Call for Entry | Portraits 2016

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Due October 14, 2015
Our annual portraits exhibition brings artists from around the globe into the spotlight. A portrait is a visual representation that portrays the likeness of a person, place, animal, or object. All capture types and photographic processes welcome. All capture types and photographic processes are eligible to submit.Juror | Martha Schneider
Martha Schneider is the owner and director of Schneider Gallery, Chicago. She studied at the University of Buenos Aires (Art History – 20th century) and came to the USA in 1964. She worked for 5 years at the Photo Department of the Art Institute of Chicago. Schneider founded the Schneider Gallery in 1982 and has been exclusively showing photography since 1989. She has reviewed at FotoFest in Houston, Photolucida in Seattle, SPE in Chicago and numerous other local and national fairs. She has plans to close the gallery by the end of this year to dedicate herself to being a full time consultant and private dealer.
HONORS | AWARDSJuror’s Selection| $500.00

Director’s Selection | $250.00

Two LiveBooks Website Awards: Valued at $399 from liveBooks

Honorable Mention Awards: 2 year membership and a three image submission for an upcoming call for entry.

Additionally:
Artists’ selected for the exhibition will receive the following:
Press releases sent to artists’ choice of media outlets
Professional installation images
Invitation to complimentary portfolio reviews, lunch and portfolio sharing
Promotion on The Center’s large social media platform
In-gallery and online exhibition with links to artists’ websites

For More Information about the Portraits 2016 Call For Entries, click here

Call for Entry | Capture Texas with Canon

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Nebraska Furniture Mart, located in The Colony and largest home furnishing store in the country, is hosting a photography contest with Canon.  I wanted to make you aware of this opportunity, should your organization be interested.  The premise of the contest is to submit 1-3 photographs of what Texas means to you.  The submission period began on October 1st and will run until October 14th.  At this time a panel of judges with Canon and NFM will choose the top 24 photographs.  These will then be displayed in-store October 16-18 and be voted on by the public.  The top nine winners all receive a $100 NFM gift card and their photo displayed in the Canon Image Gallery.  The photograph with the most votes will win a Canon EOS Rebel T6i DSLR Camera with 18-55mm and 55-250mm Lenses Video Creator Kit (value $1,299) & $100 NFM Gift Card.  As this is a Canon contest, submitted photos should be captured with a Canon camera.

To submit a photo and find out more information please visit http://bit.ly/1LAHO4K.  Here you will find the rules and restrictions and how to submit your photo.  Anyone under the age of 19 will need to have a legal guardian over 19 submit to be qualified for the prize(s).

If you have any questions:
James Hobbs │Marketing Supervisor
Nebraska Furniture Mart – Texas  │ www.nfm.com
james.hobbs@nfm.com

Call for Entry | Artists Book Competition

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Due December 11, 2015

Artist Books Call for Entries 2015

The purposes of the competition and exhibition are:  to encourage the development of students’ work in the medium of Artists’ Books, to foster the creation of Artists’ Books, to reward excellence and creativity in the Artists’ Books, and to build the collection of Artists’ Books in the UNT Libraries’ Special Collections. Click here to view past winners currently in our Artists’ Book collection.

In addition to the exhibition, a $400 purchase award may be granted at the discretion of the jurors.  All eligible entries must be available for purchase into the UNT Special Collections for $400.  The item chosen for the purchase prize will become a permanent addition to the Rare Book Room collections.  Any Artists’ Books created within the last two years is eligible.  All media are welcome, although submitted work may not exceed 6′ in any direction. A maximum of three books may be submitted.  There is no jury fee.

Faculty/Staff and Community Members Category
Although entries in this category are not eligible to win the purchase award, the competition is open to faculty and staff of the University of North Texas and members of the local community. If you would like to enter up to three items in the competition, you are highly encouraged to do so. Even though the items are not eligible for the prize, if accepted, they will be on exhibit with the others from January – March 2016 in the Willis Library Forum, which will give the work exposure to the community.

Entry Procedure
A completed entry form, identification labels attached to individual works, notification form, and SASE for return of notification form must be included with the artwork.  Work will be accepted December 1st through 11th , 2015. Rules and entry forms are available to download and print.

