SUBMISSION DEADLINE: October 13, 2024
If you are a Maryland high school student who creates visual art, this competition is for you!
The UMGC Arts Program announces a call for entries for a statewide juried art competition. This exhibition is the visual arts competition of the year, so contact your art teacher today!
Each school may submit a maximum of five entries, from five different student artists. These entries should represent the best-of-the-best artwork from your school. All entries must be submitted with a high-quality image, which the jurors will use to select roughly 45 works from throughout Maryland for the exhibition. These works will be displayed in the Arts Program Main Gallery at UMGC.
Teachers will select the school’s student artists and serve as the main contact, working with the students to submit their entries.
Jurors: A panel of three jurors will be chosen from the local art community.
Submission Fee: FREE
Exhibition Dates: January 19–April 6, 2025
Opening Reception: Sunday, February 2, 2025, 3–5 p.m.
The opening reception is free and open to the community. Award winners and their teachers are expected to attend to receive their recognition. School principals and superintendents are invited as well. The first-place awardee will have the opportunity to address the audience to discuss the winning artwork.
AWARDS
Awards will be presented to the first-, second-, and third-place winners (only one award winner per school). The artwork of the first-place award winner will be featured on the UMGC Arts Program website.
First-Place Award
- $5,000 cash award ($1,500 to the student, $3,500 to the school arts program or to the general operating fund if there is no arts program)
- Trophy
Second-Place Award
- $2,500 cash award ($1,000 to the student, $1,500 to the school)
- Plaque
Third-Place Award
- $1,000 cash award ($300 to the student, $700 to the school)
- Certificate
Fourth- and Fifth-Place Awards (Honorable Mention)
- Red ribbon recognition on the artwork during the run of the exhibition
SCHEDULE AND DEADLINES
Submission Deadline: October 13, 2024
Selection of Artists: October 14–18, 2024
Notification to Artists: October 22–23, 2024
Artwork Delivered to UMGC: October 24–November 10, 2024
Exhibition Opens: January 19, 2025
Opening Reception: February 2, 2025
Exhibition Closes: April 6, 2025
Artwork Pickup: April 7, 2025
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- Students must be enrolled in a Maryland high school at the time of submission and may submit one original work of art in painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, fiber, glass, ceramics, wood, metal, photography, graphic design, or mixed media.
- Each school may submit a maximum of five entries (one per student). A single student representing the entire school may submit up to three different entries.
- All work submitted must be original (no reproductions) and must have been completed between 2022 and 2024.
- All entries must be submitted electronically by the school, with only one image per entry.
- Images must be high resolution (300 dpi, approximately 8 x 10 inches) and labeled with the artist’s last name and title of the work. (Use as many characters as you can.)
- Electronic application submissions constitute an agreement between the artist, school, and UMGC, and the artist declares that all information is correct.
- Artists must adhere to UMGC’s schedule.
- Artists are responsible for getting the works to the Arts Program at UMGC, 3501 University Boulevard East, Adelphi, MD 20783.
- Works that are altered from the original submitted image will not be accepted.
- All works must be suitably prepared for installation. The curator reserves the right to deny entry if any work is deemed unsuitable for display or too difficult to install.
- Works cannot be removed until the end of the exhibition.
- All selected artists will be notified electronically.
QUESTIONS?
For more information about the Maryland High School Juried Art Exhibition, call 301-985-7937 or email Eric Key at eric.key@umgc.edu.
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