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Colored Pencil Society of America
Submit up to two original colored pencil artworks (predominantly colored pencil with additional media, techniques, or surfaces) created in 2024 or later for consideration in a juried online exhibition.
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Get matched →Explore This! is the 23rd annual juried online exhibition of the Colored Pencil Society of America. The show requires artwork to be predominantly colored pencil and include other medium(s), techniques, surfaces, or elements.
Open to living artists 18 years or older, regardless of geographic location. Members and non-members receive equal consideration and treatment.
Artists may submit up to two unique works created on or after January 1, 2024 and not previously displayed in any CPSA Explore This! exhibition. The juror will select no more than one entry per artist.
Awards include the $2,000 Best of Show and EXPY award with cash and product awards of about $8,000 for other winners. For CPSA members, having work appear in the show counts toward CPX signature status and merit levels.
Work must have been completed on or after January 1, 2024. Artwork must be predominantly colored pencil and must include some other medium, technique, surface, or element such as: ink, watercolor, pastel, acrylics, oil paint, markers, exposed graphite, collage or montage, artist-prepared surface, or three-dimensional surface. Artwork must be solely the original concept and design of the submitting artist.
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