Juried Show

2010 Entry Form Live Oak Art Center 2010 Juried Show Exhibition will be held at the Live Oak Art Center in Columbus, Texas from May 8thto July 3, 2010. Artist should pay attention to delivery dates. Prizes will be announced at the opening reception, so make plans to attend. Open to artists living within 150 miles of Columbus; including Austin, Houston and San Antonio. Entries may be any medium, including painting, photography, sculpture, clay and works on paper. The juror is Jim Edwards, serves as the Gallery Director/Curator for Houston Baptist University’s Art Gallery as well as Associate Professor in HBU’s School of Art. The cash awards will be as follows: $1000 First Place, $500 Second Place, $250 Third Place. This exhibit is sponsored in part by The city of Columbus Hot Funds and a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts. 2010 ANNUAL JURIED ART EXHIBITION LIVE OAK ART CENTER 1014 MILAM • COLUMBUS, TEXAS 78934 979-732-8398 • liveoakartcenter.org • liveoakartcenter@sbcglobal.net THE LIVE OAK ART CENTER 2010 ANNUAL IS A JURIED COMPETITION THAT OFFERS HIGH PUBLIC VISIBILITY IN CENTRAL TEXAS AND A CHANCE TO SHARE IN MORE THAN $1750 IN CASH AWARDS. JUROR : Jim Edwards serves as the Gallery Director/Curator for Houston Baptist University’s Art Gallery as well as Associate Professor in HBU’s School of Art. He graduated with BFA and MFA degrees from San Francisco Art Institute and is a Rockefeller Fellow in Museum Education and Communities Studies from the Fine Arts Museum in San Francisco. Considered an authority on modern and contemporary art in the American West, Edwards has spent 30 years as a Curator and Director, working at various museums, including Alaska State Museum, Art Museum of South Texas, San Antonio Museum of Art and the Salt Lake Art Center. His Major Exhibitions include About Face for the Art Museum of South Texas, 1984, Artists Responses to Architecture, for the Nave Museum, Victoria, Texas, 1986; The Poetic Object, for the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1990; Committed to Abstraction: Ten in Texas, for the Austin Museum of Art, 1997; and The Daily News, 2005 and SF Recycled, 2007 for the Salt Lake Art Center. He co-curated with David Brauer, Exhibition Pop Art: U.S./U.K. Connections, 1956-1966 at Houston’s Menil Collection in 2001. Additionally, Edwards has an extensive record of publishing, including essays in exhibition books and catalogues for museums and galleried throughout the United States. $1000 First Place, $500 Second Place $250 Third Place The juror reserves the right to exclude any entry deemed too fragile for display, too cumbersome to handle, or not accurately represented by the slide. Permission to reproduce artwork for publicity is considered granted unless otherwise stated in writing by the artist. Sales from the exhibition will be encouraged, unless otherwise specified by the artist. Checks for sales will be made out to the artist. LOAC is a non-profit organization and requests 30% of the sales price be made as a tax deductible donation. Final decision for inclusion in the LOAC Annual Juried Exhibition will be made by the juror. Submission of entries constitutes agreement to the conditions set forth above. CALENDAR, MEDIA, SHIPMENT, RETURN & LIABILITY SUBMISSION, FEE & DUE DATE Images with entry form due ...............................................March 13, 2010 Notification of acceptance....................................................April 2, 2010 Deliver shippedwork ..........................................................in hand by May 1, 2010 Hand deliveredwork...........................................................April 28- May 1, 2010 Opening&awards presentation..........................................May 8, 2010 Exhibition ends.......................................................................July 3, 2010 Pick upwork ......................................................................July 5-10, 2010 Delivery instructions will accompany notification of acceptance. All art must be shipped in reusable containers and delivered by hand or commercial carrier. Artwork that is shipped must have prepaid return postage label included. The Live Oak Art Center will not be responsible for damage to, loss or deterioration of any work while in transit. Upon receipt LOAC will insureworks while in the building until July 10, 2010. This exhibit is sponsored in part by the City of Columbus HOT Funds and a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts. The Live Oak Art Center is located just off the town square in historic Columbus, Texas, located at IH- 10 and Hwy 71 in central Texas.With 80 historical markers, beautifully restored homes, centuries old Live Oaks, and a past as colorful as the wildflowers lining the roadway. We hope you will join us for the 2010 Juried Art Exhibition. MAY 8, 2010 - JULY 3, 2010 To recieve a full entry form containing more information on this year's jurior, awards and eligibility, media, and due dates.......Please email us at liveoakartcenter@sbcglobal.net and we will send you an entry form by mail.