Compete 2024 Miami University Young Painters Competition
Opportunity Description
U.S. National Deadline: September 29, 2023 – Young Painters, U.S. residents, ages 25 – 35 as of competition entry are invited to participate in an annual juried competition for the 2024 $10,000 William and Dorothy Yeck Award. Entrants should have achieved a significant degree of success as an emerging artist of noteworthy talent. Focus this year is on Non-Representational Painting.
The Yeck Award winning artwork becomes part of the Miami University Painters of the 21st Century Collection.
Exhibition dates: February 2 – March 14, 2024.
ELIGIBILITY
Open to young Sculptors, U.S. residents, ages 25 – 35. All works submitted must be available for the exhibition and purchase award. Artwork should be completed within the past three years that demonstrate the scope and depth of your work.
MEDIA
Submission of Paintings: up to 5 entries; no dimension exceeding 72 inches, artwork completed within the past three years demonstrating the scope and depth of your work. All works submitted must be available for the exhibition and purchase award.
JUROR
Lauren Haynes, Director of Curatorial Affairs and Programs, Queens Museum, New York.
Lauren Haynes was the Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Before her time at the Nasher, Haynes was Director of Artist Initiatives and Curator, Contemporary Art at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Momentary in Bentonville, Arkansas. Prior to Crystal Bridges, Haynes spent nearly a decade at the Studio Museum in Harlem. As a specialist in contemporary art by artists of African descent, Haynes curated dozens of exhibitions at the Studio Museum… see more
AWARDS
$10,000 William and Dorothy Yeck Purchase Award
$2,500 Second Place
$2,000 Third Place
The Yeck Award winning artwork becomes part of the Miami University Painters of the 21st Century Collection.
The $10,000 Yeck Purchase Award winner will be invited to have a solo exhibit and as a visiting artist to coincide with the 2025 competition.
APPLY ONLINE – $25 Entry fee. Up to 5 entries.
Visit us online for complete details and to apply.
The 10 Finalists chosen by our 2024 Juror will be notified in mid/late October 2023.
About:
Started in 1999, the Young Painters Competition features artists aged 25 – 35, who demonstrate excellence. The juror, chosen from nationally recognized painters, museum directors, curators and art professionals, selects 10 finalists. Each year’s winner is awarded the $10,000 William and Dorothy Yeck Award and the painting becomes a part of the permanent collection at Miami University. Alternating between representational/realism and non-representational painting, this competition assures a prominent national role for Miami University, rewarding and inspiring the creativity of talented young artists. We hope you enjoy our yearly competition as we navigate the visual, historical and critical development of painting through the 21st century.
Miami University
Department of Art
400 S. Patterson Avenue, Room 124, Art Building
Oxford, OH 45056-2486
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