Richmond Arts in the Park 2027

Medium Categories

• 2-D Mixed Media - Original, flat, wall-hanging artwork created using two or more distinct physical art materials or artistic methods combined on a single flat surface. All components must be created by the artist.
• 3-D Mixed Media - Original, freestanding or hanging sculptural artwork that has height, width, and depth, and is built using two or more different physical materials or art mediums. All components must be created by the artist.
• Ceramics / Pottery - Original functional and/or decorative works created by the artist from clay, porcelain, stoneware, and/or earthenware. No factory-produced or RAM pressed work allowed. All work must be signed.
• Digital Art - Any original work for which digital technology is the primary tool used by creators/artists to design, create, and manipulate a visual output using original images, or the manipulation of other source material, and executed by the creator/artist using a computer. The creator's/artist's output is typically intended for framing and/or display in the home. Work in this category must be in limited editions, signed and numbered on archival quality materials. Concurrent with our event AI Usage Policy, Digital Art submissions should provide supporting proof of creation (such as process images, screen captures, workflows, and/or other documentation) to distinguish creator/artist-crafted digital art from AI generation.
• Drawing and Pastels - Original compositions that are drawn by the artist's hand incorporating ink, chalk, wax, crayon, charcoal, pastel, pencil, etc. or from the fluid medium of inks and washes applied by pen or brush.
• Fiber - Decorative fiber: Work crafted from plant, animal, or synthetic fibers including basketry, embroidery, weaving, tapestry and paper making to create expressive, conceptual, and/or functional decorative items. No machine-tooled, machine screen patterns or other forms of mass production are permitted. No pieces made from kits. All work must be original in conception and created by the artist. Wearable fiber: Work crafted from plant, animal, or synthetic fibers and fabrics - such as yarn, thread, and cloth - to create expressive, conceptual, and/or functional wearable items. No work fabricated from a pattern not created by the artist. No pieces made from kits. No factory-produced wearable items, regardless of additional modification or enhancement by the artist are permitted. All work must be original in conception and created by the artist.
• Glass - Artwork that has been handcrafted by the artist using glass blowing, fusing, casting or kiln forming techniques, or the artist's original designs hand made by the artist in stained glass. No pre-manufactured items, regardless of additional modification or enhancements by the artist.
• Jewelry - Hand-fabricated