FINAL ACCEPTANCE DATE: Friday, July 23, 2004 All packages arriving after this date will be returned unopened. Please note; FedEx does not deliver to a post office box. Use the U. S. Postal Service to deliver your entry forms. Use a No. 10 size business envelope. Representational oil paintings of original concept and design only. Canvas size not to exceed 30”X40”. (Not applicable to Masters.) Painting must be framed and wired for hanging. Submit 1 slide and 1 photo of each painting. Maximum entries (2). Print large or type on entry form, slides and photo. No handwriting please. Use first and last name only. Thank you. The Jurying Committee. Example of accepted format for titling your slide.

Mail with slides and photos (4"X6") of your unframed oil paintings, entry fee and entry and notification forms, together with a stamped, selfaddressed business size envelope (4-1/8” X 9-½”). Print clearly on photos and slides: your name, title of painting, size, and price. Place a red dot in upper right, front corner of slides. Slides without this full information will not be accepted. Slides should be 35mm with a cardboard or thin plastic mount. Declined slides and photos will be returned. Accepted slides become part of OPA archives and may be used for future OPA event promotion. Do not paperclip slides to your entry.

All entry material should be sent to OPA in a business size No. 10 envelope. Paintings entered should be of current work and should not have been submitted for a previous OPA regional exhibition.

ENTRY FEE: TWO ENTRIES
A jurying fee for one painting is $20.00 or $30.00 for two paintings. In addition you must be a paid member through December 31, 2004 at a cost of $55.00. This will also enable you to receive one color National show catalog, newsletters and other mailings from OPA. However, if you have already paid your membership dues for the year 2004, disregard this membership fee.

Make check payable to OPA and mail with slides, photos, entry form, notification card and SASE to: OPA, Post Office Box 2488, Crystal Lake, IL 60039-2488. The OPA General Office telephone number is 815-356-5987.

Sales commission of 40% is required by the gallery for all paintings sold. Please take this into consideration when setting your price. All work that is submitted must be for sale. NO NFS.

DELIVERY AND RETURN OF ACCEPTED WORK
Delivery for Local Artists: Please deliver uncrated paintings to Barnsite Art Studio & Gallery, 109 Duvall Street, Kewaunee, WI 54216 between Monday, September 27 and Friday, October 1, 2004. Return for Local Artists: Hand delivered work must be picked up between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., November 15 through November 19, 2004.

Out of Town Artists: Please ship to Barnsite Art Studio & Gallery, 109 Duvall Street, Kewaunee, WI 54216 between Monday, September 27 and Friday, October 1, 2004. Handling Fee: Include a $25.00 check payable to Barnsite Art Studio & Gallery to cover the labor expense for uncrating, storage of crates, recrating your painting and contacting your shipper for return. Return for Out of Town Artists: PLEASE NOTE: ALL RETURN SHIPPING CHARGES MUST BE PREPAID. Further instructions will be provided upon acceptance.

Your Entry Must Include:

• Slide and 1 photo (4”X6”) of each entry.
• Entry form and notification card.
• Entry fee (see entry form for details).
• Self-addressed, stamped envelope, business size No. 10 only.