Arkansas Arts Center Announces 59th Annual Delta Exhibition Call for Entries

December 28, 2016 7:02 pm

Submissions for the annual exhibition will be accepted Jan. 1 – March 10

The Arkansas Arts Center, the state’s premiere center for visual and performing arts, announces a call for entries for the 59^th Annual Delta Exhibition which will be on display June 9 – August 27, 2017. The deadline to submit entries is March 10.

“As one of the most anticipated Arkansas Arts Center events of the year, the 59^th Annual Delta Exhibition will offer a unique look of the artistic talent located in the Delta region,” Arkansas Arts Center Executive Director Todd Herman said. “This exhibition gives artists the opportunity to lead and inspire their communities through art, education and cultural excellence.”

The competition is open to all artists who live in or were born in one of the following states: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee or Texas. All work must be completed during the last two years and must not have been exhibited previously at the Arkansas Arts Center.

A guest juror will select the artworks to be exhibited and will assign the $2,500 Grand Award and two $750 Delta Awards. Additionally, a $250 Contemporaries Delta Award will be selected by the Contemporaries, an auxiliary membership group of the Arkansas Arts Center. Artists and AAC members will be invited to attend a special reception and exhibition preview on Thursday, June 8 during which the 59^th Annual Delta winners will be announced.

The Delta Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture was founded in 1958 to feature contemporary work by artists from Arkansas and the bordering states. Today, the Annual Delta Exhibition has grown to encompass works in all media and is a showcase for the dynamic vision of the artists of the Mississippi Delta region. The diversity of their art reflects the region’s strong traditions of craftsmanship and observation, combined with an innovative use of materials and an experimental approach to subject matter.

Interested parties may enter their information and upload images of their work at ArkansasArtsCenter.org/delta by March 10, 2017. The entry fee is $20 for one entry and $10 for each additional entry. Artists may submit up to three entries. Notifications will be mailed on March 29 and all accepted work must be received by April 26. Artists will be responsible for all shipping arrangements. This year’s exhibition will be on view June 9 – August 27, 2017.

The 59^th Annual Delta Exhibition is sponsored by Isabel and John Ed Anthony, AAC Contemporaries and Edafio Technology Partners. The Grand Award is supported by The John William Linn Endowment Fund. The exhibition is supported by the Andre Simon Memorial Trust in memory of everyone who has died of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

GENERAL INFORMATION
Contact: 501-372-4000
Location: Arkansas Arts Center (9^th and Commerce, Little Rock, AR 72202)
Gallery Hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Closed Monday & Major Holidays

Arkansas Arts Center programs are supported in part by: the City of Little Rock; the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau; the City of North Little Rock and the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage and the National Endowment for the Arts.