Purchase Patron Program

Spirit Achievement Award

CANTEY BUILDING

Enter Fairgrounds at North Gate on Rosewood Drive; deliver art to Cantey Building (right side door entrance).

Only registered art work will be received on the following dates and times:
Sunday, September 26 --  1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Monday, September 27 -- 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday, September 28 -- 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Entry tags are not mailed to Fine Art Exhibitors. Entry tags will be affixed to the artwork upon delivery by Fine Art Staff.

Artwork must be registered during either the Open Entry Registration Period or the Late Entry Registration Period using one of the following methods:

1. Register Electronically, using the Online Entry System at http://www.scstatefair.org;

2. Postal Mail, download a 2010 Official SC State Fair Fine Art entry form available at http://www.scstatefair.org and mail...must be received by Closing Date in the Entry Office during business hours.

3. Hand deliver a 2010 Official SC State Fair Fine Art entry form Monday - Friday to the Dowling Building Administrative Office during regular office hours of 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM.

LATE ENTRY REGISTRATIONS must be accompanied by a Late Fee of $25 per exhibitor. Absolutely no Fine Art registrations will be accepted following the close of the Fine Art Late Registration Period.

ENTRY REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION ~

• Online entry registrations are automatically confirmed at time of submission.
• Exhibitors who postal mail their entry registrations must include a self-addressed and stamped envelope in order to receive confirmation that their entry registration has been received. Please do not telephone the Fair or Entry Office.

• Exhibitor must be a resident of South Carolina or student attending a college in South Carolina;
• Only High school students nineteen or older are eligible to enter in the Fine Art Department;
• Preschool - Grade 12 students (public, private, & home school) must enter in Student Art Department;
• Artwork must be original and completed in last two (2) years.

• Professional

• Amateur

• Maximum of two (2) entries per exhibitor;
• Entries must be of permanent materials requiring no special installation;
• (MAXIMUM SIZE 48"x48") Largest frames must not exceed 48" in length and 48" in width;
• (MINIMUM SIZE 16"x16") Smallest frames must measure at least 16" in length and 16" in width;
• Classes requiring frames with glass or plexiglas are: *0202, 0203, 0204, 0205, *0206, *0302, 0303, 0304, 0305, and *0306;

  [Exceptions (*) Classes 0202 and 0302 Painting on Watercolor Board that has been sprayed with sealant must be framed but glass is optional and left to the discretion of the artist. Also, Classes 0206 and 0306 Photography printed on canvas must be framed but glass is optional and left to the discretion of the artist.]
• Metal frames must use plexiglas;
• Framed works must be wired with appropriate hanging devices;
• 3-D pieces must be free-standing;
• Sculpture size is limited to 8' x 3' x 2 1/2' (30") (exhibitor must provide own dolly).

• Art work that has been entered or exhibited in any previous SCSF Fine Art Exhibition;
• Art work with saw tooth hangers;
• Classroom art work;
• Step-by-step art work;
• Uniframes or frames with exposed glass edges;
• Wet art work;
• Diptychs or multiples are not accepted as one piece;
• Collaborative work.

Plesase be advised the SC State Fair management reserves the right to remove any art work deemed inappropriate for this type exhibit and to interpret any rule or regulation and determine all matters pertaining thereto.

Enter Fairgrounds at Gate 6, proceed to Cantey Building (side door)
Monday, October 25 or Tuesday, October 26, 2010
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Artwork will be released upon presentation of Claim Receipt(s). If you cannot claim your art work on these dates, please make prior arrangements with another person to claim your art work on the dates designated above. Art work not claimed on these dates become the property of the SC State Fair. The art work must be removed from the Cantey Building immediately following these dates. Unclaimed art remaining after Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at 6:00 PM (SHARP) will be donated to charity. NO EXCEPTIONS!