Deadline: Friday, December 11 by 4:00pm.
Artists are encouraged to hand-deliver work to Willis Library, Library Services Desk, UNT, between 9am and 4pm Monday-Friday.

Work may be shipped in a reusable container prepaid via UPS, Parcel Post, or FedEx. It is the artist’s responsibility to include return shipping (please do NOT enclose checks or cash).

Ship work(s) to:
UNT Libraries Artists’ Book Competition
Attn: Mandy Rausch
University of North Texas
Willis Library
1155 Union Circle
#305190
Denton, Texas 76203
When
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 – 9:00am to Friday, December 11, 2015 – 4:00pm

Where
Willis Library
Library Services Desk

Call for Entry | SHOTS Magazine

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Due: November 2, 2015
Portfolio Issue (no. 130, Winter 2015)

SHOTS Magazine announces an international call for photographic work to be considered for publication in the ANNUAL PORTFOLIO ISSUE (no. 130, Winter 2015). Subject matter is open. Submit a cohesive series or a selection of your best images. Selected photographers will be interviewed and have their work featured on at least four pages in this issue. Please visit the SHOTS website for further information and guidelines.

A well-established, independent, quarterly photography journal in its 29th year of publication, SHOTS Magazine reaches an international community of photographers, educators, galleries, museums, collectors and other fine art photography enthusiasts.

Submissions are accepted online or by mail (prints or CD).

Call for Entry | Be Square

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Due: October 9, 2015
Be Square | The SE Center for Photography
Juror: Christophe Dillinger

Square. A shape not found in nature but one of the most recognizable in the world. Show us your Square. Anything Square, Square format, Square subject, Square structures, Square things, Square people. Get your imagination out the box but stay Square.

Entering Your Images You can enter your images online at http://www.SmarterEntry.com For best results, make sure your image is 1200pixels @72 dpi on the longest side, Images should be in JPEG format, sRGB color space. Please name your files: SQ.Last Name_First Initial.Image#.jpg (Examples: SQ.Smith_J.Image1.jpg, SQ.Jones_R.Image3.jpg) If you need help entering your images or are unable to, please contact info@sec4p.com or call 301.213.2512

Eligibility All photographers may enter regardless of location

Fees $35 for up to 5 Images, $5 for each additional image up to 10.

Juror
Our juror for Square is Christophe Dillinger, a photographer whose work is focused on experimental analogue techniques, uniting image making with randomness. He is also the editor of Square magazine, a web publication dedicated to the square format. Through the magazine he also curates international exhibitions and organizes artist residencies.

Exhibition Details
Selected images will hang in the SE Center’s main gallery space for approximately one month with the opportunity to be invited for a solo show at a later date. Openings are timed to coincide with the Village of West Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina’s textile mill village turned arts district, First Fridays, a celebration of art, food and music. Participating artists that can attend have the opportunity for a Portfolio Review by SE Center Director Michael Pannier on the following Saturday morning (reservations needed).

Selected images must be matted and framed up to 16” x 20” to professional standards, white mat with black metal frame unless prior approval has been obtained. The Center reserves the right to reject any piece not framed to our standards. To avoid shipping costs & headaches, the SE Center for Photography will print your photographs for you upon acceptance. For $15 per image, we’ll print on archival paper and after the show either return the print to you ($15 additional for shipping) or you may choose to donate the image to the Center’s flat file for future access to collectors.

The SE Center for Photography will mat & frame your images at no charge, using our selection of 11×14 & 16×20 black, metal frames with white, archival mats and conservation clear glass for the exhibitions.

Sales
The SE Center encourages sales during exhibitions and retains a 40% commission on work sold. The artist receives 60% of the sale price. If a print is sold it will be ordered from the photographer at the time of sale.

Copyright Artist retains all copyrights to their own images. Artists whose work is chosen for exhibition inclusion grant the SE Center for Photography permission to use images for promoting the exhibition, artist, or SE Center and its programs, and current and past exhibitions. Images may be placed on social media for promotion and features. Artists grant usage as stated without further compensation.

