23rd ANNUAL NATIONAL JURIED FINE ARTS EXHIBITION
November 5 - 27, 2009

The National Juried Exhibition promotes an appreciation of the visual arts, enables artists to exhibit their works and allows local citizens to enjoy a wide variety high-quality art from around the country. Since 1986, the Cultural Arts Center, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, has presented hundreds of exhibitions of works by more than 1,500 artists.

Eligibility:  All artists 18 years old or older are eligible to submit original paintings, sculpture, hand-pulled prints, drawings, photography developed by the artists, fiber and original glass creations. Film, video and crafts developed from molds or kits are not eligible. Copies will not be accepted. Work accepted must remain on view for the entire exhibition.

Submission:  Artworks can be submitted as slides, photographs  or digital images on CD for jurying. Slides must be 2"x 2" standard size. Oversize mounts and glass slides will not be accepted. Please indicate the top of the work with an arrow.

Entry & Fee:  A non-refundable entry fee of thirty dollars ($30) for current CAC members (annual individual membership is $20) and forty dollars ($40) for non-members, qualifies the artist to submit up to three works and will be used to promote the show. Submission does not guarantee acceptance. Please make all checks payable to the Cultural Arts Council.

Awards:   Purchase Award of up to $1,000 determined by our Gallery Committee. First Place - $500; Second Place - 300; Third Place - $200; Two Honorable Mentions - $100.  Sales will be encouraged; 25% commission will be taken on all work sold with the exception of the purchase award.

Juror: Annette Cone-Skelton
Artist and curator, Annette Cone-Skelton is the President/ CEO of The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA), and has more than 30 years of experience as an exhibiting artist, fine arts instructor, curator, editor, and owner of a fine arts advisory firm.  She holds a B.F.A. from the Atlanta College of Art, and was recently added to LaGrange College's "2006-2007 Wall of Outstanding Alumni."  Cone-Skelton was recently the focus of a one-person exhibition at the Kiang Gallery in Atlanta, and is currently on exhibit in the High Museum of Art's Weiland Pavilion.  She has participated in numerous group exhibitions including Contemporary Southern Drawings, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia; Fine Lines: Drawings from the Collection of Wynn Kramarsky, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, California; AOP 2002: The 37th Art on Paper Exhibition, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina, 2002; 9 Women in Georgia at the National Women's Museum in Washington, D.C., 1996; and in the New Orleans Museum of Art Triennial in 2001, which was reviewed in Art in America.  She was a finalist for the Whitney Biennial 2000.  Numerous corporations, institutions and private collectors have also acquired her work, including King and Spalding, Alston & Bird, Kilpatrick Stockton, Bell South and AT&T. 

DEADLINE:
Friday, September 11  - Submission deadline 
       (whether mailed, shipped or emailed)

Please visit our website for Registration, Limitations , Specifications,
additional Submission guidelines and to Enter online at www.artsdouglas.org.