Organizers are getting set to host the 16th Annual Stars of Texas Juried Art Exhibit February 1-15, 2014, and artists need to prepare for the call for entries next week at the Depot Civic and Cultural Center.
The entries for the show will be accepted on Friday, January 24 from 5 – 6:30 PM and Saturday, January 25 from 9 AM to noon. Cost to submit artwork is $20 per entry, and each artist is limited to a total of three entries. Those entries will be juried for acceptance to the show first and then judged for awards.
This year’s juror will be Benito Huerta, who has a B.F.A. from the University of Houston, and a M.A. from New Mexico State University. He was a co-founder and Executive Director and Emeritus Board Director of Art Lies, a Texas Art Journal.
Huerta’s work was featured in a one-person exhibition at William Campbell Contemporary Art in Fort Work this past September. His work was also the focus of a 20-year survey exhibition, entitled Intermission, at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago in 2011. Other recent one-person exhibitions, Spirits to Watch Over Me, 2012, at Avis Frank Gallery in Houston; Meaning of Sight, 2010, at the Ellen Noel Art Museum in Odessa: Shock & Awe, 2009, at the University of San Antonio, and a 13-year survey exhibition, Sounds: Benito Huerta 1992-2005, 2005-2007, at the Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, and the El Paso Museum of Art.
The exhibit itself will open to the public February 1st through 15th at the Depot Civic and Cultural Center in Brownwood beginning with the opening reception on February 1st.
The Salon des Refusés will open once again to artists to display their works that do not make the 2014 Stars of Texas Exhibit and will be held at the Art Center which is located at 215 Fisk Avenue. The Salon des Refusés will be open from February 2nd through 14th.
Other important dates and times
- Saturday, January 25 – Digital Photo Shoot-Out Competition 10:30 AM to 3:00 PM at the Lehnis Railroad Museum
- Saturday, February 1 – Opening Reception & Awards Ceremony – 7 to 9 PM at the Depot Civic and Cultural Center
- Saturday, February 8 – Paint-Off Competition Registration – 9:30 to 10:30 AM at the Depot Civic and Cultural Center.
- Saturday, February 15 – End of Exhibit – Pick up Art Work – 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Stars of Texas Juried Art Exhibit gallery hours Feb 1 – 15:
Monday-Friday 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Saturday, February 8th 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM; Saturday, February 15th, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
Sunday 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Awards given out this year include:
- $1000 Dorothy Mayes Best Of Show
- $750 Juror Award
- $500 Don C. Martin Memorial Sculpture Award
- $500 Kohler Award
- $500 J. Hite Homes, Inc. Merit Award
- $500 Charles And Kay Beth Stavley Merit Award
- $500 Mary Cadenhead Pastel Award
- $500 Larry J. Elling Memorial Photography Award
- $500 Rufus F. Stanley, Jr. Memorial Watercolor Award
- $500 Oil Medium Award
- $100 Stanley Dodge Honorable Mention Award
- $100 Stanley Dodge Honorable Mention Award
- $100 Stanley Dodge Honorable Mention Award
- $100 Stanley Dodge Honorable Mention Award
- $100 Stanley Dodge Honorable Mention Award
- $750 Big Country Ford Lincoln Paint-Off Awards
- People’s Choice Ribbon
For more information about the show, visit www.starsoftexasjuriedartexhibit.com.