Greenwich Workshop Announces

First Annual SmallWorks™ North America Exhibition And Competition

SEYMOUR — The Greenwich Workshop, the nation’s leading publisher of limited edition fine art prints and canvases, in conjunction with The Greenwich Workshop Gallery will present its inaugural SmallWorks™ North America exhibition and competition.

The exhibition — a $20,000 purse, open invitation juried show — is an extension and expansion of The Greenwich Workshop Gallery’s annual miniature show. The exhibition and competition will be held at The Greenwich Workshop Gallery from November 24 through December 31 in Fairfield. 

Medal winners will be chosen by collector (public) voting on the Internet and judges’ recommendations. The top 40 works of the 300 exhibitors will be invited to participate in The Greenwich Workshop’s spring 2008 SmallWorks™ Fine Art Editions Catalogue, which is distributed to The Greenwich Workshop’s 1,200-plus Fine Art Dealer Network and reaches hundreds of thousands of collectors nationwide.

“SmallWorks™ was conceived to elevate the increasingly popular miniature show format by bestowing on this event all of the capabilities of The Greenwich Workshop — to exhibit, sell and publish the best art from the finest artists living today,” said Scott Usher, president of The Greenwich Workshop. “We believe the $20,000 purse sets and raises the bar.

“To collectors it’s an indication of The Greenwich Workshop’s commitment to presenting them with the finest work from the finest artists,” he continued. “For artists it presents an opportunity — beyond the sale of the original — for greater gain by providing a prize-winning opportunity to show their best work to a nationwide audience.”

Chris Usher, director of The Greenwich Workshop Gallery, said, “The Greenwich Workshop and The Greenwich Workshop Gallery have an unrivaled 35-year legacy of finding and cultivating artistic talent, offering artists expanded opportunities to sell originals and broaden their buying audience by entering the fine art limited reproduction marketplace.  We have seen tremendous interest in the exhibition thus far from unknown and established artists alike and eagerly look forward to involving the growing number of miniatures collectors in the awards process.”

For more information about participating in SmallWorks™ — either as an artist or as a member of the collector jury — visit SmallWorksNA.com.

Specific information about the exhibition:

Small works are defined as artwork with a maximum image area of 144 square inches (wall art only), slightly more space and dimension that the traditional miniature show format, yet still offering the collector or first time buyer a point of easy and unique access to the finest art from the finest artists.

Entries will be accepted beginning June 1 and continuing until August 31. Acceptance notification will be by September 24, and the exhibition and sale dates will be November 24 to December 31.

A maximum of 300 entries will be chosen for exhibit, with artists limited to no more than two entries each.

The purse structure is as follows: Gold Medal and $10,000, Silver Medal and $4,500, Bronze Medal and $2,500, Director’s Award and $1,500, and Publisher’s Award and $1,500.

All awards and prizes will be posted on the Greenwich Workshop Gallery website on November 22.