"Art in the Metroplex" competition accepting entries through June 30

Fort Worth, TX

6/10/2009

Templeton Art Center and TCU announce that the deadline for submitting entries to the 27th annual Art in the Metroplex visual arts competition will be Monday, June 30. The exhibition is set for Sept. 1 - Oct 1 at the Moudy Art Gallery at TCU.

Any artist 18 years or older, living in North Texas (Tarrant, Dallas, Denton, Collin, Hunt, Rockwall, Kaufman, Stephens, Palo Pinto, Erath, Shackelford, Ellis, Johnson, Hood, Parker or Wise County) is eligible to enter.  All entries will be judged from digital images. Images must be submitted via https://tcu.slideroom.com. A $30 entry fee covers images of up to three pieces of work.

David Pagel, an art critic who writes regularly for The Los Angeles Times, will be juror for the show. He is an adjunct curator at the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton, NY.

There will be a total of $2,000 in awards, including: The Beth Lea and John L. Clardy Memorial Award, The Fort Worth Art Dealers Association Award, The Claud Vance Memorial Award and The Raucus Science Club Award. The reception and awards presentation will be held Friday, September 19 in  room 132N, adjacent to the exhibition hall. The juror will be present.

For more information call the TCU Art & Art History Department at 817-257-7643.