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June 07, 2005
Contemporary Fine Art Competition and Paint Out
Returning to the formidable tradition established by California regionalist Millard Sheets, director of Fine Arts at the L.A. County Fair from 1930 to 1956, the Fair will organize a Fine Art Competition to be exhibited at the Millard Sheets Gallery Wednesday through Sunday Sept. 9 through Oct. 2, 2005.
For more information write:
The Millard Sheets Gallery
Cris Martinez
P.O. Box 2250
Pomona, CA, 91769
or fax to (909) 629-2067, Attn: Contemporary Fine Art Competition/ The Millard Sheets Gallery
E-mail, cmartinez@fairplex.com
Find the complete Call for Entries and registration form on our Web site.
JURORS
Steven Comba is assistant director at the Pomona College Museum of Art in Claremont.
Peter Frank is an art critic.
Roland Reiss is a painter and sculptor.
ELIGIBILITY
Competition is open to artists 18 years of age or older working in oil, watercolor, acrylic, gouache, or mixed media. Artwork must be originals less than two years old. Paintings must be exactly as presented on slide (if applicable). Categories are Abstract, Plein Air/Still Life, or Figurative. Artists are also invited to participate in a Paint Out the first three days of the L.A. County Fair to create unique scenes of the excitement on the Fairgrounds. These paintings will be judged as a separate category.
AWARDS
Awards total $4,200. 1st place in each category and one Best in Show award will be given, along with a People’s Choice prize. All winners and honorable mentions will be exhibited during the L.A. County Fair, Sept. 9 through Oct. 2. Winners (except Paint Out and People’s Choice) will be published in the exhibition catalogue and posted on our website at www.fairplex.org.
Posted by Brian at June 7, 2005 08:59 AM
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