Wyoming Visual Arts Fellowships 2014

The Wyoming Arts Council invites Wyoming artists to apply for its 2014 Visual Arts Fellowships. Fellowships honor the work of Wyoming visual artists that reflects serious and exceptional aesthetic investigation. Artists working in any of the following media are welcome to apply: experimental (conceptual/new media), graphic (printmaking/book arts), painting, sculpture, installation, photography (includes experimental, color, black & white, photocopy and computer), clay, fiber, glass, leather, metal, paper, plastic, wood, mixed media, film or video.
Founded in 1967, the Wyoming Arts Council is a state agency that forges collaborations with artists, arts organizations and communities through grants, technical assistance and promotion. Each year the Wyoming Arts Council awards up to three $3,000 fellowships in the visual arts. In addition to the three recipients, each panel may select honorable mentions. Panelists may choose not to award the number of fellowships or honorable mentions available. Fellowship recipients agree to participate in the Wyoming Arts Council Biennial Exhibition, and are included in the catalog produced. Held every two years in a public exhibition space in Wyoming, these exhibits are accompanied by catalogs and are curated by one of the Fellowship jurors. Honorable Mention artists may be included, space permitting. The next Biennial will be held in the summer of 2016 at the University of Wyoming Art Museum in Laramie, WY.
Fellowship judging will be anonymous. Decisions are based solely on the merit of the work submitted. Work is viewed electronically. Out of state jurors are chosen to represent a wide range of stylistic and aesthetic concerns, a broad understanding of contemporary visual art, and ethnic, gender and age diversity. Information about jurors is available on the WAC's webpage at: http://wyoarts.state.wy.us/wac-grant/fellowship-for-visual-artists/.
Artists may submit up to ten work samples, of which up to two may be “detail” images, if appropriate. Film/video applicants may submit up to 6 samples, and have the option to submit stills. Please ensure your name does not appear anywhere on the application or work samples, except where specifically requested, to preserve the anonymous nature of the judging.

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Fellowship results will be announced on Saturday, April 5, 2014 at a public reception at the Central Wyoming College Peck Gallery following the CLICK! Conference that will be held on April 4-5 in Fort Washakie, WY. The public is welcome to attend a reception that will take place from 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. Entrants not selected for fellowships will be notified in writing after April 7, 2014. For more on "CLICK! A weekend for Wyoming Visual Artists", please check the Wyoming Arts Council's webpage at http://wyoarts.state.wy.us/events/click/.