November 1-18 • Exhibition Dates for Membership Show
November 4 • Artist Reception with Judging and Awards Ceremony
November 20-21 • Artwork Pick-up Days

New members welcome to enter. Competition open to artwork created in 2-D or 3-D fine arts media completed in the last two years and not previously shown at SAAC. Full competition details available in the prospectus. For additional infomation contact the SAAC office at 870-862-5474 or email us at info @ saac-arts.org.

Purchase Awards

In addition to the prize money provided by the sponsor, six purchase awards will be selected from the show. Five works will be purchased by patrons to be placed in public venues and the sixth, the Director’s Award, will become part of the executive director’s private collection.  Purchase Awards will pay $250 for each piece. Artists are asked to mark their entry form if they will accept the award.


Before the work goes on sale to the general public, Pruchase Awards will be selected October 29-30 and a Private Artist Preview will be held on October 31.

Little Rock artist Emily Wood returns to El Dorado to judge the 2011 Membership Show and Competition this November.

About the Judge:
Presently a painting instructor for the Arkansas Arts Center Museum School, Wood began studying art at Texas Christian University in Forth Worth, Texas, in 2000. She continued her studies at the University of Reading, Reading, England, before completing her Bachelors of Art at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Wood continued her graduate studies at the Art Students' League of New York in New York City before receiving her Master of Arts from The University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2011.

A Camden native and Little Rock resident, Wood's work has been included in exhibitions across the states of Arkansas, Georgia, and Louisiana. SAAC patrons experienced Wood's solo exhibition "Translated in Paint" in the Merkle and Price Galleries this past March. Winner of multiple awards, including a nomination from the National Museum of Women in the Arts "Women to Watch 2010," Wood is making her mark as a fresh new voice in today's art world. Emily's Work can be found at the Heights Gallery on Kavanaugh Blvd. in Little Rock, and on her website at www.emilywoodart.com.

View on Judging a Competition:
"I view the judging process as a balance of choosing pieces with technical superiority and effective communication of ideas. Judging art cannot help but be somewhat subjective because of the inherent tendency of art to connect to people in different ways based on what the viewer brings to the work. However, the effectiveness of communication can be judged more objectively even if what is being communicated is more subjective. This includes technical elements that can also be judged objectively. In the end, I will carefully study each piece and make judgments based on technical elements, ability to communicate, and presence of new ideas."

Exhibitions:
2011 "Posted and Painted" Solo Exhbition, UALR, Little Rock, AR
2011 "Translated into Paint" Solo Exhibition, South Arkansas Arts Center, E Dorado, AR
2011 "Arkansas Women to Watch 2011" Sponsored by the National Museum of Women in the ArtsTraveling Exhibition
2011 Graduate Students Show, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
2011 Museum School Faculty Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
2010 53rd Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
2010 "A Sense of Place" Juried Competition, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
2010 "20x20x20: A National Competition", LSU, Baton Rouge, LA
2009 –Present The Heights Gallery, Little Rock, AR
2010 "the art show" Little Rock, AR
2010 Gallery 726, Hot Springs, AR
2010, 2009 South Arkansas Arts Center Juried Show
2010 UALR Student Competitive, Little Rock, AR
2009 Gallery 26 Holiday Show, Little Rock, AR
2009 Arkansas Arts Center Museum School Faculty Show, Little Rock, AR
2009, 2008 South Arkansas Arts Center Membership Show, El Dorado, AR
2008 Friends of the Baum Gallery Fall Show, Conway, AR
2007-2009 The Art Fix Gallery, Little Rock, AR
2007 Little Rock Family Clinic, Little Rock, AR
2006 Wilson Office Interiors, Little Rock, AR
2005 Arkansas Arts Center Museum School Show, Little Rock, AR
2005-2009 Bella Boutique, Little Rock, AR
2004 Hammons Gallery, Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, AR
2003 South Arkansas Arts Center Juried Show, El Dorado, AR

Awards:
2010 "People's Choice" Award South Arkansas Arts Center Juried Show
2010 "Art Outfitters Award," UALR Student Competitive
2010 Windgate Art Scholarship, UALR
2009 National Museum of Women in the Arts "Women to Watch 2010" Arkansas Nominee
2009 South Arkansas Arts Center Juried Show Purchase Award
2008 South Arkansas Arts Center Membership Show, Honorable Mention and Purchase Award
2001 Glover Art Scholarship, Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, AR

 

Entry Deadline October 27 

sponsored by
William P Cook and Associates, PLLC 

2 entries per member • $10 per entry  

• Print an Entry Form

PROSPECTUS

ELIGIBILITY: The competition is open to any SAAC member. All 2-D and 3-D fine arts media accepted, including photography and computer generated work. Pieces must be original, completed in the last two years, and not previously shown at SAAC. Artwork completed under classroom supervision and/or reproduced from published material or work by other artists is not accepted.

ART WORK: Entries cannot exceed 60"x60" or weigh more than 50 pounds and must be completely ready for display. 2-D work must be framed appropriately with a sufficient wire or hanging method, and the exhibit label affixed securely to the back of the frame. NO Exceptions! The judge and show chairperson have final authority to define what constitutes an acceptable entry.

PURCHASE AWARDS: Purchase Awards will pay $250 for each piece. Artists are asked to mark their entry form if they will accept the award. In addition to the prize money provided by the sponsor, six purchase awards will be selected from the show. Five works will be purchased by patrons to be placed in public venues and the sixth, the Director's Award, will become part of the executive director's private collection. Before the work goes on sale to the general public, Purchase Awards will be selected October 29-30 and a Private Artist Preview will be held on October 31.

JUDGE: Emily Moll Wood, award winning artist from Little Rock, Arkansas.

ENTRY/FEE: Limit 2 pieces per member with an entry fee of $10 each. Make checks payable to SAAC. Entry fee is non-refundable.

SALES: Sales are encouraged. A commission of 35% will be charged on all sales resulting from the exhibition. Works NOT FOR SALE must be marked NFS.

EXHIBITION: The show will be on display in the Merkle and Price Galleries November 1-18. An Artist Reception will be held Friday, November 4, 6:00-8:00pm with an Awards Presentation at 6:30pm. All work must remain for the duration of the exhibit.

DELIVERY & PICK-UP: Hand-deliver entries to SAAC by October 27, 2011. Pick-up entries on Sunday, November 20, Noon-3pm or Monday, November 21, 9am-8pm. After 30 days, the unclaimed work will become the property of SAAC.

LIABILITY: Any work submitted to SAAC for exhibition may be reproduced for promotional purposes. The receipt of an entry in the competition will constitute agreement by the artist with all conditions set forth in the prospectus.

Sponsored by W. P. Cook & Associates