tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82399274479620292362024-03-13T01:15:06.656-05:00Fine Art Finals - The BlogThe Fine Art Finals Scholarship Competitions are dedicated to the promotion of talented and gifted emerging artists at the High School and Collegiate levels, and awards their mastery of technique and excellence of artistic achievement.Fine Art Finalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14245480606415475557noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8239927447962029236.post-37572482725712212312011-03-05T01:33:00.002-06:002011-03-05T01:36:40.275-06:002010 Midwest Collegiate Art Posted<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibJWeFueiZEjJ_TnhH1y1wOYy7_ealkL04UUqHBNG39kYuJlI2oVmVPLnwjgnUQ1aHIuZnKKY7lyEHiLCmUF8W2uyfuA93VTCDG-MoOOs5iJDr-AfP3VT-sDF16i2HvcYm-rT-jhhTu_Ug/s1600/Wang-Carmine.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 276px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibJWeFueiZEjJ_TnhH1y1wOYy7_ealkL04UUqHBNG39kYuJlI2oVmVPLnwjgnUQ1aHIuZnKKY7lyEHiLCmUF8W2uyfuA93VTCDG-MoOOs5iJDr-AfP3VT-sDF16i2HvcYm-rT-jhhTu_Ug/s400/Wang-Carmine.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580496510650262210" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" >ABOVE ARTWORK:</span></em></span></strong></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><em>FIRST PLACE: Carmine</em></span></strong></span></span></span></span> by Li Chi Wang<br /><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></em><span style="font-size:78%;">Oil on Canvas - 45.8" x 31.4" - Fontbonne University - MO</span></span></strong></span></span></span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://fineartfinals.com/2010_Midwest_Collegiate.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Click here to see the</span></a><a href="http://fineartfinals.com/2010_Midwest_Collegiate.html"><br /></a><a href="http://fineartfinals.com/2010_Midwest_Collegiate.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Best of the Midwest 2010!</span></a></div>Fine Art Finalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14245480606415475557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8239927447962029236.post-78133065547907149272011-01-17T21:32:00.001-06:002011-01-17T21:34:06.736-06:002010 Midwest Collegiate Winners Announced<div style="text-align: center;">The Winners of the 2010 Midwest Scholarship Competition have been posted to our website. Artwork will be posted soon.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">View the Midwest Winner & Finalist list</span><span style="font-size: 180%;"> - <a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/2010_Midwest_Collegiate.html">here</a></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />All emails have been sent notifying the Winners. Congratulations to all the Winners, Finalists, and thank you to all who entered! </div>Fine Art Finalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14245480606415475557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8239927447962029236.post-68646071797809536322011-01-07T23:20:00.003-06:002011-01-07T23:24:19.792-06:002010 Midwest Collegiate Finalists ChosenThe 2010 Midwest Collegiate Finalists have been announced on our website and all the finalists have been notified by email. Winners will be announced January 17th, artwork to be posted soon after.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/2010_Midwest_Collegiate.html"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">SEE THE 2010 MIDWEST</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">COLLEGIATE FINALIST</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">LIST HERE</span></span><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Thank you to all who entered!</div>Fine Art Finalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14245480606415475557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8239927447962029236.post-87205553286792641992010-10-21T12:18:00.000-05:002010-10-21T12:19:14.766-05:002010 Midwest Collegiate "Call for Entries"<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> </h3> <div class="post-header"> </div> <div class="post-body entry-content"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDh1FXS8QB0k9IFNPUlupcoNYkNhyphenhyphen3WHtdaapUJNU_LrEjqaDgxzkyHZgWHslhvl801FqIyhNenRIH3oKbQbulgEIoy7EYXdPkZuaZNolsiVF0xla-rulmdqKSuJ_SSvT3CSQOU3gZJkw/s1600/MW-Poster-10-image.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 376px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDh1FXS8QB0k9IFNPUlupcoNYkNhyphenhyphen3WHtdaapUJNU_LrEjqaDgxzkyHZgWHslhvl801FqIyhNenRIH3oKbQbulgEIoy7EYXdPkZuaZNolsiVF0xla-rulmdqKSuJ_SSvT3CSQOU3gZJkw/s400/MW-Poster-10-image.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525359381425584402" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Collegiate_Home_Page.html"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Now accepting entries for the 4th Annual</span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Midwest Fine Art Finals</span></span></a><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Collegiate_Home_Page.html"><span style=""><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;"> Regional Collegiate Scholarship Competition</span></span></a><br /></div><span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: timesnewromanps-boldmt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-family: times;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span>Attention</span> all Associate, Bachelor, and Masters Degree candidates with an interest in the visual arts, currently enrolled at a Midwest Regional public or private college or university.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">No matter what major, if you paint, illustrate, sculpt, design, draw, photograph, or just create art, you are eligible to enter the 4th Annual Fine Art Finals Midwest Scholarship Competition.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 100%;"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 100%;">Media accepted into Midwest Collegiate Regional Scholarship Competition include:</span> <span style="font-family: timesnewromanps-boldmt; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></span></p><ul><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: timesnewromanps-boldmt; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span>Drawing</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: timesnewromanps-boldmt; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> - </span><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 85%;">graphite, colored pencil, pen and ink, marker, pastel, charcoal, etc.</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-family: timesnewromanps-boldmt; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span>Painting</span></span></span><span style="font-family: timesnewromanps-boldmt; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> - </span><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 85%;">oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, etc.</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: timesnewromanps-boldmt; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Printmaking</span></span></span><span style="font-family: timesnewromanps-boldmt; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> - </span><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 85%;"> etching, </span><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 85%;">lithography, screen-printing, etc.</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: timesnewromanps-boldmt; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Sculpture</span></span></span><span style="font-family: timesnewromanpsmt; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> -</span><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 85%;">clay, ceramic, plaster, marble, glass, wood, resin, metal, porcelain, etc</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: timesnewromanpsmt; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Jewelry</span> - <span style="font-size: 85%;"> gemstones, precious metals, or other materials, etc.</span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: timesnewromanpsmt; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Fibers</span> - <span style="font-size: 85%;">textiles, fabrics, yarn, natural and synthetic fibers, etc.</span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: timesnewromanpsmt; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photography</span> - <span style="font-size: 85%;"> traditional and digital.</span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: timesnewromanps-boldmt; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Digital Art - </span><a><span style="font-size: 85%;"> </span></a><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Information.html">please see information page for details</a></span><strong></strong></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: timesnewromanps-boldmt; font-size: 100%;"><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Graphic Design</span></span> </strong></span><span style="font-family: timesnewromanpsmt;"><span style=""><span style="font-size: 100%;">- </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">traditional and digital, <a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Information.html">see information page for digital details</a></span><br /></span></span></span></li></ul> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Collegiate Scholarship Awards:</span><br /></span><span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>First Place: <strong>$1200</strong><br /></span><span style="font-size: 180%;"> Second Place: <strong>$600</strong><br /></span><span style="font-size: 180%;"> Third Place: <strong>$300</strong><br /></span><span style="font-size: 180%;"> Two Honorable Mentions: <strong>$50</strong></span><br /></div></div></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: timesnewromanps-boldmt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-family: times;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';"> <div><span style="font-size: 130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Collegiate_Entry_Forms_Post.html">Download Collegiate Entry Form & Poster - here</a></span><br /><br /></div></div></span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: timesnewromanps-boldmt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-family: times;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';"> <div><span style=""> </span></div> <div><span style=""> </span></div> </span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: timesnewromanps-boldmt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-family: times;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Collegiate Deadline:</span></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: timesnewromanps-boldmt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-family: times;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';"> <div><span style=""><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span>Must be postmarked by<br /><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Collegiate_Home_Page.html"><em><strong>Friday, November 19, 2010</strong></em></a></span><br /></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: 'times new roman';"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 100%;">Notification of Finalists by E-mail: January 7, 2011<br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%;">Notification of Winners by E-mail: January 17, 2011<br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%;">Scholarships mailed to Winners:</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: timesnewromanps-boldmt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-family: times;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span style=""><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: 'times new roman';">January 31, 2011</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: timesnewromanps-boldmt;"><br /><span> <div style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;">Midwest Region includes the following States:</div> <p style="font-weight: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: timesnewromanps-boldmt; font-size: 18px;"><span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: timesnewromanps-boldmt; font-size: 24px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-family: times; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: timesnewromanps-boldmt; font-size: 18px;"><span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: timesnewromanps-boldmt; font-size: 18px;"><span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: timesnewromanps-boldmt; font-size: 18px;"><span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: timesnewromanps-boldmt; font-size: 18px;"><span><span style="font-family: timesnewromanps-boldmt;"><span style="font-family: timesnewromanpsmt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan,<br />Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota,<br />Ohio, South Dakota, & Wisconsin</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></span></span></p></span><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/2009_Midwest_Collegiate.html" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">To view previous Finalists and Winners, including those of the Second Annual Midwest Collegiate Scholarship Competition of 2009, click here</span></span></a></div></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></div>Fine Art Finalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14245480606415475557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8239927447962029236.post-81902030222034903322010-10-21T12:05:00.005-05:002010-10-21T13:12:24.133-05:00Interview with Daniel Chudzinski<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSUX1jcDbncRAxeae6jH1BMwFZLh0fUXIoiXI32TaKiQO_fmLVfaUojutGzZa2Frdf7ktwVnhuQGTHh-Iy_ni0uhCetrrmpJofYj4sOuY6h7ukAwurMfDNKAobkQmh44dnwL-BZuK88hAG/s1600/Chudzinski-Virgil.