Prospectus:

2024 Peace Treaty Fine Art Show and Poster Contest

EVENT DATES & LOCATION: Friday, September 27 - Sunday, September 29, 2024, Medicine Lodge

Kansas

Entries Open: 4/1/24   Entry Deadline: 6/01/24

(Location to be announced)

ELIGIBILITY/MEDIA:

• Exhibit is open to all artists over the age of 18 and residing in North America.
• The theme of artwork entries must reflect the Peace Treaty (Native Americans, Cowboys, Pioneers, Mountain Men, the Gyp Hills, etc.). In order to be eligible for the judging for the contest, the theme must include at least one of these in the work. I would encourage you to research this historical event for ideas and inspiration.
• Entries must be original artwork not previously entered in the Peace Treaty Art Contest. Any reproducible medium is acceptable. Sculptures and digital art are not eligible.
• Size is limited at 60” tall by 60” wide.
• All artwork must be available for sale by silent auction to be held by the Peace Treaty Art Show from September 27-29, 2024 at no less than the Minimum Sale Price specified by the artist. Price not seen by juror.

ENTRY FEE/IMAGES: $30 non-refundable entry fee for submission of 1 image. $10 per additional

image, with a maximum of six images.

ART PANEL: Preliminary entries will be juried by a panel of artists and/or art professionals in the art

community. Jurors will select artwork following the theme of the Peace Treaty – Artwork not

following this theme will not be considered for entry. Jurors are encouraged to select artwork

suitable for commercial art purposes as the winning work will be used to promote the Peace Treaty

show the following September and awards/winners are to be juried in 2024 by well-known CA Artist,

Phil Epp.

JURIED EXHIBITION: Winning artwork will be used on promotional material for the 2025 Peace

Treaty. Artists will submit entries by June 1st, 2024. These will be juried by June 20th, 2024 and

narrowed down to a maximum of 45 pieces. All artists will be immediately notified via email and

these pieces will need to be received by the Peace Treaty Art Show Committee between the dates of

August 26 and August 31st, 2024. Work will be displayed at the Peace Treaty Art Show in Medicine

Lodge Kansas. At the event, work will be on display in a secure location and up for silent auction.

On Friday, September 27th, the art show will open to the public and silent bidding and voting for The

People’s Choice will begin. Saturday September 27th the Opening Reception will be held from 5:30-

7:30pm, where voting for the People's Choice Award will be closed and all winners will be

announced. ARTISTS NEED NOT BE PRESENT TO WIN - The silent auction will close Sunday

September 29th at Noon . Following the event, all artists will be notified whether their piece sold or

not, and checks or the artwork will be mailed back to the artist within 2 weeks. Art that has sold

may be picked up at this time.

ALL EXHIBITING ARTISTS WILL BE GIVEN 2 FREE PASSES TO THE PEACE TREATY IF THEY CHOOSE

TO ATTEND. Join us for the first year of a show diverse in its origins and rich with creativity, the show

will present some of the finest original artwork to be found. Held in conjunction with the Annual

Peace Treaty in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, the show is to be held in downtown Medicine Lodge where

it will be viewed by thousands of visitors. The show will also be displayed and available for sale

online. The 2024 Winning artwork will be the POSTER artwork used for the 2025 Peace Treaty poster,

official apparel and souvenir items and any other publicity.

ENTRY PROCESS: All entries will be processed through the Peace Treaty Art Show Committee. Each

entry requires ONE Submission Form. Make sure ONE Submission Form is submitted for EACH

entry. $30 non-refundable fee PER ENTRY DIGITAL ENTRY SEPCIFICATIONS: • File Format: JPEG •

File dimensions: 1200 pixels or greater on the longest side. File Size: Under 5 MB • If you experience

technical difficulty with the entry process, please contact us at lorijonesart@gmail.com

ACCEPTED WORK: The Peace Treaty Art Show reserves the right to remove any works from the

exhibition based on special installation circumstances or discrepancies between the juried images

and actual work. All accepted work must remain on display until the end of the exhibition

September 29th, 2024 at 12:00 pm.

