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Have you every considered the sheer volume of individual foods you have consumed in your lifetime? I am not talking about grains of salt here. I mean chocolate chips, grapes, peanuts, potato chips. Billions, right? It has to be, right? That is a far better bunch of billions the the singular billion in this next Call. Take a look at this chance to make a difference…
Check out this Call for Entries from Polk State College for One Billion Rising at the Winter Haven Fine Arts Gallery (Winterhaven, FL). You can enter for as little as $10 and both your entry fee and the 30% commission from sales will go to benefit the Women’s Resource center and Peace River to help combat violence against women. Great opportunity…
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CALL for ENTRIES:
One Billion Rising
One in three women, or an estimated one billion women, will be physically abused in her lifetime. Polk State College is calling for artwork concerning Women’s Rights and ending violence against women, from every perspective. The gallery is accepting submissions that expose both the stories of violence and also the victories in overcoming violence. Artist interpretations of this topic can be abstract or literal. They want to see stories of struggle, empowerment, and victory.
ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists
DEADLINE: December 30, 2013
NOTIFICATION: January 7, 2014
ENTRY FEE: $5 per entry per student. $10 per entry per non-student. Maximum of 10 entries per artist.
JUROR: Claire Orologas, Executive Director of the Polk Museum of Art
AWARDS: Award Ribbons for Best in Show, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and honorable mention. No monetary awards will be given, all entry fees will be a charitable donation.
SALES: Artist receives 70% for any sales. 30% commission will be a donated to the Women’s Resource center and Peace River center equally.