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSUX1jcDbncRAxeae6jH1BMwFZLh0fUXIoiXI32TaKiQO_fmLVfaUojutGzZa2Frdf7ktwVnhuQGTHh-Iy_ni0uhCetrrmpJofYj4sOuY6h7ukAwurMfDNKAobkQmh44dnwL-BZuK88hAG/s400/Chudzinski-Virgil.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530549706960380130" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >Daniel Chudzinski from Bowling Green State University in Ohio was </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >the First Place winner of the $1200 Scholarship Award in the <a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/2009_Midwest_Collegiate.html">2009 Fine Art Finals Midwest Regional Scholarship Competition</a> with his mixed media sculpture <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Virgil: The Ragtime Relic</span></span><span> pictured above.</span> Daniel was kind to take part in a brief interview. Here is what he said:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span> Why do you create art?</span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Daniel Chudzinski:</span> I cannot remember a time when I was not creating art. I can imagine a life without food more easily than a life without art.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span> </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >What are you trying to say with your art?</span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"></span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Daniel Chudzinski</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span> Above all, I strive to provoke a strong emotional response from my viewers. Whether it is joy, laughter, or tears. I push to present a narrative in such a way, that people will continue thinking about the story long after they leave the art. In short, I hope to unite concept, technical ability, and narrative in order to present to the viewer something they have never seen before.<span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > How long have you been creating art?</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Daniel Chudzinski</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>According to my Mother, when I was three years old she discovered me drawing on the back of a new Lazy-Boy recliner with markers. Before she could issue a proper reprimand, she realized she could identify the exact species of dinosaurs that I was illustrating. From that point on my family encouraged my artwork. So you could say that I started with cave paintings, like the rest of civilization. </span><div class="post-body entry-content"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > Are your family and friends supportive in your decision to pursue art?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Daniel Chudzinski</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > </span> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >To say my family and friends are supportive would be an enormous understatement. Just this past weekend my parents (an attorney and a biology professor with no prior sculpting experience) helped me cast two life-size figures for my MFA exhibition. My grandfather donated his backyard for the process (which required two enormous pits and much machinery). Tomorrow, they are helping me to cast my first monumental figure. Without their unconditional support and unceasing encouragement I would not have survived as an artist.<br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > What is your area of concentration in art (commercial art, fine art, art history, etc) and why?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Daniel Chudzinski</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >I began as an illustrator and discovered sculpture much later. Believe it or not, I was initially planning to be a lawyer like my father. That changed going into my senior year of college when I saw the Sistine Chapel ceiling for the first time. I realized two things at that moment: I would not be going to law school, and I would spend the rest of my life trying to create a work of art that would make someone else feel the way Michelangelo’s masterpiece had made me feel that day.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > What is your major?</span><br /><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><br />I am currently working on my MFA in 3-D studies (sculpture). Prior to that I completed a B.A. in European History and a B.F.A. in sculpture at Miami University of Ohio.</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > What was the deciding factor in choosing the school you are attending (attended)?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Daniel Chudzinski</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >There were many reasons I chose Bowling Green. The deciding factor was my advisor’s willingness to allow me to relentlessly pursue my dreams, no matter how ambitious they were. Over the course of the past two years I have realized many of those dreams. I honestly feel that BGSU is the only program through which I could achieve what I have accomplished artistically in the past two years. </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > Why did you choose the specific art program you chose at your school?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Daniel Chudzinski</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >During a nation-wide search for graduate sculpture programs, I decided to visit Bowling Green State University . Having been raised thirty minutes away I was convinced that I already knew what they had to offer. I was wrong. Within minutes of meeting Shawn Morin (the head of the sculpture program) and viewing the facilities and artwork, I knew I had found a program in which I could thrive as an artist.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > What is your favorite medium(s) to work in and why?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Daniel Chudzinski</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > I am constantly experimenting with new materials and discovering new ways to convey narratives. Through Virgil, I realized my interest in working with found objects. I love the notion of utilizing materials that others have consciously rejected or thrown away, in order to create something desirable. </span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > What is your philosophy and work ethic in creating your art?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Daniel Chudzinski</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > Michelangelo said it best: “The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” Artists should never allow themselves to reside in a comfort zone. This leads to stagnation and predictability. When creating art, it is necessary to bite-off more than you can chew.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > Who is your favorite artist(s) and why?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Daniel Chudzinski</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > I would not say that I have a single favorite artist. I draw inspiration from many sources. However, I have always felt a personal connection to Michelangelo. He was completely devoted to his artwork, even when working on commissions he did not want (the Sistine Chapel ceiling). He refused to settle for anything short of excellence, whether it was sculpture, painting, or architecture. Most admirably, he was working on a sculpture six days before he died (he was 89). The passion never left him. </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > Do you have any other interests beyond art; what are they and do these interests influence your art?<br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Daniel Chudzinski</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >I have many interests beyond art. To name a few: history, animals, the outdoors, kayaking, power-lifting, inspirational stories, taxidermy, archery and fencing. </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > Is there a specific career path you wish to follow utilizing your artistic talents, and if so, what is your plan for utilizing your artistic skills in the future?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Daniel Chudzinski</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> </span></span> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >I am working towards becoming a professional sculptor. </span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > How do (did) you support yourself financially while attending college?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Daniel Chudzinski</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > </span> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >I received a graduate assistantship and had saved money from previous commissions to help pay for personal expenses and art supplies.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"></span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Fine Art Finals:</span> How did you hear about Fine Art Finals Scholarship Competitions?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Daniel Chudzinski</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > </span> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >I first heard about Fine Art Finals through other students at BGSU.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > How has winning or placing in Fine Art Finals Scholarship Competitions helped you?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Daniel Chudzinski</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > </span> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >Winning the Fine Art Finals Scholarship competition helped to pay for some of the supplies required to cast two monumental archangels and two life-size figures in plaster for my M.F.A. Exhibition this spring.</span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >I have received congratulatory e-mails from many of my peers and faculty members after my success in the Fine Art Finals competition. It has also allowed my work to reach a new audience.</span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > What advice would you give other student artists?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Daniel Chudzinski</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >It is only impossible until you do it. If you are willing to put in the work and make the necessary sacrifices, your artwork will reward you. </span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Fine Art Finals: </span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;">Thank you Daniel. Congratulations again, and we wish you continued success!