15th Annual Juried Competition |
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Entry Procedure, Calendar, and Entry Form
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The Natchitoches Art Guild is featuring its 15th Annual Juried Competition and Exhibition in its Gallery located at 584 Front Street, Suite 102 in historic downtown Natchitoches from August 9th – 31st, 2008. Forty artists entered the Competition this year, with 120 original art pieces competing for display in the Exhibition and more than $2000 in cash prizes. A gala reception in the Gallery will open the show on Saturday, August 9th. Award winners for the five categories of Oil and Acrylic, Watercolor, Photography, Other 2-Dimensional Media, and 3-Dimensional Art will be announced during the reception, as well as the overall Best of Show winner. Juror Michael Graham will be present to speak about the art entries and congratulate the winning artists. The Guild’s generous Sponsors for this event have donated more than $2000 in cash prizes to be awarded to the winning artists announced at the reception. The reception begins in the Gallery at 7:00 PM, and the public is invited to attend. Principal Sponsors for this event are First Federal Bank of Louisiana, CLECO, and AT&T. Other Sponsors to date are Mayor and Mrs. Wayne McCullen, Senator Gerald Long, Dr. and Mrs. Greg Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Sharplin, Edwina Ferrer-Westrop, Mary Hand Pruitt, Bonnie Hand Chance, Mr. and Mrs. James Durham, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Durham, Ms. Frances Outland, Ms. Vicki Murchison, and the businesses of Peoples State Bank, Impressions by Dunagan, Be Hair Now, Ryder River Ridge Farms, Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home, and Bolton Enterprises. The Exhibition runs through Sunday, August 31 and is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Monday through Saturday and 11:30 AM – 3:00 PM on Sunday.
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