February 2012

CALL FOR ENTRIES - Artistic Renderings of Youth

The deadline for entry in Artistic Renderings of Youth is February 20.  This is a juried exhibit of art work open to 7th through 12th grade students from Colbert, Franklin and Lauderdale counties. The exhibit opens March 1 and runs through April 13 at Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts in Florence. 

The exhibit and competition is coordinated by area art teachers.  Schools may participate or students can enter on their own. Each student can enter up to five works. Entries are juried and, if accepted, are eligible for ribbons awarded in different grade level groupings. Works must be original and can be in any medium. All 2-dimensional entries must be matted or framed.

For more details on entry rules call Jerry Foster at Florence High School, Ronnie Riner at Muscle Shoals High School, or Mary Nicely at Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts.

Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts is located at 217 East Tuscaloosa Street and is open, free of charge, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.  Museum programs are made possible, in part, by a grant from the Alabama State Council on the Arts.  Sponsored by the Florence Department of Arts and Museums.  Call 256-760-6379 for more information.