Call For Entries: 2010 Juried Fine Art Competition

 The Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art is currently accepting entries for its 2010 juried fine arts competition, A Sense of Place. Now in its 30^th year, the event seeks to recognize the outstanding quality and diversity of work being generated by contemporary American artists. The competition is open to all artists in the United States age 18 and older, and accepts works in the following media: drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, and mixed media. A non-refundable fee of $25 enables the artist to enter a CD with images of up to three works; additional works may be submitted at a cost of $5 each. Cash awards totaling $1,750 are available, including Best of Show and two Juror’s Awards. All entries must be postmarked by May 28, 2010.

Betsy Cain is an acclaimed artist currently working in Savannah, Georgia. A recipient of the Governor’s Award for Georgia Women in the Visual Arts, Ms. Cain has exhibited widely throughout the Southeast and beyond, with more than fifty solo and group shows to her credit. Her work is held in public and corporate collections across the United States and abroad, including the High Museum of Art, Atlanta; the Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah; the Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM; Chemical Bank, New York, NY; Coca Cola USA, Atlanta; and Hyatt Regency Hotels, Cologne, Germany. Ms. Cain holds BFA and MFA degrees from the University of Alabama.

A Sense of Place will be on view September 17 – October 15, 2010 in the Institute’s Main Gallery. Winning entries will be announced at the exhibition’s opening reception on September 17. For a free prospectus, contact the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, 506 Telfair St., Augusta, GA 30901, 706.722.5495 click here, to download in .pdf format.