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MCAC's Hour Challenge!

When
May 10, 2025
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (CDT)
Location
Brandt Gallery, MCAC

Registration is closed

MCAC One-Hour Art Challenge

FREE to participate & watch!

REGISTRATION OPENS APRIL 28th!

first 12 to sign up are in!

RULES:

Bring your own supplies. 16 x 20 stretched canvases will be provided (courtesy of our sponsor Blick art materials). You are welcome to bring in your own paper for watercolor or pastel work. All substrates must be entirely free of any marks, sketches, stains, etc. You are welcome to pre-gesso a canvas as long as it remains pure white with no other marks.
any methods are allowed besides spraying, pouring, flinging, or other potentially damaging methods of using materials that might dirty the gallery space, floors, or art being displayed on the walls or cause too many aromatic fumes to saturate the space. (collage, oils, acrylics, pastels, charcoal, pencils, pens, markers, inks, watercolors, are all fine!). If you use aromatic fluids to clean or thin your paint please keep it in a sealable container, with a lid over the fluids, when not in immediate use to reduce fumes.
Participating artists' work must remain in the room for the entirety of the hour.
All artists are given one full hour to complete their artwork and must drop all brushes, pencils, and/or pastels when prompted to.
Artists are given the option to auction their finished pieces directly after the competition (MCAC earns 30% of all sales to go towards future events) You do not have to auction your work.
The audience will then vote for their three favorite artists (one vote per competitor- spread the love)
Prizes are awarded to the top 3 artists with the most votes! Ties are broken by curator and Director votes. In the event that first or second place ties the tie breaking vote will establish the winner and the remaining placements will all shift down (eg. Two people tie for 1st place: one will be awarded 1st and the second becomes 2nd place. The artist that was previously 2nd place moves down to 3rd.)

VIEWERS VOTE!

(votes are numbered and must be used one per unique contestant. Duplicate votes per contestant will be counted as one total vote. (eg. if that number appears multiple times within the same artists bowl all multiples will be ignored and one vote will be allotted to that artist. Please vote for a different artist with each vote!)

Donations go towards prizes, and funding future art challenges.

Your generosity is appreciated!

Participation is FREE!

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Mission Statement: We encourage and promote the appreciation, study, cultivation, development, and practice of art for the benefit of all the people, cultures and communities of McLean County.


		"This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council through federal funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts"