Student Artists' Showcase, 2014 Wells Street Art Festival
Call for college & high school artists
2014 Wells Street Art Festival Announces
December 9 "Student Artists' Showcase" Deadline
Works of up to 10 students to be featured at iconic annual art fest on June 14-15.
CHICAGO—October 2013—Calling all aspiring student artists! The Wells
Street Art Festival—one of the Midwest's largest and most prestigious
juried fine art fairs—has announced Monday, December 9, as the deadline
for the Student Artists' Showcase at the 2014 fest. >
The works of up to 10 promising local high school and/or college
students selected in advance by a jury will be spotlighted at the event
set for Saturday/Sunday, June 14-15. Teachers must sign off on
student entries.
>>Celebrating its 40th
year in 2014, the Wells Street Art Festival is sponsored by the Old
Town Merchants & Residents Association. It features the works of
more that 250 artists on Wells Street between North Avenue and Division
Street in Chicago's historic Old Town neighborhood.
>>Fest organizers say the Student Artists' Showcase provide
promising students with a unique opportunity to exhibit their works in a
professional venue as well as interact with established artists and
experience the juried art process.
>>The artwork of the selected student artists will be
spotlighted in a special area within the fest. In addition, on-site
jurors will select three winners. Besides bragging rights (and a
resume-builder), the first place student recipient will receive $300;
second place $200; and third place $100.
>>Students can submit entries in 10 juried mediums: 2-D Mixed
Media; 3-D Mixed Media & Sculpture; Ceramics; Digital Art;
Functional Art; Glass; Jewelry; Painting; Photography; and Works on
Paper.
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