OBU’s Department of Art and Design to host competition for students
March 03, 2009 - Dillon McClain
Ouachita Baptist University’s department of Art and Design will host a juried art
competition for students that will be judged on April 3. The exhibit will be on display
in the Hammons Gallery April 22-25 as part of OBU’s Scholars Day.
The competition will consist of three categories, studio art, graphic design and photography
and is open to all art, design and photography students at Ouachita.
“We want to establish an annual event that provides all of our art, design and photography
students an opportunity to exhibit their work in an actual juried show,” said David
Bieloh, chair of OBU’s Art and Design department and associate professor of graphic
design. “For most of our students this will be their first experience with this, and
we want to reward them for their work.”
Carey Roberson, associate professor of photography at the University of Arkansas at
Little Rock, will judge the items submitted for the competition. Cash awards will
be given in each category for first, second and third place, and one piece will be
named “Best in Show.” A local gallery will give an additional award to the artist
whose work is named “Best in Show.”
To submit a work for this event, students must turn in printed or original art, design
or photography, a completed entry form and an entry fee of $5. All material must be
turned in to the Art and Design department no later than April 1. The work does not
have to be framed or matted upon initial entry.
Ouachita’s Art and Design faculty said that they hope this event will generate more
interest in the Art and Design department and create recruitment and fundraising opportunities.
For more information, contact OBU’s School of Fine Arts at (870) 245-5129.
by Dillon McClain
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