Artworks accepted into the 2023 Amateur Exhibition (Alpha by last name)
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Roger L |
Alexander |
Adult |
Purpleheart Face box |
Sculpture |
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Yolanda |
Alonso |
Adult |
Autumn |
Photography/New Media |
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Becky |
Altic |
Adult |
Appalachian Trail |
Painting |
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Kristin |
Altine |
Adult |
Davis Mansion |
Painting |
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Jyoti |
Anant |
Adult |
Friend 3D Mandala |
Painting |
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Shine |
Andrea |
Adult |
The Moment |
Photography/New Media |
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Johanna |
Austin |
High School |
Town with an Ocean View |
Graphics |
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Eileen |
Backman |
Adult |
My Muse (Frida Kahlo) |
Painting |
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Jayme |
Banzhoff |
Adult |
These Wounds that Bind Us |
Photography/New Media |
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Kathryn |
Bell |
Adult |
Debra |
Painting |
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Laurie |
Bergner |
Adult |
Bathing in the Sacred Ganges River |
Photography/New Media |
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Carol |
Boerckel |
Adult |
Found Treasure |
Painting |
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Jennifer |
Booker-Smith |
Adult |
THE Rock God |
Graphics |
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Meagan |
Boomgarden |
College |
Red Ribbon |
Sculpture |
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Ryan |
Brown |
Adult |
Keepsake Box |
Sculpture |
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Otis |
Buras |
College |
Milk Cat Extravaganza |
Painting |
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David |
Buxton |
Adult |
Cleo |
Painting |
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Jeanna |
Campbell |
College |
Keeping it together |
Painting |
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Cliff |
Carney |
Adult |
Cliff Notes (draw a line through notes)then use Nutz |
Sculpture |
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Lauren |
Casada |
High School |
breakaway |
Painting |
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Sal |
Ceniceros |
Adult |
Urban Signs and Symbols #1 |
Photography/New Media |
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Jade |
Chandlerhaag |
Adult |
Made Mortal |
Painting |
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Piper |
Christian |
High School |
Alone |
Painting |
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Katya |
Cline |
College |
Train tracks |
Painting |
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Alex |
Clouse |
High School |
Crosby |
Graphics |
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Joyce |
Cole |
Adult |
Lake Life |
Painting |
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Frank |
Coughlin |
Adult |
Tree branch |
Painting |
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Annie |
Czirjak |
High School |
Oh Deer! |
Painting |
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Reese |
Dalton |
High School |
Silver Trio |
Painting |
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Joel |
Eagles |
Adult |
car trails |
Photography/New Media |
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Sarah |
Eckstine |
College |
Sarah (Self Portrait) |
Photography/New Media |
Emigrant, Montana |
Photography/New Media |
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Alexis |
Evans |
College |
Twenty |
Graphics |
Bowl of Candy |
Painting |
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Gary |
Fern |
Adult |
Harvest The Wind |
Photography/New Media |
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Javier |
Fialek |
College |
House in the Alley |
Photography/New Media |
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John |
Fitzgerald |
Adult |
Waiting For Rousseau |
Painting |
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Dan |
Fitzgerald |
Adult |
All The Trees Were Still |
Photography/New Media |
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Vickie |
Fitzgerald |
Adult |
Sylph Emerging |
Sculpture |
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Tristin |
Fox |
College |
New Heights of Uncertainty |
Sculpture |
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Allyson |
Frink |
Adult |
Golden Dawn |
Painting |
Crunch |
Painting |
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Dave |
Fulghum |
Adult |
Melanie, 4x5 |
Photography/New Media |
Utah Creek |
Photography/New Media |
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Lena |
Ganschow |
High School |
Madrid Malards |
Painting |
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Pam |
Gates |
Adult |
Winter Blues |
Graphics |
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Sara |
Gentry |
Adult |
March Forth |
Painting |
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Oliver |
Grant |
High School |
Inferno |
Painting |
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Emma |
Grant |
Adult |
Glass |
Photography/New Media |
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Jeanne |
Graves |
Adult |
Winter’s Veil |
Photography/New Media |
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Carrington |
Gray |
High School |
Kiwis |
Painting |
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Marlene |
Gregor |
Adult |
Happy Day |
Painting |
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Jenni |
Grigsby-Rogal |
Adult |
The Beauty Underneath |
Photography/New Media |
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Georgia |
Grover |
Adult |
Zoo Life |
Painting |
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Anna |
Groves |
High School |
Witching Hour |
Painting |
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Cathie |
Haab |
Adult |
Seasons of My Mind |
Painting |
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Emma |
Hall |
High School |
Time |
Graphics |
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Michelle |
Hanacek |
Adult |
Don't be koi, Roy |
Sculpture |
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Micaela |
Harris |
Adult |
See It Through |
Sculpture |
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Allison |
Harris |
Adult |
The World is Watching |
