Open Figure Drawing, Inc. would like to thank everyone who participated in our Poster Contest

Winners will be announced on April 15.

Vote online for the best posters!

Vote before April 8.

Purpose

The posters will be used as advertisements for Open Figure Drawing, Inc.

No Fee!

The competition is free and open to anyone in the world who wants to enter. This is one of the only contests to be giving away prize money with no entry fee!

Jury

Dan Bacich	local artist; 2008 Exhibitions: the Everson Biennial, the Schweinfurth Made in New York exhibit, the Cooperstown National Exhibition, and the Warehouse, Edgewood and Limestone galleries in Syracuse
Cheryl Chappell	Manager of Gallery and Custom Picture Framer, Edgewood Gallery
Marion Dorfer	Associate Professor, Program Coordinator of Surface Pattern Design, Department of Design, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University

How to Enter

Through the web:	Use our online submission form or send us an . If you do not see your submission online within 48 hours, please . The image must be in a format that can be displayed on the web, such as JPEG, GIF, or PNG, or it can be a PDF file.
Other entries:	contact Dan Shanahan, Iver Johnson (for contact by telephone), or Lucie Wellner to make arrangements.

Poster Content

Requirements:

Entries should be roughly in the same proportions as 8 1/2" x 11" letter size paper.

You must include the following text, depending on which category your poster is for. You may arrange the text as you feel appropriate.

Category 1 (OFD):	Open Figure Drawing \| every Wednesday 7-10 PM \| at the Westcott Community Center \| www.openfiguredrawing.com
Category 2 (conference):	A Sense of Drawing \| Figure Drawing Workshops \| www.openfiguredrawing.com/ASOD (more)
Category 3 (models wanted):	models wanted for figure drawing sessions \| Wednesdays 7-10 PM \| at the Westcott Community Center \| www.openfiguredrawing.com/models \| Contact Iver Johnson, 475-3400, itjohnso@syr.edu
Other text that could be included:	Open Figure Drawing celebrates its 20th anniversary

Artists can include any additional text they feel goes with their poster.

Artwork on Our Website:

Some of the artwork on our website can be used in poster submissions.

Suggestions:

Please consider that images with certain types of nudity cannot be widely used as advertisements. Abstraction as well as conveniently located objects or cropping are appreciated. You never know what people will find offensive. That said, you can include any whatever of images you like in your submissions, because we don't know what people will find offensive either.

Deadline

Get your posters to us by April 1st, 2009. Winning entries will be announced on Wednesday, April 15th, 2009.

Agreement

All entrants agree that any image they submit to OFD Inc. may be used for marketing and promotional purposes directly related to OFD Inc. purposes. This use may include publication in any OFD Inc. publications, printed materials, advertisements, or electronic media, including but not limited to the OFD Inc. web site. Any image used by OFD Inc. shall carry a credit line of the artist(s). Copyright and all other rights remain that of the artist(s). The winning images will be reproduced in black and white as well as color. Winners will be asked to supply a high resolution digital image or the original for scanning purposes.

A PDF version of this prospectus is available for download, but please check this web page for the latest updates. Updates will likely appear on this page before they make there way onto the PDF.