LONGHORN?
Just the other day, I admitted my food stereotypes about Phoenix. I’ll continue today with Texan food stereotypes. I think steak or Tex-Mex. All things Mexican or Spanish, right? I never thought of chicken fried steak. Chicken fried steak is considered German, a derivative of Wiener Schnitzel, a veal steak deep-fried in a breadcrumb batter. In chicken fried steak, beef scraps are used and beaten into steak form. A milk-based cream gravy is almost always served with chicken fried steak too. Yes, folks…Welcome to Texas. Okay, I did my research on Texas. This next call will require you to do a little Texas research as well before creating your artwork. Take a look…
Check out this Call for Entries for the Hubbard Art & Naturalist Art Show and Festival. The entry fee is only $20 for up to four images and you DO NOT have to be a vendor at the festival to enter. Do your research and enter…
CALL for ENTRIES: Naturalist Art Show
Hubbard Art & Naturalist Fest is a juried wildlife and nature art contest with $1000 in prizes. All 2D mediums accepted; artwork should depict either the Hubbard City Lakes (in Texas) themselves or a species native to the Central Texas area.
Fine art/select vendor spots for the Festival (including ecosport, fine art, select fine craft with an outdoors theme) are available as well – but not required to enter the art contest. The Hubbard Art & Naturalist Fest is held October 14-16, 2011.
ELIGIBILITY: The subject matter of the entries should be based on one of the following: a) the Hubbard City Lakes themselves which are located in Central Texas or b) species native to the Hubbard area, including flora, fauna, insect life, etc.
MEDIA:
All 2D mediums considered, and 3D works of small and modest size/weight will also be considered (i.e., under 100 pounds and/or three feet in any direction.) If you have any doubts, please email the show coordinator at hubbardartfest@gmail.com.
DEADLINE:
Entries should be in .jpg format, and should be submitted no later than July 1, 2011.
ENTRY FEE: One fee of $20 covers up to four entries.
AWARDS: All artwork will be considered for the top three prizes: first place, $500; second place, $350; third place, $150, plus honorable mentions at the judge’s discretion. And, all artwork that is listed as “for sale” and is based on the Hubbard City Lakes themselves will be considered for the Mayor’s Purchase Prize. The Mayor’s Purchase Prize will be awarded at the sole discretion of the Purchase Prize committee; if no suitable entry is entered, the Purchase Prize will be withheld.