Irving Art Association

In September 2009 IAA held the Unconditional Love - 1st Annual Juried Pet Art Show 2009 at the Jaycee Park Center for the Arts. It is open to all artists 18 and older living in Texas.

A pet is considered to be a domestic animal that you care for daily and shows you unconditional love. Not animals in a field or wildlife. Examples of pets are dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, gerbils, parrots, parakeets, fish in your home aquarium, ferrets, etc.

Works must be original and must not be copies of other artist’s work (including photographs) and must not be a series or part of a series. Computer generated and offset printed works are ineligible.

Works must classify in one of the following categories:
-Oil or Acrylic on canvas.
-Water media on paper.
-Mixed media - collage, calligraphy, handpulled prints or the use of two or more mediums. Collage must incorporate twodimensional, self-created elements.
-Drawing - includes Pastel, Color Pencil, Graphite, Ink, Silver, Gold, Conté Crayon, hand-pulled graphics, etc.
-Photography

• June 15, 2009 Entries received by date (deadline was extended to June 17)
• July 15, 2009 Notifications will be emailed. If you prefer, send a #10 selfaddressed stamped envelope for the return of notification by US Postal Service – CD will not be returned.
• August 24 – August 27, 2009 Shipped entries due
• August 28, 2009 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Hand-delivered entries accepted
• September 13, 2009 2:00 – 4:00 pm Reception & Awards
• August 30 – September 24, 2009 Exhibition Open to Public

Winners Gallery: 2009