Art reservation fees are : $12 per 4 ft. x 4 ft. panel and/or 18 in. x 6 ft. table. Make a check payable to ApolloCon, or pay via the ApolloCon PayPal account (contact the Art Show Director for PayPal info).

Money to reserve panels should be sent in as soon as possible, as the art show director is busily doing her best to fill the room. Art show reservations can no longer be considered official until payment has been received. Art should arrive no later than one (1) week before the con.

Plea From Art Show Director: If you contact me regarding participation in the art show, please do not wait until the month before the conference to send in your reservation. See previous paragraph. I had one artist do this last year, and the only reason he got in was that another long-registered artist had to cancel at the last minute.

The Con Committee and/or Art Show personnel reserve the right to refuse to hang submitted artwork.

Suggested methods of Shipping, should you need to send in your artwork:

We suggest that you ship your artwork via DHL, FedEx, UPS or your preferred independent shipping agent, and include a prepaid return shipping ticket with your paperwork. Or, in FedEx's case, a check for the return amount, as they don't seem to understand the idea of prepaid returns... It ends up being almost the same as the USPS, and safer.** If you prefer to use the postal service, please be sure to request insurance, package tracking, and delivery confirmation. This advice comes out of personal experience, when a package of my artwork didn't get to the Canadian show for which it was destined, and wasn't traceable because I didn't realize that was a separate "service," thus initiating an agonizing 8-week wait to see if I'd ever see any of it again. My work is 3-D, so "reprints" were not an option.

Please remember to include the cost of insurance in your check for return postage or else indicate that it is not desired, as there is never a guarantee that sales will cover that. If the return postage amount does not cover both shipping and indicated insurance, no insurance will be included. I would hate to have to hold someone's artwork while return fees were arranged, in a case like that.

Artwork should be shipped to:

Contact information for any additional questions:

The Art Show will close in the early evening on Saturday so that everyone can attend the Masquerade, and then will reopen for two (2) hours afterward.

This year's Charity is TBA.

• Only art designated as "original," and/or hand-altered prints (definition 1) will go to auction.
• If a print is a member of a large print run (200 - 2000), the lower numbers (1 - 75) and the higher numbers (last 50 of the run) will be treated as originals.
• If none of the qualifying numbers are available, a print may be hung on the panel, but must be marked with a Quick Sale price.
• Only one copy of a print may be hung on the panel, no matter its placement in the run.
• Print runs of 100 pieces or fewer will be treated as originals, meaning they may be sent to auction.
• All other prints are encouraged and accepted, and as a general rule their sale will be handled as QSP (Quick Sale Price.)
• If you feel like a specific print should be designated as an original, you are welcome to present your reasons for this exclusion to the general rule. The Art Show director's decision in the matter is final.
• Two bids are required to send a piece to auction. If time permits, we reserve the right to include a piece or two with no bids, "on its own recognizance."
• Pieces with one bid will go to that bidder, so consider that when determining your minimum bid.
• Persons desiring to re-sell some of their collection may reserve a panel and display the artwork, but it MUST be priced for Quick Sale only. Allowing bids on re-sold pieces would not be fair to either the artists hanging their original work in the show or the original artist who did the piece now being offered for sale by the collector.
• Your artwork may not extend beyond the edge of any panel or table, and it may not interfere with any works displayed by any other artist.
• To be represented by an agent at the convention, you must provide your agent with a signed letter of agency to present at the Art Show.
• For your protection, photography will not be permitted in the Art Show, with the exception of supervised, professional press and HSFA. If you object to having your works used, with credit, by press reviewing the convention, please indicate this on your reservation form.
• Any artwork legally bid for, but not collected and paid for by the buyer, will be retained by the Art Show Director. We will make every effort to contact the buyer, remind them of their legal obligation to pay for purchased art at the bid price, collect funds due and remit to the artist. If we are unable to complete the sale within three months, the art will be returned to the artist.

• The greyed-out area on the Control and Bid sheets is for the use of the Art Show Personnel only. A column has been provided for you to put your own identification or tracking numbers on the pieces.
• The Minimum Bid price should be the absolute least amount of money your prefer to receive for a piece of artwork.
• A Quick Sale Price (QSP) may be put on the art at the artist's option, to allow outright purchase of the piece before the auction.
• An After-Auction / Sunday Sale Price (AAP / SSP) may be put on the art at the artist's option, to allow purchase after the auction. If your AAP is lower than either your Minimum Bid or Quick Sale price, it is better that you not write that price anywhere but the Control Sheet. To do so creates the urge to "wait till Sunday" to buy a piece, which might result in its not being sold at all.
• If the artist provides no AAP, the art will be marked as Quick Sale by the Art Show Personnel unless otherwise instructed by the artist. If you prefer that your artwork not be shown after the auction, please note that in your instructions to us, and we will repack it for shipment immediately after the auction.
• You are welcome to display artwork that is Not For Sale (NFS). One of our major purposes is to display good artwork. Reserving a panel or table is required for the display of NFS artwork.

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   1. Hand Altering:
      1. Inking or coloring a small section of the print
      2. "Extending" sections of the print onto the mat board so that the matting is an integral part of the picture
      3. Adding decorative 3-D items to the print or mat so that each copy is unique
   2. Computer Prints:
      1. Using special types of paper, each type unique to that numbered print.
      2. Adding some type of hand-altering to the print, mat or both, to reassure a purchaser of its individuality.