BENTON — The Art Guild of Saline County will hold its annual adult art exhibit and reception for the public on Sunday, Nov. 8, 1-3 p.m., in the Saline Memorial Hospital Health Education Building.
Anyone over the age of 18 can enter his or her art to be judged. The art should be original work created in the last year. There are seven categories: 1) Animals, 2) Figures, 3) Abstract/Non-Objective, 4) Still Life, 5) Landscape/Seascape, 6) Professional Abstract/Landscape/Still Life and 7) Professional Portraits/Animals/Figures.[more]
Framed entries with wire hangers may be submitted Friday, Nov. 6, 10 a,m.-4 p.m., and Saturday, Nov, 7, 10 a.m.-Noon in the Saline Memorial Hospital Health Education Building. Entry fees are $10 for non-members and $8 for Art Guild members.
Paintings will remain on display at the hospital for one week. Cash prizes will be awarded for first, second and third place in each category and Best of Show. Winning entries will then be displayed at the main branch of Regions Bank in downtown Benton until Jan. 10, 2010.
The Art Guild hosts two annual shows for the community-a youth show in the spring and an adult show in the fall. For further information about the event or about the Art Guild of Saline County, call Toni Connell, 501-778-6382 or Marjorie Stone, 501-847-0648.