Lodging/Transportation The SE Center does not provide lodging or transportation for artists participating in an exhibition. The SE Center is 16 miles from GSP International Airport and we can provide suggested lodging options in the area.

Calendar

Submissions Open 8/20/15

Submissions Close 10/9/15

Selections Announced 10/24/15

Drop Off or Arrival at SEC 11/20/15

Exhibition Opens 12/4/15

Exhibition Closes12/28/15

Return of Works 12/28/15

After the Show If your art does not sell at the exhibition you have the option to have it returned (Prepaid) or donate it to the SE Center’s Flat File. Flat File artwork may be exhibited again, donated to another organization or sold to benefit the SE Center. If sold, the SE Center retains all profits of the sale. Flat File art is destroyed after two years of close of original exhibition.

Thank you for entering the competition and good luck!
ENTER THE COMPETITION

Call for Entry | Oddity

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Due: October 7, 2015 
Oddity | Darkroom Gallery
Juror: Oliver Wasow

Strange, eerie and illusive; photographs that lend themselves to an implied narrative or otherworldly oddity.

Exhibit Calendar (Subject to Change)
Submissions Close: 07 October 15 23:59 EST
Juror’s Choices Announced: by 15 October 15
On-Line Check-in Due: 23 October 15
Work Receipt Deadline: 9 November 15
Exhibit Opens: 12 November 15
Artists’ Reception: TBD
Exhibit Closes: 6 December 15

In documenting the oddness of real life, the “Photographer of the Freaks” Diane Arbus, once said her pictures sought to capture “the space between who someone is and who they think they are”. There is a realness and and a perplexing otherworldliness to her work that makes it so provocative.
In contrast, some odd works are less about exposing the weirdness of reality but more about the artist constructing an alternate universe. Photographers have created images that intentionally perplex the viewer as early as the 1860s; Henry Peach Robinson was a pioneer of combination printing, creating the illusory photo montage long before there was Photoshop.

Darkroom Gallery is calling for images that lead one to the edge, encouraging the mind to leap. Documentary shots, multiple exposures, constructions, staged, anything goes, just go ahead and leave the viewer baffled.

All selected entries are exhibited in our gallery and included in a full color exhibit catalog.
Juror’s Choice receives a 30×48″ vinyl exhibit banner featuring their image, free entry into a future exhibition, and a free exhibition catalog.
Honorable Mentions receive free exhibition catalogs and free entry in a future exhibition.
People’s Choice gains free entry into a future exhibit.
We offer free matting and framing of accepted entries for the duration of each of our exhibition, subject to standard sizes.
Photographers set their own prices if they wish to sell their work and retain all rights to their photographs.

Juror: Oliver Wasow
Oliver Wasow is a fine art photographer and collector of found photography oddities currently living and working in Rhinebeck, NY. He received his BA from Hunter College and his Master’s Degree from the Transart Institute, In Austria. His work is currently represented by Theodore:Art Gallery in NYC.

Wasow has had a number of one person exhibitions, including shows at the Josh Baer Gallery, Janet Borden Gallery, Tom Solomon Gallery in Los Angeles, The South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art in North Carolina, and Galerie De Poche in Paris, France. His work has also been included in numerous national and international group shows, including such benchmark exhibitions as ‘Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop,’ at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, ‘Image World,’ at the Whitney Museum of Art in NYC, and ‘The Photography of Invention,’ at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

His photographs are included in a number of private collections and are also represented in various prominent public collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Whitney Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and The Milwaukee Art Museum. Reviews of his work have been featured in most major art publications, including, among others, Art Forum, ArtNews and The New York Times. He has been the recipient of various grants and awards including a Louis Comfort Tiffany Grant in 1999 and, in 2000, his second New York State Council on the Arts Grant.

