45th ANNUAL
ARTS OF THE TERRACE JURIED ART SHOW

Saturday, September 20th – Saturday, September, 27th, 2025

Mountlake Terrace Library Event Rooms
23300 58th Ave W, Mountlake Terrace, WA 9804

CALL FOR ARTISTS

The entry process is now open for the 45th Annual Arts of the Terrace Juried Art Show – over $5,000 in prize money available! See below for entry guidelines/information, important dates & times, and 2025 juror information. Please review all entry guidelines prior to starting your entry.

About: Sponsored by the Mountlake Terrace Arts Commission and the Friends of the Arts, The Arts of the Terrace Juried Art Show is an annual week-long event held at the Mountlake Terrace Library’s event rooms. The show features five different categories: Paintings/Printmaking/Drawings, Photography, 3-Dimensional, Artisan Works, and Miniatures. Over the past 44 years, the show has become one of the best in the region, attracting artists and visitors to Snohomish County from all over the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

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IMPORTANT DATES & TIMES
GUIDELINES & ENTRY INFO
ART SHOW JURORS
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IMPORTANT DATES

ENTRY DEADLINE: AUGUST 15TH, 2025
NOTIFICATION OF JURY RESULTS: WEEK OF AUGUST 25TH

ARTWORK DELIVERY DATES

September 12th & 13th, 2025

Friday, 9/12th, 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Saturday, 9/13th, 11:00am – 3:00pm

SHOW OPEN TO PUBLIC

September 20th – 27th, 2025

Monday – Thursday: 12:00pm – 6:00pm
Friday – Saturday: 11:00pm – 5:00pm
Sunday, 9/21: 1:00pm – 5:00pm

ARTWORK PICK UP

September 28th, 2025

Sunday, 9/28: 11:00am – 4:00pm

GUIDELINES & ENTRY INFORMATION

GUIDELINES

Eligibility
  • Artists 16 years or older are welcome.
  • All works must be original, created by the artist in the past 3 years and must not have been shown at a previous Arts of the Terrace show.
  • No copies, derivatives, reproductions, or AI generated art. Work cannot be based on copyrighted or previously published materials.
  • Artists may not substitute or alter the work after it has been accepted.
Entry Limits & Fees
  • Paintings/Printmaking/Drawings, Photography, 3-Dimensional, and Artisan Works: Artists may enter up to 4 pieces of artwork. There is a $20 non-refundable entry fee for each piece of artwork entered in these categories.
  • Miniatures: Artists may enter up to 5 pieces of artwork. There is a $20 total non-refundable entry fee for 1 to 5 miniatures
Artwork Sales & Commission
  • All entries must be for sale.
  • 25% commission will be collected on all sales.
Digital Image Requirements
  • All entries will be juried from digital images for show acceptance. Images submitted at entry should be standard digital images (JPG or PNG) and at least 1200 pixels or greater on the longest side and under 5MB. Awards will be selected from the original works of art at the show.
  • Ensure that your image accurately reflects the color and detail of your art.
Liability
  • The Arts Commission, the City of Mountlake Terrace, and its agents assume no responsibility for lost or damaged articles; however, every precaution will be taken to prevent such occurrences. Judges and the show committee reserve the right to refuse any piece that does not match the image submitted, or does not meet the framing/finishing criteria. Final acceptance of all entries will be at the jurors’ discretion.
  • Digital images of accepted work will be retained by the Arts of the Terrace. We may reproduce accepted artwork only for promotional purposes to advertise the show, in print or digital form.

CATEGORIES


Paintings, Printmaking, Drawings:
Paintings: Oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, tempera, airbrush, gouache, encaustic, collage, mixed media, and calligraphy.
Printmaking: Relief, intaglio, lithograph, serigraph, monoprint, and mixed media with printmaking dominant. No Giclees or photographic prints.
Drawings: Graphite, colored pencil, silverpoint, chalk, crayon, pen and ink, conté and mixed media with drawing dominant.

Photography: Film, digital or altered images originating from a film or digital camera.

Miniatures: Same media specifications as paintings, printmaking, and drawings.

