Natural Cannabis Art Contest High Art Theme for 2917

HIGH Fine art 2022 WINNERS

1st Place – $15,000 + $10,000 donation to charity of his choice.

XSULLO

"Adjoin"

Texas

Nick Sullo, also known as xsullo, crafts techno-dystopic works that motility between analog and digital approaches. Touches of surrealism and a distinct color palette blend with Sullo'south tight linework, reminiscent of Moebius, techno-punk anime, or artists within the Heavy Metal roster.

2nd Place – $5,000

Julian Bustos

"The Spirit That Loved a Plant"

Patagonia, Argentina

Argentinian artist Julian Bustos spends his time didactics art classes, illustrating school manuals, and occasional freelance work. He enjoys working with many mediums including oil, photography, watercolor, digital, and ceramics.

3rd Place – $2,500

Locust

"Metaphysical Engineering"

San Francisco

Locust is an Apache artist from San Francisco. He is a full-fourth dimension creative person, working with paintings, murals, and digital fine art. His art tends to focus on the metaphysical and the absurd.

High Art 2022 Preamble

Greetings!

My tech journey started with a Commodore 64. The moment I saw that baby burn down up, it was love at start sight. I was hooked, addicted, strung out in the heavenly loftier of mainlining all that is electronic.

I've well progressed over the years and have been lucky plenty to play with some of the well-nigh avant-garde tech gear available to date.

Did I mention I Adore technology and the equipment involved?

Information technology'southward messy at times but too oh and then smooth in oh so many ways.

And the art that is produced is such a force!

I want yous all to know that I take a ration of shit from people around the world, telling me that electronic art is non actually art. I recall they are descendants of the folks that hated the Impressionists.

Fuck them though.

Electronic technological art is art and to hell with the naysayers.

I'grand so excited to see what you produce this twelvemonth.

Pretty delight – blow my mind and toss upward the deuces to those that don't believe in electronic fine art. Pay homage to technology so interpret and express it in your own style.

What has engineering science washed for yous lately?

Enjoy the procedure, create a little, smoke a lilliputian and let the love flow through into your fine art.

Cheers and thank you for your contribution to the contest and to the world. I am truly grateful to share this experience with you.

I can never meet enough art nor feel enough dearest. Both are such gifts.

In gratitude,

Dona

Oftentimes Asked Questions

Q: How do I enter?
A: Entry is open up from Feb xx, 2022 – March xx, 2019. You volition enter at naturalcannabis.com/highart

Q: How many pieces can I enter?
A: Every bit many as yous would like!

Q: What is the theme?
A: Applied science! (and cannabis of grade)

Q: Practise I have to fume cannabis to enter?
A: Absolutely non, but nosotros honey hearing your stories about it!

Q: When are the winners appear?
A: Winners are announced on Apr 20th via Facebook live streaming and posts. Winners volition too be contacted via email.

Q: What is the first place prize?
A: $15,000 USD and a $ten,000 USD donation made in the winner's name to 1 of the following international charities of their choice: Immunity International, UNICEF, PETA, Medico'southward Without Borders, The International Red Cross, or The International Campaign to Ban Landmines

Q: What are the runner-upwardly prizes?
A: second place : $five,000 USD, 3rd Place: $two,500 USD, quaternary-20th Identify: $500

Q: Are there additional prizes?
A: Winning pieces will be seen past an international audience. The winning entries will be featured at the High Art gallery in Santa Rosa, California and on the High Art online gallery featured on NaturalCannabis.com for one yr and then remain in the gallery'south archives. Featured artists will gain exposure to an international audition, enhance their portfolio and increase traffic and links to their own websites or online portfolios. High Art promotes winning artists via product packaging, posters, electronic mail, online press releases, online event promotions and social media marketing, also equally through exhibits and displays at prestigious international art and civilization events.

Q: How are winners paid?
A: Winners receive their prize monies via PayPal (you MUST have a valid PayPal address to claim a prize) in installments of $five,000 (or less, depending on the prize) within 90 days of the annunciation of winning.

Q: What mediums can I use?
A: Submitted artwork may be created in a variety of mediums including only not limited to: paint (watercolor, oil, acrylic, gouache etc.), pen or pencil (charcoal, lithography etc.), digital pattern (Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketchbook etc.), mixed media (collage, artistic materials etc) Photography etc.

Q: What size does my artwork demand to be?
A: Artists must submit a file that is AT Least 1301px wide x 1733px tall .jpg (resolution of 72 DPI).
If called as a finalist, we ask artists to submit a digital file of AT LEAST (eighteen" broad ten 24" alpine @ 150dpi .jpg).