</span></div>Fine Art Finalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14245480606415475557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8239927447962029236.post-54598323252044813302010-10-21T11:47:00.004-05:002010-10-22T10:52:57.234-05:00Interview with Alyson Dells<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW20DrdaT1qLtMnXs7CP274yMFJbJy5hLqH7cQ1fRg3t5IZ3UTgPIphxikbR_8UY36qk4vXxRGanaCYKcMQCcDYxwJL-54qBMIFRHyiEIdtN2RYm2_MNRXD4ymq018p-lGyjV3OrFUqkUa/s1600/Dells-_Alana.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW20DrdaT1qLtMnXs7CP274yMFJbJy5hLqH7cQ1fRg3t5IZ3UTgPIphxikbR_8UY36qk4vXxRGanaCYKcMQCcDYxwJL-54qBMIFRHyiEIdtN2RYm2_MNRXD4ymq018p-lGyjV3OrFUqkUa/s400/Dells-_Alana.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530542257735585826" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >Alyson Dells from Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University in Michigan was </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >the Second Place winner of the $600 Scholarship Award in the <a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/2009_Midwest_Collegiate.html">2009 Fine Art Finals Midwest Regional Scholarship Competition</a> with her oil on salvaged window painting <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alana</span></span><span> pictured above.</span> Alyson was kind to take part in a brief interview. Here is what she said:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span> Why do you create art?</span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Alyson Dells:</span> </span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >I create art because it is a way to communicate. I paint a view of the world around me so people can see and hopefully understand something differently. </span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span> </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >What are you trying to say with your art?</span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Alyson Dells</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span> Right now I paint people on salvaged windows that have been used in a home and I play with the transparency of the windows with the paintings. This visually expresses a dichotomy between feeling permanent and impermanent. <span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > How long have you been creating art?<br /></span><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class=" down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Link" class="gl_link" border="0" /></span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Alyson Dells</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > </span> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >I have always loved to create, formally I started taking classes in high school.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > Are your family and friends supportive in your decision to pursue art?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Alyson Dells</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > </span> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >My family and friends are very supportive of my decision to be an artist, better than I could ever ask for. </span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > What is your area of concentration in art (commercial art, fine art, art history, etc) and why?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Alyson Dells</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >I concentrate on fine art and art history because I think it is important to understand why and how people have always created art. An understanding of this pushes me to create </span> <span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > What was the deciding factor in choosing the school you are attending (attended)?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Alyson Dells</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >The deciding factor for choosing Kendall was the cost and location.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > What is your major?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Alyson Dells</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > </span> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >I am a painting Major.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > Why did you choose the specific art program you chose at your school?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Alyson Dells</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >Originally I wanted to be an Art Education major to help others understand and appreciate the value of art. As I continued to paint I realized that I wanted to pursue it as a career. I also realized that if I could make art and support myself, eventually I could continue my education and teach others to do the same.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > What is your favorite medium(s) to work in and why?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Alyson Dells</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > </span><style>@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style>I work mostly with watercolor and oil and I like to experiment and work with collage as well.<span style=""> </span>Also I tend to work in waves so the mediums somewhat work together. For example, when I have been painting with watercolors for a while and switch to oils, the process of<span style=""> </span>making every mark matter with watercolor effects how I handle the oil paint. This is my favorite part of painting and being able to explore different mediums.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > What is your philosophy and work ethic in creating your art?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Alyson Dells</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > </span> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >In creating my art I try to stay grounded in technique and craft because I think that they give a work of art validity. Also its important to me to understand where I find my motivation because it explains why I am creating a work of art and keeps me driven.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > Who is your favorite artist(s) and why?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Alyson Dells</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" > I have many favorite artists! John Singer Sargent inspires me because of his brushstrokes and the way he defines the figure. Michael Borremans is also great with the atmosphere he creates within a painting. Jerome Witkin is also a favorite because of his compositions.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > What artist most influences your work and why?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Alyson Dells</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >The previous three influence my work because I admire the way they paint. More importantly I am influenced by my peers and artists around me. I have been fortunate to be in an environment of very talented artists that have helped me to learn valuable skills. </span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > Do you have any other interests beyond art; what are they and do these interests influence your art?<br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Alyson Dells</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >I love to hike and be outdoors and this influences my work because I am constantly inspired when I am in nature. I am inspired by the pure beauty that exists outside of human industry.</span> <span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > Is there a specific career path you wish to follow utilizing your artistic talents, and if so, what is your plan for utilizing your artistic skills in the future?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Alyson Dells</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> </span></span> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >I hope to have studio and create art as my career. I also plan to complete a masters program and eventually teach.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > How do (did) you support yourself financially while attending college?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Alyson Dells</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > </span> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >I worked part time.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > Have you received any other financial assistance (Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants, etc) to pursue your education?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Alyson Dells</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"></span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >At Kendall I received a Portfolio Scholarship and the Kendall Merit Scholarship</span>.<br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Fine Art Finals:</span> How did you hear about Fine Art Finals Scholarship Competitions?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Alyson Dells</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > </span> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >Through my friends and other students.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > How has winning or placing in Fine Art Finals Scholarship Competitions helped you?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Alyson Dells</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > </span> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >Winning this has made me more confident in my work and motivates me to create more.</span> <span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > What advice would you give other student artists?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Alyson Dells</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >I would tell other student artists to keep working at what they love. If they feel that art is important and what they need to do, then do it. There is no specific career path in art so I think as long as you make sure you are staying true to what is motivating you to create than as an artist you will find a way to make it work.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Fine Art Finals: </span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;">Thank you Alyson. Congratulations again, and we wish you continued success!</span>Fine Art Finalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14245480606415475557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8239927447962029236.post-76407487298343709002010-10-21T11:29:00.004-05:002010-10-21T12:48:00.679-05:00Interview with Kelly Robinson<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNLQu2mk_Rg6WZdIHYfINmHQpsBKfop5ra4hgMYXwoi79k965qDH0oDDa-9jyyNpK-9TsC5s7JmmFpWdVVlWojRvMar9VS80FChG0Puu4b1oh266SXV04xEvJgT9D50ZesrEIUsGTY4yDL/s1600/Robinson_Inner-Tube-Bracelet.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNLQu2mk_Rg6WZdIHYfINmHQpsBKfop5ra4hgMYXwoi79k965qDH0oDDa-9jyyNpK-9TsC5s7JmmFpWdVVlWojRvMar9VS80FChG0Puu4b1oh266SXV04xEvJgT9D50ZesrEIUsGTY4yDL/s400/Robinson_Inner-Tube-Bracelet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530541806421344690" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >Kelly Robinson from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in Illinois was </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >an Honorable Mention of the $50 Scholarship Award in the <a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/2009_Midwest_Collegiate.html">2009 Fine Art Finals Midwest Regional Scholarship Competition</a> with her jewelry <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Inner Tube Bracelet</span></span><span> pictured above.</span> Kelly was kind to take part in a brief interview. Here is what she said:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span> Why do you create art?</span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Kelly Robinson:</span> </span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >It is what I love to do, and I believe I was born to do it.