1. Eligibility
The Utrecht Art Supplies 60th Anniversary Art Competition (the
“Promotion”) is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50)
2. Sponsor
Interweave Press, LLC, 201
East Fourth Street, Loveland, CO 80537.
3. Timing
The Promotion begins on April
13, 2009, at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (“EST”) and ends September 1,
2009, 11:59 PM EST (the “Promotion Period”). Sponsor is the official time keeper
for this Promotion.
4. How to Enter
During the Promotion Period,
visit
www.utrecht.com/contest,
fill out the entry form, and upload an image of the competition entry. Artists
may submit a total of 3 original works of art among any of the 4 categories. A
completed entry form must accompany each submission.
Entries must be of
submitter’s own work and creation and submitter must own all rights and title in
the Entry. Entries must not have been entered in any other competition or
violate the rights of other parties. Entries which judges determine to be
offensive or defamatory will be disqualified. Entries, which are digital file,
will not be returned.
5. Winner Selection
The Entries will be ranked on
quality and originality of work in each category. Individuals whose Entry earns
the highest overall score will win the prizes set forth below. Decisions of the
judging panel will be final.
Judging panel will include editors and publisher from American Artist,
Resident Artist from Utrecht Art Supplies, and staff from the Ridgewood Art
Institute. Odds of
winning depend on number of eligible Entries received and quality of submitted
Entries. Judging will be completed on or about October 1, 2009.
6. ALL POTENTIAL
CONTEST WINNERS ARE SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY SPONSOR WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL
AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE PROMOTION.
7. Verification of
Potential Winners
Potential winners must
continue to comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules and
winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. The potential winners
will be notified by email, telephone, or registered mail after the date of the
judging. The potential winners will be required to sign and return to Sponsor,
within ten (10) days of the date notice is sent, an affidavit of eligibility,
and liability/publicity release (except where prohibited) in order to claim
his/her prize if applicable. If a potential winner of any prize cannot be
contacted, fails to sign and return the affidavit of eligibility and
liability/publicity release within the required time period (if applicable), or
if the prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, potential
winner forfeits prize. In the event that a potential winner of a contest prize
is disqualified for any reason, Sponsor may award the applicable prize to an
alternate winner who had the highest score remaining of the eligible entries.
8. Prizes
Prizes will be awarded for
first place, second place, and third place finalists in each category (oil,
acrylic, watercolor, and mixed media*). Fourth place, fifth place, and sixth
place finalists will receive a certificate of merit. One Grand Prize Winner will
receive a $3,000 cash prize.
*This category is open to two-dimensional, unique, original works of art created
with more than one drawing or painting materials. Sorry, we are not able to
accept works of art that include three-dimensional, computer-generated, or
photographic images.
ONE OVERALL GRAND PRIZE
WINNER: $3000 cash award from Utrecht Art Supplies
SECOND PLACE OIL: $700
ArtSmart™ value card from Utrecht Art
Supplies
SECOND PLACE ACRYLIC: $700
ArtSmart™ value card from Utrecht Art
Supplies
SECOND PLACE WATERCOLOR: $700
ArtSmart™ value card from Utrecht Art
Supplies
SECOND PLACE MIXED MEDIA:
$700 ArtSmart™ value card from Utrecht Art
Supplies
For all Prizes: No cash equivalent for the
prizes, prizes are non-transferable and no substitution will be made except as
provided herein at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to
substitute the listed prize for one of equal or greater value for any reason.
Winners are responsible for all taxes and fees associated with prize receipt
and/or use.
9. Entry Conditions
and Release
By entering, each participant
agrees to: (a) comply with and be bound by these Official Rules and the
decisions of the Sponsor, Administrator and/or the Contest judges which are
binding and final in all matters relating to this Contest; (b) release and hold
harmless the Sponsor, Administrator, and their respective parent, subsidiary,
and affiliated companies, the prize suppliers and any other organizations
responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting
the Contest and Promotion, and all of their respective past and present
officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (collectively, the
“Released Parties”) from and against any and all claims, expenses, and
liability, including but not limited to negligence and damages of any kind to
persons and property, including but not limited to invasion of privacy (under
appropriation, intrusion, public disclosure of private facts, false light in the
public eye or other legal theory), defamation, slander, libel, violation of
right of publicity, infringement of trademark, copyright or other intellectual
property rights, property damage, or death or personal injury arising out of or
relating to a participant's entry, creation of an entry or submission of an
entry, participation in the Contest and Promotion, acceptance or use or misuse
of prize (including any travel or activity related thereto) and/or the
broadcast, exploitation or use of entry; and (c) indemnify, defend and hold
harmless the Sponsor and Administrator from and against any and all claims,
expenses, and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys fees) arising out of
or relating to an entrant’s participation in the Contest and Promotion and/or
entrant’s acceptance, use or misuse of prize.
10. Publicity
Except where prohibited, participation in the Promotion constitutes winners
consent to Sponsor's and its agents' use of winner's name, likeness, photograph,
voice, opinions and/or hometown and state aand
artwork submitted for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without
further payment or consideration.
11. General Conditions
Sponsor reserves the right to
cancel, suspend and/or modify the Promotion, or any part of it, if any fraud,
technical failures or any other factor beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control
impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Contest, as determined by
Sponsor in its sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole
discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry
process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of these
Official Rules or any other promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive
manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate
operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and,
should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from
any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor’s failure to
enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that
provision.
12. Limitations of Liability
The Released Parties are not
responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by
entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated
with or utilized in the Promotion; (2) technical failures of any kind,
including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in
phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention
in any part of the entry process or the Promotion; (4) technical or human error
which may occur in the administration of the Promotion or the processing of
entries; or (5) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused,
directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant's participation in the
Promotion or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. If for any reason an
entrant's entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or
otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant's sole remedy is another entry in the
Contest. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded.
13. Disputes
Entrant agrees that: (i) any
and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with
this Contest, or any prizes awarded, other than those concerning the
administration of the Contest or the determination of winners, shall be resolved
individually, without resort to any form of class action; (ii) any and all
disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this
Contest, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved exclusively by the United
States District Court, District of Colorado or the appropriate Colorado State
Court located in Larimer County, Colorado; (iii) any and all claims, judgments
and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including
costs associated with entering this Contest, but in no event attorneys’ fees;
and (iv) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for,
and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and
consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket
expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise
increased. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF
LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO
YOU. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity,
interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and
obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Promotion, shall
be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of
Colorado, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules
(whether of the State of Colorado or any other jurisdiction), which would cause
the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of
Colorado.
14. Entrant’s
Personal Information
Information collected from
entrants is subject to the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy which is available at
http://www.interweave.com/privacy_policy.asp.
15. Promotion Results
For Promotion results and/or
a copy of these Official Rules
go to
www.utrecht.com/contest or send a hand-printed,
self-addressed, stamped envelope to
Utrecht Art Supplies 60th Anniversary Art Competition, 201
East 4th St, Loveland, CO 80537. Requests for the winner list must be
received by December 1, 2009. DO NOT SEND ANY OTHER CORRESPONDENCE OR ENTRIES TO
ADDRES