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4 Dec 2020

Compete Figurative Art National Exhibition

Dallas Metro Arts Contemporary Plano, Texas, United States

Opportunity Description

U.S. National Deadline: January 3, 2021 – Are you a figurative artist “head & shoulders” above the crowd? Dallas Metro Arts Contemporary seeks all realistic or abstract art featuring the human form, in any media, including computer art & sculpture. No video

Exhibition dates: Jan 26–Sat Feb 20, 2021 (Note: This is a physical exhibition, with a physical closing reception at the DMAC gallery.)

ELIGIBILITY
US artists age 18 and up, and original art of the last three years in any medium; 2D size limit 48 inches wide and 72 inches tall. 3D work size limit 24 inches width/depth, 72 inch height and 40 lbs. Work may be in any media including drawing, painting, collage, and mixed media, photography, printmaking computer art, ceramic, glass, bronze, steel, . (sorry, the gallery is not presently able to present time-based or video based works) 

JUROR
Professor Jerry Smith received his MFA at the University of Kansas, under Roger Shimomura, noted in textbooks for his paintings presenting racial discrimination, from WWII internment camps to the present. His work is multi-media assemblage art, incorporating multiple simultaneous styles, words and often humor.

Smith also received a Fellowship to the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, where he studied with Betye Saar, Roy DeForest, Eric Fischl, Elizabeth Murray, Elizabeth Cattlett, and Richard Serra.

AWARDS
Juror’s Choice and Honorable Mentions; Director’s Choice; People’s Choice, totaling $1500 cash awards.

ENTRY FEE
$35 minimum two images, $5 per each additional entry up to five entry maximum.

APPLY ONLINE
Visit us for complete details and to apply.

SALES
The DMAC will encourage sales, but will not actively take a commission; instead the studio/gallery will connect artists to patrons for private sales.

DATES

  • Deadline for submission: Sunday, Jan 3, 2021
  • Notification: Wed Jan 6, 2021
  • Shipping and hand delivery: Jan 6 –Jan 26, 2021.
  • Exhibition Dates: Jan 26–Sat Feb 20, 2021. (NOTE: This is a physical exhibition, with a physical closing reception at the DMAC gallery.)
  • Closing Reception: Sat Feb 20, 2021, 6:00-7:30 pm (NOTE: artists attending the reception may pick up art at the end of the reception)

Anything of question should be cleared by the Studio/Gallery Director, by contacting Jerry Smith at profjesmith@gmail.com.


About:
Dallas Metro Arts Contemporary provides 2600 square feet of studio and exhibition space in the Historic Downtown Plano Arts District, designated in 2016 by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Dallas Metro Arts Contemporary
1412 14th St
Plano, TX  75074


Opportunity Categories: + Open to Multi-Media. Opportunity Types: Compete. Opportunity Tags: Deadlines 01 Jan thru Feb, Open to U.S. Artists Only, and Special Opportunities. Benefits: Cash or Value Awards, Exhibition - Group, and Sales.

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