Sculpture |
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Taylor |
Hartley |
High School |
Neutral Beauty |
Graphics |
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Marjorie |
Hauge |
Adult |
Spring Flowers |
Sculpture |
Buzzing |
Sculpture |
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Kaitlyn |
Heartsfield |
Adult |
bathymetric bijous |
Sculpture |
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Aaron |
Henkelman |
Adult |
Bouquet |
Graphics |
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Ahnnika |
Hess |
High School |
Persephone’s Daughters |
Painting |
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Kirsten |
Heteji |
Adult |
When The Silver Turns Black |
Sculpture |
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Kathleen |
Heuer |
College |
The Waiting Game |
Graphics |
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Billie Jean |
Hill |
College |
I don't know how to paint anymore |
Painting |
Untitled Portrait Study |
Painting |
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Susan |
Holifield |
Adult |
Take a dip |
Painting |
Full Table |
Painting |
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Madelynne |
Hoover |
High School |
Ellie Singing in the Shower |
Painting |
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Mia |
Jazo-Harris |
Adult |
Morning Magic |
Photography/New Media |
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Geetanjali |
Jha |
Adult |
Auto rickshaw - Madhubani Art |
Painting |
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Louis |
Jockisch |
High School |
Bite My Shiny Ceramic Ass |
Sculpture |
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Brad |
Kalavitinos |
Adult |
green lovingly collected |
Painting |
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Rebecca |
Kelly |
College |
Lost but Never Forgotten |
Graphics |
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Mardell |
Klasen |
Adult |
Autumn Joy |
Painting |
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Sarah |
Lange |
Adult |
Honey of the Flowers |
Painting |
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Sarah |
Larison |
Adult |
Luminous Lanterns |
Painting |
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Pamela |
Law |
Adult |
Leaves |
Painting |
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Kim |
Lawson |
Adult |
Morning Dew |
Photography/New Media |
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Elizabeth |
Lindenbaum-Gaudio |
Adult |
Light and Stone |
Painting |
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Ciera |
Lorio |
Adult |
Toothfairy Monster |
Sculpture |
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Ellasyn |
Loudenberg |
High School |
Vibrant Confections |
Painting |
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Alli |
Lovell |
Adult |
How to Change Your Mind |
Painting |
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Erin |
Lowery |
High School |
Kaboodle |
Photography/New Media |
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April |
Luo |
Adult |
Portrait painting |
Painting |
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Natalie |
Maloy |
College |
weight of it |
Graphics |
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Ramona |
Manuel |
Adult |
Untitled |
Painting |
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Aja |
Martin |
College |
What I Am |
Painting |
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Joe |
Mathews |
College |
Breakfast At Grandmas |
Sculpture |
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Draper |
Matthews |
College |
Chopped n' Screwed |
Sculpture |
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Jack |
Miller |
College |
The Last Lion |
Graphics |
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Ilse |
Miller |
College |
Two things: 1.I gave myself carpal tunnel working on this one 2. None of my friends want kids. |
Painting |
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darlene |
miller |
Adult |
Good foggy morning |
Photography/New Media |
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Shreya |
Mokashi |
High School |
Chasing Ghost |
Sculpture |
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Ashley |
Montgomery |
Adult |
Octopus Bowl |
Sculpture |
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Fariba |
Murray |
Adult |
Untitled |
Painting |
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Gayathri |
Narayanasamy Devanathan |
Adult |
All the way from Indore |
Painting |
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Elizabeth |
Nelson |
College |
The Moor and Fantail |
Photography/New Media |
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Deb |
Neumayer |
Adult |
Shekinah |
Sculpture |
Enter at your own risk. |
Sculpture |
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Alyssa |
Nourie |
College |
Happy To Help |
Sculpture |
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Makenna |
O'Rourke |
College |
Revenge of the Sibling |
Painting |
Morning Beach Set |
Sculpture |
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Jillian |
Orozco |
College |
Turtle & Swirl |
Painting |
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Hannah |
Perez |
Adult |
be my mistake |
Graphics |
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Talia |
Pierard |
High School |
Horse Eye |
Graphics |
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Janet |
Puntoni |
Adult |
Alone at the Lake |
Painting |
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Abbey |
Rademacher |
High School |
Cozy Christmas Room |
Graphics |
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Trevor |
Rickerd |
College |
Please just grow |
Sculpture |
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Michael |
Rodino |
Adult |
Seasonal Sampler |
Sculpture |
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Tim |
Roe |
Adult |
Slag |
Painting |
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Greg |
Roling |
Adult |
Hammer and Spikes |
Graphics |
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Meghan |
Roller |
Adult |
In Chemistry Class |
Graphics |
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Stew |
Salowitz |
Adult |
Joan Marie's Garden |
Painting |
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Bella |
Sampson |
High School |
Fun Guys |
Sculpture |
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Alice |
Sanders |
Adult |
twenty One |
Painting |
