Art
Blueline typically features two regional artists per volume in 2D format. We’ll consider photography, art in various media (e.g., painting, drawing, or mixed media), as well as photography of sculptures. All the art we publish is related to the Adirondacks or focused on nature in some way. Art not explicitly related to these will be rejected.
The Art Editor will often contact regional artists and request that they submit their work to Blueline for consideration. But all artists are welcome to query us about what styles of art we’re interested in featuring and if their art is a good fit. Provide up to two images via email in either JPEG or PNG format, with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi, before sending us any more of your work.
Procedures for Submitting Art
The Art Editor works with individual artists in deciding which images of their work we will publish. Blueline’s editors collaborate with the Art Editor to make decisions about the placement and formatting of accepted art images. The Art Editor makes final decisions about which images to feature on the magazine’s cover, on the frontispiece, and within the magazine itself. The editors may edit, enlarge, or crop images as needed to suit our page dimensions. The Art Editor will confer with the submitting artist if significant changes are needed for any image.
Along with accepted images, each featured artist must provide an Artist Statement of no more than 325 words. This statement will immediately precede and introduce the sequence of featured images. We try to print between 6 to 8 pages of images for each artist.
Artists will be notified, before the magazine is printed, about which images may appear on Blueline’s cover or on its frontispiece. Artists will also need to submit a brief bio to be included in our Contributors pages. We’ll ask that you provide a bio of about 150 words or fewer. Please also provide your mailing address.
Please note that Blueline’s editors may reproduce the magazine’s covers for promotional purposes, but we do not republish any art images printed within the magazine in media that we purchase from advertisers. In other words, we include the covers of each volume on our website and note the artist and the title of the image. However, we don’t sell art images or supply them to advertisers from whom Blueline purchases ad space. Please let us know if you have any questions about our limited reproduction of covers for promotional purposes and specific acknowledgments.