Use the winter break to get ready for 16th NWOSU Art Society Art Show; Entry forms due by February 20

November 26, 2018

The upcoming winter break will be a perfect time for students, current and retired employees and alumni of Northwestern Oklahoma State University to start working toward entries in the 16^th annual NWOSU Art Society (NAS) Art Show in the J.W. Martin Library March 3-29.

Entry forms for the show are due no later than Feb. 20 from all of the university’s campus locations. An online entry form is available at www.nwosu.edu/art/nas-art-show. The art drop-off date is Feb. 27. Artwork should be taken to the J.W. Martin Library on that day between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Students can win $75 for Best of Show, and prizes for first, second and third will be $15, $5 and $2, respectively, for each category. Non-students will be eligible to win ribbons. All artwork will be eligible to be voted in as the People’s Choice Award winner, which provides a ribbon and $50. A Winner’s Show will take place in downtown Alva during the First Friday Art Walk April 5 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Runnymede Hotel.

Two items may be entered in each of the following categories:

• Artisan Crafts (jewelry, pottery, etc.)
• Fiber Arts (crochet, knitting, needlework, etc.)
• Quilts
• Cartoon/Comics
• Digital Art
• Mixed Media/Collage
• Paintings – Watercolor (any subject)
• Paintings – Animals/Creatures
• Paintings - Architecture
• Paintings - Elements of Design
• Paintings - The Figure/Portraiture
• Paintings - Landscapes/Nature
• Paintings - All other subject areas
• Works on Paper – Animals/Creature
• Works on Paper - Architecture
• Works on Paper - Elements of Design
• Works on Paper - The Figure/Portraiture
• Works on Paper - Landscapes/Nature
• Works on Paper - All other subject areas
• Photography will include 10 sub-categories:
  • Animals/Creature
  • Black and White
  • Landscapes
  • Cityscapes
  • Light
  • Elements of Design
  • Macro
  • People
  • Nature
  • All other subject areas other than those listed

                Entry forms and category descriptions are available online at www.nwosu.edu/art/nas-art-show.  

                For more information about the art show, please contact Angelia Case, NAS sponsor, at (580) 327-8577 or arcase@nwosu.edu.

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