COLOR & LIGHT 2025 NFT Artist Application

Submission Guidelines

  1. Please fill out the form below completely.
  2. We accept NFT Artists of all disciplines. Please see FAQs for information regarding certain mediums and our limitations. If you’ve never created an NFT, we’re here to help.
  3. We accept and strongly encourage creators from all countries as well as local artists to apply.
  4. We are fully committed to inclusivity and welcome everyone. That is the point of our theme: “It takes all our colors to achieve light”
  5. Your art must be entirely original and cannot have been minted on any other NFT platform.
  6. We prefer works in portrait mode, although we can accept landscape as well. (see FAQs)
  7. Preferred aspect ratio should be 360 x 610.
  8. Resolution should be 1800 x 3050 or greater.
  9. We accept the following file types: .jpg .png .mov (see FAQs for musicians & other file types).

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

February 28th, 2025.

We encourage you to submit your work as soon as possible.

Color & Light aims to elevate Web3 and digital creators of all disciplines, introducing groundbreaking artists and revolutionary technologies to the public. We hope to expand the audience for Web3 creators and educate spectators about the peer-to-peer power and human connections created by blockchain.

The festival is a fundraiser for environmental and social charities through our partnership with The Giving Block – blockchain’s largest and most reputable giving platform. Participating creators are asked to donate a portion of proceeds from the sale of their works. We believe that if creators from around our world stand together, we can change the narrative and have a tremendous collective impact. (See FAQs)

We thank you in advance for your submissions.

FAQs

When will I hear if my work will be included in the festival

We accept applications on a rolling basis up to the submission deadline of February 28th, 2025. The sooner you submit your work, the sooner our curation committee can get back to you with the great news. In all cases, we will notify all creators by March 10th, 2025.

What can I expect once my work is accepted

First off, you will receive an email congratulating you on the great news and thanking you for your participation! Next:

  • We will grant you creator access to PolyOne’s platform and ask that you create a profile under which we will mint your artwork for sale during the festival. PolyOne is a curated platform.
  • All creators will be featured on both the Color & Light website as well as on PolyOne’s website and exhibited in the festival.
  • You will need a crypto-wallet, such as Metamask, Rainbow Wallet, Coinbase or Wallet Connect.
  • In your acceptance email, we will provide you with detailed instructions.
  • Whether you’re an NFT pro or just getting started, our PolyOne team will be available to walk you through the minting process one-on-one. No worries!

Where will my work be exhibited?

All NFT works will be proudly featured on our NFT exhibition gallery screens on the Color & Light Festival grounds. We will additionally project selected works onto the historic façade of The Paramount Theater. We have limited space and time available for projections onto the building, As much as we’d love to feature all the works on the building, we simply can’t. Our curatorial team will make decisions based on how the images look as projections. Our decisions are no reflection on the work you’ve submitted, but rather on technical and curatorial decisions.

Where is Asbury Park, and why is Color & Light being held there?

Asbury Park is an ocean-front city in New Jersey. Often called the jewel in the Jersey crown, Asbury Park is a city known for its rich artistic, music and cultural heritage. Most famously, many music legends have gotten their start at the renowned Stone Pony, including music legend Bruce Springsteen with his album “Greetings From Asbury Park.” Located just one hour from New York City, Philadelphia and Atlantic City, Asbury Park is easily accessible by the tri-state and other metropolitan areas, making it a perfect location for festival goers.

And PolyOne is headquartered in Asbury Park!

What artistic disciplines will you accept?

We welcome digital:

  • 2D/3D Fine and Visual Art
  • Music
  • Animation
  • Photography/Short Films
  • Dance & Performance Art
  • Poetry
  • AR/VR
  • Multi-media
  • Meta-fashion
  • Mathematical Arts
  • Scientific Artforms (e.g., cymatics)

Creative Coders: We’re enormous fans of creative coders and are exploring ways to include creative coding through collaboration with other platforms, but don’t have the ability to mint creative coding artworks at this time. If you have a brilliant creative coding idea and how to execute it, reach out to us and please check back with us as our capabilities might change.

AI Artists: We accept AI art, and find the potential of AI creativity exciting, however, if you submit AI generated artworks, you will need to demonstrate a deep level of personal artistry and vision in your use of AI.

PFP Art: We love PFP art and the strong communities they create. However, given the nature of the festival we find it challenging to present PFP collections unless they’re a PolyOne Global Impact Collection. If you’re interested in creating a PolyOne Global Impact Collection now, or at any time, please reach out to us regarding collaboration. But PFP’s outside our Global Impact Collections will unfortunately not be featured in the festival this year.

Is there a theme to the Color & Light Festival that I should consider in my submissions?

We don’t believe in interfering with the creative process! We’re a festival Of Creators, By Creators, For Creators, their fans and the public. Create what moves you.

