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Wearable garments and accessories and non-wearable work produced from fibers and fabrics.

Functional and non-functional work in which the primary medium is metal and the additions of any other mediums are incidental to and not intrinsic to the finished pieces.

All work in which the primary medium is paint of any kind and the character of the finished work is most specifically defined by the use of paint. This category includes work in pastels.

Functional and non-functional work in which the primary medium is wood and the additions of any other mediums are incidental to and not intrinsic to the finished pieces.

All primarily two-dimensional work that is created through the use of drawing. Please select this category if your work includes low relief.

All work in which the primary medium is produced through the use of digital technology and the character of the finished work is most specifically defined by the use of digital technology.

Functional and non-functional two and three-dimensional work in which the primary medium is glass and the additions of any other mediums are incidental to and not intrinsic to the finished pieces.

Work made from any medium that is used primarily as personal adornment. This includes wearable sculpture.

Primarily two-dimensional work that includes at least two separate and intrinsic mediums. This category includes low relief.

Primarily three-dimensional work that includes at least two separate and intrinsic mediums.

Any finished work that can’t be best described by one of the above categories.

All work in which the primary medium is film or digital photography and the character of the finished work is most specifically defined by the use of photography. This category includes photographic images printed on canvas.

All work in which the primary medium is traditional (lithography, etching, serigraphy, etc.) or digital (computer-generated) printmaking

All traditional crafts, including but not limited to soap-making, chair caning, broom making, tin punching, black-smithing, furniture making, etc. What defines this category is the attention to historical […]

Objects produced by carving, modeling, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions, as in relief, intaglio, or in the round.

Functional and non-functional work in which the primary medium is clay and additions of any other mediums are incidental to and not intrinsic to the finished pieces.