experimental, fine art. Includes all Artist’s Rep or Gallery commissioned work.
Work created for classroom projects only. Must include photocopy of student ID with entry.
Any work produced for the purpose of showing at a gallery or museum.
Commissioned and published work for fiction/non-fiction, comic books, and graphic novels. Including: character designs, layout, visual development, background paintings, pin-ups, and storyboards.
All entrants will be notified.
Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals in each category. Joseph Morgan Henninger Award (Best of Show) and the Patrick Nagel Award (For Excellence) will also be given. Work entered in the student and self-promotional categories will not be eligible for the Henninger or Nagel Awards. All accepted entries will receive Certificates of Merit. Award-winning artwork must be available for use on the Web site.
SILA will award the $1000 Phillip Hays “I love it. I think it’s terrific.” Scholarship to the Student Gold Medal winner. The Student Silver Medal winner will receive the $750 Elin Waite and Dick Oden Scholarship and the Student Bronze Medal winner will receive the Bill Tara $500 Scholarship.
