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Calling All Artists: Submit Your Work Now for 2024 National Arts Program®

Professional and Amateur Artists from Middlesex and Hartford counties are invited to participate; it is free to register and cash prizes are awarded for winning work 

January 19, 2024 HARTFORD — National Arts Program is Back!  The Community Renewal Team (CRT) in collaboration with the Connecticut Art Education Association, Inc. are thrilled to announce the opportunity for local artists to showcase their art within a community exhibit at Hartford ArtSpace Gallery, 555 Asylum Avenue in Hartford.  Youth, teens, amateurs, intermediate and professional artists from both Middlesex and Hartford Counties are invited to submit their work now for the 2024 art show.  Cash prizes will be awarded!  The art will be on display from March 9 to March 29, 2024. 

All forms of visual arts are accepted for this show, from paintings and photographs to sculptures, crafts and textiles.

All entries submitted must be the original work of the applicant and completed within the last three years - only one entry per artist. Participants must be current residents of Hartford or Middlesex County, a CAEA member or a student of or immediate family member of a CAEA member, or an employee or family member of an employee of CRT.

Artists can submit their work for free to this show. By removing the financial and commercial requirements of most exhibitions, the NAP creates a sense of community and artistic fulfillment for all participants.

The deadline to register for the 2024 National Arts Program in Central Connecticut is February 10, 2024.

Complete the entry form to participate in the 31st Annual Exhibit of The National Arts Program.  Please note space is limited.  Only the first 180 entries will be accepted.  80 Adult submissions, 50 Teens age 13-18 submissions, and 50 Youth 12 and under submissions will be accepted.  Details about how to register for the show, along with examples of winning work from last year, are available on the NAP registration page:

https://nationalartsprogram.org/hartford

The National Arts Program provides materials and funding for this visual art exhibit including awards for winning work totaling $3,450.

All prizes are determined by a panel of judges with experience in the arts. Prizes will be awarded by classification:

  • Adult (Amateur, Intermediate and Professional) – There will be three First Place Awards of $350; three Second Place Awards of $250; and three Third Place Awards of $150.

  • Youth / Teen – There will be two First Place Awards of $150; two Second Place Awards of $100; and two Third Place Awards of $50.

  • A Best of Show Award in the amount of $400.  

  • An Art Education Award for $200.

  • Honorable Mention Ribbons will be awarded at the discretion of the judges.

Awards are limited to one cash award per artist per classification.

Be sure to ‘like’ CRT on Facebook to get the most up to date information about the 2024 National Arts Program. For more information about the rules of the exhibit or to volunteer, please contact Ilana Bernstein at (860) 560-5657 or bernsteini@crtct.org.


FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Kerstin Augur
(860) 230-4535 cell or (860) 560-5683