SALON DES REFUSÉS

ABOUT THE SALON

A showing of worthy works wrongly rejected.

This is your chance to show the world your unknown masterpieces.

And the world's chance to vote you the approval you so desperately seek.

Don’t let the rejection of your clients or those other shows keep your peers from seeing your best work.

Our Inspiration

(excerpted from Wikipedia)

The Salon des Refusés, French for “exhibition of rejects”, is generally an exhibition of works rejected by the jury of the official Paris Salon, but the term is most famously used to refer to the Salon des Refusés of 1863. In that year, artists protested the Salon jury’s rejection of more than 3,000 works, far more than usual. Emperor Napoléon III decreed that the rejected artists could exhibit their works in an annex to the regular Salon. Many critics and the public ridiculed the refuses, but the critical attention also legitimized the emerging avant-garde in painting.

 
For questions about entering the show please visit http://www.exhibitionofheartbreak.com If you are having trouble email aigabham@gmail.com or call 205 410 0688 or 205  253 8002 for further information.

ENTER
No boards! No drop off! No delivery! No plastic envelopes!
In our attempt to be greener, all work will be entered digitally right here.
http://www.exhibitionofheartbreak.com

Deadlines for Submissions:
August 1 through August 31
Please enter work as hi-resolution pdfs. Only pdf files will be accepted.
No submissions after midnight on August 31, 2008.

Entry Fees:
Singles:
$25 per entry for AIGA members, $35 per entry for non-members
Campaigns:
$35 AIGA members, $45 for non-members
(campaigns consist of 2-5 related pieces)

Categories:
-Identity/Branding/Logo
-Collateral/Print
-Web/Interactive
-Broadcast
Our categories are broad, so please enter your work into the one that best fits your design.
Campaigns (between 2 and 5 pieces) can be submitted in any category at an additional entry fee.

Eligibility: Download Rules
The Salon’s objective is to show off the great work that never made it. Don’t let the rejection of your clients or those other shows keep your peers from seeing your best work. Be sure to share your rejection story. There will be a special award for the best one!

Awards:
-Identity/Branding/Logo
-Collateral/Print
-Web/Interactive
-Broadcast
-Best Of Show
-Best Rejection Story

VOTE
This is a show For the People, By the People.
The winners will be voted on by the public online so it’s up to you to get people out to the site to vote.
One vote per computer, per day.
Voting period:
September 1 through October 4th, 2008
 

EVENT INFO
Eat, drink and bask in the acceptance of like-minded broken-hearted people.
And maybe even collect an award or two.
-October 11, 20008, 7pm
-Omni Studio, 2309 1st Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 32503. 
All work entered will be exhibited at the Salon Des Refusés Award Show.
Ticket prices:
$15 for AIGA members
$30 for non-members
$15 for students.

SILENT AUCTION
Here’s a chance for you and the Birmingham AIGA to both come out ahead.
Bid on some incredible items. You get the merchandise.
We get more budget to do more for Birmingham’s creative community.
It’s a true win-win siutuation.

POSTER CONTEST
Design a poster on the theme of “Rejection.”
Open to everyone.
FREE of charge.
All submitted posters will be exhibited at the Salon Awards Show on October 11, 2008.
Winner announced on the night of the show.

http://www.exhibitionofheartbreak.com/poster.html to submit your poster design.

Guidelines:
-Size: 11x17
-Mandatory copy:
Salon Des Refusés  
October 11, 2008  
Birmingham, Alabama  

Submissions will be accepted from August 1 through October 4, 2008 at midnight.

For questions about entering the show please visit http://www.exhibitionofheartbreak.com  or email aigabham@gmail.com or call 205 410 0688  or 205  253 8002