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span> </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >What are you trying to say with your art?</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Kelly Robinson</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> </span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;">Humor and beauty are all around us.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > How long have you been creating art?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Kelly Robinson</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > Since age 4-5 .<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > Are your family and friends supportive in your decision to pursue art?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Kelly Robinson</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > Yes, they encourage me and like to show off some of my work to their friends at times.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > What is your area of concentration in art (commercial art, fine art, art history, etc) and why?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Kelly Robinson</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > Metals and jewelry-fine craft. It is a wonderful medium to work with.</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > What was the deciding factor in choosing the school you are attending (attended)?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Kelly Robinson</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> I was awarded a special stipend with no work requirements for the first year, and it was close to home.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > What is your major?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Kelly Robinson</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > Metalsmithing.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > Why did you choose the specific art program you chose at your school?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Kelly Robinson</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Because of the background I already had in the medium.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > What is your favorite medium(s) to work in and why?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Kelly Robinson</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > It's really hard to choose just one, but if I could afford to work primarily in gold I would.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > What is your philosophy and work ethic in creating your art?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Kelly Robinson</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > Work hard, play hard. Experiment, take risks, try not to be afraid to fail.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > Who is your favorite artist(s) and why?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Kelly Robinson</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > There not one, but I really like pop art.<br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > What artist most influences your work and why?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Kelly Robinson</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > No one specific artist, Roy Lichtenstein is great.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > Do you have any other interests beyond art; what are they and do these interests influence your art?<br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Kelly Robinson</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > I played roller derby just before beginning graduate school, having a sport or physical activity is always a plus. I love growing veggies in my garden as well.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > Is there a specific career path you wish to follow utilizing your artistic talents, and if so, what is your plan for utilizing your artistic skills in the future?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Kelly Robinson</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> </span>Selling a line of jewelry, and teaching.<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > How do (did) you support yourself financially while attending college?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Kelly Robinson</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > 100% student loans, and stipend.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > Have you received any other financial assistance (Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants, etc) to pursue your education?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Kelly Robinson</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Yes, I received a Competitive Graduate Award from my school SIUE, it has been a blessing. Full tuition waiver, plus monthly stipend award. </span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Fine Art Finals:</span> How did you hear about Fine Art Finals Scholarship Competitions?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Kelly Robinson</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > From my professors at SIUE.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > How has winning or placing in Fine Art Finals Scholarship Competitions helped you?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Kelly Robinson</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > It has given my work great exposure and the award money has helped me purchase art supplies.</span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"></span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Fine Art Finals:</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > What advice would you give other student artists?<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Kelly Robinson</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">:</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Do your best, research and experiment... as long as it continues to help you grow then it is fun</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Fine Art Finals: </span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;">Thank you Kelly. Congratulations again, and we wish you continued success!</span>Fine Art Finalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14245480606415475557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8239927447962029236.post-57594804358411503992010-10-07T12:34:00.004-05:002010-10-21T12:48:17.050-05:002010 Midwest Collegiate "Call for Entries"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDh1FXS8QB0k9IFNPUlupcoNYkNhyphenhyphen3WHtdaapUJNU_LrEjqaDgxzkyHZgWHslhvl801FqIyhNenRIH3oKbQbulgEIoy7EYXdPkZuaZNolsiVF0xla-rulmdqKSuJ_SSvT3CSQOU3gZJkw/s1600/MW-Poster-10-image.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 376px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDh1FXS8QB0k9IFNPUlupcoNYkNhyphenhyphen3WHtdaapUJNU_LrEjqaDgxzkyHZgWHslhvl801FqIyhNenRIH3oKbQbulgEIoy7EYXdPkZuaZNolsiVF0xla-rulmdqKSuJ_SSvT3CSQOU3gZJkw/s400/MW-Poster-10-image.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525359381425584402" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Collegiate_Home_Page.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Now accepting entries for the 4th Annual</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Midwest Fine Art Finals</span></span></a><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Collegiate_Home_Page.html"><span style=""><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" > Regional Collegiate Scholarship Competition</span></span></a><br /></div><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span>Attention</span> all Associate, Bachelor, and Masters Degree candidates with an interest in the visual arts, currently enrolled at a Midwest Regional public or private college or university.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">No matter what major, if you paint, illustrate, sculpt, design, draw, photograph, or just create art, you are eligible to enter the 4th Annual Fine Art Finals Midwest Scholarship Competition.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >Media accepted into Midwest Collegiate Regional Scholarship Competition include:</span> <span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></span></p><ul><li style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"><span>Drawing</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"> - </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" >graphite, colored pencil, pen and ink, marker, pastel, charcoal, etc.</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span>Painting</span></span></span><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"> - </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" >oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, etc.</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Printmaking</span></span></span><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"> - </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" > etching, </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" >lithography, screen-printing, etc.</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Sculpture</span></span></span><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanpsmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"> -</span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" >clay, ceramic, plaster, marble, glass, wood, resin, metal, porcelain, etc</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanpsmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Jewelry</span> - <span style="font-size:85%;"> gemstones, precious metals, or other materials, etc.</span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanpsmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Fibers</span> - <span style="font-size:85%;">textiles, fabrics, yarn, natural and synthetic fibers, etc.</span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanpsmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photography</span> - <span style="font-size:85%;"> traditional and digital.</span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Digital Art - </span><a><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Information.html">please see information page for details</a></span><strong></strong></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Graphic Design</span></span> </strong></span><span style="font-family:timesnewromanpsmt;"><span style=""><span style="font-size:100%;">- </span><span style="font-size:85%;">traditional and digital, <a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Information.html">see information page for digital details</a></span><br /></span></span></span></li></ul> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Collegiate Scholarship Awards:</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>First Place: <strong>$1200</strong><br /></span><span style="font-size:180%;"> Second Place: <strong>$600</strong><br /></span><span style="font-size:180%;"> Third Place: <strong>$300</strong><br /></span><span style="font-size:180%;"> Two Honorable Mentions: <strong>$50</strong></span><br /></div></div></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"> <div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Collegiate_Entry_Forms_Post.html">Download Collegiate Entry Form & Poster - here</a></span><br /><br /></div></div></span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"> <div><span style=""> </span></div> <div><span style=""> </span></div> </span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Collegiate Deadline:</span></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"> <div><span style=""><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span>Must be postmarked by<br /><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Collegiate_Home_Page.html"><em><strong>Friday, November 19, 2010</strong></em></a></span><br /></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:'times new roman';" > <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Notification of Finalists by E-mail: January 7, 2011<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Notification of Winners by E-mail: January 17, 