Runs the Bitterroot Kevin Kilhoffer

Application

Artists are invited to submit as many designs as they wish, accompanied by a narrative description of each design, a copy of your resume, and examples of previous works. Please restrict all material to no larger than 8.5 inches by 11 inches in size. The Trail of Painted Ponies will not be responsible for the return of materials submitted.

Once the application has been received it will be reviewed, and if the design is selected the artist will be notified and presented with a Terms and Conditions Agreement which details the financial, marketing and promotional benefits provided by The Trail of Painted Ponies.

Please note: Any and all designs submitted to The Trail of Painted Ponies are on the copyrighted and registered horse form and these submissions are property of The Trail of Painted Ponies. We regret that we cannot return any submissions. The Trail of Painted Ponies will file all submissions and will contact artists if/when their Painted Pony has been chosen for reproduction. Thank you and Happy Trails.

Please download the application form and submit your designs to:

All FedEx and UPS Deliveries:
The Trail of Painted Ponies
7301 East Sundance Trail, Suite C 102
Carefree, AZ 85377

All Other Mail:
The Trail of Painted Ponies
P.O. Box 2629
Carefree, AZ 85377-2629

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Background

From the start, The Trail of Painted Ponies has stressed the importance of artistic excellence. We take our curatorial responsibilities seriously, and want our project to be known for its originality, artistic merit, creative diversity, and innovative use of the horse as a three-dimensional media on which to paint.

Artists come to The Trail in many ways. We have issued calls for designs in national art magazines, our web site, direct mail, and through art festivals. While many of our artists also show in distinguished art galleries, just as many could be considered "emerging artists" whose talents are being showcased before an international audience for the first time.

This is what keeps Painted Pony imagery so fresh and urprising. Ponies have been painted by fine artists and folk artists, graphic designers and children's book illustrators, furniture makers and architects, and creative minds that defy categorization. What they all have in common is their gift for inventively transforming a blank horse sculpture into a dazzling work of original art.

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