PEEPsterpieces wanted for the annual PEEPshow

The Carroll County Arts Council is looking for innovative artists, engineers, designers and anyone with a “sweet” sense of humor to enter its annual PEEPshow, running March 31 through April 10 at the TownMall of Westminster. Voting will take place at both the live event and online.

The PEEPshow is a wonderfully wacky display of art inspired by the lovable, vibrantly colored marshmallow critters and shapes that invade store shelves before almost every holiday. The Arts Council will accept dioramas, sculptures and mosaics as long as they include Peeps as the medium or subject matter. They will also accept entries utilizing photography, filmmaking, computergenerated art, drawings, or paintings as long as they feature Peeps as the primary subject matter.

This year’s show returns to last year’s location in the TownMall of Westminster in a store space next to Boscov’s. All the entries will also be featured in an online photo contest format for voting from home. Video entries will be available to view online but will not be screened at the live show at the mall. However, the

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