64ARTS -- National Juried Art Exhibition

Deadline: June 5, 2009 (POSTMARK)

64ARTS -- National Juried Art Exhibition
Buchanan Center for the Arts
Monmouth, Illinois
August 22 - September 19, 2009


In August of 2009, the Buchanan Center for the Arts (BCA) will host 64ARTS. The National Juried Art Exhibition is open to artists living in the United States and working in all media areas. The exhibition will be housed at the BCA, a 2400 square foot facility that regularly presents 8 to 9 different art and cultural exhibits a year. The purposes of this exhibition are to highlight quality visual artworks from artists across the country and to provide access to these quality works for the residents of the Monmouth community and surrounding areas.

Juror: Preston Jackson, a nationally known artist, has served as professor of sculpture and head of the figurative area at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago since 1989.

ELIGIBILITY:
This exhibition is open to all residents of the United States. Works must be original. Work created under the direction of an instructor should not be submitted. Source material must be original and not derived by copyrighted images. Entries are limited to a maximum of 3 (three) and must have been created in the last two years. Works previously exhibited at the Buchanan Center will not be accepted.

CATEGORIES OF ELIGIBILITY
Painting - Oil/Acrylic
Works on Paper - Watercolor/Pastel/Drawing
Sculpture
Photography
Mixed Media
Ceramics

FEE: $25 (this is the non-refundable)

AWARDS
Mary Jane Twomey Award for Best of Show: $1000
OSF Holy Family Medical Center Painting Award: $300
Ceramics: $300
Sculpture: $300
Works on Paper: $300
Mixed Media: $300
Photography: $300

Download prospectus: bcaarts.org/64artsprospectus [pdf]

BUCHANAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS
64 Public Square
Monmouth, IL 61462
phone: 309.734.3033
http://bcaarts.org
bca@frontiernet.net