Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg invites artists to submit work for 41st Annual Juried Show

Deadline: August 1

Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg invites artists to submit work for the 41st Annual Juried Show held at the Spartanburg Art Museum. All artists living in North Carolina and South Carolina, ages 18 and up, are eligible. The deadline to submit work is Aug. 1, and the exhibition runs Sept. 2- Oct. 12.

Six prizes totaling more than $4,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded in the following categories:

$1,500 for Best in Show
$500 for Excellence in 2-D Awards (2 for this category)
$500 for Excellence in 3-D Awards (2 for this category)
$500 for People’s Choice Award

The judge this year will be Scott Belville of Georgia. Belville has a distingushed career both as a painter and as a teacher. He has exhibited his works in gallery and museum venues from Atlanta to New York, Chicago, Washington D.C., and regionally across the Southeast. His art works have garnered numerous grants and awards including two National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artistic Grants, State Individual Artistic Grants from South Carolina and Georgia, and a Ford Foundation Grant. Belville’s paintings are in many public and private collections, including The Georgia Museum of Art, The Walker Art Center, The Joseph  Hirshhorn Museum, The Greenville County Museum of Art, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, and the Chase Manhattan Bank. At the University of Georgia, he has received research  grants from the Wilson Center, a Study in a Second Discipline Grant from the office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs, and a Lothar Tresp Outstanding Teaching Honors Professor Award.

Complete guidelines and the application are available online. Accepted artists will be notified by email and posted on the Artists’ Guild website by 5 p.m. on Aug. 15.

About the Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg
The Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg mission is to cultivate, nurture and grow the visual arts in our community by supporting local artists.

Via: Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg