Irving Art Association

The Annual IAA Wildlife Art Show is held each fall at the Center for the Arts in Jaycee Park in Irving, Texas. The competition is open to artists over 18 nationwide. Cash and merchandise awards totaling over $3000 will be awarded.

Winners are displayed in our online Gallery: 2004 2005 2006 (2006 catalog) 2007 (2007 catalog) 2008 & 2009
For reception photos, see the IAA Photo Album.

8th Annual Wildlife Juried Art Competition, Sept. 27 - Oct. 29, 2009

All entry subject matter must be wildlife creatures. No domestic pets. All work must be original and completed within the last two years. Categories include:
 Oil, acrylic on canvas
 Water media
 Mixed media, collage
 Drawing media & hand-pulled graphics
 Photography/Sculpture

Digital images only will be accepted (no slides) for the IAA Wildlife Juried Art Competition. New! Assistance with digital entries (photography) will be provided by Brenda Mattioli and her daughter Denise on Tuesday, Aug. 18 from 10 am until 1 pm at the Jaycee Center for the Arts.

Each artist may submit up to 3 works of art. Entries may be submitted online (see Wildlife Show Registration Page) or on a nonreturnable CD. For entry details, see the 2009 Wildlife Show Prospectus.

Checks or Money Orders in the amount of $35 payable to Irving Art Association, Entry Form and CD are to be mailed to Brenda Mattioli, 3225 Ricci Lane, Irving, TX 75062 OR submitted online via PayPal (see Wildlife Show Registration Page)

Mailed entry deadline is midnight August 21, 2009; and August 21, 2009 5pm for online submissions of images and fees.

JUROR
Lisa Carol McNamara was born to Irish parents in 1962 . Her love and need for art started at an early age. She spent several years in the hospital due to a devastating accident involving a riding lawnmower, which led to multiple surgeries. Art became a solace for her. Lisa has studied people’s faces for as long as she can remember. Mostly because she was on her back in the operating room, in traction or in an oxygen tent! All she had to pass the time was a pencil and some paper. Her love of portraiture started at that time.
Lisa is also classically trained in voice and studied flute professionally. Fine arts have played a huge part in her life. Lisa has been painting commissioned murals and portraits since the age of 16 ranging from landscapes to sports figures. Lisa and her husband share a studio in North Richland Hills

Calendar:

• August 21, 2009 - Deadline for submitting the online entry form, and $35 PayPal payment; or for receipt of mailed entry form and CD along with $35 entry fee due (non-refundable).
• August 28, 2009 - All entries sent to judge for show selection.
• September 11, 2009 - Notification of acceptance mailed or emailed to entrants.
• September 24, 2009 - Deadline for shipped entries, any shipments re-ceived after this date will not be accepted.
• September 26, 2009 - Selected works will be hand delivered to the Jaycee Center for the Arts, 2000 W. Airport Freeway, Irving, TX from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Entries arriving after the deadline will not be allowed in the show.
• September 27, 2009 - Show opens.
• October 3, 2009 - Wildlife Kids Safari
• October 4, 2009 -
• Reception and awards presentation at the Jaycee Center for the Arts from 2:00 to 4:00 pm. If unable to attend please notify IAA.
• October 29, 2009 - Show closes.
• October 30, 2009 - Pick up your artwork from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Jaycee Center for the Arts. Work left past the pick up date will be assessed a $10 per day storage fee.

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For 2008: 7th Annual Wildlife Art Show, Sept. 28-Oct. 30, 2008
For entry details, see the prospectus. Major changes have been made in this year’s Wildlife Art Competition. Entries have switched to a digital entry format (either online or jpegs on CD) for preselection of entries. Previously paintings were dropped off and juried in or out by the judge. The competition has gone national! The types of artwork accepted have also expanded to include photography and sculpture. The 7th Annual Wildlife Art Show was on exhibit September 28 – October 30 in the east and west galleries of the Jaycee Park Center for the Arts. The Awards Reception was October 12, 2:00 – 4:00 pm. A special kickoff event was the Kids Safari on September 28, 1:00 – 5:00 pm. Juror was Jane Jones, a local watermedia artist who has studied with over 60 of the country’s leading instructors and is in demand herself as an instructor, lecturer and juror. Winner of innumberable prestigious awards in local, regional, and national juried exhibitions. Jane is a signature member of Southwestern Watercolor Society, Associated Creative Artists, Texas Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society, Watercolor Oklahoma and Western Federation Watercolor Society. She has served as lecturer and juror for more than 80 different art organizations throughout the country.

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For 2007: 6th Annual Wildlife Art Show, Sept. 28-Oct. 26. 2007:
For entry details, see the prospectus. Juror is Ted Rose. As an artist, Ted has exhibited work internationally in six countries and throughout the United States. His art work has won fifty major awards and can be found in over two hundred corporate and private collections. Ted has lectured at the NAEA national conventions, the Tennessee Arts Academy, the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts, and state art educational conferences in Texas, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Mississippi. He is the author of the top selling drawing textbook, Discovering Drawing, for Davis Publications. The textbook is now in production for its third edition. Discovering Drawing is used widely throughout the United States as well as internationally. The success of Ted Rose’s art educational programs can easily be seen in his student work and careers. His students have won over three hundred awards, including first place awards in National Scholastic Art Competition, the Texas Collegiate Competition, Mississippi Collegiate Competition, the Alabama and Mississippi Bi-State Competition, and international art competitions in Mexico and Switzerland. Many of Rose’s former students can now be found in leadership positions in out universities, museums, secondary art programs and corporate positions throughout the country.

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For 2006: The Show was held Sept.29 through Oct. 27. Juror was Robin Ingle. Robin and husband Bill own the Visual Expressions Gallery in Cedar Hill, Texas.For 2005: The show was held Sept. 29 through Oct. 28. The juror was Earl Williams, a Texas artist native to Ft. Worth. He works in many styles and experiments with different media.
For 2004: The second IAA Wildlife Art Show was held Sept. 26 to Oct. 28, 2004. Juror was Linda Wacaster - a contemporary photo realist artist whose passions for life and art are vividly seen in her colorful canvases. Painting animals enables her to capture the true feeling of being in the majestic presence of a splendid creature. Linda’s background style gives a sense of depth and richness and also conveys emotion through the use of luminous color. Much of her reference material is gathered on various trips to Wyoming, Colorado and Montana. An extensive reference library of photographs, field sketches and notes provide her with material to create her paintings of favorite subjects such as songbirds, raptors and North American mammals in their natural habitat.
For 2002: To celebrate the dedication of the three Hippo sculptures by David Isles at the JayCee Park Center for the Arts, a wildlife competition and exhibition was held Oct. 25 through Nov. 29, 2002. The juror was Bruce Peil.