2011<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Scholarships mailed to Winners:</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style=""><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:'times new roman';" >January 31, 2011</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;"><br /><span> <div style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;">Midwest Region includes the following States:</div> <p style="font-weight: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:16px;" ><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:18px;" ><span><span style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:16px;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:24px;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;font-size:16px;" ><span style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:24px;" ><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:11px;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:'times new roman';font-size:24px;" ><span style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:16px;" ><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:18px;" ><span><span style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:16px;" ><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:18px;" ><span><span style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:16px;" ><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:18px;" ><span><span style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:16px;" ><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:18px;" ><span><span style="font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;"><span style="font-family:timesnewromanpsmt;"><span style="font-size:large;">Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan,<br />Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota,<br />Ohio, South Dakota, & Wisconsin</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></span></span></p></span><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/2009_Midwest_Collegiate.html" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">To view previous Finalists and Winners, including those of the Second Annual Midwest Collegiate Scholarship Competition of 2009, click here</span></span></a></div></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span>Fine Art Finalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14245480606415475557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8239927447962029236.post-58528069649793318692010-06-22T17:31:00.006-05:002010-06-22T17:34:47.518-05:002010 W/SW Collegiate Artwork Posted<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRcCRAtxfOT4-Es1kdhX3qloshlcoEF7CtbcTUSvObXfTaBCOHV9kA4RlvrrjCckPf1fw8Nd75rIjDi6hW4NUFDkotS6OO_PzyVjXgfT24W-r1lcwlmA_qRHKhyfzSkh4ro-EuQmsGELHI/s1600/Miller_Identities.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRcCRAtxfOT4-Es1kdhX3qloshlcoEF7CtbcTUSvObXfTaBCOHV9kA4RlvrrjCckPf1fw8Nd75rIjDi6hW4NUFDkotS6OO_PzyVjXgfT24W-r1lcwlmA_qRHKhyfzSkh4ro-EuQmsGELHI/s400/Miller_Identities.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485729390840778178" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" >ABOVE ARTWORK:</span><br />FIRST PLACE: Identities</em></span></strong></span></span></span></span> by Mike Miller<br /><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></em><span style="font-size:78%;">Oil on Canvas - 48" x 36" - Laguna College of Art & Design - CA</span></span></strong></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><span><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/2010_W_SW_Collegiate.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Click here to see the<br />Best of the West/Southwest 2010!</span></a><br /></div>Fine Art Finalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14245480606415475557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8239927447962029236.post-28884284072926687902010-06-22T17:29:00.001-05:002010-06-22T17:31:04.250-05:002010 W/SW Collegiate Winners AnnouncedThe Winners of the 2010 West/Southwest Scholarship Competition have been posted to our website. Artwork will be posted soon.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">View the West/Southwest Winner & Finalist list</span><span style="font-size: 180%;"> -<a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/2010_W_SW_Collegiate.html"> </a><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/2010_W_SW_Collegiate.html">here</a></span><br /></span></div><br />All emails have been sent notifying the Winners. Congratulations to all the Winners, Finalists, and thank you to all who entered!Fine Art Finalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14245480606415475557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8239927447962029236.post-47055531122456347892010-06-22T17:25:00.002-05:002010-06-22T17:29:09.436-05:002010 IL HS Artwork Posted<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf2TM4uxTAlt1TJkW1T6F-Sp3M7nX-gmkJEOGZ8gFv6-rti6KP5o-BY3WC5BWAze-tbM2oU1VaQXtIBx6Wuio7jB7EglIzNJnqiTg6hH9o-N1WC-PvEz5s9UKH4sTkaCb4MBIZVWNPrJ0z/s1600/Aneta-Prusak_Anita.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf2TM4uxTAlt1TJkW1T6F-Sp3M7nX-gmkJEOGZ8gFv6-rti6KP5o-BY3WC5BWAze-tbM2oU1VaQXtIBx6Wuio7jB7EglIzNJnqiTg6hH9o-N1WC-PvEz5s9UKH4sTkaCb4MBIZVWNPrJ0z/s400/Aneta-Prusak_Anita.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485728012880733394" border="0" /></a><br />Above Artwork:<br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><em>FIRST PLACE: Anita by Aneta Prusak</em></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em></span></strong><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></em><span style="font-size:85%;">Acrylic on Film - 8" x 10" </span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></em></span></strong><strong>- </strong></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Reavis High School</span></span><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> - Burbank, IL</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/2010_IL_HS.html"><span style="font-size:180%;">CLICK HERE TO SEE<br />THE BEST OF IL HS 2010!</span></a><br /></span></em></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></div>Fine Art Finalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14245480606415475557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8239927447962029236.post-67355173597846610212010-06-14T18:27:00.001-05:002010-06-14T18:29:25.170-05:002010 IL HS Winners AnnouncedThe 2010 Illinois High School Winners have been announced on our website and all winners and their High schools have been notified by email. Artwork to be posted soon.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/2010_IL_HS.html"><span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">SEE THE 2010 IL HS </span></span></a><br /><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/2010_IL_HS.html"><span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FINALIST & WINNERS</span></span></a><br /><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/2010_IL_HS.html"><span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">LIST HERE</span></span></a><br /><br />Thank you to all who entered!<br /></div>Fine Art Finalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14245480606415475557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8239927447962029236.post-72624728950648274722010-06-14T18:23:00.002-05:002010-06-14T18:27:27.531-05:002010 W/SW Collegiate Finalists ChosenThe 2010 West/Southwest Collegiate Finalists have been announced on our website and all the finalists have been notified by email. Winners will be announced June 21st, artwork to be posted soon after.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/2010_W_SW_Collegiate.html">SEE THE 2010 W/SW<br />COLLEGIATE FINALIST<br />LIST HERE</a></span><br /><br />Thank you to all who entered!<br /></div>Fine Art Finalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14245480606415475557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8239927447962029236.post-40683321271660148272010-06-09T13:23:00.002-05:002010-06-09T13:27:16.721-05:002010 IL HS Finalists ChosenThe 2010 Illinois High School Finalists have been announced on our website and all finalists have been notified by email, along with their High School Art Teachers. Winners to be announced on June 14th, artwork posted soon after.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/2010_IL_HS.html"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">SEE THE 2010 IL HS </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">FINALIST LIST HERE</span></span></a><br /><br />Thank you to all who entered!<br /></div>Fine Art Finalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14245480606415475557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8239927447962029236.post-31396287296982067592010-05-14T13:09:00.006-05:002010-05-14T13:18:11.766-05:002010 IL HS Competition Deadline EXTENDED<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-size:x-large;"><a href="http://fineartfinals.com/High_School_Home_Page.html"><img alt="" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px;" src="http://fineartfinals.com/images/il-hs-poster-10-image-sm.jpg" /> </a> </span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;" mce_style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a title="**REMINDER** DEADLINE THIS FRIDAY, MAY 7, 2010" href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/High_School_Home_Page.html" mce_href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/High_School_Home_Page.html" target="_blank"><u><i><b><span mce_="" style="font-size:24pt;">**DEADLINE EXTENDED** </span></b></i></u></a><br /></span></div> <span style="font-size:85%;"><a title="**REMINDER** DEADLINE THIS FRIDAY, MAY 7, 2010" href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/High_School_Home_Page.html" mce_href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/High_School_Home_Page.html" target="_blank"><u><i><b><span mce_="" style="font-size:24pt;">FINAL CUT-OFF FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2010</span></b></i></u></a></span><br /><br /></div><span mce_="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;" >We are extending the deadline for the 2010 Fine Art Finals <a href="http://fineartfinals.com/High_School_Home_Page.html">Illinois High School State Scholarship Competition</a> due to an extremely low number of submissions. In hopes to come closer to our $1300 scholarship award total given to winning students and their schools' art department, the deadline will now be Friday, May 28, 2010. Please understand that in our previous 2 Illinois High School competitions, the entries have never fully paid for the awards given, thus relying on our Collegiate competitions to cover the High School scholarship awards, while barely covering their own. This is why we haven't yet opened the High School competitions to other states. </span><span mce_="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;" >This year, the entry numbers are really low, which gives better chances for winning, which also means money for your schools' art program in this failing economy where art budgets are the first to be cut if one of your students win. We tried not having to extend the deadline, however, other much larger national and even international art competitions regularly extends their deadlines. Please visit our website for 2010 Illinois High School Entry Forms - <a href="http://fineartfinals.com/HS_Entry_Form_poster.html">HERE</a><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span mce_="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;" >New EXTENDED IL HS Calendar:</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:16px;" ><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:18px;" ><span><span style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:16px;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:24px;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;font-size:16px;" ><span style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:24px;" ><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:11px;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:'times new roman';font-size:32px;" ><span style="font-size:16px;">Final Cut-off Extended Deadline:<br /><a