Terms and Conditions
<p><strong>Artful Art Prize 2023 Terms and Conditions</strong></p>
<p>Artful – creative expression for all is an Art prize. The Artful Art Prize consists of an art competition that is managed and administered by Achieve Australia Limited (ABN 49 133 306 902).</p>
<p>When you submit your artwork and details to enter this competition, you and all other entrants, accept the Artful Art Prize 2023 Terms and Conditions as set out here.</p>
<p>We recognise that children and people with disability may be entered on behalf of a parent or a guardian who accept these conditions on their behalf.</p>
<p><strong>Eligibility</strong></p>
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<li>All entrants to the Artful Art Prize competition must be residents of Australia.</li>
<li>All submissions must be made before midnight of the closing date of Thursday 31 August 2023, to be eligible to enter this competition.</li>
<li><span class="ui-provider fz b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak" dir="ltr">The 2023 Artful Art Prize is open to all non-professional artists regardless of age, background, ability, or experience. </span>At Artful we consider anyone who makes their living from art to be a professional artist. This includes art teachers who make their sole income from teaching art.</li>
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<p><strong>Artwork submission</strong></p>
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<li>Artworks will be submitted for judging using photographs and/or video of the submitted artwork only. Entrants can upload a maximum of 4 images (10 mb) and/or video (50 MB)<br />
Photos and video submitted of three-dimensional artworks such as sculpture, pottery, craft or textile art will be judged on the merits of the photographs and video as the artwork – not the sculpture, pottery, craft or textile artwork.</li>
<li>Entries must be the entrant’s original work.</li>
<li>No part of the artwork can be borrowed or copied.</li>
<li>The artwork must not contain logos, or reference to any brand, licensed character or image e.g. a character from a movie, book, cartoon, comic, TV show.</li>
<li>Entries must not contain any selfies or photographs of recognisable people or products.</li>
<li>Entries containing any offensive material will be disqualified and will not be submitted for voting or be eligible to win.</li>
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<p><strong>Entries</strong></p>
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<li>To enter the competition the Artful Art Prize 2023 you need to submit your artwork for judging. Entries will be uploaded via the Artful website at artful.org.au using the online form on the <u>Artful Art Prize website.</u></li>
<li>Entries that are incomplete or do not adhere to the rules set out here may be disqualified.</li>
<li>Entries must be submitted with the entry process set out above. No other method of entry will be accepted. Entries which do not meet these criteria may not be considered.</li>
<li>You can submit only one (1) artwork per category and three (3) entries in the Artful Art Prize categories overall.</li>
<li>Photos: photos of your artwork must be submitted as a high-resolution JPEG or PNG. File size per photo cannot exceed 10Mb.<br />
Video: you can also upload a video of your artwork for judging. File size cannot exceed 50Mb.</li>
<li>Each new entry must be submitted by completing the entry form. Each entry will be judged separately.</li>
<li>Entries open 1 August 2023 and close Thursday 31 August 2023.</li>
<li>Entries can be submitted up until 11:59 PM AEST Thursday 31 August 2023.</li>
<li>Judging will commence on 1 September 2023.</li>
<li>Winners will be announced on 16 October 2023</li>
<li>Winners will be notified by email and announced via all Achieve Australia and Accessible Arts social media channels in 2023. Entrants consent to their full names being used and displayed on social media channels.</li>
<li>Judging will be conducted by a group of judges selected by Accessible Arts. All winners are subject to final approval by Achieve Australia and Accessible Arts.</li>
<li>Judging will be based on the artistic merits of the submitted artwork.</li>
<li>There will be one category winner in the following categories:<br />
– Drawing<br />
– Painting<br />
– Mixed media<br />
– 3D<br />
– Photography<br />
– Textiles</li>
<li>By entering this competition, you agree to be added to the Artful Art Prize mailing list and receive promotional material. You can unsubscribe from these communications at any time.</li>
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<p><strong>Prizes</strong></p>
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<li>There is one winner in each of the six (6) categories.</li>
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<p>Category 1: Drawing<br />
Category 2: Painting<br />
Category 3: Mixed media<br />
Category 4: 3D<br />
Category 5: Photography<br />
Category 6: Textiles</p>
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<li>Each winner will receive a $1,000 voucher to an online art supply store.</li>
<li>Each winner will also receive 3 x 1 hour mentoring sessions, with a professional artist from Accessible Arts. These sessions will be conducted virtually only.</li>
<li>Each winner will feature as a winner in the online exhibition launched at the end of the competition and receive a certificate.</li>
<li>There will also be 2 runner-up awards in each of the six (6) categories. They will feature as a runner-up in the online exhibition launched at the end of the competition and receive a certificate.</li>
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<p><strong>Prize Delivery</strong></p>
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<li>All prizes will be emailed or mailed to winners and runners-up after 15 October 2023.</li>
<li>Prizes will be sent to the delivery email and postal addresses provided by the winners.</li>
<li>Prizes are not redeemable for cash, credit or product and no exchanges are offered.</li>
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<p><strong>Personal information</strong></p>
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<li>Each entrant’s personal information is collected so we can promote the Artful Art Prize 2023 and the winners.</li>
<li>All entrants agree to be added to the Artful Art Prize mailing list and receive promotional material by email. Mailing list recipients have the right to opt out at any time.</li>
<li>Entrants who fail to provide all requested personal information may be ineligible to win a prize.</li>
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<p><strong>Use of artworks</strong></p>
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<li>Achieve Australia Limited shall have perpetual, royalty-free license to use all entries, including the winning artworks, in marketing and promotions, for future Artful Art Prize competitions.</li>
<li>Achieve Australia Limited reserves the right to display only selected artworks on the Artful Art Prize website.</li>
<li>This license to use the artwork for these commercial purposes is not a transfer of copyright which remains with the artist.</li>
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<p><strong>General</strong></p>
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<li>Achieve Australia and Accessible Arts on behalf of Artful Art Prize reserve the right to disqualify any individual who the Artful team believes has breached any of these conditions or engaged in any unlawful or other improper misconduct calculated to jeopardise the fair and proper conduct of the competition.</li>
<li>If for any reason the competition is not capable of running as planned, including due to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond the control of Artful which corrupt or affect the administration security, fairness or integrity or proper conduct of this competition, Achieve Australia on behalf of Artful reserves the right to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process or to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the competition.</li>
<li>In the case of the intervention of any outside agent or event which naturally changes the result or prevents or hinders its determination, including but not limited to vandalism, power failures, tempests, natural disasters, acts of God, civil unrest or strikes, Achieve Australia on behalf of Artful may in its absolute discretion cancel the competition and recommence it from the start on the same conditions at a later date.</li>
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