Board of Directors

For purposes of this policy, Digital Art is defined as any art that uses digital technology as an essential part of the creative process. This policy addresses the following four categories: Digital Painting, Photography, Digital Prints, and AI generated imagery. The use of digital images, or digitally collaged or manipulated digital images, and the printing of images, is an accepted part of the creative process for art submitted to the Arts Center. Artists wishing to exhibit Digital Art must comply with the following requirements, and be juried in as an exhibiting Artist. The Arts Center reserves the right to decline to exhibit any art it deems does not meet these requirements:

– Digital Painting includes art created using digital images and/or tools and techniques with a computer as a canvas/digital brushes (such as, but not limited to, Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, ProCreate, etc). This art must be clearly described and characterized as “Digitally Enhanced Art” or “Digital Art” and must show and have distinctive creative value added by the artist. Digital images must have attributions as to their origin if not the artist’s original images.

– Photographs must be labeled as “Original/First Printing” or “Artist Proof #1” if one- of-a-kind/first print. Print technology/medium and archivability must be described. This first print piece, if framed and ready for hanging, can be hung for display and sale at the Arts Center.

– Digital Prints must be labeled as “Original/First Printing” or “Artist Proof #1” if one-of-a-kind or the first print. Print technology/medium and archivability must be described (i.e., ink jet, archival dyes, etc). This first print piece, if framed and ready for hanging, can be hung for display and sale at the Arts Center. This includes prints that have their surface enhanced/reworked or modified with other media after printing.

– Digital Art not characterized as a one-of-a-kind original, (i.e., any additional copies/ prints/one of several reproductions) should be labeled as “Numbered Copy” and can be made available for sale at the Arts Center as other prints currently are (in bins/slings).

– AI generated imagery created solely with the direct use of AI image generation computer tools, will not be accepted.

The Arts Center is guided by the philosophy to display and sell unique one-of-a-kind artist’s creations, and to encourage artistic creativity, participation, broad thinking, and embracing of techniques and technologies of all mediums. It relies on the individual artists to use good judgment and do the ethically correct things, to appropriately adhere to the guidelines of technology use, and abide by certain boundaries (i.e., copyright laws, getting permissions and using attributions, clearly labeling/ characterizing your art as digital/enhanced).