Artists Invited to Participate in Southeast Open Judged Exhibit

The Steinbach Arts Council (SAC) “loves to bring local artists together of all skill levels” and are inviting southeast artists to fill out an application and get their work displayed at the 25th annual Southeast Open Judged Exhibit. All amateur artists are welcomed to join.

Due to the limited space in their gallery, artists may only enter one artwork per person. There is a registration fee of $10 for adults and there is no fee for ages 17 and under.

The competition welcomes any art medium at any skill level. The categories include Oil, Acrylic and Watercolour Painting, Charcoal, Ink, Pastels, Coloured Pencil, Pencil, Printmaking, Mixed Media, Digital Art, Photography, Pottery, Sculpture, Crafted, and Fibre Arts.

According the SAC, their skilled judges are artists themselves from Southeast Manitoba who will look at the pieces and give 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and Honourable Mention awards.

There will also be a People’s Choice Award. The public voting will take place in-person at the hall gallery and close around the end of the exhibit with the winner announced.

Additionally, SAC is introducing a non-competitive distinction for all adult and juvenile categories. If you don’t want to compete with the other artists, but still want to show off your work, then just indicate that on your application. They want everyone to have the chance to show off their work.

SAC is only accepting one judged piece of art but will also accept an additional non-competitive piece per artist. The artist will need to enter two different submissions and be subjected to two different submission fees if they choose to enter both categories.

Applications close on February 17 and the show will run from March 3-31. Applications are available at steinbacharts.ca.