Q: Who judges the winners?
A: Winners are chosen by a panel of qualified judges to be appear soon. The public vote will choose an boosted "Crowd Favorite". There will also exist "Honorable Mentions"

Q: Exercise I go to go along my artwork?
A: Artists maintain their copyright for their artwork. Nosotros do not ask for the original piece. You may sell or do what y'all wish with your artwork, information technology is still yours!

Overview and Rules

CONTEST OVERVIEW:

Welcome to High Fine art 2019! This twelvemonth'due south theme is Applied science.
Using cannabis as your muse, your mission is to create an incredible work of art, something worthy of this twelvemonth's grand prize worth $25,000!
High Art is the just international art contest dedicated to celebrating cannabis and creativity. The contest is open to all artists, in all countries and of all feel levels!
Submit your original artwork and show us what Engineering means to you!
All entries must adhere to the spirit and theme of the competition.
The Natural Cannabis Company and High Art panel reserve the right to reject any entries with objectional content.

SUBMISSIONS Begin: Feb xx, 2019, Midnight Pacific Standard Time
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: March twenty, 2019, Midnight Pacific Standard Fourth dimension.

Notice:

Once your submission has been received, y'all will receive confirmation of your entry on our website.
Online voting for the Crowd Favorite honor begins as soon as entries are posted on our website.
The top 30 High Fine art finalists will be selected and appear online March 30th – April 15th, 2019.
All winners will see their art featured at the High Fine art Gallery in Santa Rosa, California and worldwide at select art and cultural events. Additionally, winning images will be displayed on The Natural Cannabis Company'due south sectional High Art packaging, promotional materials and social media.

Full general RULES FOR ENTRY:

• Must be 18+ to enter.
• Only original artwork may be submitted. Any type of plagiarism of another artist's work will outcome in immediate disqualification and bad karma.
• Artwork previously entered in High Art or other major art competitions will be disqualified.
• Each submission must include name of creator and title of work. (Name – Title.jpg.)
• Each entry must include a brief description of the image as well as a short artist bio (350 words or fewer).
• The Natural Cannabis Visitor shall accept the right to display and reproduce accustomed work for promotional purposes, regardless of future buying, in
• both printed and electronic grade.
• The Natural Cannabis Visitor has the sole correct to refuse any submission accounted inappropriate.
• Submission of multiple original works are allowed. Each submission must be unique and adhere to contest guidelines.
• Contest is open internationally to all artists in all countries and of all experience levels from amateur to professional.
• Yous MUST be able to provide a valid e-mail address linked to a valid PAYPAL business relationship to receive any prize money or compensation.
• All cash prizes are paid in US Dollars.

RULES OF ENTRY

• Submitted artwork may be created in a variety of mediums including but non limited to: paint (watercolor, oil, acrylic, gouache etc.), pen or pencil (charcoal, lithography etc.), digital blueprint (Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketchbook etc.), mixed media (collage, artistic materials etc.).
• Submission file names MUST follow the format: LastName-Title.jpg
• Artists must submit a 1301 wide x 1733 tall .jpg (resolution of 72 DPI) digital file to enter.
• Artists must submit a digital file (eighteen" broad x 24" alpine @ 150dpi .jpg) of their artwork if chosen every bit a finalist.
• JPG compression quality of 12 (or the highest quality setting)

HOW TO ENTER:

Apply this very unproblematic template to build or paste your artwork in. TEMPLATE DOWNLOAD
Enter the contest on this page beginning February 20, 2019.
Upload your image in the course provided. Follow each step closely.

FILE NAME GUIDELINES:

• Impress and Photograph submission file names MUST follow the format: LastName-Title.jpg
• Delight fill out the entire form and load your image before sending the upload. If the submitted images are not sized properly, your submission may be butterfingers.
• The file name may not include special characters such every bit #, $, &, periods or similar characters.
• File names may not exceed 40 characters.

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY:

When submitting your entries, we require that you provide a short bio (350 words or fewer). Tell united states a piffling bit near yourself; your artistic grooming, artistic inspiration, media selection, any special techniques used or anything y'all want the earth to know about you. You may also include your website URL and social media links.

Note: All entrants will be judged on their entire submission packet, including the artist biography. Submissions accompanied by clear, complete bios volition be rated higher than those with missing or incomplete data.

Acceptance NOTIFICATION:

Every submission that is correctly entered volition receive an firsthand notification on the same submission page.

JUDGING:

Judging will exist conducted past a various panel of international artists and accomplished individuals in professional and bookish fields.

The High Art competition gives artists a unique platform to express their vision of "Engineering science."

Submissions will be judged on adherence to theme; whether they are creative, inspiring, provocative, or idea-provoking; every bit well every bit artistic and creative merit.

