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The
Competition
Year 2009: Non-Representational
Painting
Young Painters, U.S. residents, ages 25 – 35
as of competition entry are invited to participate
in an annual juried competition for the 2009 $10,
000 William and Dorothy Yeck Award. Entrants should
have achieved a significant degree of success as
an emerging artist of noteworthy talent. The winner
will become part of the Miami University Best Young
Painters of the Twenty-First Century Collection.
Juror
Bob Nugent, Professor Emeritus, Sonoma State
University, received his Master of Fine Arts
Degree in Painting from the University of California,
Santa Barbara in 1971. Since that time he has
been awarded numerous grants and fellowships
including a Tiffany Foundation Fellowship, NEA
Fellowship, Fulbright Travel Grant and a California
Arts Council Grant for his work in Brazil. His
paintings, prints and drawings have been a part
of over 95 one-man exhibitions and included in
over 500 group exhibitions throughout the United
States, Europe, Asia and South America. Nugent's
work is part of numerous national, international
and private collections including, the Oakland
Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art in Rio
de Janeiro, The Brooklyn Museum, Bank of America
Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Amerada
Hess Oil, 3M Corporation, Kaiser Permanente,
and the Museum of Latin American Art. In addition,
he has been commissioned to produce artwork for
Hilton Corporation, Hyatt Regency, the Mirage
Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, the Atlantis Hotel,
Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Westin Hotel and the architecture
firm of Skidmore/Owings/Merrill, Chicago, Illinois.
Awards
$10,000 William and Dorothy Yeck Purchase Award
$1,500 Second Prize
$1,000 Third Prize
Notification
The $10,000 Purchase Award winner may be
invited
to
visit the University and will also have
a one-person exhibition to coincide with
the 2010 competition.
Participation in the exhibition entry
process constitutes an understanding and
acceptance
of the conditions
set forth herein, including the right
of Miami University to use submitted images
for publicity
and educational purposes.
Shipping
All finalists will assume the cost of shipment
of artworks to Miami University. Miami
University will assume the cost of return
shipping of the
finalists’ paintings. Works will
be fully insured while on the premises
of Miami University
and while
being returned to the artist.
Send to:
Young Painters 2009
School of Fine Arts
Miami University
Oxford, OH 45056
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