The Pickens County Museum of Art & History’s Thirty-Fourth Annual Juried South Carolina Artists Competition will take place beginning April 2, 2013. This competition is open to all artists working in any medium, 18 years of age or older and living in South Carolina.
Kristen Watts, Director of Collections & Exhibitions for The Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina will serve as juror for this year’s competition. Kristen has more than fifteen years of museum experience in areas of exhibition development and management, donor cultivation, collections care and management, and public speaking. A magna cum laude graduate of the College of Charleston, she also holds a Master of Arts in Public History and Master of Library and Information Science from the University of South Carolina at Columbia.
Cash and purchase awards exceeding $5,000 will be presented in this year’s competition. Entries may be shipped or delivered to the museum beginning Tuesday, April 2 and continuing April 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 & 10 during the hours of 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. (Till 7:00 on Thurs 4/4). The exhibition resulting from this competition will open with a gala reception and awards ceremony on April 27 and will continue through June 13.
The Pickens County Museum’s Thirty-Fourth Annual Competition is sponsored by Pickens County and the Pickens County Cultural Commission along with, to date, The Hiott Printing Company, Doreen & Larissa Heimlich, Philip & Gilda Hendricks, Jean Griffin, John & Judy Rozelle and Mrs. Shirley Sarlin.
Individuals or businesses interested in general or purchase award sponsorships should contact the museum before March 15. The Annual Juried Competition and resulting exhibition is an excellent means for starting, or adding to, your private and corporate art collections while also supporting the programs at the Pickens County Museum.
The Pickens County Museum of Art & History is funded in part by Pickens County, members and friends of the museum and a grant from the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Artists requesting information or an entry prospectus may contact the museum at
307 Johnson Street, Pickens, SC 29671 or call 864-898-5963
An E-Prospectus is also available by e-mail at picmus@co.pickens.sc.us, or by clicking the link HERE
