Phillips’ Mill’s 96th Annual Juried Art Show committee invites you to participate in our search for the signature image for this year’s show. The signature image, an artistic representation of our historic Mill, is used on marketing and advertising materials including posters, ads, invitations, postcards, social media, banners and on the Phillips' Mill website.
The winning artist will be promoted in press releases and on social media and will receive a $500 honorarium. The signature image will automatically be included in the juried art show. The winning artist may submit additional entries to the show as outlined in the show’s prospectus.
Previous years' images have included whimsical as well as traditional depictions of the Mill and its surroundings. To see images from past shows visit the Past Exhibitions page on our website at https://www.phillipsmill.org/art/art-exhibition-archives.
This is a dynamic opportunity for high visibility of your work, your style, and your name within our community of collectors. We encourage you to participate and look forward to receiving your submission.
Please review the following guidelines and instructions carefully before preparing your submission.
GUIDELINES
- There is no submission fee.
- One submission per artist
- Artists must reside within a 25-mile radius of Phillips' Mill Community Association, 2619 River Road, New Hope, PA 18938.
- Artwork must be for sale.
- Artist must be at least 18 years old
- Artists chosen as the Signature Image artist within the past two years are ineligible.
- Submissions must be original, two-dimensional works.
- Drawing, watercolor, oil, acrylic, gouache, pastel, collage, mixed media, woodcut, etching, silkscreen, and similar media are eligible.
- Not eligible: photography, digital artwork, AI-generated art, giclee, or any similar reproductions.
- Not eligible: artwork exhibited at any previous Phillips’ Mill Juried Art Exhibitions or Mill Members Art Shows. This includes framed and portfolio pieces.
- Artwork does not need to be framed but should be matted if appropriate. If selected, the artwork will need to be framed prior to exhibiting at the annual juried show.
- Size: Max: 50” on the longest side framed; Min: 8” x 10” framed. Check prospectus.
INSTRUCTIONS
- Submit your artwork between March 15 - April 15, 2025 (by 5 pm.) This deadline is firm. No grace periods. No exceptions. Please be prompt.
- Email a high-resolution jpg of your work to signatureimage@phillipsmill.org and include the following information in your email:
- Name
- Address
- Phone
- Title of Work
- Medium
- Size
- Include the same information on a card affixed to the back of your work.
- Please do NOT sign your artwork. If a signature is already there, find a creative way to cover it up. ALL submissions will be voted on without the knowledge of who the artist is.
- If selected, you may, of course, add your signature to the front for exhibiting at the show.
After a preliminary review, finalists will be selected and notified by email on April 28. Instructions will be provided for delivering the original artwork to Phillips’ Mill for in-person review and voting by the full Art Committee on Tuesday, May 6 at 9:00 a.m.
The winning artist will be notified by phone and email on May 7, 2025.
Winners will be asked to keep the news confidential until the Mill has had an opportunity to make a formal announcement. The winning image will be revealed and announced through the press, on our website, in social media, and in our monthly Grist newsletter.
Questions? Email Terri Epstein at signatureimage@phillipsmill.org.
*Previous Signature Images show above: Clockwise from top left — “Winter Sun, Phillips’ Mill” by Steve Zazenski (2015), “March Afternoon” by Donna Ruane Rogers (2024), “The Phillips' Mill Party Cat” by Pamela Miller (2023), “Light at Night” by Patricia Allingham Carlson (2022).
