Entries: All works submitted must be the original and unaided work of the competitor and completed within the last 18 months. It must not have previously won any major prize. Work must be based on traditional arts and crafts from the Middle Ages. 

Time period: AD 600 – 1600. 

Medium: All period appropriate mediums are acceptable, e.g. fabric, painting, glass, sculpture, woodwork, bone etc. (NB. Artists and craftpersons need not grind their own paints or use traditional tools, etc.)

Entry Fee: $10.00 per exhibit with a limit of 4 entries per person per category. All entries must be clearly labelled with artist name, section, title of work and price (if applicable). If consigning entries by post or courier please include a pre-paid freight voucher with entry. This will be returned if entry is sold.

Closing date: Entry forms to be submitted no later than Friday 30 May, 2008.

Size: Recognising that many art works produced in medieval times were long and narrow and acknowledging the limited display space available, framed works should not exceed 1m sq.

Display: Work for hanging must be ready with “D” clips and cord preferred. Any work that does not comply WILL NOT be hung. Stained glass must be supplied with a suitable light source. For 3D pieces in Sections 1, 2, 3 & 5, special display requirements should be discussed with Helen Barchard (Ph:97 5495 3757) and, where necessary, display devices are to be provided by the exhibiting artist. In cases where large pieces are planned to be entered, the organisers may arrange for alternative sites for display to allow these works to be included (the Fire Station Gallery has limited display area for 3D works).

Adjudication and Exhibiting: All entries will be considered by the official judges. The judges decision will be final and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into.  The Committee reserves the right to transfer work to another section if conditions are not fully met or insufficient entries are received.  We reserve the right to utilise images of artworks entered in the competition for publicity and promotional work only.  The artists’ work will be appropriately credited.

Insurance: Insurance of work against loss or damage to, during or from the exhibition is the artist’s responsibility.

Warrant: The artist warrants that each and every entry is owned by and is the original work of the artist. The artist indemnifies the exhibitor of any breach of warranty or of any default or defect in any such works. Artists are asked to provide a story card with background to their artwork.

Receipt and Despatch: All entries to be received between 10.00 am - 3.00 pm on Friday 20th June at:

Old Fire Station Gallery

55 King Street, Caboolture, Qld 4510

Telephone: 07 5498 3466

All exhibition works are to be collected from the Gallery on Monday 14th July (between 10.00 am - 3.00 pm). NB: all entries must remain on display until the exhibition closes. If consigning entries by post or courier please include a pre-paid freight voucher with entry. Voucher will be returned if entry is sold.

Winning Entries: Winners will be notified by telephone and prizes will be presented at the official opening on Friday 27 June 2008.

Sale of items: Masterpieces may be sold by the Gallery. A fee of 25% of sale item will be incurred. Items sold are to remain on display during the exhibition and may be collected on Monday 14th July.