Poly-Kroma 2023

Apr 29, 2023 to May 24, 2023

Location: Kellogg Art Gallery

Introduction Call for Entries Submission Rules

Poly-Kroma 2023

Poly-Kroma 2023, celebrating the Fine Arts and Visual Communication Design work by Cal Poly Pomona students with a virtual "2d3d+ Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition", and "Industry Day Senior Portfolio Showcase" — featuring the Class of 2023 Visual Communication Design majors' senior portfolios. Join us for our on-site exhibition on Thursday, April 29 - Wednesday, May 24, 2023!

POLYKROMA 2023 ON-SITE EXHIBITION: CALL FOR ENTRIES

The 2023 annual jury-reviewed 2D3D+ Student Art Exhibition (along with the Senior’s Industry Portfolio Showcase) will be initially digitally juried again this year, with its physical iteration to occur on-campus during the Spring 2023 semester with the University mandated “Safer Return” protocols in place. Please note that dates and events, submission terms and procedures are subject to change, or postponement, based on State and/or University directives at any given time.

AWARDS

Top Placing Award Winners will be granted monetary prizes through the Art Department. Typically, 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes are selected for each category in Visual Communication Design, and Fine Arts, respectively, for a total of 6 monetary prizes. Additional Honorable Mentions are decided by the jurors, in each category at their discretion

IMPORTANT DATES
Listed dates may be subject to change, postponement, or cancellation.

2D3D+ DIGITAL ENTRY FORMS AVAILABLE
Mar 1 to Mar 30, 2023

SUBMISSION DEADLINEWed., Mar 30, 2023 @ noon (12pm)

SUBMISSION METHOD
email each Entry Form separately to artgalleries@cpp.edu

EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS of JURY SELECTIONS(and those not selected) on or around Apr 4-5, 2023
check your@cpp.edu email for notification

INDUSTRY DAY - SENIOR PORTFOLIO SHOWCASE
Sat., April 29, 2023 @ 12-4pm
@ Kellogg University Art Gallery (35A)

2D3D+ VIEWING & AWARDS CEREMONY
Mon., May 1, 2023 @ 6-8pm
@ Kellogg University Art Gallery (35A)

FAMILY & FRIENDS DAY
Wed., May 24, 2023 @ 3-4:45pm
@ Kellogg University Art Gallery (35A)

ARTWORK ON-SITE DELIVERY
Thu., Apr 6, 2023 @ 10am-1pm, 2-4pm (closed from 1-2p for lunch)

ARTWORK ON-SITE RETREIVAL (post-commencement)Wed., May 24, 2023 @ 5-7pm (after FRIENDS & FAMILY DAY EVENT)Thu., May 25, 2023 @ 10am-1pm, 2-4pm (closed from 1-2p for lunch)No artwork may be picked up prior to 5pm on May 24.

NEW 2023 TERMS of SUBMISSION

In order to provide the necessary materials for digital jurying, we require Digital Entry Submission Forms, signed off by the class instructor for which the artwork/classwork was made, with digital images of each work entered. Necessary details for what to provide with your submission are listed below based on the 2D, 3D, 4D, or 5D nature of each item entered. These will need to be submitted no later than March 30, 2023. All graduating seniors, and Art students of all levels, are encouraged to participate with their best work from any CPP Art Dept. classes created from March 2022 thru March 2023.

Email notifications of works selected/not selected will be emailed out to all selected and non-selected students on or around April 4-5, 2023 to each student's @cpp.edu email. If selected, artwork is required to be physically dropped off at the Kellogg University Art Gallery (35A) on Thursday, April 6, 2023, from 10am-1pm, and 2-4pm. (Closed for lunchtime 1-2pm.) No exceptions.

This year, ARTWORK RETREIVAL begins as a post-commencement period, for graduating Seniors only, after our FRIENDS & FAMILY DAY EVENT on Wed., May 24, 2023 @ 5-7pm. The remainder of students, at all grade levels, may then begin to retrieve their artwork the following day, on Thu., May 25, 2023 @ 10am-1pm, 2-4pm (closed from 1-2p for lunch). No artwork may be picked up prior to 5pm on May 24.

SUBMISSION ENTRY LIMITS:
No more than 3 entries per student.

ENTRIES WITH MULTIPLE PARTS count as 1 entry. For example, VCD/Graphic Design packaging designs, branding campaigns, poster series and gameboard designs with multiple parts each count as 1 submission. Fine Art diptychs, triptychs or polyptychs, ceramic or mixed media items that are a set, pair, or grouping of inter-related pieces, etc. are also acceptable and counted as 1 submission. BEWARE that if 1 OR MORE components of a series, packaging, set, grouping, or branding campaign are unacceptable to the jurors, the ENTIRE entry may be rejected.

ENTRIES MUST HAVE BEEN COMPLETED WITHIN THE LAST YEAR. Artwork must have been created in the coursework of Art Dept classes anytime from March 2022 through to the present. This is an annual show and is intended to reflect the art student's work over the last year.

ENTRIES MUST BE PART OF ART DEPARTMENT CLASS COURSEWORK. The call for artwork is open to all Cal Poly Pomona Art Dept. Majors and students who have completed the submitted artwork in Art classes through the Art Dept. The show is required to demonstrate the work done as part of Art Department classes. As a result, instructor signature verification will be required for each entry. No extra-curricular, outside-of-Art-Dept-coursework may be entered as part of this departmental show.

