For years, this event has been putting THOUSANDS of dollars into the pockets of South Carolina artists, many of them students, and we're looking to do that again this year.
2012 award winners included:
Artist of the Year – Jon Geobel Wolf Attire
People’s Choice – Zachary Benefield Wedgewood Vase
Jasper’s State-of-the-Art Award – Doug McAbee Clara
(images available at 2012 Winners)
This year’s Artist of the Year Award will be $2,500, our People’s Choice award will be $300 and the Jasper State-of-the-Art award will be $200!
Along with the awards, a contemporary art friendly crowd will bid on approximately 100 pieces of artwork and artists will retain 60% of the sale price. The event will be held Friday, April 26th at the Columbia Museum of Art.
We are accepting submissions until March 15th (extended deadline) and we would love to ask you if you would print the attached call for artists and rules and post it on your bulletin board.
Apply online at: http://www.columbiacontemporaries.com/artistoftheyear/apply.aspx
If you have any questions, please contact us at ContemporariesArtistoftheYear@gmail.com
Thank you and good luck!
The Contemporaries at the Columbia Museum of Art
Columbia, SC
Jury:
Will South
Tom Stanley
Mary Walker