3-Dimensional: Nonfunctional three-dimensional art of any material.

Artisan Works: Fine art crafts based on functional concepts. Includes works in clay, mosaic, metal, jewelry, wood, glass, and fiber.

ENTRY INFORMATION

Paintings, Prints, Drawings, and Photography:
  • Framed work must not exceed 40 inches in height and 40 inches in width.
  • Paintings should be framed or have painted, professional-width sides measuring a minimum of 1.5”.
  • Wet paintings or damaged frames will not be accepted.
  • Entries must be suitably finished and wired for hanging; no exposed glass or sawtooth picture hangers.
3-Dimensional & Artisan Works:
  • Hand carrying size.
  • Items deemed too fragile will not be accepted.
  • No on-site assembly is allowed.
  • Copies of other works, class work and commercially prepared kits will not be accepted.
Miniatures:
  • Your frame and artwork may be any proportion that meets the following requirements: Artwork can be any size up to 5” x 5” (25 sq. in.). This includes unframed gallery wrapped canvases with finished sides (minimum of 1.5″). Framed artwork must not exceed 8” x 6” (48 sq. in.), while maintaining the surface size of the artwork as noted above.
  • Your frame and artwork may be any proportion that meets the following requirements: Artwork can be any size up to 5” x 5” (25 sq. in.). This includes unframed gallery wrapped canvases with finished sides (minimum of 1.5″). Framed artwork must not exceed 8” x 6” (48 sq. in.), while maintaining the surface size of the artwork as noted above.
  • Entries must be suitably finished and wired for hanging; no exposed glass or sawtooth hangers.
  • Image must not appear to be part of a larger painting.
  • Miniatures may be hand delivered or mailed by the delivery dates as noted in important dates section.
    ATTN: Judy Ryan
    Friends of the Arts
    22607 58th Ave W.
    Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043
  • Shipped artwork must include a pre-paid return label.

HOW TO ENTER

As in past years, entries for this year’s show will be submitted through EntryThingy. If you’ve used EntryThingy before to enter a show, log in to your existing account and then select the 45th Annual Arts of the Terrace Juried Art Show call. If you’re new to EntryThingy, you will be able to create an account on the page linked below.

Important Submission Information:
  • Please submit all of your pieces of the SAME category in ONE entry. To do this, click ‘Add Piece’ on the ‘Pieces for This Entry’ page, which will allow you to upload each artwork and enter its details. If you are submitting work in multiple categories, complete your first entry, then click the ‘Add Another Entry’ button in the top right corner of the screen. (Example: if you’re submitting 3 pieces in Photography and 5 in Miniatures, you should have 2 total entries – 1 for each category).
  • Please provide the overall dimensions (including frame size) for each piece of artwork, and specify if the size provided is framed/unframed.
  • Printed labels for accepted work will include the ‘title’, ‘price’, and ‘material’ fields entered for each piece.
  • Entry Fee Payment: At the end of the entry process you will be prompted to submit payment through Paypal by selecting the number of pieces entered in the dropdown. Please note that you do not need a Paypal account to pay. You can choose the ‘Pay with Debit or Credit Card’ option and proceed as a guest.
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AWARDS

Over $5,000 in prize money available

Paintings/Printmaking/
Drawings:
First Place: $500
Second Place: $300
Third Place: $200
Honorable Mentions: $50

Photography:
First Place: $500
Second Place: $300
Third Place: $200
Honorable Mentions: $50

3-Dimensional:
First Place: $400
Second Place: $250
Third Place: $150
Honorable Mentions: $50

Artisan Works:
First Place: $400
Second Place: $250
Third Place: $150
Honorable Mentions: $50

Miniatures:
First Place: $300
Second Place: $200
Third Place: $100
Honorable Mentions: $50

Best in Show (selected by Arts Commission):
$500

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ART SHOW JURORS

AARON COBERLY – PAINTINGS, PRINTS, DRAWINGS, & MINIATURES

www.aaroncoberly.com
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Aaron Coberly was born in Seattle in 1971. He has been drawing for as long as he can remember. He started taking art seriously as a teenager after being invited to attend a life drawing class. Living and traveling in Europe further inspired him. He began oil painting in 1999. His work is primarily figurative with a stylistic nod to the Masters and the Impressionists. Aaron runs an open painting and drawing session in Seattle. He resides in the greater Seattle area and is married with a young son. Every day I work on becoming a better artist.