href="http://fineartfinals.com/High_School_Home_Page.html">Must be Postmarked by Friday, May 28, 2010</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:16px;" ><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:18px;" ><span><span style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:16px;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:24px;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;font-size:16px;" ><span style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:24px;" ><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:11px;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:'times new roman';font-size:32px;" ><span style="font-size:16px;">Notification of Finalists by E-mail: June 7, 2010</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:16px;" ><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:18px;" ><span><span style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:16px;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:24px;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;font-size:16px;" ><span style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:24px;" ><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:11px;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:'times new roman';font-size:32px;" ><span style="font-size:16px;"> Notification of Winners by E-mail: June 14, 2010</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:16px;" ><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:18px;" ><span><span style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:16px;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:24px;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;font-size:16px;" ><span style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:24px;" ><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:11px;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:'times new roman';font-size:32px;" ><span style="font-size:16px;"> Scholarships mailed to Winners: June 21, 2010</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></div>Fine Art Finalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14245480606415475557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8239927447962029236.post-8507626197813324242010-05-14T13:08:00.000-05:002010-05-14T13:09:12.790-05:002010 W/SW Collegiate Competition CLOSED<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <a href="http://fineartfinals.com/Collegiate_Home_Page.html"> <img alt="" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px;" src="http://fineartfinals.com/images/w_sw-poster-10-image-sm_lsut.jpg" /></a></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />The 2010 </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://fineartfinals.com/Collegiate_Home_Page.html">West/Southwest Collegiate Competition</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> is now CLOSED. <br />Please check back for results.</span></span><br /><br />Notification of Finalists by E-mail: June 11, 2010<br />Notification of Winners by E-mail: June 21, 2010<br />Scholarships mailed to Winners: July 5, 2010</div>Fine Art Finalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14245480606415475557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8239927447962029236.post-33415972062500871222010-05-07T10:29:00.007-05:002010-05-07T10:40:56.563-05:00LAST DAY TO ENTER W/SW COLLEGIATE AND IL HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITIONS!<div style="text-align: center;">Today is the last day to enter the<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Collegiate_Home_Page.html">West/Southwest Collegiate</a> competition and the<a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/High_School_Home_Page.html"> Illinois High School</a> competition.<br />Visit <a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Home_Page.html">website</a> for entry forms and entry rules.<br /><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';">_____________________________</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Collegiate_Home_Page.html"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdfgQDM4IgP-DL8ymI95XwXYN9HpvOT3Hv-046qZwVErg2KwRQSnUCP9KEMm5ifTFwDTXatFzRh4r6zaBnJEhIMn8CoPYsHg__VsqxWFXxI0kqzFJ7rkeKn4zhw4Wc78uRbiaMbJFEO3e/s200/W_SW-Poster-10-image-sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468551747292428162" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">W/SW Collegiate Deadline:</span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"> <div><span style=""><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span>Must be postmarked by<br /><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Collegiate_Home_Page.html"><em><strong>Friday, May 7, 2010</strong></em></a></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span>_____________________________<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrvOXQ1Ly034IutaeM_lUdJGL8fRNIb_9rou6YUgcg43AEcL0kEs94qoGm_rNMIZEqSHHqLxay_7p5BXWANF906MY4DB4QwlsL_IR3NlJ6kxrivazBmHe-_E4D65G4J0wRHdjdg4q8_5mv/s1600/IL-HS-Poster-10-image-sm.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 169px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrvOXQ1Ly034IutaeM_lUdJGL8fRNIb_9rou6YUgcg43AEcL0kEs94qoGm_rNMIZEqSHHqLxay_7p5BXWANF906MY4DB4QwlsL_IR3NlJ6kxrivazBmHe-_E4D65G4J0wRHdjdg4q8_5mv/s200/IL-HS-Poster-10-image-sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468551754400856018" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>IL High School Deadline:</span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"> <div><span style=""><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span>Must be postmarked by<br /><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/High_School_Home_Page.html"><em><strong>Friday, May 7, 2010</strong></em></a><br /></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';">_____________________________</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></div></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Home_Page.html"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">So get your entries postmarked today!!!</span></span><br /></a></div>Fine Art Finalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14245480606415475557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8239927447962029236.post-48902519444908966482010-03-24T01:50:00.005-05:002010-03-24T01:58:07.891-05:00New POSTER GALLERY ARCHIVE on Website!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI5Qmg1qo4dJJYUZyH3Cm9nqGNCn39PnePh3MkPK_h8_ZNdBiFscsGhAIXctUeQQ1g1tqKFKagkyog8FryDWzU1Fz4fXFqxxVWmM3uMq1syhicKoR1y3YnUtKEAnxwc9KHY1GHYRUnmEBH/s1600/2010-W-SW-Fine-Art-Finals-Collegiate-POSTER-sm.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI5Qmg1qo4dJJYUZyH3Cm9nqGNCn39PnePh3MkPK_h8_ZNdBiFscsGhAIXctUeQQ1g1tqKFKagkyog8FryDWzU1Fz4fXFqxxVWmM3uMq1syhicKoR1y3YnUtKEAnxwc9KHY1GHYRUnmEBH/s320/2010-W-SW-Fine-Art-Finals-Collegiate-POSTER-sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452089786785068434" border="0" /></a>We just added a <a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Poster_Gallery_Archive.html">Poster Art Gallery Archive</a> to our website to display the beautiful posters that represent each of our art scholarship competitions for both Collegiate and High School levels. Featured on the posters are the winners' artwork from the previous year's competition. Take a look! We hope this gallery keeps growing with more amazing art from America's most talented and gifted emerging artists!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">CLICK </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Poster_Gallery_Archive.html">HERE</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> TO SEE THE</span><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Poster_Gallery_Archive.html">POSTER GALLERY!</a>Fine Art Finalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14245480606415475557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8239927447962029236.post-75948273097167136042010-03-24T01:39:00.003-05:002010-10-21T12:48:37.970-05:002010 West/Southwest Collegiate Competition OPEN<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> </h3> <div class="post-header"> </div> <div class="post-body entry-content"> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCY0IfL8aAnhVDoQvaIsaWR-fWLfqveFjMfIsYZHhrspJPKsS41i9uQZvP9gp1Fb8NMSEdU-1BaJ4paCynfRB_ptJQ59CWe-I51hPM-jESCzkSHmO4XBd-Ry5x3JNRmfhLexkaGmexH5e/s1600/W_SW-Poster-10-image.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 376px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCY0IfL8aAnhVDoQvaIsaWR-fWLfqveFjMfIsYZHhrspJPKsS41i9uQZvP9gp1Fb8NMSEdU-1BaJ4paCynfRB_ptJQ59CWe-I51hPM-jESCzkSHmO4XBd-Ry5x3JNRmfhLexkaGmexH5e/s400/W_SW-Poster-10-image.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452080420312024914" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Collegiate_Home_Page.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Now accepting entries for the 3rd Annual</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> West/Southwest Fine Art Finals</span></span></a><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Collegiate_Home_Page.html"><span style=""><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" > Regional Collegiate Scholarship Competition</span></span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></div><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style=""><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:x-large;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span>Attention</span> all Associate, Bachelor, and Masters Degree candidates with an interest in the visual arts, currently enrolled at a West/Southwest Regional public or private college or university.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">No matter what major, if you paint, illustrate, sculpt, design, draw, photograph, or just create art, you are eligible to enter the 3rd Annual Fine Art Finals West/Southwest Scholarship Competition.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >Media accepted into West/Southwest Collegiate Regional Scholarship Competition include:</span> <span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></span></p><ul><li style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"><span>Drawing</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"> - </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" >graphite, colored pencil, pen and ink, marker, pastel, charcoal, etc.</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span>Painting</span></span></span><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"> - </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" >oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, etc.</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Printmaking</span></span></span><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"> - </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" > etching, </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" >lithography, screen-printing, etc.</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Sculpture</span></span></span><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanpsmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"> -</span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" >clay, ceramic, plaster, marble, glass, wood, resin, metal, porcelain, etc</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanpsmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Jewelry</span> - <span style="font-size:85%;"> gemstones, precious metals, or other materials, etc.</span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanpsmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Fibers</span> - <span style="font-size:85%;">textiles, fabrics, yarn, natural and synthetic fibers, etc.</span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanpsmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photography</span> - <span style="font-size:85%;"> traditional and digital.