About Face, the Gosford Junior Portrait Prize is an exciting opportunity for budding young artists from 5 to 18 years old to demonstrate their drawing talent and compete for a prize pool of $900.

There are four age categories:
•    5-8 year olds
•    9-12 year olds
•    13-15 year olds
•    16-18 year olds 

About your portrait subject
The portrait should be of a person who is special to you - someone who is known to you and plays a significant role in your life. We encourage you to draw the portrait ‘FROM LIFE’ and that your subject has a ‘sitting’ for their portrait.

Judging
The competition will be judged by artist Jocelyn Maughan and the Gallery Curator based on merit and originality. First, second and third prizes will be awarded in each category. Each prize winner will receive a giftcard courtesy of the Jocelyn Maughan Art Foundation.

Your artwork 
The artwork is strongly encouraged to be drawn from life to be considered for a prize.
•    One artwork only per entrant.
•    You may use any art materials you like but your artwork must be two-dimensional and on good-quality paper so it can be framed for display if you are a finalist.
•    Use portrait (vertical) orientation
•    Must be  (210 x 297 mm) size
•    Should be clearly labelled on the back with your name, age, address and contact details. Make sure this doesn't show through to the front.

How to enter
1.    Go to https://www.trybooking.com/CWPGN to register your details online.
2.    Entries can be hand delivered or mailed to: About Face Competition, Gosford Regional Gallery, 36 Webb St East Gosford
Your artwork should be sent flat, not folded or rolled. We suggest you place it between two pieces of cardboard to protect it.
3.    If you wish your artwork returned after the competition, please also enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope of the correct size. Families submitting artwork for more than one child must enclose one envelope per artwork due to the way that entries are processed.

Key dates
•    Competition opens 1 November 2024 
•    Entries must be received by Sunday 8 December 2024
•    Finalists and winners will be announced online (on the Gosford Regional Gallery Facebook Page) on 14 December 2024 
•    Finalists will be displayed in the Community Gallery 14 December 2024 to 12 January 2025

TERMS & CONDITIONS
1.    Information on how to enter (above) forms part of the terms and conditions of entry. Entry into the competition is deemed acceptance of these terms and conditions.
2.    The promoter is  Gosford Regional Gallery, ABN 73 149 644 003, 36 Webb St, East Gosford NSW 2250
3.    Entry is open to all permanent residents of Australia. Employees and their immediate families of the Gosford Regional Gallery and their agencies and companies associated with the promotion are ineligible to enter the competition. Immediate family means any of the following: child, stepchild, grandchild, niece, nephew, sibling, stepsibling or first cousin.
4.    The competition commences at  1 November 2024, 1.00am and closes at 8 December 2024 11.59pm
5.    Entries are limited to one artwork per entrant. Entrants found in breach of this limit will forfeit their right to compete. The artwork submitted must be the original work of the entrant themselves and not infringe the copyright, moral rights or other rights of any third party. Artworks that are deemed to not belong to or be created by the entrant will NOT be eligible.
6.    Judging will take place between 8 and 14 December 2024 at Gosford Regional Gallery.
7.    The competition is a game of skill and chance plays no part in the selection of the winners. The theme is a portrait of a person who is special to the entrant, who is known to the entrant and who plays a significant role in their life. Submissions will be judged by the Gallery Curator and Jocelyn Maughan, according to the following criteria: 
1.    Observational drawing skill, as decided by our judges.
2.    Skill in composition of the image, as decided by our judges
3.    Artistic interpretation of the theme, as decided by our judges.
4.    Originality of the submission. Entries that are deemed to not belong to or be created by the user will not be eligible.
8.    Judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
9.    Use of artworks and images 
1.    By entering the competition and accepting the terms and conditions, entrants (including winners, finalists and highly commended entrants) give the Gosford Regional Gallery non-exclusive rights to reproduce their artwork in material form, to photograph, publish and/or communicate it to the public for the following competition-related purposes, and anything incidental to such purposes, by the Gallery, competition partners and sponsors: marketing, publicity, educational and publication uses for the Gallery, the competition and its exhibition in all media, including but not limited to electronic/digital, broadcasting and print media, in perpetuity.
2.    Where reasonable, the Gallery will attribute the artists as the author of the work and reproduce the work in full. Details of the work may be used at the Gallery’s discretion.
3.    Entrants (including winners, finalists and highly commended entrants) will not be entitled to any fee for such use.
10.    Use of personal information: 
1.    By entering the competition and accepting the terms and conditions, you agree that the Gosford Regional Gallery may use your personal details for the purpose of conducting the competition.
2.    By entering the competition, you give the Gosford Regional Gallery permission to contact you if you are a finalist in the competition.
11.    The promoter reserves the right to request finalists to provide proof of identity and winners to provide proof of residency at the nominated prize delivery address. Identification considered suitable for verification is at the discretion of the promoter.
12.    The promoter shall endeavour to contact the finalists by phone or email within one week of the prize judging. In the event that a winner cannot be contacted by 5.00pm Friday 14 January 2025, the prize will be forfeited by the winner.
13.    The promoter shall not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever which is suffered (including but not limited to direct or consequential loss) or for any personal injury suffered or sustained in connection with any prize/s, except for any liability which cannot be excluded by law.
14.    The promoter can take no responsibility for any loss or damage to an artwork entry while in its custody or in transit.
15.    An artwork will only be returned to an entrant if a stamped self-addressed envelope has been provided at the time of entry. After 14 February 2025 the promoter may destroy or otherwise dispose of any other entry (including those of finalists and winners) in any manner it deems fit and shall be under no liability whatsoever to the entrant in respect of the artwork so destroyed or disposed of.
Prizes are as follows: gift cards will be given to a parent or guardian, who may be asked to sign the card. Prizes cannot be transferred. Non-cash prizes cannot be redeemed for cash. In the event that for any reason whatsoever a finalist/winner does not take an element of the prize at the time stipulated by the Gallery then that element of the prize will be forfeited by the finalist/winner and cash will not be awarded in lieu of that element of the prize. The Gallery shall endeavour to contact the finalists by phone or email within one week of the prize judging. In the event that a finalist/winner cannot be contacted by 14 January 2025, the prize will be forfeited by that entrant.