The International
The 28th annual competition for portraiture and figurative art

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• Entries: participants are eligible to submit up to three artworks for consideration.

• Design & Concept: Entries must be the artist’s own original design and concept and created independently after February 2023. Work created under instruction, painted over prints, AI generated or digitally created are ineligible.

• Copyright: Entrants are allowed to use photographic and digital images as reference (not AI) in the creative process, but it must be their own reference material or if the entrant has the permission of a source, the final artwork must vary enough from the source image to constitute a new original work of art. (If there is any question about the creative process, the jurors may ask to see source material.)

• Handcrafted: Work must be hand crafted by the artist, not copied from another source or the use of digital or photo transfer to the substrate.

• Sizes: For 2D artwork, the longest side must be no longer than 60” (unframed). For 3D artwork, the size of the sculpture should be under 34” and weigh no more than 50 pounds.

• Eligibility: The competition is open to all artists, including faculty artists that are donating their time to teach at the annual conference. But Portrait Society Executive Board Members, Gold Medal Recipients and previous Draper Grand Prize winners are ineligible.

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