pARTners for sharing

The Del Rio Council for the Arts is very excited to invite you to participate in pARTners for Sharing. This exhibition is open to all Del Rio youth between the ages of 5-18. It will be blind juried by an impartial jury of Del Rio Art League members. The purpose of this project is to seek out artwork created by young artists to be displayed at Val Verde Regional Medical Center, which will lift the spirits of patients and families.

Eligibility requirements
Entrants must be between the ages of 5-18.
Only one work may be submitted per artist.
Artwork must be original and completed in the last year.
Artwork should be either 8 ½” x 11” or 11” x 14”.
If work does not meet size requirements it will be automatically disqualified.
Artwork may be in any media, but must be two-dimensional.
Artwork should not be on canvas, hard board, matted or framed.
Artwork that has won awards or has been exhibited previously is ineligible.
Art work must be labeled with one entry form.
All work must be received at the Firehouse by 2 pm, Saturday, November 7, 2009.

Fifty works will be selected by the Del Rio Council for the Arts and displayed in
the Firehouse Gallery from December 4 through December 31, 2009 and then moved to
the Val Verde Regional Medical Center where they will be exhibited for one full year.
Selected artists will be notified by phone November 13th.
If participant is not called by December 17th, then the work has not been selected.
All works not chosen to be part of the pARTners for sharing exhibition must be picked up at the Firehouse Gallery starting December 1 and no later than December 3. If artwork is not retrieved by this date, it will become property of the Del Rio Council for the Arts.
Entrants, by way of submission, agree to grant the Del Rio Council for the Arts unlimited usage of all or part of their artwork without compensation.
When the year-long exhibit is completed, artists will be notified and artwork
will be available for pickup at the Firehouse.
As a gift for participation, each artist will keep the frame his or her piece was displayed in.

Artists, your participation is appreciated.
Every artist who enters this exhibition contributes to its success.
Thank you for helping to make this event possible.

Saturday, November 7, 2009- entry deadline

Friday, November 13 to Tuesday, November 17- selected artist notified by telephone

First Friday, December 4- opening reception at the Firehouse Gallery, 7-9 pm

Tuesday, January 5- artwork relocated to Val Verde Regional Medical Center for one year/ all artwork not selected for the exhibit must be picked up by this date or it will become property of the Del Rio Council for the Arts

We would like to thank the
Val Verde Regional
Medical Center
for sponsoring this event by providing
funds for the frames
and a location for the student work to be hung.