DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS
CLASS M — Fine Arts Division
CINDY RIFFLE, Superintendent
Nancy Foureman, Secretary
Phone: (937) 548-1764
• Assisted by •
Greenville Art Guild
Darke County Photo Club
JUDGING on Thursday, August 16, 2012 2:00 - 5:00 P.M.
Department Opens to the Public, Friday, August, 17, 2012, 10:00 A.M.
This department is interested in the purely “AESTHETIC” endeavor, as distinguished from the “Useful” arts. It includes: Fine Art painting, drawing, photography, pottery, sculpture, and wood carving. ENTRIES ACCEPTED Wednesday, August 15, 2012,12:00 noon to 8:00 P.M. and Thursday, August 16, 2012, 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 PM A panel of judges will judge & jury on Thursday, August 16, 2012, at 2:00 P.M.
JUDGING STARTS SHARPLY AT 2:00 P.M. Exhibition OPENS August, 17, 2012, 10:00 a.m.
ALL 3-DIMENSIONAL WORK AND MINIATURES WILL BE BEHIND GLASS AND LOCKED. All articles must be claimed between 1:00 - 5:00 P.M., Sunday, August 26, 2012. Photographs of the winners for the newspaper will be taken on the first Saturday at 1:00 P.M. in the Fine Arts Building. All articles must stay on exhibit until the official check out time.Not complying with this rule may result in not being allowed to enter, premiums being withheld or both.
1. FAIR TICKETS — all persons must present their week fair tickets when entering exhibits.You may buy your fair ticket in the Fine Arts Building when you enter.
2. Entries must not have been shown at the Darke County Fair in previous years.
3. Each exhibitor may have 4 Paintings, 3 Professional Photo Division, 2 Amateur Photo Division, 3 Slides or CD/jpeg and/or 3 CD/JPEG,, 3-Junio High, 3,Senior High, 3 Children
4. ORIGINAL — All entries must be original. Original being: never having occurred or existed before, given to inventing or creating something new; NOT COPIED. Copies include any material that has been published or reproduced in magazines, cards, calendars, album covers, Disney characters, and similar material. However, personal photos and clips may be used. The Art Guild reserves the right to disqualify any entry not complying with this rule. The entries must be in the name of the artist. All entries must comply with the Ohio Department of Agriculture Administrative Code Rules. Materials exhibited at the discretion of the Darke County Fair Board.
5. FRAMING — All entries will require framing (except 3-dimensional and C-Children division). Children’s work must be matted or mounted on poster board. Photo frames are acceptable, if suitable for pegboard hanging. THE WIRE AND HANGERS MUST BE SECURELY ATTACHED TO FRAME. Framing includes proper hanging device (eyelets and wire); paperclips, bobbypins, string and similar devices are not acceptable. Oil 
paintings and acrylics painted like oil may be framed without glass. We suggest watercolor, pastels, drawing, prints, and photography be placed under glass for protection. Presentation will carry a significant importance.
6. PAINTING AND DRAWING — Emphasis in this category is two-dimensional rather than three-dimensional.
7. POTTERY AND SCULPTURE — Must be hand thrown or molded; no greenware or commercial molds.
8. JEWELRY-All components must be produced by the artist; except chains.
9. PHOTOGRAPHY — It is not required for the entrant to do his own printing. Printing may be done by a commercial printing house. ONLY ONE PHOTO PER FRAME. Write your name on your CD. AMATEURS should not be involved in a photography business or selling regularly..
SIZE REQUIREMENT — Maximum 16 x 20, Minimum 8 x 10. MATTING REQUIRED.
We suggest if framing is impossible or inconvenient, to consider Divisions P9, A9, Student 3.
We do not have a computer generated category at this time.