DISPLAY SPECIFICATIONS:

• Artwork must arrive framed and ready to hang with the necessary hardware. (Please, no sawtooth hangers) 
• If artwork or photography arrives without proper hanging hardware, it will be rejected automatically from the contest. If you have display concerns, please contact us at least 2 weeks prior to shipping so we have time to address your concerns. 
• Artists cannot make changes to the artwork, its arrangement, or the bid sheets while on exhibit during the Peace Treaty. 
• Please email The Art Committee Chair with questions at: lorijonesart@gmail.com

Artwork must be shipped in a reusable container that can be used to return the artwork to the artist

in the event the piece is not sold at the silent auction. We can receive Fed Ex, UPS or USPS. Please

do not use “peanuts” as packing material. Artist is responsible for shipping cost, to and from the art

show. A pre-paid shipping label must be included with the artwork upon arrival unless pickup-

arrangements have been made. Accepted artists will receive shipping instructions upon

acceptance in the show.

• 1st place & Poster Image for 2023 marketing materials and souvenirs – $1000.00
• 2nd place - $500.00
• Best of local- (Prize to be announced; comprised of artists residing in adjacent counties (ie. Pratt, Harper, Comanche, Kiowa, Kingman, Alfalfa, etc.)
• People's Choice Award – (Prize to be announced; voted by attendees at Art Reception)

SALES: All work must be offered for sale and will be sold through silent auction during the Peace

Treaty from September 27-29, 2024 at no less than the Minimum Sale Price specified by the artist.

Artists may only sell artwork accepted for the art show on the Peace Treaty premises. The Peace

Treaty Art Show will handle all silent auction sales transactions to include a 20% commission and

the balance to the artist (80%). 

LIABILITY: Please note that the artist assumes the risk of loss or

damage to the artwork during transportation and while the artwork is in the custody of the Medicine

Lodge Peace Treaty Art Show. The artist is responsible for making such insurance arrangements as

the artist deems appropriate. 

IMPORTANT -PLEASE READ : By entering the Peace Treaty Art Show, the artist grants to the Peace Treaty, its successors and assigns, the exclusive right to use and publish for art, advertising, sale or any other lawful use that furthers the promotion of the Peace Treaty, all artwork submitted that is a Peace Treaty Art Contest winner for 18 months from the date of judging of the Art Contest, and a non-exclusive right thereafter in perpetuity. Artist waives any

right the artist may have to inspect or approve the finished product or advertising or other copy that

may be used for these purposes and release the Peace Treaty from any liability for any blurring,

distortion, alteration, optical illusion, or use in composite form that might occur or be produced in

making copies or processing the completed product.

This is the inaugural year for The Medicine Lodge Peace Treaty Art Show. Please understand that we

are working hard and learning as a committee and hope for this show to be a yearly occurrence that

offers a great opportunity to art lovers and artists as well.

Meet our 2024 Juror:

Phil Epp was born in York, Nebraska in 1946 and raised on a crop/cattle farm. Phil says he is

strongly imprinted into the open spaces of the Great Plains where he was born and has spent

most of his life. His paintings reflect this celebration of open sky and landscape, with a hint of

human occupation, and he strives to incorporate timeless universal icons into the landscape.

Phil was awarded the Kansas Governors Artist award in 1985. His paintings have been shown

at galleries in New Mexico, Chicago, Kansas City and New York. Numerous monumental

public works have been awarded honors, including 8 wonders of Kansas Art in 2009 and Water

Tower of the Year in 2010. Epp’s work has been recognized globally. His work, Out of the Blue,

was recently selected to be part of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum’s

permanent collection. He has won several major art awards and is represented by some of the

western art world’s most successful galleries.

In 2009, Phil was selected as a U.S. cultural ambassador to Kazakhstan with the U.S.

Department of States’ Art in Embassies program. His work has been displayed in American

Embassies in Latvia, Africa and Fiji. In 2010 he received the Best of Show award at the

Panhandle Plains Invitational in Canyon, Texas.

His induction into the Cowboy Artists of America is a monumental yet humbling honor and

challenge. The wide-open spaces and the horses, cowboys, Native Americans and prairie

creatures that inhabit this empty landscape have been a lifelong passion. Epp’s studio is

based in Kansas and he continues to travel, photograph and paint wide-open western vistas.