Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces their Ninth “Solo Art Series” Online Art Competition. The gallery will judge the Top 12 artists who have the most complete “Body of Work” to show. From that group of 12 artists the gallery will award of 4 monthly Solo Art Exhibitions and the next 8 artists will be awarded and featured in the gallery’s Artist Showcase Section.
The Solo Art Exhibitions will begin on May 15, 2018 and each solo exhibition will run for approximately 30 days through to September 14, 2018. The Artist Showcase features will also begin on May 15, 2018 with one of the 8 artists being being shown on the 1st and 15th of each month. The Artist Showcase content will be that artist’s Solo Art Series entry package posted on the website and promoted in the gallery’s social media networks.
The gallery invites online submission of 2D and 3D art (including photography) from artists around the world for possible selection as one of the Gallery’s 4 Solo Art Exhibitions or 8 Artist Showcase Features.
The gallery is trying to identify artists who have a complete “Body of Work” to show and it encourages artists regardless of where they reside to submit their best abstract and representational art. There is No Theme for this “Solo Art Series” Competition.
This LST Solo Art Series offers emerging artists the opportunity to showcase a full body of their artworks (from 10 to 25 images) in an individual month-long online solo art exhibition.
For guidance as to the type and quality of art that was featured in prior shows, view our prior shows at Solo Art Series Exhibition Archives. The Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery Website also contains “How To” articles to assist artists with their entry preparation and entry materials (See Below Our Helpful Articles).
How to Write an Effective Artist’s Biography
How to Write the Perfect Artist’s Statement
Comparing an Artist’s CV with an Artist’s Biography
Do You Have a Body of Artwork to Show? – Part 1.
Do You Have a Body of Artwork to Show? – Part 2.
The 8 Artist Showcase artists (selected from the Solo Art Series Competition) will be promoted to over 350+ major news outlets, with inclusion on Google News & Bing News.
Important Dates for Participating Artists
LST gallery will promote and post on Artsy.net the winning artists. The LST Artsy.net page will feature 5 pieces of the artist’s winning art and their website URL’s as part of the gallery’s overall prize package.
Artsy.net averages 2 million visitors a month and 46% of Artsy users who have purchased art via Artsy started out as art enthusiasts rather than preexisting collectors. By having their artwork placed and marketed on Artsy.net, LST artists will have a distinct advantage in terms of exposure, marketing and SEO of their art through the Light Space & Time/Artsy.net gallery partnership.
Winning artists for each solo art exhibition will be promoted and circulated to over 550+ major News Outlets, Premium FOX, CBS, NBC, Affiliated Sites, Guaranteed inclusion on Google News & Bing News and Social Media Inclusion.
Winning artists will also have their art exhibition results posted and promoted on ArtWeek/ArtJobs. Artweek/ArtJobs produces 800,000 page impressions per month, 280,000 website visitors per month and has 30,000 newsletter subscribers.
Winning artists will also have their art exhibition results posted and promoted on Art.Base.co. Art.Base produces 100,000 page views per month, 35,000 monthly unique visitors and has 10,000+ newsletter subscribers.
The LST Gallery website averages 70,000+ visitors and more than 225,000+ page views per month. Out of those visitors, 80% are new visitors to the website. Being juried into the “Solo” Art Exhibition Series should result in an increase in visitor traffic to the artist’s website as well.
The winning images will be seen by an international audience of gallery directors, art collectors and art consultants. The winning entries will be featured on the Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery website for one month and then remain in the gallery’s Archives for 5 years.
By having their work on the LST website, winning artists should increase exposure to their work, enhance their professional resume and create high quality backlink to their own website.
There will also be a video of the winning artists’ artworks on the Light Space & Time YouTube Channel. In addition, there will also be links back to the artists’ website as part of this achievement package. Winning artists also receive a digital Award Certificate, Event Postcard, and Press Release for their art portfolio.
For a complete list of art exhibition promotions and benefits see our Benefits Page here.
The competitive process will encompass not only the quality and depth of the artist’s artwork but will also include an evaluation of the overall presentation of the artist’s biography and artist’s statement as included in the entry package. The purpose of this competition from the gallery’s point-of-view to judge the artists who have a complete “Body of Work” to show.
The requirement of a complete entry package creates an opportunity for the artist to craft and or to polish their current artist statement and artist biography.
Amateur or professional 2D and 3D artists (including photography) with or without prior group or solo art exhibition experience are encouraged to submit their entries to the Solo Art Series. Any art that was previously entered and shown on the Light Space & Time website may also be entered for the Solo Art Series.
Artists provide us with your “Body of Work” before the deadline of May 5, 2018. Thank you and good luck!