I believe that art in all of its forms is a way for a person to communicate their feelings to others in an emotional and unique way. I feel that through painting I can show others a world that is inside of me. I enjoy taking elements of the existing world and through paint creating a new vision, a moment, a life that is eternal. I want to share the love that I feel when I look at a painting that touches me. For me creating a connection with the viewer is critical, that is when I feel the life of the painting begins.

My thoughts on painting are as follows. First and foremost composition is critical without an interesting composition a painting or any work of art is dead. Drawing is imperative as well, you have to be able to put what you want where you want it. Then there are the elements of form, how to use value, color, edge control and texture to take a 2 dimensional surface and give it depth and space.

I continue to work every day to crystallize my vision by breaking things down and building them up. I feel sometimes I have to lose myself in order to get a better understanding of where I am going. It can be a scary process but without it I don’t feel that I can grow as an artist.

PAUL LEWING – 3-D & ARTISAN WORKS

www.paullewingtile.com
www.paullewingart.com

Paul Lewing always knew he wanted to be an artist. He started painting in oils at the age of eight and continued into college at the University of Montana in Missoula. There he discovered clay, studying with Rudy Autio, one of America’s best known clay artists and muralists, and earned both a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Fine Arts degree. After graduate school, Paul moved to Seattle and has been a professional clay artist there since 1972, first making functional pottery and, since 1986, working exclusively on ceramic tile. Paul is known for his painterly style of glazing, and for the wide diversity of imagery, styles and techniques he employs in his tile art. A former mule packer, horse wrangler, and hunting and fishing guide, Paul often shows his love of mountains and the outdoors in his landscape, floral, animal and fish murals. He is also widely respected for his expertise in glaze chemistry. In recent years, Paul has returned to roots in painting and is building a second reputation as a painter, working in acrylics.

Paul is the author of “China Paint & Overglaze”, published by American Ceramic Society in 2007, and star of the companion DVD “New Directions in China Painting”, issued in 2010. Articles by Paul have appeared in Ceramics Monthly, Studio Potter, The Crafts Report, Clay Times, Pottery Making Illustrated and other magazines, and his work has been featured in a number of textbooks. Paul is also active in the crafts community and has been President of both the Washington Potters’ Association and Northwest Designer-Craftsmen, and a member of the Studio Potter Network National Advisory Board. In 2018, he was honored with a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Montana. He has taught at Pottery Northwest, the Factory of Visual Arts, Highline Community College, and at over 170 workshops across the United States, including at least one in every state. He currently teaches glaze chemistry at Kirkland Arts Center, and china painting online through www.TeachinArt.com.

Paul’s work has been shown in many regional and national exhibitions and is included in the collections of the Montana Institute of the Arts, Colorado Springs Art Museum, the Archie Bray Foundation, Pacific NW Bell and Montana Museum of Art & Culture. The Mayor of Seattle once presented pieces of his work to, among others, the King of Sweden and the Queen of Denmark.

DARRELL GULIN – PHOTOGRAPHY

www.gulinphoto.com

Darrell has been photographing for over 33 years, marketing his work for the last 33 years and 28 of those as a full time Nature/Travel Photographer. He markets his work through Stock Agencies (GettyImages, Danita Delimont), Editorial/Paper Product markets, along with Photography workshops, tours, seminars and speaking engagements.

He is one of Canon’s Explorer’s of Light and also past President of North American Nature Photography Association -NANPA.

His work has been published in Outdoor Photographer, Newsweek, Audubon, National Wildlife, Popular Photography, Our Daily Bread, most top Nature Wildlife Calendars, and Natures Best to name a few.

He is an accomplished speaker/teacher. Leading workshops for Joe Van Os. Also he has been featured on the TV program Canon Photo Safaris.

He has Traveled the World capturing special moments to share with others.

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