</span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Digital Art - </span><a><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Information.html">please see information page for details</a></span><strong></strong></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Graphic Design</span></span> </strong></span><span style="font-family:timesnewromanpsmt;"><span style=""><span style="font-size:100%;">- </span><span style="font-size:85%;">traditional and digital, <a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Information.html">see information page for digital details</a></span><br /></span></span></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Collegiate Scholarship Awards:</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>First Place: <strong>$1200</strong><br /></span><span style="font-size:180%;"> Second Place: <strong>$600</strong><br /></span><span style="font-size:180%;"> Third Place: <strong>$300</strong><br /></span><span style="font-size:180%;"> Two Honorable Mentions: <strong>$50</strong></span><br /></div></div></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"> <div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Collegiate_Entry_Forms_Post.html">Download Collegiate Entry Form & Poster - here</a></span><br /><br /></div></div></span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style=""> <div><span style=""> </span></div> <div><span style=""> </span></div> </span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Collegiate Deadline:</span></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"> <div><span style=""><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span>Must be postmarked by<br /><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Collegiate_Home_Page.html"><em><strong>Friday, May 7, 2010</strong></em></a></span><br /></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:'times new roman';" > <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Notification of Finalists by E-mail: June 11, 2010<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Notification of Winners by E-mail: June 21, 2010<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Scholarships mailed to Winners:</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> July 5</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style=""><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:'times new roman';" >, 2010</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;"><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style=""><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:'times new roman';" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;"><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;"><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;"><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;"><span style="font-family:timesnewromanpsmt;"><span style="font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">West/Southwest Region includes the following States:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;"><span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;"><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;"><span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;"><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;"><span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;"><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;"><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;"><span style="font-family:timesnewromanpsmt;"><span style="font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;"><span style="font-family:timesnewromanpsmt;">Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho,<br />Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon,<br />Texas, Utah, Washington, & Wyoming</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </span></span></span></span></span></p> </span></span></p> </span></span></span></span></p> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></span><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/2008_Midwest_Collegiate.html" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">To view previous Finalists and Winners, including those of the Second Annual Midwest Collegiate Scholarship Competition of 2009, click here</span></span></a></div></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></div>Fine Art Finalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14245480606415475557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8239927447962029236.post-90942521289551879022010-03-24T01:38:00.002-05:002010-10-21T12:49:25.095-05:002010 Illinois High School Competition OPEN<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZasEs7FupR_OMvg8LX2VG0prgQ9jbYAa4akwVmIQqn4TAn_nWGEGhWHUBGf7gRoWqLOjFGDymXkcnq7UWdZf6_hvLXweVlxxnUrLYs9tDCQNFdgZXra9Q9LBl4h30xk6Mc8_333pBwwU/s1600/IL-HS-Poster-10-image.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 338px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZasEs7FupR_OMvg8LX2VG0prgQ9jbYAa4akwVmIQqn4TAn_nWGEGhWHUBGf7gRoWqLOjFGDymXkcnq7UWdZf6_hvLXweVlxxnUrLYs9tDCQNFdgZXra9Q9LBl4h30xk6Mc8_333pBwwU/s400/IL-HS-Poster-10-image.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452084284836200818" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/High_School_Home_Page.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Now accepting entries for the 3rd Annual</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Fine Art Finals</span></span></a><span style=""><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/High_School_Home_Page.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" > Illinois High School Scholarship Competition</span></a></span><br /><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:x-large;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>Attention</span> all High School Students with an interest in the visual arts, currently enrolled at an Illinois public or private High School or College Preparatory School.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="font-size:130%;">If you paint, illustrate, sculpt, design, draw, photograph, or just create art, you are eligible to enter the 3rd Annual Fine Art Finals Illinois High School Scholarship Competition. Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors are eligible.<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >Media accepted into Illinois High School Scholarship Competition include:</span> <span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></span></p><ul><li style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"><span>Drawing</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"> - </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" >graphite, colored pencil, pen and ink, marker, pastel, charcoal, etc.</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span>Painting</span></span></span><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"> - </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" >oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, etc.</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Printmaking</span></span></span><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"> - </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" > etching, </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" >lithography, screen-printing, etc.</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Sculpture</span></span></span><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanpsmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"> -</span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" >clay, ceramic, plaster, marble, glass, wood, resin, metal, porcelain, etc</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanpsmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Jewelry</span> - <span style="font-size:85%;"> gemstones, precious metals, or other materials, etc.</span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanpsmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Fibers</span> - <span style="font-size:85%;">textiles, fabrics, yarn, natural and synthetic fibers, etc.</span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanpsmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photography</span> - <span style="font-size:85%;"> traditional and digital.</span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Digital Art - </span><a><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Information.html">please see information page for details</a></span><strong></strong></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Graphic Design</span></span> </strong></span><span style="font-family:timesnewromanpsmt;"><span style=""><span style="font-size:100%;">- </span><span style="font-size:85%;">traditional and digital, <a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Information.html">see information page for digital details</a></span><br /></span></span></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />High School Scholarship Awards:<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;">First Place: <strong>$500 to Student </strong></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong> &</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong>$250 to School Art Program<br /><br /></strong></span><span style="font-size:180%;"> Second Place:<strong> $250 </strong></span><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong>to Student</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong> &</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong>$125 to School Art Program</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"> Third Place:<strong> $125 </strong></span><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong>to Student &</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong></strong><br /></span><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong>$50 to School Art Program</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></div></div></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"> <div><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/HS_Entry_Form_poster.html"><br /></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/HS_Entry_Form_poster.html">Download 2009 Illinois High School Entry Form & Poster - here</a></span><br /><br /></div></div></span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style=""> <div><span style=""> </span></div> <div><span style=""> </span></div> </span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">High School Deadline:</span></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"> <div><span style=""><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span>Must be postmarked by<br /><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/High_School_Home_Page.html"><em><strong>Friday, May 7, 2010</strong></em></a></span><br /></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:'times new roman';" > <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Notification of Finalists by E-mail: May 17, 2010<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Notification of Winners by E-mail: May 24, 2010<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Scholarships mailed to Winners:</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="font-size:130%;">June 1, 2010</span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;"><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">View last year's 2009 Illinois High School Finalists and Winners - <a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/2009_IL_HS.html">here</a><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;"><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">View the first 2008 Illinois High School Finalists and Winners - </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/2008_IL_HS.html">here</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span>Fine Art Finalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14245480606415475557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8239927447962029236.post-2125774399098199742010-03-06T23:22:00.004-06:002010-03-06T23:26:26.993-06:002009 Midwest Collegiate Art Posted<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPqhl2rkJPXRDLNfeHGLuLbjjcOH0iZVelE-LrnATBO4b-YcWVhTmdj5Ns3DbxWrJqDyS5KjMD5ywbV3SwPFR4foFBI9UQzw99MRtqsH_HLSNkZ7_vgOeiXvevKMxxWlLPy6mGqTlO5CSj/s1600-h/Chudzinski-Virgil.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPqhl2rkJPXRDLNfeHGLuLbjjcOH0iZVelE-LrnATBO4b-YcWVhTmdj5Ns3DbxWrJqDyS5KjMD5ywbV3SwPFR4foFBI9UQzw99MRtqsH_HLSNkZ7_vgOeiXvevKMxxWlLPy6mGqTlO5CSj/s400/Chudzinski-Virgil.