Adkins Arboretum in Ridgely, Md., will sponsor its seventeenth annual Art Competition, to exhibit in February and March 2016. The theme of the competition—Discovering the Native Landscapes of Maryland’s Eastern Shore—celebrates the Arboretum’s mission of conservation. The Leon Andrus Award, in honor of the Arboretum’s first benefactor, will be presented to the competition’s winner. A second-place award also will be given.
The competition is open to original two- and three-dimensional fine arts in all mediums, including outdoor sculpture and installations. The show will be juried by Anke Van Wagenberg, senior curator at the Academy Art Museum in Easton. Van Wagenberg holds a Ph.D. in art history from the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and an M.A. in art history and archaeology. She has won numerous grants, most recently from the American Philosophical Society, the Netherland-America Foundation, the John Anson Kitteridge Education Fund Grant, the Historians in Netherlandish Art Fellowship and the Getty Foundation. She has worked at the National Gallery of Art and the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, and has taught art history at Salisbury University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Washington College.
The deadline for submissions is Dec. 31, 2015. Digital images of up to three pieces of art by each artist should be sent to [email protected]. Submissions should include title, medium, dimensions (maximum of 6 feet in any direction, excluding outdoor sculpture), and artist’s name, address and phone number. Works should reflect or interpret broadly the show’s theme of wild nature and landscapes of the Mid-Atlantic coastal plain region.
Artists whose work is selected will be contacted by Jan. 15 to submit the original work ready to hang by Jan. 30. The exhibit will open Feb. 2 and will run through April 1, 2016, with a reception on Sat., Feb. 23 from 3 to 5 p.m. There is no fee for the competition, but artists are responsible for all shipping expenses. Selected artists may be considered for future exhibits at the Arboretum.
For more information, visit adkinsarboretum.org, call 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or send e-mail to [email protected].
The 2016 Art Competition is part of Adkins Arboretum’s ongoing exhibition series of work on natural themes by regional artists.
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Danielle Werner says
Hello,
I am very interested in entering this contest. I have one question? It states, “Digital images of up to three pieces of art by each artist should be sent to [email protected].” Does this mean that as a photographer, I can enter three completely different digital images for this one competition? Or does it mean that if you need three images to represent your one piece (e.i. sculpture) you may do so?
Thank you in advance for clarification.
Danielle Werner