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Dates	2025 Program Schedule
Monday, July 7, 2025	Call for Entries opens
Friday, August 15, 2025	Entry Deadline
Wednesday, August 20, 2025	Acceptance Notifications
Thursday-Friday, August 21-29, 2025	Delivery of artwork to Circle Gallery
Tuesday, September 16, 2025	Opening reception and awards
Monday, October 27, 2025	Exhibition closes
Tuesday-Thursday, October 28-30, 2025	Artists pick up artwork
2025 Categories
Crops to Finished Products	Machinery and Structures Sponsored by Kirk Farms
Agriculture’s Animal Friends Sponsored by Dr.Dianne Rich	The Human Factor Sponsored by Unti Farms

Water… Agriculture’s Lifeblood

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Celebrate Ag 2025 Program Rules and Guidelines

ELIGIBILITY- Open to all artists eighteen years or older who reside in the STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

MEDIA– ART MEDIA, including PAINT, DRAWING, SCULPTURE, FIBER ART, PHOTOGRAPHY & JEWELRY may be entered in any and all categories. If your piece is DIGITAL or manipulated, we ask that it please be noted.

ENTRY FEE– $30.00 EACH for the first work entered; $10.00 for each additional work entered. Example: 1 work = $30.00; 2 works = $40.00, 3 works = $50.00

JURY and JUDGE– Entries are juried by a team of professionals from the Madera County Arts Council. Final judging for 2025 cash awards will be done by three (3) jurors.

NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE-Entrants will be notified of acceptance by August 20th 2025 by an MCAC representative by email.

RULES– The total number of entries per artist is unlimited for the initial competition jurying, although works of art from any one artist may be limited into the exhibition for final judging and award eligibility. Entries must be original work, agriculture of California, recent (within 3 years) cannot be a copy, classroom work, nor have been accepted in this exhibition previously.

Artwork must be submitted dry, securely framed, wired, and ready to hang. Unframed paintings must have sides painted. Please keep framing simple. Please no sawtooth hangers. Madera County Arts Council staff reserves the right to reject or require correction of framing issue of any artwork that has been accepted which, upon delivery, does not meet the above guidelines.
A limited number of large framed artwork and/or large free-standing sculptures can be accepted due to space limitations.

We ask that no accepted entry be removed before the end of the show.

Work must be available for sale. There will be a 30% commission on all sales paid to MCAC.

Please note: By submitting artwork into this exhibition, the artist agrees to the MCAC Release of Liability and Artwork
Photo Release outlined below.

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Artwork Photo Release and Release of Liability

By submitting artwork into this competition, the artist grants permission to Madera County Arts Council (MCAC) and its employees to photograph and reproduce all accepted artworks for publicity purposes. The artist waives their right to inspect or approve the finished images, printed materials and digital materials that may be created. The artist releases MCAC and its affiliates to publish and/or distribute publicity materials obtaining images of their artwork(s), free from any claims, damages, or liability which may occur in connection with the creation and distribution of said materials. Images of artworks may be used in any media or form deemed necessary, including but not limited to, use on the MCAC website, social media accounts, press releases, newsletters, posters, programs, publications, presentations, digital presentations, promotions, broadcasts, advertisements, and in any other form of advertising, publicity, and promotion. When deemed appropriate, but not mandatory, the artist’s name will be credited. MCAC will not alter photographs other than cropping and adjusting for clarity in full color or single-color usage.

Artists retain the copyrights to their artworks.

All artwork accepted into this exhibition may be photographed by MCAC, their partners, associates, and visitors.

The artist grants permission for the original artwork to be displayed for brief periods of time away from the exhibition for promotional purposes of the exhibition.

The artist agrees to hold harmless MCAC, their employees and Board of Directors should any damage occur to the artwork.

2025 Online Entry: https://client.smarterentry.com/madera

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TO PREPARE IMAGES FOR ONLINE ENTRY PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: 
 


File size can be no larger than 2MB; JPG format only
File name (not the artwork title) cannot include special characters:’ “ ; : {} \ / ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( )
• In your web browser enter the link: https://client.smarterentry.com/madera
• Under FIRST TIME USER click “Start Here” to create your own personal artist account.
• Record and save your login and password for future use.
• RETURNING USERS log in using the original email and password you set up when you last used Smarter Entry. If you have forgotten your password, you will see a prompt button on the login page to retrieve it.
• Pay your MCAC ENTRY FEE (noted in Rules and Guidelines above) for the images you plan to upload. You may pay the fee and return later to upload the images. Your information is saved under your account.
• Smarter Entry provides a secure credit card transmission. For the Smarter Entry Policy click on “CREDIT CARD POLICY” when registering. • Follow the directions to upload your images and the identifying information. • Purchase and upload additional submissions any time before the ENTRY DEADLINE OF AUGUST 15, 2025 using the artist profile you have just created.

To access the Entry Site: enter the link https://client.smarterentry.com/madera into the browser of your computer.

For questions, please contact Areej Latif  areej-latif@maderaarts.org