CLA FALL SHOW DROP OFF DATES

Important Dates & Locations

DUE TO COVID WE WILL BE ACCEPTING DROP-OFFS OUTSIDE THE AMC BUILDING, MASKS AND SIX FEET APART ARE REQUIRED. Do not meet if you have had symptoms of Covid or have been in contact with someone who has tested positive.

• Drop off location – AMC Building, 824 Front St. Conway, AR
  • Saturday, September 19th, 2 – 4pm
  • Saturday, September 26th, 2 – 4pm
  • Contact Chantal Danyluk if you need to arrange an alternative time
• Show Location – American Management Building, Downtown Conway
• There will not be a reception due to Covid
• Awards will be mailed to the recipients from Sheri Locher, CLA Treasurer

Rules & Regulations

• Categories
  • Land/City/Water Scape
  • Animal/Wildlife
  • Still Life/Floral
  • Portrait/Figure
  • Abstract
• Membership with CLA must be current.
• Awards – Best in Show $500, Awarded in each Category* – 1st Place $100, 2nd Place $50, Honorable Mention. *The number of awards may vary according to number of submissions
• Members of CLA are entitled to 3 entries. (The 2020 CLA Membership fee is $26)
• Entry fee – 1 for $20, 2 for $25, 3 for $30.
• Size of Artwork – Maximum (including frame) 41 in. on the longest side. No minimum size.
• Presentation – Artwork can be framed with glass. Artwork MUST have wire with screw eyes or D-rings. No sawtooth hangers. Any unframed (gallery wrapped) canvas must be painted on all sides.
• Entries must be acceptable for public viewing of all ages.
• Previous winning entries from prior shows are not eligible.
• No one work of art or entrant will be awarded more than one judged award.
• Artwork must remain for the duration of the show.
• Artwork must be original (no class work or copies from books) and completed within the last two years.
• 3D works must be stable to avoid damage to art or viewer.
• Make sure that all artwork is properly labeled on the back of each artwork with the artist’s name, contact information, artwork title.

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In 1974 there were 5 artists in the Conway League of Artists, who were watercolor and oil painters.  Through the years, we have added many more members who were gouache and acrylic painters along with many mixed media artists.  We had pencil, charcoal and pastel artists.  We also had sculptors in stone, metal and assemblage.  We had collage artists, photographers, and even d a bonsai artist. We now have 75 members-and we are very diverse!!

Early meetings were held at the Snow Art Center at UCA?  Is that the present Baum Gallery?  Then the Salem Methodist Church hosted the League meetings until April of 1997 when the League moved to the Faulkner County Library.  Notes also indicate the no meetings were held in January and February due to the threat of snow!  Can that be true?

In the beginning, there were 5 young women who loved to paint. They would get together to paint and critique each other’s work. Later, they decided to form a club, The Brush & Palette Club. Their rules were simple. Dues were $10 a year and all members should participate in two shows a year. They had a Chairperson, Correspondence-Secretary and Treasurer, who were elected every year and two other members.

Their purpose was to bring together individuals in the community who had an active interest in painting. The artists must be willing to combine their talents, in the various capacities to which they were individually suited, to be of greatest value to one another and to the club.

In 1973, the Brush & Palette Club became the Conway League of Artists. Their interest was still to bring together individuals who had an active interest in producing visual art. The League sponsored workshops, programs about art, group critique and art exhibits to improve artist’s skills and build confidence.

In 1976, a scholarship fund was established at the University Of Central Arkansas (UCA) for an art student. The funding would be supported by the League. They raffled a donated painting, by one of the members every month and the money from this raffle would be given to the UCA Fund. UCA would select an art student to whom the money was given to be used to purchase art supplies. UCA refers to this fund as the Dorris Curtis Fund and it is awarded to a senior student in the fall and spring semester.

For over the last forty years, the Conway League of Artists has given to over 80 students, who are pursuing an art career.

In summary,members of the Conway League of Artists are still willing to combine their talents, to be of greatest value to one another, still support the scholarship fund, the club and the community.