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Call to Artists “Wing It!” Exhibition at Palm Beach International Airport

For Immediate Release: March 31, 2006
Contact: Elayna Toby Singer, 561-233-0235

Deadline for Entry: May 2, 2006

Palm Beach County’s Art in Public Places Program is issuing a call to visual artists who reside in Palm Beach County to submit photographs of their artwork to be considered for a four-month exhibition at the Palm Beach International Airport.

The exhibition theme, “Wing It!” brings into focus the fascinating fowl that inhabit our waterways and soar through our South Florida skies. In order for artwork to be considered for selection, the submission must reflect the exhibition theme.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Please submit only 1 (one) entry.
Please include the following:

1. One photograph (no larger than 8½” x 11”) for each artwork to be considered. Place a label on the back of each photograph with name, address, telephone number, email address, title of work, medium, frame size, year completed and sale value. All artwork must be a minimum of 16”x20.”
2. A current resume. (Previous exhibition experience is not a prerequisite for selection).
3. A self-addressed, stamped envelope for the return of photo(s).
   If selected, the medium of work represented in the submitted photograph must be the medium of work the artist intends to have installed in the exhibition.

Artists may obtain a copy of the Call to Artists:

1. At Palm Beach County’s Art in Public Places Web site: www.pbcgov.com/fdo/art. Click on “Airport Exhibitions.”
2. By sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Palm Beach County Art in Public Places, 3200 Belvedere Road, Bldg. 1169, West Palm Beach, FL 33406.

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