By ALEXA GOODWIN
Student Reporter
The Spring Art Show is coming to Northwestern.
The 2015 13th Annual Northwestern Art Society Art Show will be held at Northwestern March 6th through the 26th in the J. W. Martin Library. The show will be open during regular Library business hours.
All entry forms are due at the end of the day on February 24th and all artwork must be delivered to the Library by 5:30 p.m. on March second. Any possible exceptions need to contact Angelia Case at 327- 8577, by 5 p.m. on February 24th. Entry forms are available under NAS art show link under the art society tab in the a to z index on the NWOSU website.
To be eligible to compete in the art show for prize money and ribbons, one must be a student on any of the Northwestern campuses; however to be eligible to compete, but not for prize money or ribbons, the requirements are one must be a current or retired employee, or a Northwestern Alumni.
Only students are eligible for prize money but all entries will be eligible for the People’s Choice award because it will be decided by the people who view the show who are allowed to vote once per day. There are many forms of art so there are many different categories one could enter in the art show, the categories are as follows;
There are three main categories Visual Arts, Artisan Crafts, and Photography. In the Visual Arts category there is 3 dimensional sculpture art, cartoons and comics, digital art, drawing, mixed media and collage, painting, and watercolor. In the Artisan Crafts category there is crochet, knitting, and needlework as well as jewelry, pottery, quilts, and wildcard, a division for entries that do not fit in any other division in this category.
In the Photography category there is 13, this category is for the artist to depict the number 13 in a creative way since it is the 13th annual Art Show. Other categories include action, animals, black and white, cityscapes, elements of design, landscapes, light, macro, Northwestern campus life, people, plants, and wildcard.
“The art show has many opportunities to show the community your talent. There isn’t a big art scene on campus so a show helps encourage those that wouldn’t dabble in their artistic side to do so.” Kate Henning, Northwestern Senior, English Major and art show participant said. Henning plans to enter an oil painting and hopefully win.
After being asked why she thought the art show was important to the art community at Northwestern, Academic Projects Assistant and Media Specialist, and sponsor of the NWOSU Art Gallery, Angelia Case said “We believe that sponsoring the art show helps us follow our mission. We want to make sure that we encourage all in our University community to have the opportunity to showcase their creativity and talent and expose and encourage others to express their creativity. Art is important.”
For more informations contact Angelia Case at 580-327-8577 or arcase@nwosu.edu or Katrina Henning at kmhenning81@rangers.nwosu.edu. Or go to
www.nwosu.edu/nas-art-show.