The Colorado Association for Viticulture & Enology (CAVE) invites artists to submit their original artwork for the Colorado Mountain Winefest Art Contest!

CAVE hosts this annual art contest to choose the official artwork for Colorado Mountain Winefest. Contest entries are accepted each year from October through January. The winning piece of artwork is used to represent Mountain Winefest in the months leading up to the festival and will be featured on promotional materials including posters, wine totes, t-shirts, and brochures, as well as local and nationwide print and digital marketing.

The winner of the annual Colorado Mountain Winefest Art Contest will receive a cash prize of $700.00 (to include all exclusive reproduction rights and copyrights) as well as extensive nationwide publicity and promotion by becoming the official Commemorative Poster Artist of Colorado Mountain Winefest for that year.

The winning artwork is selected by the public through online voting. The winning entry is announced at The Blue Pig Gallery in Palisade, CO during the Artists’ Opening Reception. The reception is free and open to the public.

Qualifications:

• Artist must be a Colorado resident

• All art entries must be two dimensional (Photography and 3D art are not eligible)

• Entries should represent Colorado’s growing wine industry

Artists may submit more than one piece of artwork at a fee of $20.00 per piece. Previously submitted artwork is acceptable. All art entries will be on display in The Blue Pig Gallery in Palisade, CO for the duration of the contest. Artwork must be no larger than 24″ x 36″ vertical or horizontal, must be signed, framed, and ready to hang with secured, closed eye-hooks & wiring.

For more information, please call CAVE: 970.464.0111