Key Facts

• Application Deadline: October 31, 2022
• Application Fee: $45.00
• Method of Payment: by PayPal or credit card at the end of this application form
• Notification by December 20, 2022
• Notification method: Accepted applicants will be notified by email and invited to join the OSA.
• Annual Membership fees for successful applicants: $130.00 , due April 30, 2023 .
• The decision of the New Members Selection Committee and the OSA membership is final. 

Criteria

• Originality
• Fulfillment of Intent
• Inherent Meaning
• Artistry in composition and design
• Excellence and Skill in the chosen medium(s)
• Consistency in subject matter, style and medium
• Professionalism, including the presentation of the application itself. 

All applicants are expected to be able to navigate basic digital processes including creating and uploading photographs of their work and properly labelling and submitting work according to the instructions.

Instructions

This application form has 3 parts to it.

Part One: Enter your contact information

Part Two: Upload a version of your biography or CV with the additional information requested in a single file in Word or PDF format.

Part Three: Upload 10 sample images of your artwork

Before you begin, please rename your files to help us identify them later and connect them to you.  These titles must match the titles you type into the form below. Some examples:

01_SunsetOnLakeWobigon_24x24_oil.jpg
02_SunshineSketches_10x8_mixedmedia.jpg

If you are an artist working in 3-dimensions and you are shortlisted, we will contact you for additional images.  If you are an artist working in video, please upload a still image that can act as a title page for each video and then in your CV, please provide online links to each of your ten videos. 

Please provide us with your contact information.

Note: Your personal ID will be concealed from the jurying membership so that your application is judged entirely on merit. The OSA is an equal opportunity and affirmative action society; we value and celebrate diversity!

Prepare a Word or PDF with the following information in order: 

1. Your standard C.V. including educational and relevant work and volunteer background. Note: your personal ID will be concealed from the jurying membership so that your application is judged entirely on merit.

2. A professional Artist Statement of Intent. Avoid talking about inspiration and focus instead on medium, process and outcome.

3. A complete list of all exhibitions, trade shows or other places, websites or publications your work has appeared in over the last six years. The list should be written in order by year, starting with 2021, and then going back through 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016. We realize that COVID has prevented exhibitions.

4. A statement indicating all professional representation with art agents or art galleries who represent your work anywhere in the world, if any.

5. A complete list of online sales platforms selling your work, if any. Please include links.

6. Indicate if you are willing to donate volunteer hours to the OSA. If so, suggest whether you would like to help run events or work behind the scenes on the computer. The answers to this question will have no bearing on your application.

7. A list of the 10 artworks you will be submitting with the following details in this exact format: Title, Medium, Size (the unframed dimensions of your work, height by width, and in inches) and Year Completed. Please note that the first five images listed will make up your list of preferred images for the final jurying.

In this section, we'd like you to upload images of 10 sample artworks. Place them in order of importance to your portfolio. 

Please read the following specifications before you begin: 

• All images must be saved in .jpg format
• Each image file must be less than 5MB in size.
• In terms of resolution, images should be no larger than 3000 pixels on the longest side
• Please check the names of your image files to ensure they match the titles typed in the spaces below. Include your artwork title at the front of a file name. Some examples:

  01_SunsetOnLakeWobigon_24x24_oil.jpg
  02_SunshineSketches_10x8_mixedmedia.jpg

Important Note: After you choose your artwork image, you will see a small preview of it. Above the preview is a small Delete button and an Upload button.  Please click Upload for each image you choose.