Call for Entry | Open: 2015

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Due: September 24, 2015
Open: 2015 | Amblewood Gallery
Juror: Anne Berry

Entry Fee (Open: 2015 Juried Photography Exhibit): $35.00

Amblewood Gallery is pleased to announce the Open: 2015 International Photography Exhibition. Anne Berry, internationally known and collected, fine art photographer, will be the Juror for this Open Theme Exhibition. Amblewood Gallery is located in the heart of Serenbe, a progressive community connected to nature and the arts just south of Atlanta, Georgia. The community of Serenbe has been featured in The Smithsonian Magazine, The New York Times, Southern Living, Garden and Guns, and many more publications. Serenbe is built on the arts, love of nature, and a sense for sustainability. We have an enthusiastic group of collectors and clients locally. The Open: 2015 Exhibition will also coincide with the 2015 Atlanta Celebrates Photography festival. Amblewood Gallery is one of 120 participating venues. Atlanta Celebrates Photography is the largest annual community-oriented photo festival in the United States. We welcome your photography submissions.

About the Juror
Anne Berry is a photographic artist from Atlanta, Georgia. Anne’s continuing long-term project, Behind Glass, depicts primates in captivity, but the photographs are not about the environment but about the essence of the animals. Anne believes that photography contains the power to evoke empathy and that caring motivates action. Her work is currently featured in Gente di Fotografia (Italy) and has also been published in Photoworld (China), F-Stop Magazine, Slate Magazine/Behold, Shots Magazine, Photo District News, The Portfolio Review, CNN Photos, and Black + White. Anne is a PhotoLucida Critical Mass 2012 and 2013 Top 50 and a 2014 Clarence John Laughlin Award finalist and Honorable Mention. She is represented by the Catherine Couturier Gallery in Houston. Her work is held in the permanent collections of the Lamar Dodd Art Center at LaGrange College and the Center for Fine Art Photography.

Eligibility
Amblewood Gallery invites photographers from around the world working in all mediums, styles, and schools of thought to participate. This is an open theme exhibition. Artwork must be photography-based and 20 inches or less in height and width. Photographers must be age 18 or older.

Artist Dates
Entry deadline: Sept. 24, 2015, 11:59 pm MDT
Notice of acceptance: Sept. 30, 2015
Digital artwork received by Oct. 4
Exhibition Opening: Oct. 11, 12 to 5pm
Juror’s Talk: Oct. 25, 4 to 5pm
Show closes: Nov. 1, 3pm

To Apply

Click on the My Portfolio tab at the top of the CAFE page to add your images. Then click on the Apply To This Call tab

Notification of Acceptance
All applicants will be notified by email on September 29, 2015. A list of accepted artists will be posted on Amblewood Gallery website.

Accepted Photographs for Exhibition

All images chosen for the exhibition will be printed through Amblewood Gallery by a professional printer using archival pigment ink and dry mounted for the exhibition. This greatly simplifies logistics and cost for the entrant. The maximum height and/or width will not exceed 20 inches. Exhibition prints will be kept on file for up to a year for future promotion unless the photographer prefers some other arrangement.

Print Service

We print images up to 20 inches to maximize impact at the exhibition. The process is easy:
Save your file at 300dpi. Save as JPG maximum quality, file size less than 20MB.
Email the file to Amblewood Gallery (submissions@amblewoodgallery.com). Write “print service and [your name]” in the subject line of your email.
Specify the size you’d like your image printed, up to 20 inches on longest side, or let Amblewood Gallery choose the size.
Amblewood Gallery will email you a PayPal invoice for $35 for printing and mounting.
Promptly send payment for the invoice so we can print, mount, and hang your image in time for the show.
After the exhibit, all prints remain available for viewing at the gallery. At your request, we can ship the print to you after the show has concluded. Simply send an email to carla@amblewoodgallery within 7 days of exhibition closing. Write “shipping and [your name]” in the subject line of your email. Shipping costs vary by state and country. A Paypal invoice will be emailed to you accordingly.

Sales and Commission
All work accepted for gallery exhibition will be for sale unless otherwise noted by the artist. Amblewood Gallery will retain a 35% commission on the sale of any work. Sale proceeds will be paid to the artist within 30 days of the close of the show.

