In 2011, Kansas will celebrate 150 years of statehood. Communities, individuals and state agencies throughout Kansas are planning events to commemorate the 150-year milestone. Through our involvement with Savor Kansas, a new grassroots effort that includes numerous organizations coming together to celebrate and showcase Kansas' arts and culture, SouthWind Gallery has established the Kansas-150 Art Competition. Savor Kansas will take place in Topeka, from June 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011, and will feature events involving visual arts, performing arts and culinary arts.
Kansas-150 Art Competition: Awards & Book Publication
The Kansas-150 Art Competition is a juried competition in which jurors will select 150 works for exhibition and sale by SouthWind Gallery. Three artists will be awarded monetary prizes for their artwork. These awards are:
1st Place, $1,000
2nd Place, $750
3rd Place, $500
In addition, a number of Purchase Awards, funded by corporate and individual patrons, will be given to artists whose works are selected from the 150 entries. SouthWind Gallery will host an awards ceremony and sale of the Top 150 artworks at a Gala in June 2011, and will exhibit the art in its gallery from June 3, 2011-July 15, 2011.
SouthWind Gallery also will publish an art book that showcases all 150 pieces of art, and includes information about each of the artists whose work is selected. This is the second art book published by the gallery. In 2008, SouthWind Gallery, in cooperation with the KU Alumni Association, published “A Spring Day on the Hill: Art Inspired by the University of Kansas, which featured the work of 68 artists.
The SouthWind Gallery Kansas-150 Art Competition is open to all artists over the age of 18, working in two-dimensional media, who presently reside in, or have previously resided in Kansas, or have ties to the state.
The submitted artwork must draw its inspiration from the state of Kansas. That inspiration may include, but is not limited to depictions of rural landscapes, cityscapes, people, animals, city life, rural life, state landmarks and monuments, state or city parks and recreational areas. Paintings of historical Kansas events and indigenous plant or animal paintings are also acceptable.
We are very excited to also work with two nationally recognized visual art professionals Neil Patterson, OPAM, President, Oil Painters of America; and Kristen Hoerth, Editor in Chief, Southwest Art Magazine who will head the panel of jurors.
We are asking all of our friends to help spread the word for this new and exciting celebration of the arts in Kansas. If you would like more information about entering this competition, please visit our website at www.SouthWindArtGallery.com/callforentries.php
We are certainly looking forward to seeing all of the wonderful art Kansas has to offer.
For complete information about the SouthWind Gallery Kansas-150 Art Competition, interested parties may visit online at www.SouthWindArtGallery.com. Also, entry forms and contest rules can be downloaded at: www.southwindartgallery.com/callforentries.php.
Click this link to download all Kansas-150 Art Competition information in PDF format.
SouthWind Gallery, 3074 SW 29th, Topeka, Kansas, is a fine art gallery specializing in paintings and sculpture by Kansas and Midwestern artists.
Gallery hours: Mon.-Fri., 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.; Sat., 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., and First Friday Art Walk extended hours: 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Voice Mail: 785.273.5994
E-Mail: Info@SouthWindArtGallery.com; web: www.SouthWindArtGallery.com.
