LULA Lake Worth Arts DEADLINE EXTENDED ATTENTION ARTISTS:

Call for Artists: A Contest for the Creation of Centennial Postcards

Throughout 2013, the City of Lake Worth will be celebrating its 100-year anniversary. Known as a community that embraces artistic expression, the City is embarking on several arts-related projects as part of the yearlong centennial celebration. With this in mind, LULA Lake Worth Arts and the City’s Historic Preservation staff invite artists to submit artwork for consideration for the “Centennial Postcard” project. The Centennial Postcard project is meant to emulate nostalgic postcards of the past with a goal to provide a centennial keepsake for residents and visitors alike. The postcards will be available for purchase at various venues around town and will act as a vehicle to promote historic preservation and the arts within Lake Worth. Proceeds from the sales of the Centennial Postcards will benefit LULA Lake Worth Arts and the City’s Historic Preservation program. 

Five (5) works of art will be selected for the Centennial Postcard project, making selection competitive. One from each category will be chosen: 1) Photography, 2) Graphic & digital arts, 3) Visual arts drawing, 4) Visual arts painting, and 5) Visual arts vintage postcard. Selected artwork will developed into true mailable postcards, each with the artist credit and short biography on the back.

The selection panel consisting of 2 Art professionals and 1 Historian who will review the submitted images and select 5 qualified artists based on credentials and artistic design. All designs should evoke a sense of nostalgia with regards to the history of the City of Lake Worth, a Florida seaside community of diverse heritage.

Deadline: March 1, 2013

ELIGIBILITY AND RESTRICTIONS: 
The competition is FREE and open to all artists in Palm Beach County working in the media of painting, drawing, photography, graphics and digital design.