Sangres Art Guild’s
16th Alla Prima Westcliffe 2025
Prospectus
‘Alla Prima Westcliffe’ is an annual competition referring to an outdoor or indoor painting from life and on location, not from photographs.
Calendar Dates - specific details will be posted later:
- Check-in: Sept 7-10, 9am-4pm at 3rd Street Gallery, Westcliffe, CO 81252
- Intake: Sept 11, 3-6pm at Lange Hall, Westcliffe, CO 81252
- Quick Draw: Sept 12, 9am-noon, location TBD
- Sale & Gala: Sept 12, at Lange Hall, Westcliffe, CO 81252
- APW Fresh Paint Show: Sept 13-29, at 3rd Street Gallery, Westcliffe, CO 81252
- Pickup: Sept 28 or 29, at 3rd Street Gallery, Westcliffe, CO 81252
Registration:
- Entry fee: $50 by August 15, 2025; $60 after
- Pay online: sangresartguild.org OR mail: Sangres Art Guild, P.O. Box 205, Westcliffe, CO 81252
- Last day to register: Wednesday, September 10, 2025
- Limited to 60 participants
- No refunds
Show Rules:
- Follow Sangres Art Guild (SAG) Gallery Criteria (sangresartguild.org)
Eligibility:
- Must be 18 years or older.
- Membership to Sangres Art Guild is not required, however membership is available for purchase anytime during registration or check-in.
Check-in & Validation:
- Artists’ blank, unpainted surfaces must be stamped and dated by event staff at check-in.
- Stamps must be visible to view when finished work is submitted.
Liability:
- Sign and return liability waivers included in the registration package.
- SAG holds no liability for personal injury, loss of personal property, venues, or paintings.
- Entrants and guests are solely responsible for their safety and conduct on private property.
- Obtain owners’ permission before entering private land.
Artwork Requirements:
- Create paintings within Custer County between September 7-12, 2025.
- Paintings must be for sale.
- Any 2-dimensional medium is accepted.
- Three paintings (3), with an outer frame limit of 24”x28” may be submitted.
- Additionally, one (1) miniature painting with outer frame limit of 12”x12” or smaller is accepted.
- Proper frame with wires for hanging are required, no sawtooth hangers allowed.
- Gallery wrapped frames are NOT allowed.
- Include artist’s name, medium, price, and title on the back of all artwork.
- Artwork must be ready to hang at intake or will not be accepted.
- Late deliveries and hangings are not accepted.
Sales & Commission:
- SAG reserves the right to jury out any work.
- SAG receives a 30% commission on members’ work sold, 40% commission on non-members’ work sold.
- Buyers may remove purchased artwork upon full payment to SAG.
Artwork Pickup:
- Optional APW Fresh Paint Show will be displayed at 3rd Street Gallery from Saturday, September 13 until September 29, 2025, unless purchased.
- Unsold artwork must be removed from 3rd Street Gallery by September 29, 2025.
- SAG holds no responsibility for artwork left after Sept 29. 2025.
Required Forms (available online and at check-in):
- APW Waiver
- APW Intake Form
- Wall Tags
CONTACT US
59000 CO-69
P.O. Box 205
Westcliffe, CO 81252
Phone: 719 315-6045
Email: info@sangresartguild.org
