MEMBERSHIP TERMS and CONDITIONS:

*ARTESSEY is a unique membership driven website where members actively participate in its growth and success as well as choosing the contest winners through the voting system.

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

1.  Any images presented for posting on the website for any purpose will be reviewed for approval by authorized ARTESSEY representatives.
2. ARTESSEY respectfully prohibits images with inappropriate or vulgar content.
3.  By posting images on the website, you are giving ARTESSEY permission to use the images for advertising and promotional purposes only.
4. ARTESSEY is an international art site open to artists throughout the world.
5. All images displayed on the ARTESSEY site will be assumed to be an original work and “Available For Sale” unless otherwise indicated on the image as explained in “Contests”.
6. ARTESSEY artists members agree to extend a 20% discount to any purchasing member on the ARTESSEY site.
7. ARTESSEY retains a 30% commission on all works sold through our site.
8. ARTESSEY reserves the right to make any changes to our terms and conditions without notice.

II. CONTESTS

1. ARTESSEY Art Contests are open to all artist members
2. All members are respectfully requested to cast three votes during each ARTESSEY contest.
   1. Any artist participating in a contest may not cast a vote for themselves.
   2. Only one vote per image is allowed in the voting process.
3. No digital or computerized images shall be allowed entry into the contest.
4. Entry fee for the first image submitted is $15 and each additional entry shall be $5.
5. You may enter as many images for each contest as you like.
6. Images that have won previous art competitions in other shows may be entered into ARTESSEY contests.
7. Images do not have to be available for sale to be entered into contests sponsored by ARTESSEY .
8. Previously entered Images that have not won an ARTESSEY contest are eligible to re-enter later ARTESSEY contests.
9. Once an image has won, it can no longer be entered into an ARTESSEY contest.
10. All entries will be displayed on the ARTESSEY site for perusal at any time and become a part of the public and historical content of ARTESSEY’s contest participation catalog.
11. Image size restriction is 2 MB, however some images may need to be cropped in order to fit the specifications of the website.
12. There are no restrictions on subject matter however all images must fit the integrity of the ARTESSEY site as stated in “General Terms and Conditions” line item #1.
13. Images submitted must be in jpg format with the longest dimension at 600 pixels minimum.
    1. Tif images will not be accepted except in the case of reproduction at which point the artist will be contacted to provide a Tif format.
    2. All jpg images must be labeled with the artists name, title, medium, size and price if for sale. *Please label NFS if painting is not for sale*.
14. Images must be your own original works and not copied from any other source.
15. Make sure that your image signature is clearly visible.
16. All entries are online only so size is not a consideration in deciding which piece to enter, however all winning entries will be required to be available for display at the ARTESSEY Annual Banquet (Date, Time and Location to be determined).
17. All MEMBERS are invited and encouraged to attend the ARTESSEY Annual Banquet (Date, Time and Location to be determined).
18. All members must be 18 or older to join ARTESSEY.
19. All ARTESSEY contest winners will be issued checks within 30 days of the contest decision.
20. Contest dollar amounts are figured in US dollars.
21. All contest entries will be received on the first day of the contest month until the last day of the contest month.
22. All contest winning artists’ will be voted on by the members of ARTESSEY and decisions are final at close of contest.
    1. All entries must be submitted by midnight the final night of the contest.
    2. Voting will begin at 12:01am the next day and for seven days thereafter.
23. By entering this art competition you are granting us a non-exclusive perpetual license to reproduce the images of your art on this website and in our newsletters with credit given to artist.
24. By entering the competition you agree to all terms and conditions set therein.
25. Award winners will be listed on the site once voting is final.

III. BLOGGING:

1. Under no circumstances on ARTESSEY’s site are members allowed to post negative or critical comments concerning other members (artists or non-artist) regarding images or any other aspect of ARTESSEY.com.
   1. Such posts will be deleted and offending artist given a one-time warning before being removed from ARTESSEY’s membership without any membership fee reimbursement.
2. ARTESSEY.com may not be used as a political or religious platform of any kind.
3. All blogging content must be supportive, encouraging and generally helpful to others.