[Scmusenet] Call to Artists - Pickens County Museum's Thirty-First Annual Juried SC Artists Competition

[Allen Coleman]

Press Release

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Artists Invited To Submit Work For The


Thirty-First Annual Juried South Carolina Artists Competition

Resulting Exhibition to be held at the Pickens County Museum

 

     The Pickens County Museum of Art & History's Thirtieth Annual
Juried South Carolina Artists Competition will take place beginning
March 30, 2010. This competition is open to all living South Carolina
artists, 18 years of age or older, working in any medium.  


 


<http://www.co.pickens.sc.us/documents/31stProspectus-online%20version.p
df>      Artist, art administrator and educator, Hank T. Foreman, will
serve as juror for this year's competition. Mr. Foreman is currently
employed by Appalachian State University in Boone, NC where he serves as
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Arts and Cultural Affairs, an area that
administers the programs of 'An Appalachian Summer Festival', the
Performing Art Series, and the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts. He
also serves Appalachian as Director and Chief Curator of the Turchin
Center for the Visual Arts. Foreman began his affiliation with ASU in
1993, and has taught in both the Department of Art and Watauga College
/Inter-disciplinary Studies programs. He received his B.C.A. in Painting
and Sculpture from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and his
M.A. in Art Education from Appalachian State University. His
professional activities include curating exhibitions, serving as juror
for competitions, lecturing, teaching workshops, consulting on public
art projects, and creating his own studio work. Foreman has lectured for
numerous organizations including the National Art Education Association
(NAEA) and the International Sculpture Center. 

 

     Cash and purchase awards exceeding $ 4,000.00 will be presented in
this year's competition. Entries may be shipped or delivered to the
museum beginning Monday March 30 and continuing March 31, April 1, 5, 6
& 7 during the hours of 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. (closed April 2-4) The
exhibition resulting from this competition will open with a gala
reception and awards ceremony on April 24 and will continue through June
10. 

 

   The Pickens County Museum's Thirty-First Annual Competition is
sponsored by Pickens County and the Pickens County Cultural Commission
along with Upstate Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery & Dental Implant Center,
Pickens Savings & Loan, Mr. & Mrs. Philip Hendricks, Mrs. Shirley Sarlin
and benefactors that wish to remain un-named.

 

   Individuals or businesses interested in general or purchase award
sponsorship 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 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 at co.pickens.sc.us
<mailto:picmus at co.pickens.sc.us>  or online at 
http://www.co.pickens.sc.us/documents/31stProspectus-online%20version.pd
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