Questions?
Please email: inquiry@amblewoodgallery.com or call 470.658.6165

Call for Entry | 500X Expo 2015

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Due: September 12, 2015
500X Expo 2015 | 500X Gallery
Juror: Erin Cluley

Application Deadline: September 12, 2015
Exhibition Dates: October 3 – November 1, 2015
Opening Reception: October 3, 2015 | 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Apply at 500x.slideroom.com

500X Gallery, Texas’ oldest, artist–run, cooperative galleries, hosts one of North Texas’ most anticipated annual juried competitions. Expo 2015 is open to all artists over the age of 18 living in Texas. All visual media are eligible, including drawing, painting, sculpture, installation and video (artist must supply all required electronic equipment). All work must be ready to hang.

About the juror: Erin Cluley is the owner and director of Erin Cluley Gallery, a contemporary art gallery presenting a provocative program of emerging and mid-career artists from Dallas and the United States. Cluley opened the 2000 square foot space in September 2014, joining a creative movement in the West Dallas/ Trinity Groves development at the foot of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge.  For five years prior to opening her gallery, Cluley served as the Director of Exhibitions for Dallas Contemporary where she worked on the production of exhibitions by widely known, and often envelope-pushing, artists including Rob Pruitt, Juergen Teller, K8 Hardy, Erwin Wurm, Jennifer Rubell, Shepard Fairey, Inez & Vinoodh, Julian Schnabel, Richard Phillips and others.  Cluley is a native of Wichita Falls, Texas where she received her BFA from Midwestern State University.  She went on to receive her MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland.

Artists may enter up to 3 images/videos (including details) for a total submission fee of $30.

Delivery of work is the responsibility of the artist and must be delivered on the designated dates, unless special arrangements are made. Work can be delivered on September 26th or 27th between 2 PM and 5 PM.

Artists will be notified via email Sunday, September 20th if the work has been accepted into the exhibition.  If you do not receive an email, your work has not been accepted. Please do not try to contact anyone if you do not receive notice.

Call for Entry | 2015 International Juried Exhibition—A Single Photograph Competition

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Due: September 15, 2015
2015 International Juried Exhibition—A Single Photograph Competition | The Center for Photographic Art
Juror: Robert Hirsch

The Center for Photographic Art (CPA) is pleased to announce the 2015 International Juried Exhibition—A Single Photograph Competition.

Approximately 40 juror –selected winners will be celebrated in the 2015 International Juried Exhibition in the CPA’s gallery at the historic Sunset Center in Carmel –by –the –Sea, California. These images will also be available for viewing on the CPA website, along with another 100 juror –selected photographs from among the submissions. Participation in the on –line gallery is optional. In addition, CPA will publish a print –on –demand catalog containing all 140 images chosen for inclusion in the gallery+online exhibitions.

Juror:
Robert Hirsch, http://www.lightresearch.net/

Prizes
The juror will award the following prizes:

(1) Best in Show: $3,000
(1) Second Place: $2,000
(1) Third Place: $1,000

Download the Prospectus.

Please view or download the full rules of the Juried Exhibition, a PDF. (May require Adobe Acrobat to view.)

Juried Exhibition Entry:
You must be registered and login before you can enter this contest.

Registration is free, but CPA members get $20 off their entry fees!

  • To register for the Juried Exhibition without joining CPA please click the ‘Register only’ menu item below the login box on the left side of this window.
  • To join CPA and register for the Juried Exhibition, click the ‘Register & Join CPA” menu item.
  • If you are a CPA member but don’t know your MemberId and Password, click the ‘Forgot MemberId…’ menu item.

Note: If you registered for last year’s Juried Exhibition you will have to register again for this years contest.

For more information, click here.

Call for Entry | Materials: Hard & Soft

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Due: September 4, 2015
Materials: Hard & Soft

Materials: Hard & Soft National Contemporary Craft Competition & Exhibition

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

The Greater Denton Arts Council proudly presents the annualMaterials: Hard & Soft National Contemporary Craft Competition and Exhibition.

Recognized as one of the premier craft exhibitions in the country, Materials: Hard & Soft began in 1987 and was originally initiated by area artist Georgia Leach Gough. Now in its 29th year, the exhibition celebrates the evolving field of contemporary craft and the remarkable creativity and innovation of artists who push the boundaries of their chosen media.

