42nd Mid-States Craft Competition
41st Mid-States Craft $5,000 Museum Guild Purchase Award
Pattern Fusion No. 7, Arturo Sandoval
Mixed Media
About the Mid-States Exhibitions
First inaugurated in 1948, the purpose of the MID-STATES ART EXHIBITION was to showcase emerging artists from the Evansville area. As part of the application process, paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, and crafts were delivered for exhibition consideration by a jury of two or three arts professionals. The selected works were exhibited in the Museum’s galleries as the Mid-States Art Exhibition. However, due to the enormous number of entries, a separate exhibition for craft objects was implemented in 1960, as the MID-STATES CRAFT EXHIBITION. Currently, the exhibitions have become biennial events each with a professional juror to maintain the utmost quality.
Over the years, the objects collected through the Mid-States Exhibitions have created a wonderful and extensive collection of contemporary works by artists from a variety of educational backgrounds and talents. Many of the objects can be viewed in the Permanent Collection galleries of the Evansville Museum. A number of Mid-States artists have been invited to participate in other exhibitions curated by the Evansville Museum and to submit objects for the Museum Shop.
CALENDAR
August 8 - September 11- Entry Submission
October 3 - Jurying
October 12 - Notification of Jurying Results
October 23 - November 11 - Receiving Accepted Work
November 19 - Final Review and Award Selection by Juror
December 10 - Reception and Presentation of Awards 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. CST
December 11, 2011 - February 5, 2012 - Exhibition
February 6 – 13, 2012 - Claiming of Accepted Work
Please click to download the 56th Mid-States Art Prospectus for instructions and details.