10. PRICING-May be put on registration tags. Business cards can be put on professional entries.
1. Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 15.00 10.00
2. Watercolor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 15.00 10.00
3. Acrylic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 15.00 10.00
4. Pastel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 15.00 10.00
5. Drawing (Colored Pencil) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20.00 15.00 10.00
6. Ink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20.00 15.00 10.00
7. Prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20.00 15.00 10.00
8. Mixed Media (Batik, Collage etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 15.00 10.00
9.. Pottery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 15.00 10.00
10. Sculpture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 15.00 10.00
11. Stained Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 15.00 10.00
12. Wood Carving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 15.00 10.00
13. Jewelry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 15.00 10.00
14. Enameling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 15.00 10.00
15. Miniatures (4 x 6 of smaller--must be smaller than reality). . 20.00 15.00 10.00
Does not include the frame
1. Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
2. Watercolor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
3. Acrylic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
4. Pastel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
5. Drawing (Colored Pencil) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
6. Ink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
7. Prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
8. Mixed Media (Batik, Collage etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
9.. Pottery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
10. Sculpture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
11. Stained Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
12. Wood Carving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
13. Jewelry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
14. Enameling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
15. Miniatures (4 x 6 or smaller- --must be smaller than reality). . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
Does not include the frame
SH - — JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL DIVISON (GRADES 7-8)
1. Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
2. Watercolor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
3. Acrylic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
4. Pastel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
5. Drawing (Colored Pencil, Ink, Prints) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
6. Mixed Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
7. Pottery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
8. Sculpture 10.00 7.00 5.00
JH — SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DIVISON (GRADES 9-12)
1. Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
2. Watercolor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
3. Acrylic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
4. Pastel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
5. Drawing (Colored Pencil, Ink, Prints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
6. Mixed Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
7. Pottery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
8. Sculpture 10.00 7.00 5.00
CA — CHILDREN DIVISON (0 TO GRADE 3)
A child under 12 yrs. of age may enter on his/her parent's ticket number.
` All work must be matted on poster board.
-PREMIUMS 1st 2nd 3rd
1. Mixed Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 4.00 3.00
2. Watercolor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 4.00 3.00
3. Acrylic (Tempera) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 4.00 3.00
4. Pastel (Chalk) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 4.00 3.00
5. Drawing (Colored Pencil) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 4.00 3.00
6. Crayon, Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 4.00 3.00
7. Pottery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 4.00 3.00
8. Sculpture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 4.00 3.00
CB—CHILDREN DIVISON (GRADES 4, 5, 6)
A child under 12 years of age may enter on his/her parent's ticket number.
All work must be matted or mounted on poster board.
1. Mixed Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 4.00 3.00
2. Watercolor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 5.00 4.00 3.00
3. Acrylic (Tempera) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 4.00 3.00
4. Pastel (Chalk) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 4.00 3.00
5. Drawing (Colored Pencil) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 4.00 3.00
6. Crayon, Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 4.00 3.00
7. Pottery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 4.00 3.00
8. Sculpture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 4.00 3.00
COLOR:
1. Portraits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 15.00 10.00
2. Landscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 15.00 10.00
3. Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 15.00 10.00
4. Photo-Journalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 15.00 10.00
5. Domestic Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 15.00 10.00
6. Nature and Wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 15.00 10.00
7.Flora-Nature................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... . . . 20.00 15.00 10.00
8. Unclassified , Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 15.00 10.00
9 CD/jpeg . . . . . . . . . . . . .>>>>>>>>>>>>>> . . . .. . . . . . . . 20.00 15.00 10.00
BLACK AND WHITE:
1. Portraits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 15.00 10.00
2. Landscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 15.00 10.00
3. Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 15.00 10.00
4. Photo-Journalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 15.00 10.00
5. Domestic Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 20.00 15.00 10.00
6. Nature and Wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 15.00 10.00
7. Flora-Nature................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 15.00 10.00
8. Unclassified, Miscellaneous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 15.00 10.00
COLOR: 1st 2nd 3rd
1. Portraits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
2. Landscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
3. Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
4. Photo-Journalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
5. Domestic Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
6. Nature and Wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
7. Flora-Nature................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
8. Unclassified, Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
9.CD/jpeg............................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
BLACK AND WHITE:
1. Portraits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
2. Landscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
3. Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
4. Photo-Journalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
5. Domestic Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
6. Nature and Wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
7. Flora-Nature................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10.00 7.00 5.00
8. Unclassified, Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
S — STUDENT (GRADES 1-12)
1. Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10.00 7.00 5.00
2. Black and White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 7.00 5.00
3. CD/jpeg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................... . 10.00 7.00 5.00
