Deadline: March 1, 2012
 
Art Renewal Center 2011/2012 International Salon Competition
 
ARC is a 501 (C)( 3) Educational foundation dedicated to the renewal of classical training in the arts. In addition to scholarships and hosting the largest online museum dedicated to traditional painting, we hold one of the most prestigious competitions for living artists who paint in the realist tradition. This year we are offering $50,000 in cash awards including $10,000 for Best in Show. Participants can compete in 6 categories: Figurative, Landscape, Animals, Still life, Sculpture, and Drawing. This year we are also introducing five new awards designed to encourage creativity and ambition in the arts: Most Creative, Best Social Commentary, Best Portrait, Most Ambitious Work, and Best Trompe L'oeil. Award winners and finalists will be featured on the Art Renewal Center's website which is tracking at 500,000,000 hits a year from 5,000,000 yearly visitors as well as in our full color Catalog. For more information and to enter please visit http://www.artrenewal.org/articles/Salon/SalonProspectus.php.

Posted 01/17/2012