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Photos provided by MSU Art Galleries
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The Cotton District Arts Festival includes the Juried Arts Competition and Exhibit: carefully juried works from both local and regional artists. Submissions to the Juried Arts Show are entirely separate from the Artisan Village. An artist may participate in either or both, but must submit to each separately for consideration.
Each piece in this Exhibit is hand selected by a notable guest juror. From the accepted pieces, prizes are awarded in several categories. In addition, numerous merit prizes, provided by local individuals and businesses, are given to artists selected by the juror as honorable mentions. |
We are very proud of both the quality of the work and the number of pieces sold and enjoyed by those in attendance each year. The depth and breadth of the art, and the creative and invigorating atmosphere found at the Juried Arts Exhibition each year is phenomenal, you won’t want to miss it.
To be selected as an exhibiting artist for the Juried Art show is an honor in itself. Works selected are viewed by thousands of festival goers providing the artist with recognition and publicity. The competition is open to artists eighteen years old and older, and whether you have been creating art for years, or are just getting started, we encourage you to enter the competition. To submit, please navigate to the Applications page. Starting with #CDAF2019, works admitted to the Juried Arts Exhibit are now part of an extended show.
NOTE: Delivery for #CDAF2020 will be approximately one week before the Exhibit. Details will be provided upon acceptance.
To be selected as an exhibiting artist for the Juried Art show is an honor in itself. Works selected are viewed by thousands of festival goers providing the artist with recognition and publicity. The competition is open to artists eighteen years old and older, and whether you have been creating art for years, or are just getting started, we encourage you to enter the competition. To submit, please navigate to the Applications page. Starting with #CDAF2019, works admitted to the Juried Arts Exhibit are now part of an extended show.
NOTE: Delivery for #CDAF2020 will be approximately one week before the Exhibit. Details will be provided upon acceptance.
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2020 Juror
Turry Flucker
Turry M. Flucker is the art collections director + curator at Tougaloo College and is writing, The Art of Activism: Artwork and Activism at Tougaloo College (University Press of Mississippi.) Prior to his work at Tougaloo, Mr. Flucker served as arts industry and visual arts director at the Mississippi Arts Commission, branch director at the Louisiana State Museum (New Orleans, Louisiana), and curator at Smith Robertson Museum (Jackson, Mississippi). Tougaloo College Art Collections received the 2020 Governor's Arts Award for Preservation of the Arts.
While arts industry and visual arts director at the Mississippi Arts Commission, Mr. Flucker managed grant applications from single-discipline arts and cultural organizations. During his time with the Louisiana State Museum in New Orleans, Mr. Flucker directed the planning and development of several special projects. While at Smith Robertson Museum in Jackson, he initiated a new exhibition program which included organizing an exhibition of works by Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence, wife of famed American painter Jacob Lawrence.
Mr. Flucker, a native of Houston, Texas is a graduate of the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. He earned a BA in History with emphasis in African American Studies from Tougaloo College and an MA in Southern Studies with emphasis in Art History from the University of Mississippi.
While arts industry and visual arts director at the Mississippi Arts Commission, Mr. Flucker managed grant applications from single-discipline arts and cultural organizations. During his time with the Louisiana State Museum in New Orleans, Mr. Flucker directed the planning and development of several special projects. While at Smith Robertson Museum in Jackson, he initiated a new exhibition program which included organizing an exhibition of works by Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence, wife of famed American painter Jacob Lawrence.
Mr. Flucker, a native of Houston, Texas is a graduate of the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. He earned a BA in History with emphasis in African American Studies from Tougaloo College and an MA in Southern Studies with emphasis in Art History from the University of Mississippi.
Past Jurors
2020: Turry Flucker, Tougaloo College Art Collections Director + Curator
2019: Kate Cherry, Executive Director for the Meridian Museum of Art
2018: Elizabeth Abston, Curator for the Mississippi Museum of Art
2017: Ruth Miller, Artist
2016: James Davis, University of Southern Mississippi
2015: Robin Whitfield, Artist
2014: David Lambert, Artist
2013: Nan Cunningham, Artist
2019: Kate Cherry, Executive Director for the Meridian Museum of Art
2018: Elizabeth Abston, Curator for the Mississippi Museum of Art
2017: Ruth Miller, Artist
2016: James Davis, University of Southern Mississippi
2015: Robin Whitfield, Artist
2014: David Lambert, Artist
2013: Nan Cunningham, Artist
Awards
All submission fees, sponsorships, and donations to the Juried Arts Show fund a purse of prizes that are paid back out to artists in awards. Although the final amount of awards is ultimately in the discretion of SAAC and CDAF, the following awards are anticipated.
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These awards are paid whether or not the work is sold.
SUPPORT THE ARTS
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Each year at the Cotton District Arts Festival, the Juried Arts Committee makes available
two opportunities for supporters of the arts to be more involved in this venue: |
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Purchase Prize:
This is a pledge by an individual or business to purchase a piece of art from the exhibit at a private reception prior to the exhibit being opened to the public. The artist is paid the asking price on the piece and the check is made payable directly to the artist. |
Merit Award (Honorable Mention):
This is a monetary award given either by an individual, in honor of someone, or in memory of someone. When the “First”, “Second”, and “Best in Show” prizes are awarded, the juror will choose artwork that is worthy of honorable mention and award each of them a Merit Award. The artist retains their artwork and receives the amount of the award as a prize. The recipient and the donor will find out on Saturday, at the awards ceremony, who was the recipient of their Merit Award. |
Both of these prizes are an incentive for an artist to enter the competition and receive compensation for their work. There are labels placed on the pieces or art designating who purchased them or who sponsored a Merit Award and are displayed during the exhibit on Saturday. For further information, please email arts@starkvillearts.org.
Juried Arts Show Winners
Come back after the festival for #CDAF2020 winners!
2019 Best in Show: Helene Fielder, Magnetic North
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2018 Best in Show: Betty Press, "Bungee Jumpers"
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2014 Best in Show: Joe MacGown, "Convergance"
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2017 Best in Show: Helene Fielder
2016 Best in Show: Alen Chen, Cacodemon L
2015 Best in Show: Michelle Neumann, Reverie
2016 Best in Show: Alen Chen, Cacodemon L
2015 Best in Show: Michelle Neumann, Reverie
