FINAL ACCEPTANCE DATE: Thursday, January 20, 2005 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 (1). 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.

Your Entry Must Include:

Mail with one slide and photo (4"X6") of your unframed oil painting, entry
fee, entry and notification forms, together with a stamped, self-addressed
business size envelope (4-1/8” X 9-½”). Print clearly on photo and slide: your name, title of painting, size, and price. Place a red dot in upper right, front corner of slide. 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 slide to your entry.

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

ENTRY FEE: ONE ENTRY ONLY
A $20.00 fee provides for jurying. Please make your check payable to OPA and mail to: OPA, Post Office Box 2488, Crystal Lake, IL 60039-2488.

In addition you must be a paid member through December 31, 2005 at a cost of $60.00. This will also enable you to receive one color show catalog, newsletters and participate in Regional Shows in your area. Please include a separate check for membership dues made payable to OPA.

If you have already paid your membership dues for the year 2005, please disregard this membership fee. Include entry form, and all checks in the same envelope.

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 OF ACCEPTED WORK
Local Artists deliver uncrated paintings to: Hilligoss Galleries, 520 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 420, Chicago, IL 60611 between April 18 and April 22, 2005.
Out of Town Artists ship to: Hilligoss Galleries, 520 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 420, Chicago, IL 60611, to arrive between April 11 and April 15, 2005.

Include a $20.00 check payable to Hilligoss Galleries, to cover the labor expense for uncrating, storage of crates, recrating your painting and contacting your shipper for return. In a separate envelope, include a check made out to Hilligoss Galleries, to cover the cost of return shipping. Place both envelopes inside the shipping container.