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445758255823909346" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>ABOVE ARTWORK:</strong></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>First Place - </strong></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><em>Virgil: The Ragtime Relic </em></strong></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>by Daniel Chudzinski</strong></span></span><br /><span style=""><span style=""><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Mixed Media - 52" x 58" x 40" - Bowling Green State University - OH </span></span></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><br /></span></strong></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Click (<a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/2009_Midwest_Collegiate.html">here</a>) to see the</span></strong></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Best of the Collegiate Midwest<br />in 20</span></strong></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >09!</span></strong></span></span></span></span><br /></div>Fine Art Finalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14245480606415475557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8239927447962029236.post-57175533925907575512010-01-18T11:58:00.001-06:002010-01-18T12:00:38.838-06:00Midwest 2009 Winners AnnouncedThe Winners of the 2009 Midwest Scholarship Competition have been posted to our website. Artwork will be posted soon.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">View the Midwest Winner & Finalist list</span><span style="font-size: 180%;"> -<a href="http://fineartfinals.com/2009_Midwest_Collegiate.html"> </a><a href="http://fineartfinals.com/2009_Midwest_Collegiate.html">here</a></span><br /></span></div><br />All emails have been sent notifying the Winners. Congratulations to all the Winners, Finalists, and thank you to all who entered!Fine Art Finalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14245480606415475557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8239927447962029236.post-35407529685509302802010-01-08T17:06:00.001-06:002010-01-08T17:08:17.589-06:00Midwest Collegiate 09 Finalists AnnouncedThe Finalists of the 2009 Midwest Scholarship Competition have been posted to our website. Winners will be announced on January 18, 2010, and artwork will be posted soon after.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 180%;">View Midwest Finalists list - <a href="http://fineartfinals.com/2009_Midwest_Collegiate.html">here</a></span><br /><br />All emails have been sent notifying the Finalists. Congratulations to all the Finalists, and thank you to all who entered!Fine Art Finalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14245480606415475557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8239927447962029236.post-76520006588330346602009-11-21T15:10:00.003-06:002009-11-21T15:15:21.266-06:002009 Midwest Competition - CLOSED for EntriesThe <a href="http://fineartfinals.com/Collegiate_Home_Page.html">2009 Midwest Collegiate Art Scholarship Competition</a> Call for Entries is <span style="font-weight: bold;">officially closed.</span> Thank you and good luck to all who entered. Please keep posted for the results.<span style="font-size:16px;"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Notification of Finalists by E-mail: Jan 8, 2010</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Notification of Winners by E-mail: Jan 18, 2010</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Scholarships mailed to Winners:</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Feb 1, 2010</span><br /></div>Fine Art Finalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14245480606415475557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8239927447962029236.post-9835392583511062362009-10-07T18:32:00.008-05:002010-10-21T12:49:14.097-05:002009 Midwest Collegiate "Call for Entries"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrRFVp3HzIo97QK1wJ1QynviMF1OD5nSQS_5B4517ylDc3OSW_fqHaBBXRtY6ba2DCI5g1JfSN8bjbZGRM1hinYqABgUo7YX-oNMkgFq_orCcc9_eGuQ-mLG248hm_j4Gb8qKAvhCRUmiq/s1600-h/MW-Poster-09-image.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 376px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrRFVp3HzIo97QK1wJ1QynviMF1OD5nSQS_5B4517ylDc3OSW_fqHaBBXRtY6ba2DCI5g1JfSN8bjbZGRM1hinYqABgUo7YX-oNMkgFq_orCcc9_eGuQ-mLG248hm_j4Gb8qKAvhCRUmiq/s400/MW-Poster-09-image.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390006210352702306" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Collegiate_Home_Page.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Now accepting entries for the 3rd Annual</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Midwest Fine Art Finals</span></span></a><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Collegiate_Home_Page.html"><span style=""><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" > Regional Collegiate Scholarship Competition</span></span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></div><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:x-large;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span>Attention</span> all Associate, Bachelor, and Masters Degree candidates with an interest in the visual arts, currently enrolled at a Midwest Regional public or private college or university.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">No matter what major, if you paint, illustrate, sculpt, design, draw, photograph, or just create art, you are eligible to enter the 3rd Annual Fine Art Finals Midwest Scholarship Competition.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >Media accepted into Midwest Collegiate Regional Scholarship Competition include:</span> <span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></span></p><ul><li style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"><span>Drawing</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"> - </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" >graphite, colored pencil, pen and ink, marker, pastel, charcoal, etc.</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span>Painting</span></span></span><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"> - </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" >oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, etc.</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Printmaking</span></span></span><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"> - </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" > etching, </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" >lithography, screen-printing, etc.</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Sculpture</span></span></span><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanpsmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"> -</span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" >clay, ceramic, plaster, marble, glass, wood, resin, metal, porcelain, etc</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanpsmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Jewelry</span> - <span style="font-size:85%;"> gemstones, precious metals, or other materials, etc.</span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanpsmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Fibers</span> - <span style="font-size:85%;">textiles, fabrics, yarn, natural and synthetic fibers, etc.</span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanpsmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photography</span> - <span style="font-size:85%;"> traditional and digital.</span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Digital Art - </span><a><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Information.html">please see information page for details</a></span><strong></strong></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Graphic Design</span></span> </strong></span><span style="font-family:timesnewromanpsmt;"><span style=""><span style="font-size:100%;">- </span><span style="font-size:85%;">traditional and digital, <a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Information.html">see information page for digital details</a></span><br /></span></span></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Collegiate Scholarship Awards:</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>First Place: <strong>$1200</strong><br /></span><span style="font-size:180%;"> Second Place: <strong>$600</strong><br /></span><span style="font-size:180%;"> Third Place: <strong>$300</strong><br /></span><span style="font-size:180%;"> Two Honorable Mentions: <strong>$50</strong></span><br /></div></div></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"> <div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Collegiate_Entry_Forms_Post.html">Download Collegiate Entry Form & Poster - here</a></span><br /><br /></div></div></span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"> <div><span style=""> </span></div> <div><span style=""> </span></div> </span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Collegiate Deadline:</span></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"> <div><span style=""><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span>Must be postmarked by<br /><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/Collegiate_Home_Page.html"><em><strong>Friday, November 20, 2009</strong></em></a></span><br /></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:'times new roman';" > <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Notification of Finalists by E-mail: January 8, 2010<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Notification of Winners by E-mail: January 18, 2010<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Scholarships mailed to Winners:</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;" ><span style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style=""><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:'times new roman';" >February 1, 2010</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;"><br /><span> <div style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;">Midwest Region includes the following States:</div> <p style="font-weight: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:16px;" ><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:18px;" ><span><span style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:16px;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:24px;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:times;font-size:16px;" ><span style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:24px;" ><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:11px;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:'times new roman';font-size:24px;" ><span style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:16px;" ><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:18px;" ><span><span style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:16px;" ><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:18px;" ><span><span style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:16px;" ><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:18px;" ><span><span style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:16px;" ><span style=";font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;font-size:18px;" ><span><span style="font-family:timesnewromanps-boldmt;"><span style="font-family:timesnewromanpsmt;"><span style="font-size:large;">Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan,<br />Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota,<br />Ohio, South Dakota, & Wisconsin</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></span></span></p></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;" ></span><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/2008_Midwest_Collegiate.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:'times new roman';" ><p class="MsoNormal"></p></span></a><a href="http://www.fineartfinals.com/2008_Midwest_Collegiate.html" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">To view previous Finalists and Winners, including those of the Second Annual Midwest Collegiate Scholarship Competition of 2008, click here</span></span></a><p></p></div></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span>Fine Art Finalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14245480606415475557noreply@blogger.com