It’s YOU we want to see through your art.

What we don’t accept: Color & Light festival is fully inclusive and family friendly. We will not accept works that are racist or prejudiced, display nudity or are sexually explicit, display profanity or hate terms/symbolism, or are politically or otherwise divisive. Our objective is unification, not division.

How many artworks can I submit?

As many as you like! We encourage artists to submit more than one artwork, so that the public, patrons and our community of creators get to know the your work and your vision as a creator. It provides us with options for which works of yours we will include, which we will discuss individually with each creator.

Can I submit a collaborative artwork?

Of course! One of our favorite aspects about the digital art space is that fosters amazing, cross-pollinating creative collaborations.

I’ve never created an NFT, but I’m curious, can I still participate?

Absolutely! If you have a brilliant creative idea that is in a digital format we can accept your work. We will guide you through the process of creating the actual NFT on PolyOne’s platform. We love introducing creators who have yet to explore the space. Think of it as just another tool to expand your creativity and reach new audiences!

I’m a local artist/artisan, but I’m not a digital artist, can I still be part of the festival?

Yes! We’d love all local artists, crafts-people, and our creative family to participate. We want this festival to benefit local creators. If you’d like to have a booth to share and sell your work, please visit and fill out our vendor forms.

You say this is a fundraiser. What exactly does that mean?

Great question.

  1. PolyOne’s mission is to harness the power of blockchain technology and the creator economy for the greater good. Everything that we do as a platform keeps that mission in mind, including the Color & Light Festival. PolyOne will not take any proceeds from your NFT artworks listed as part of the Color & Light Festival. Zero.
  2. In partnership with The Giving Block, we will select extremely reputable environmental and social charities to benefit. We will clearly publicize which charities will benefit from proceeds, and all creators and the public can independently verify that. Proceeds will go directly into the wallets of those charities and will never pass through PolyOne’s hands, all of which can be tracked on the blockchain.
  3. If you wish to donate an artwork(s) with all proceeds benefiting the charities, that would be incredibly generous and deeply appreciated. However, we truly appreciate that artists make their living through their art. With that in mind, we ask that all creators agree to split their proceeds with the causes we’re championing. 50/50. You can also choose to do both. If you submit more than one work – you can choose to fully donate one or more works, and split the proceeds of other works that you submit. It’s your choice. We will coordinate with you in all cases.

We’re profoundly grateful to all artists in advance. We will publicly announce our appreciation, both during the festival and to all media outlets. All creators will be listed in our press releases to highlight their generous contribution.

Our team will work with you on pricing your works so that they’re affordable to the general public to help us succeed in our goals of introducing new audiences to digital art as well as raising funds for the causes we champion.

Why do you ask what country we’re from?

We’re champions of the peer-to-peer decentralized power that blockchain technology offers to creators and their fans. Creators have the unique ability to reach across borders and into the hearts and minds of people across our world and deepen our collective understanding. Color & Light hopes to raise funds for environmental and social causes that affect our planet and our humanity.

We will display your country of origin. We believe it’s extremely valuable to display to our audience and the public that creators from around the world have chosen to stand together to call attention to environmental and social matters that affect us all. As One World. It’s part of PolyOne’s mission.

PolyOne means “Of Many, One.”

What Blockchain Protocol will our works be listed on and which contract types?

PolyOne’s platform is built on the Ethereum blockchain. While we’re blockchain agnostic we built on Ethereum first because of their robust decentralization, security and their attention to environmental and social concerns. Creators will be able to mint one-of-one ERC721’s or multiple editions of their work as ERC1155’s. All of our contracts are self-sovereign contracts, giving artists self determination.

Will I receive royalties if my works re-sell?

Yes. On the question of royalties PolyOne is squarely on the side of creators and will never alter that position as long as the works are re-sold through our platform. We cannot guarantee the policies held by other platforms in the event of secondary sales.

Creators will have the ability to receive up to 9.5% of royalties from the re-sale of any of their artworks. It will be up to you as the creator if you choose to share a percentage of your secondary sale royalties with the charities or not. We will walk you through that process.

Are my works guaranteed to sell during Color & Light?

We guarantee to exhibit your works publicly and on our multiple websites. Your work will be highly visible and listed for sale both during and after the festival. We cannot guarantee that your works will sell. The choice to purchase a work is entirely up to the collector. Our hope is that people will be inspired by both your creations and your generosity, and purchase the artworks they love knowing they are supporting you as a creator and a great cause.

Intellectual Property

We take the topic of intellectual property extremely seriously and have a zero-tolerance policy toward intellectual property infringement. When submitting your artwork, you will need to warrant and guarantee that you have not infringed on any other creator’s intellectual property rights. Your work must be entirely your own intellectual property, whether as an individual or in collaboration with other creators.

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