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WV Black Walnut Festival
2009 Art Exhibit Guidelines

The annual WV Black Walnut Festival Art Show will take place at the National Guard Armory October 8th through 11th.

Entries will be accepted at the armory on Wednesday September 30th and Thursday October 1st from noon till 4 p.m.

Entries are limited to two total entries per person. Entries must have the artist’s name, address, phone number, section and medium written on the back.

The categories are as follows:

Section

1-Adult, 2-High School, 3-Middle School 5-8, 4-Elementary K-4.

Mediums

A – Painting (oil, acrylic, watercolor, tempera and/or combination of all):

B-Drawing (pencil, ink, pastels, charcoal, crayon, colored pencil and/or combination of all)

Collage and digital art have been dropped to clarify the mediums and judging of the art exhibit.

It is requested that student work be submitted through their school’s art teacher and will be limited to two total entries per person. As a result of space constraints, the art exhibit may be juried should there be a large number of entries.

Judging will take place Wednesday October 7th, with ribbons awarded to winning entries. Participant ribbons will be presented. In addition, a ($25) cash award will be given to the entry best exhibiting a festival theme. Artwork must remain on display from Thursday, October 8th through Sunday October 11th till 4 p.m.

For more information call Mark Richards at 927-1750 or the festival office at 927-5616