DIGITAL SUBMISSION ENTRY FORMATS
FOR ALL DIGITAL ARTWORK ENTRIES, including 2D, 3D, 4D & 5D ARTWORKS please provide the following:

A well-taken, good-quality, lo-res thumbnail photograph of the artwork, the way it is intended to be viewed, frontally (not angled view). Insert image thumbnail as required into the TOP RIGHT IMAGE BOX in SECTION 1 of your Submission Form for each entry form submitted;

A well-taken, good-quality, hi- to mid-level resolution photograph of the artwork (can be the same as above), the way it is intended to be viewed frontally (not angled view). Insert image as required into the LARGE BOX in SECTION 4, on page 2, of your Submission Form for each entry form submitted. The quality of the image, more often than not, does affect the jurors’ selections. If a close-up or detail shot is included, make sure to caption it as such.

2D ARTWORK will be required to be framed or mounted properly, with hanging devices readily provided if selected. Please prepare work accordingly.

Highly Recommended: 3D ARTWORKS that require 2-3 alternate (front, back, or 3⁄4) views may be combined into one image (binary or trinary image) and inserted into the LARGE BOX in SECTION 4, on page 2, of your Submission Form.

The SECTION 4 image provided, as placed on page 2 of the Submission Form, will be the image viewed by the jurors for determination of whether the work will be exhibited or not. Please make sure to represent your work and yourself well.

ADDED SPECIFICS FOR 3D ARTWORK DIGITAL ENTRIES
In addition to the above listed in ʻ2+ʼ (but not in place of) please provide the following additional images as attachments along with your 3D entry. Due to the 3D nature of artwork, jurors will be provided with these additional images to see multiple sides of the work:

Well-taken, good-quality, hi- to mid-level resolution photographs of all 4-sides of each 3D artwork entered, and the component parts of any artwork that has 3D elements. Make sure each image is taken with straight-on, frontal/elevation views, each side view straight-on, and top and bottom as straight-on, aerial views, only if necessary. You may also provide angled or fractionally facing views (3⁄4 angle views) whenever beneficial.

Provide no more than 8 images for this purpose and keep the combined MB total to 25MB or less for easy email-ability, along with your completed Submission Form.

For DIGITALLY-DESIGNED 3D ARTWORK, PACKAGING DESIGNS, GAMEBOARDS, BOOKS, OR GRAPHICS CAMPAIGNS WITH 3D ELEMENTS please provide:

A good-quality digital PDF Presentation of your work, so it may be assessed virtually by the jurors.

For BOOKS (whether hand-made, digital or combination), magazines, pamphlets, or other publication-type media: Provide a good-quality PDF including every page of a book, organized in the correct order, so it may be assessed virtually by the jurors. Also incl. docs/images for any front cover, back cover, and book spine, if applicable.

Send these additional images, or files, as attachments in a compressed file for easy email-ability, along with your completed Submission Form with the required main image of your choosing in SECTIONS 1 and 4 as required for all submissions.

FOR 4D, 5D ARTWORKS, MOTION GRAPHICS, FILM/VIDEO, WEB DEMO, GAMING REEL, ETC.
Provide website or video file submissions as a link listed on your entry form in SECTION 1, or include them as an attachment, in MP4 format, with the maximum dimensions of 1920 x 1080px with good quality resolution (1080p recommended) along with your entry form.

Make sure to include “stills” in SECTIONS 1 and 4 of your completed Submission Form as required for all submissions.

ARTWORK SUBMISSION ENTRY FORMS
are available starting March 1, 2023 and due for return with required instructors’ signatures by March 30, 2023 no later than noon (12pm). An entry form is required for each submission (no more than 3/student).

TO REQUEST DIGITAL ENTRY FORM(S)
send an email with Subject Line: 2d3d+ Digital Entry Form Request
to artgalleries@cpp.edu with the following info:

First and Last Name
Bronco ID
Best Phone Number to reach you (make sure VM is set-up and not full)
Your Major
Number of Artwork Entry Forms being requested (1, 2, or 3; limit 3 per student)

Each submission form REQUIRES INSTRUCTOR’S CERTIFICATION that the item was created as a result of a class project in the Art Dept. and will require identification of each of the following as verification: class project title, class name, semester taken, and instructor signature. Dept. Chair signature may be used in lieu of faculty member’s if not available to sign or on sabbatical.

Students are also required to PROPERLY COMPLETE EACH ENTRY FORM for each entry (limit 3/student) and provide a DIGITAL IMAGE ENTRY of each submitted artwork within its corresponding entry form for easy identification of artworks to be signed-off by instructors, and easily identified by gallery staff, as per instructions on each entry form, and as indicated above in the Terms of Submission. Return each Entry Form separately, via email, and with its corresponding compressed files, docs, and/or additional images, to artgalleries@cpp.edu. Each entry form will be assigned a number. Make sure to use that number in the Subject Line of each entry’s corresponding email when submitting your entry. Example of Subject Line: “2023 2d3d+ Digital Entry 107”

PHYSICAL EXHIBITION READY TO HANG/DISPLAY REQUIREMENT: ALL 2D and 3D selected submissions MUST be prepared for safely hanging, or properly mounted for display. 4D/5D MUST be provided in the proper formats also. ALL works MUST be free of type-os, spelling and grammatical errors. Proof your entry accordingly, then proof again. Be sure to represent your work and yourself well.