SAY CHEESE (cake)!
It warms my heart that I have been able to feature so many great opportunities from my home state lately. I love art opportunities more than cheesecake…shocking, I know. The $10,000 in cash awards (including $2,000 for Best of Show) in this next show would buy a whole lotta cheesecake though.
Check out this Call for Entries from the Tennessee Art League for the 46th Annual Central South Art Exhibition National. Despite the name, which almost leaves the impression it is a Regional show, it is a NATIONAL Opportunity that you shouldn’t miss!
Call for Entries: Tennessee Art League
Founded by a group of Middle Tennessee artists in 1954, and later chartered as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational institution, the Tennessee Art League has enriched the lives of thousands of artists and the community as a cultural center, educational facility and art gallery for fifty-six years.
In 1965, the League started its annual Central South Art Exhibition – now in its 46th year – which, with the generous support of the Friends of the Tennessee Art League, continues to be one of the oldest and most prestigious art competitions in the South and in the nation.
In its commitment to the community, the League provides numerous outreach programs that bring first and meaningful experiences in creating art, especially, to seniors and disadvantaged children. In all of its dynamic, community-oriented programs, the Tennessee Art League is truly the heart of the visual arts in Tennessee.
DEADLINE: January 21, 2011
MEDIA: Acrylic, Colored Pencil, Graphite, Mixed-Media, Oil, Pastel, Pen & Ink, Photography, Pulled-Prints, Sculpture and Water-Media. All works must be signed on the front. Photography & Pulled-Prints must have the signature on the work, not on the mat.
NOTIFICATION: February 18, 2011
ENTRY FEE: An artist may enter up to 3 works for $35 for the first entry plus $10 for each additional entry. Tennessee Art League Members pay $25 for the first entry plus $10 for each additional entry.
AWARDS: $2000 Best in Show. Cash Awards total $10,000.
JUROR: Joseph H. Sulkowski began his studies as a painter at America’s oldest art school, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts founded in 1809. He then continued and finished his studies after five years at the venerable Art Students League of New York. There, he met his greatest influence and mentor Frank Mason, the foremost authority on the principles and techniques of the Old Masters, and became, in the very traditional sense of the word, his apprentice.
Mr. Sulkowski has received numerous awards including the AAPL Grand National Award, the Grumbacher Gold Medallion Award and the Best in Show Award at the Art in the Mountains exhibition sponsored by Southwest Art magazine. He is a signature member of the prestigious Society of Animal Artists, the National Society of Mural Painters, the National Arts Club, the American Artists Professional League, and he is a Life Member of the Art Students League of New York.