Category 1 – Pottery
Wheel-thrown or hand-built pieces using traditional or contemporary methods such as clay preparation, construction, commercial clay, glazes and temper; including kiln-fired and/or double-fired pottery.

• Slip mold, green ware, and commercial pottery pieces are not allowed
• Kiln-fired and/or double-fired pottery is allowed with disclosure

Category 2 – Paintings
Original works in oils, watercolors, acrylics, gouache, tempera etc., and related mixed media, such as ink and acrylic.

• All paintings must be framed and ready to hang. A stretched canvas must have finished sides
• Entries must be painted on a standard surface, such as canvas, paper, masonite, hardboard, leather hide, or plywood
• Entries can not be painted on leaves, feathers, or saw blades

Category 3 – Drawings and Graphics
Original works in ink, pencil, charcoal, pastels, scrimshaw, etc.

• All works must be signed and numbered in an edition of no more than 50
• No photomechanical reproduction, including note cards, posters, and t-shirts will be accepted

Category 4 – Photography
Original (unaltered – not enhanced by the computer) works in film or digital
photography. No image manipulation.

• Cropping is allowable
• Images can be black and white or color
• The size limit is 18″ x 24″ for the print, not including the matting and frame
• All works must be signed and numbered in an edition of no more than 50
• No offset photography, iris or other digital photographic reproduction/ prints will be accepted

Category 5 – Sculpture
Original works in stone, wood, clay, metal, bone and other natural materials.

• The artist is responsible for moving their sculpture
• The size limit is 6 feet tall
• Hand-wrought materials are allowable: stone, wood, metal, ceramic, paper, etc.
• Items in this category must be carved, molded, constructed, or shaped by the artist, not formed by nature
• Cast bronze is allowable in numbered editions of no more than 20. All must be signed, numbered and marked by the foundry. Please provide a certificate of authenticity. May not be greater than 6 feet high. The artist is responsible for shipping
• Hand-blown and fabricated glass is allowable
• The type of wood must be disclosed and any termite-bored or aged wood must be non-infectious and disclosed. Staff reserves the right to examine and refuse
• Decorative stands that are hand-wrought and are an integral element of the original sculpture are allowable. The stand must not dominate the work
• No cast resins or cast miniature sculptures will be allowed
• Unfired clay will not be accepted because of its fragile nature
• Images submitted in one medium may not be resubmitted in another medium (example: a woodcarving may not be entered as a bronze in the same year or later years)

Category 6 – Basketry
Three-dimensional objects such as baskets, mats, etc. are produced through hand weaving or sewing of pliable materials.

• Traditional materials are acceptable
• Items may be of commercial material and commercial dyes are permitted
• No Plastic beads or other plastic parts are permitted

Category 7 – Textiles & Weaving
Hand woven, loom woven, and sewn objects.

• Textiles
  • Handmade items such as ribbon shirts and traditional clothing, ceremonial wear, shawls, etc. is acceptable (sewing machine work is acceptable)
  • No plastic beads, buttons, iron-on or liquid embellishments are allowable
• Weaving
  • Traditional tribal techniques must be employed in the creation of weaving; all types of dyes and natural yarns are acceptable. Rugs and blankets must be handmade on native looms. Includes hand-woven clothing of natural yarns
  • All attached materials, including buttons, collar tabs, beads, feathers, leather and tin-tinklers must be properly identified and may not comprise more than 20% of the piece

Category 8 – Diverse Art Forms
This category includes but is not limited to works such as: toys, masks, cooking utensils, accessories, stickball sticks, knives with carved handles, musical instruments, etc.

• Commercially produced objects that are transformed into a work of art by the hand application of beadwork or quillwork are allowable with disclosure
• The category includes non-jewelry beadwork. Purchased glass beads, nickel and brass beads that are not made by the artist are allowable
• Commercially manufactured hides and rawhide are allowable with disclosure
• Nothing from a “kit” or anything produced from a plan or drafting NOT of your own design will be allowable
• Plastic anything is not allowed

Category 9 – Jewelry
Handmade, personal ornamentation to be affixed to the body or clothing.

• Allowable items include organic and stone materials (such as bone, wood, horn, shell, clay), natural stones (turquoise, coral, lapis, etc.), natural pearls, and finished stones and gemstones in cabochon and faceted shapes set in metal settings
• All non-plated metals such as silver, copper, & gold (10K or higher) are allowed and must be clearly identified
• Findings may not comprise more than 10% of the artwork (example: Jump rings, earring backs, clasps, hooks and eyes, etc.)
• Jewelry may incorporate the use of native materials such as flint, agate, petrified wood, jasper, horn, bone, shell and bird or animal parts. Materials protected under federal law will not be allowed