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Press Release: 03/21/08

 

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TO: All News Directors

Press Contacts:
Gina Stankivitz
(315) 442-2230,
gmstanki@syr.edu


COMMUNITY FOLK ART CENTER TEEN SEEKS ARTISTS

"36th Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition"

Syracuse, NY- Teen artists of African American, Native American, Hispanic American and Asian American heritage are sought to display their work in the 36th Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition at the Community Folk Art Center in Syracuse, from April 26th through May 24th, 2008. The exhibition is sponsored by the Community Folk Art Center and the Syracuse Chapter of the Links, Inc.

Artwork in all media is welcome. Artists must be between the ages of 13 and 19 to enter the their work. The competition will be judged by local artists and prizes will be awarded to the winners. Prize categories include two-dimensional (including paintings, drawings, prints, photography and mixed media) and three-dimensional (including ceramics, wood, metal, fibers and mixed media). The deadline for submissions is April 11th, 2008.

There will be an opening reception and awards presentation on Saturday, April 26th, 2008 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Regular gallery hours are Tuesdays through Fridays from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

For more information about the exhibition, and to submit artwork, please call the Community Folk Art Center at 442-2230. The Community Folk Art Center is a unit of the Department of African American Studies at Syracuse University.

The Community Folk Art Center is a program of the African American Studies Department in the College of Arts & Sciences at Syracuse University and
is supported in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts.
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