The artwork submitted to the contest will be judged based on the following elements of creative expression:

• Interpretation and the clarity of the theme to the viewer.
• Creativity and originality in the depiction of the theme.
• Creative composition and overall pattern.
• Overall impression of the fine art. What is the event of the artwork in general and as a whole? Overall, does the artwork stand on its ain as a consummate and outstanding work of art?

AWARDS:

20 artists will be selected to receive cash prizes.

10 artists will receive special recognition, plus one Crowd Favorite work will be selected past online popular vote.

Yard Prize: $15,000 USD + a $10,000 donation on your behalf to a top international charitable organization.*

Winning pieces will exist seen by an international audience. The winning entries will be featured at the High Art gallery in Santa Rosa, California and on the Loftier Art online art gallery featured on NaturalCannabis.com for i year and so remain in the gallery's archives. Featured artists will proceeds exposure to an international audience, heighten their portfolio and increase traffic and links to their own websites or online portfolios. Loftier Art promotes winning artists via product packaging, posters, electronic mail, online press releases, online result promotions and social media marketing, as well equally through exhibits and displays at prestigious international art and civilisation events.

*Winning artist may select recipient from a listing of elevation-rated international charitable organizations provided past the High Art console.

DISCLAIMERS:

Each artist warrants that he or she has obtained all necessary releases from models and other subjects featured in the works of art and whatsoever additional releases required with respect to names, trademarks, designs or works of art depicted in the submitted work of art and that the creation, display or distribution of the work of fine art will not violate any United States constabulary.

Each artist warrants that he or she alone created the submitted work of art or if there are collaborators, they are named. Plagiarism will result in immediate disqualification. All works are checked for copyrighted and plagiarized materials.

Entries must be original works of art and not copies, derivatives or based in whatsoever way on other copyrighted or published works of art.

We will take appropriated images every bit long equally the original creator is best-selling and credited and your methodology is explained.

Do not send images of your artwork which have been framed or incorporate watermarks.

High Art may colour correct your images in order to heighten the overall presentation. High Art may crop your images for formatting purposes for apply in packaging, promotional materials or other High Fine art presentations and for other areas of our website.

Artist agrees and understands that by submitting their artwork to High Art that they are opting into the High Fine art subscription email list and will receive hereafter e-mail announcements and notices from us. If you would like to be removed from this listing, just click on the "unsubscribe" push at the bottom of the electronic mail and nosotros will remove yous immediately.

Submissions of an entry to this competition imply acceptance of all above-stated conditions.

Meet the Celebrity Judges

Glory Gauge Panel REVEALED!

It's difficult work to pick the winners of High Art from thousands of incredible entries each year. That's why nosotros like to call in for aid deciding on some of the top works!

This year, in improver to our steadfast panel of Loftier Art creators, we have enlisted the assistance of 3 celebrities, each highly regarded their own form of artistry.

Mondo Porras

Godfather of Choppers
Earth-famous motorcycle architect of Denver'south Choppers and architect of the award-winning High Art Chopper, Mondo Porras lends his skilled heart to evaluating this year's Loftier Art entries. Mondo has made frequent appearances on Discovery, ESPN and Speed Channel. ​

Anne & Julien

Hey Magazine
Although this duo counts as a single estimate, Anne and Julien bring their years of feel in the world of art to the judging panel. Hey! explores art and popular culture through an art mag, exhibitions and art shows. Anne is the publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Hey! and curator of exhibitions. In add-on to his work with Hey! Julian is a music policy consultant and programmer.

Donnell Rawlings

"Ashy Larry"
Best known for his appearances as Ashy Larry on Chappelle's Show and his work on striking HBO series The Wire, talented actor and comedian Donnell Rawlings lends his artistic middle to the High Art 2022 judging panel. ​

"High Fine art was born from the need for creative, interesting packaging for our premium cannabis products and our passion for art."

– Dona Frank, Natural Cannabis Company

Loftier Fine art was created by Dona Frank and The Natural Cannabis Company in 2022 equally a crowdsourcing solution to packaging blueprint. From its apprehensive ancestry, High Fine art has developed into an internationally-known art competition with thousands of entries annually from 84+ countries all over the globe.

Each year professional and amateur artists create themed works through a diverseness of mediums to compete for $fifty,000 in prize money and to run across their piece of work featured on packaging, social media, at the High Art gallery in Santa Rosa, CA and displayed at prestigious art events, in the Us and abroad.

High Art 2022 marked the fifth anniversary of the competition and concluded with thou prize winner Mike Oncley receiving $xv,000 USD and a $10,000 USD donation in his name to American Red Cross!

Stay tuned to this folio for more data on upcoming High Art events and Loftier Art 2019!

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