of Art for our Publication Covers

 

Local artists are encouraged to submit art for consideration for use on the covers of Inside East Sacramento, Inside The City and Inside Arden.

We accept art images as (in order or preference)

1.                Digital images sent via email to publisher@insidepublications.com. If an image is accepted it will need to be sent on a CD-Rom in a higher quality digital image and should be at least 10” wide and 8” in height and 300 dpi to be of high enough quality to reproduce on our covers.

2.                Digital images on a CD-Rom can be mailed to us at Cecily Hastings, Inside Publications,  
625  33rd Street , Sacramento, CA 95816. Digital images should be at least 10” wide and 8” in height and 300 dpi to be of high enough quality to reproduce on our covers.

3.                Photographs of you art. They can be any size but large enough to see details. 4” by 6” and larger is preferred. Please make sure that the colors in the photographs are representative of the actual colors in the art. Professional photography is given preference.

 

Other information:

If your art is selected you will need to provide us via email (preferred) or mail with a 50-70 word artist statement about your art work in general, along with contact and/or gallery information. You will also need to email or mail a photograph of yourself. It can be color or black and white, and is sized at about 1.5” by 2.5” in the publication.

 

Is your art is selected you will be paid $50 for use of the image per publication. We also reserve the right to use the image on the cover as part of our own advertising and promotional materials. We will need your full name, address and phone number. If your art is selected you will be mailed a full size color laser print of the cover.

 

We tend to select art images from local artists that represent natural landscapes of our area, cityscapes, home portraits, seasonally-related still lifes, people, and even their pets. Occasionally we select more abstract images. We will not accept images from travel outside of Sacramento. We need images that are generally bright and colorful. Black and white images are not acceptable.   It is best that you provide us with as many images as possible of your work for us to choose from.

We accept the following media: watercolor, oil, colored pencil, acrylic, and photographs that have been artistically altered. Collage and multi-media works are not usually acceptable.