Port of Bandon Boardwalk Art Show

Call to Artists  

Stunning Skies, Surf and Sand

May 23, 2024 – Oct 18, 2024

Deadline for submissions is May 8, 2024

Port of Bandon Boardwalk Art Show

It is time for the 21st Annual Port of Bandon Boardwalk Art Show. This year’s theme invites artists to show off SW Oregon’s beautiful beach scenery of skies, surf and sand.  Please feel free to include the plants and animals that inhabit these magnificent views and enrich our coastal experiences as well.

The colors and variety in the skies and water change as each day progresses, and as each season follows another.  The light is amazing here throughout the year, regardless of weather.   Summer fun on the beach and winter storm watching provide exciting (and sometimes dangerous) opportunities to observe beauty.  Migrations bring a wide array of sea life, birds and other visitors to this area

LThe beach offers beautiful rocks, gigantic to pebble size, tidepools, driftwood and plants.  Also critters such as Blue Sailors (velella—see jellywatch.org), roly-polies (isopods), beach hoppers (known as sand fleas but aren’t fleas), sand clams and shrimp, other small crustaceans known as amphipods, beetles and sand worms (Arenicola), and many more among the seashells and kelp.

Whether you paint birds-eye views (macros), close-ups of sand, rocks, plants or animals (micros), land or seascapes, sunsets/stormy skies etc., enjoy putting your spin on this year’s Boardwalk theme. 

1.  Commencing Friday, March 1, 2024 you may acquire blank art panels from the following locations:  Port of Bandon                            Bandon:            Art by the Sea Gallery & Sea

   390 First St. SW                                                         145 Fillmore Avenue SE  

      tel. (541) 347 – 3206       tel. (541) 347 – 5355     

2. The blank art panels are 16in. x 24in. plywood. Your nonrefundable $10.00 purchase price (cash or check only, please) helps cover costs – thank you!   A limited number of student scholarship boards are available.   Approximately 100 blank art panels will be available, so be aware they may sell out early. Please, no more than two blank art panels per artist. 

3. Deliver your completed artwork to the Port, or Art by the Sea Gallery no later than Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at 12:00 pm (noon). 

4. The artwork must be your own, original artwork. Photographs will not be accepted due to copyright and weather issues.

5. Your completed artworks should be responsive to the theme and visual in character, using a medium painted, affixed or fastened onto a “front” surface of the supplied art panel. Successful examples from past exhibitions include painted oils, acrylics, pen and ink drawings, engravings and woodburning, marquetry, mosaics, and mixed media.  (Please try to avoid raised (3-d) items from the face of your board that tempt children or birds to pick them off.  And limit the weight).  You may elect to have your artwork presented in “landscape” or “portrait” orientation.

6. Both sides of the board must be painted with outdoor acrylic paint, or Kilz BEFORE you paint on the artwork.  When artwork is finished and dry, then seal both sides and the edges with 2-3 coats of spray-on, or brush-on / roll-on varnish to protect from rain, moisture, wind, and temperature swings.  Please limit the finished artwork weight, to minimize stress on the Boardwalk railing wires; ask if you think it’s going to be an issue. The corners of your artwork will be drilled with holes, to facilitate hanging for display. Clearly write your name, telephone number, and artwork title on the back surface, and your age if you are under 18 years old, with a weatherproof, permanent paint ink marker, (Sharpie will fade), sealed against the elements. 

7. Artworks will be publicly exhibited from Thursday, May 23, 2024 through Sunday, October 20, 2024.  Artworks will be located either on the Port of Bandon Boardwalk, Bandon Bait Shop, or in the Port of Bandon Picnic Shelter.  

8. he awards announcement is Saturday, September 14, 2024, at 1:00 pm at the Port of Bandon Boardwalk on the waterfront.  Prizes and ribbons will be awarded as follows:

   over 18 years old:  1st Place ($50), 2nd Place ($30), and 3rd Place ($20)  13 –18 years old:  1st Place ($50), 2nd Place ($30), and 3rd Place ($20) under 13 years old:  1st Place ($50), 2nd Place ($30), and 3rd Place ($20) Two People’s Choice Prizes ($50 each). Ribbons for all honorable mention winne

   Award Winners’ boards will be clearly marked with their awards, and will continue to be displayed in place, along with all the other artwork on the boardwalk until show closes.

9. All boards will be available for pick up on Thursday, October 24, 2024 at the Port of Bandon building downstairs, 390 1st St. SW in Bandon.  

10. You are welcome to sell your artwork at any time.  But in consideration of other participants, your artwork may not be removed during the Show.   All work will be available to pick up Thursday, October 24, 2024. 

11. Artworks not picked up within thirty (30) days of the ‘release for pickup’ day will be deemed abandoned and recycled, so please remember to pick up your artwork! 

12. To be considerate of the public interest, and mindful of the spirit of the show, the Curators and the Port of Bandon reserve the right to decline acceptance of your submitted artwork, for any reason whatsoever, in which event your artwork will be promptly returned to you.  This show is not a forum for political artwork.

13.  You grant permission for the Port of Bandon to share images and general editorial detail about your artwork, for noncommercial, not-for-profit purposes, including but not limited to news articles, exhibition catalogs, and show promotions. 

14. The Port of Bandon Boardwalk is open to the public but cannot be patrolled or surveilled at all hours. While your artwork is publicly displayed on Port of Bandon property, you agree to release and hold the Port of Bandon and its employees and agents harmless for any loss or damages to your artwork due to “wear and tear,” weather conditions, casualty event, theft, vandalism, civil commotion, and the like.  

For questions please contact show curators:                                  Shawn Tempesta 805-844-1056 stempesta1@gmail.com                                         Ava Richey 541-297-6118  richeyava@gmail.com