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Haley |
Schemmel |
High School |
Caroline the dream witch |
Graphics |
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Melanie |
Shellito |
Adult |
Where it Starts |
Sculpture |
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Alex |
Shepard |
Adult |
Slight Divide |
Painting |
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Jodie |
Slothower |
Adult |
daffodils |
Painting |
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Kristine |
Stayton |
Adult |
Reflection |
Painting |
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Mike |
Stoltz |
Adult |
908 Bourbon Street |
Painting |
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Mark |
Swanson |
Adult |
calling all crows |
Photography/New Media |
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Leah |
Thompson |
High School |
Farm life |
Painting |
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Natalie |
Troyer |
Adult |
A Daunting Feeling (2022) |
Painting |
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Laney |
Turner |
Adult |
Self-Portrait |
Photography/New Media |
My Socks are Hanes |
Photography/New Media |
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Rose |
Tuttle |
Adult |
Walk in the Woods |
Graphics |
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Undra |
Uphoff |
Adult |
"Olga"2.0 |
Painting |
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Alanna |
Veitch |
Adult |
Shroud |
Sculpture |
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Norah |
Wagoner |
High School |
Untitled |
Painting |
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Lucas |
Walker |
College |
π΅π¦π’π±π°π΅ |
Sculpture |
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Alexis |
Walter |
Adult |
Ichor |
Painting |
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Hailey |
Warfel |
High School |
Pink |
Painting |
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Alex |
Warren |
Adult |
Penpals 1 |
Graphics |
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Johanna |
Weichsel |
Adult |
The Jolly Jester |
Graphics |
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ChloΓ© |
White |
Adult |
Mother Nature's Vengeance |
Graphics |
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Andrea |
Whitesell |
Adult |
Ice Cream Dream |
Sculpture |
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Laura |
Wilkinson |
High School |
A memory |
Painting |
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Jane |
Wilson |
Adult |
Autumn Fields |
Painting |
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Krista |
Wolf |
Adult |
dare to suck |
Sculpture |
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Sara |
Wong |
Adult |
Bubble Vase |
Sculpture |
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Jim |
Woodburn |
Adult |
Coffee Table |
Sculpture |
Walnut Bowl |
Sculpture |
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Amy |
Yeager |
College |
Feathered |
Graphics |
Cavity (In What Remains) |
Graphics |
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Francie |
Zimmerman |
Adult |
Chapel Bridge |
Painting |
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Emma |
Zozzaro |
College |
Self Portrait, Fully Healed |
Painting |
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The 96th Annual McLean County Amateur Art Exhibition will open on March 10th, 2023.
All accepted artists will be notified via email by Noon on February 24th, 2023.
Featuring work by high school, university, and adult artists, this juried exhibition highlights the diverse creativity of our community. Professional artists external to the MCAC serve as paid jurors.
All submitted works will be juried and judged for cash merit awards based on the artist category (high school, university, or adult) and by their medium (painting, graphics, photography/new media, or sculpture).
At the Awards Ceremony on Saturday, March 11th, 27 awards will be presented, totaling over $2,000 in cash prizes. Each year, the Best of Show Merwin Medal is awarded to the most outstanding artwork, and the Ashley C. Ritter Most Promising Art Award is given to the artist exhibiting the most future potential.
Guidelines for Application
- An "amateur" artist can be many things -- for the purpose of this exhibition, we broadly define an amateur artist as anyone whose primary source of income is not generated by their art.
- Each artist may submit up to two artworks for consideration by the jury. The artworks can be in two different mediums, but please note that each individual only has two submission opportunities -- not two submissions per medium.
- If a collaborative artwork is to be submitted, all contributing artists must be listed on the submission. Collaborative artworks will still count as one of an artist's two submission opportunities.
- As this is a community exhibition, the artworks submitted must be appropriate for all ages.
- All artwork must be original to the submitting artist. Submitting work that is a reproduction, plagiaristic, or misrepresentative in nature is grounds for dismissal from the exhibition and may result in future restrictions for application.
- Submitted work(s) must have been produced by the artist within the last three years.
- All pieces (unless sculptural) must be wired for hanging. We will not hang work with sawtooth hangers.
- All exhibiting artwork is considered for sale unless marked "NFS". The MCAC utilizes a standard 40/60 gallery price policy (40% of the sale goes to the gallery, and 60% of the sale goes to the artist). Please price your work with this in mind.
- If you have exhibited at the MCAC before (NOT including Holiday Treasures or previous Amateur Exhibitions), you may enter the exhibition, but you will NOT be eligible for awards).
- A non-refundable application fee of $5 per artwork entered can be made through the application form. If you need help completing the form, please email us at info@mcac.org, call us at 309-829-0011, or visit us in person at the MCAC (601 N. East St Bloomington, IL 61701).
Important Dates
Application Deadline: February 20th, 2023
Date of Notification: February 24th, 2023
Accepted Art Drop-Off Dates:
- Friday, February 24th, Noon to 4 pm
- Saturday, February 25th, Noon to 4 pm
- Monday, February 27th, 10 am to 5 pm
Exhibition Dates: March 10th - April 20th
Award Ceremony: Saturday, March 11th at 1 pm
Accepted Art Pick-Up Dates: April 21st - April 24th (during MCAC's regularly scheduled hours)