Drawing hundreds of applications from across the United States annually, each year approximately 70 works are selected by an esteemed juror for exhibition at the Patterson-Appleton Center for the Visual Arts. Of those selected, Juror Awards in the amounts of $1,000, $750, $500 and $250 will be selected.

THIS YEAR’S JUROR

Elizabeth Kozlowski is the curator of the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft and has over 12 years of curatorial and gallery experience with a specialty in contemporary ceramics. Prior to joining HCCC, Kozlowski served as the Windgate Curatorial Fellow at Arizona State University Art Museum. During her time at ASU, she co-curated a national traveling exhibition,Crafting a Continuum: Rethinking Contemporary Craft. In 2010, she organized two major exhibitions for the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference. She has also acted as Assistant Preparator for Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and as the Gallery Director for Florida Craftsmen, Inc. Kozlowski has a Masters with Honors in museum studies through the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University and a BFA in studio art-ceramics from Florida Atlantic University.

AWARDS

The Greater Denton Arts Council will provide Juror Awards in the amounts of $1,000, $750, $500 and $250. Winners will be determined by the juror, on site, after the accepted works are received at the Patterson-Appleton Center for the Visual Arts.

HOW TO ENTER

To be considered for the 2016 exhibition, entries must be received by September 4, 2015. An online submission form is available HERE. If you would prefer to submit entries via mail, please contact exhibit@dentonarts.com for instructions.

NUMBER OF ENTRIES

Each artist is limited to three (3) entries.

ENTRY FEE

There is a $40 non-refundable fee, for up to three (3) entries. Payments must be submitted online at the time of application.

ELIGIBLE MEDIA

Works produced in any of the craft media: clay, fiber, glass, metal, paper, wood, or any combination of craft media, are acceptable. Entries must be the complete work of the submitted artist. Kits or commercially designed works will not be accepted. All work must have been completed within the past two years (2013-2015) and not previously exhibited at the Patterson-Appleton Center for the Visual Arts. Artists must reside in the United States.

SIZE LIMITATIONS

All work must be ready for installation. Submissions are restricted to a weight limit of NO MORE THAN 75 POUNDS. GDAC reserves the right to exclude any entry that presents complex exhibition or assembly problems.

SALES

A 30% commission will be retained from all work sold during the exhibition. Works which are not for sale must be clearly marked as such (NFS).

PUBLICITY

The exhibition will be publicized regionally and nationally. GDAC reserves the right to photograph any accepted work for the purpose of publicity.

LIABILITY

Entries will be insured by GDAC while in its custody (eligible time frame laid out in the artist contract) provided the artist has declared an insurance value not to exceed 70% of the selling price. Insurance value for pieces NFS should reflect fair market value.

DELIVERY & RETURN OF WORK

Artists are responsible for pre-paying all shipping charges to and from the exhibition site. Accepted works must be hand-delivered or shipped according to the instructions provided in the Artist Contract upon selection.

  • February 5 – April 1, 2016 | Materials: Hard & Soft exhibits at the Patterson-Appleton Center for the Visual Arts in Denton, Texas
  • April 5 – 7, 2016 | Hand-delivered work to be picked up by artist

AGREEMENT

No work may be withdrawn before the close of the exhibition. Sending an entry to this exhibition shall imply an agreement on the part of the sender to all conditions above.

DEADLINES AND EXHIBITION DATES

September 4, 2015 | Deadline for acceptance of entry materials by 5:00 p.m. at the GDAC offices (NOT a postmark deadline)

October 29, 2015 | Notification forms are mailed to all artists

November 20, 2015 | Artist contracts are due

January 4 – 8, 2016 | Shipped and hand-delivered pieces are due

February 5, 2016 | Opening Reception 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Award Ceremony 6:45 p.m.

CONTACT

Inquiries should be directed to:
Greater Denton Arts Council
ATTN: Materials: Hard & Soft
400 E. Hickory Street
Denton, Texas 76201
(940) 382-2787
exhibit@dentonarts.com