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Southern Open: Call for Artists

    Dear Southern Artists,

    Southern Open 2007 was an overwhelming success; therefore I have decided to
    make the exhibition an annual event! I would like to personally invite you
    to be a part of Southern Open 2008 by sending in your submission today.

    Juried by Peter Frank, an accomplished art critic from Los Angeles, Southern
    Open 2008 will be held May 10 – July 26 at the Acadiana Center for the Arts
    in Lafayette, Louisiana. The Southern Open is a competitive juried
    exhibition that showcases the best of southern arts and crafts. Our Main
    Gallery consisting over 5,000 square feet is the perfect setting for all
    types of mediums: painting, photography, crafts, sculpture and multi-media
    installations.

    Once again, the exhibition is open to visual artists over 18 years of age
    currently residing in one of the following southern states: Texas,
    Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. No students, please.

    This year we have increased the award amounts and are introducing Purchase
    Awards, all of which will be announced at the exhibition’s opening
    receptions on May 9th and 10th at the AcA.

    Also new in 2008, AcA members may enter up to five free submissions.
    Additional submissions, up to 10 total, are $5 each. Individual AcA
    memberships are $50 for one year. If accepted into the exhibition, AcA
    artist members will receive a complementary exhibition catalog, which is a
    $35 value.

    Visit www.AcadianaCenterfortheArts.org/SouthernOpen2008 to download the
    exhibition prospectus, and remember that the deadline for submissions is
    February 11, 2008. Please forward this message along to anyone who might be
    interested in participating this year.

    I hope that you will join me for another spectacular show that’s sure to be
    full of southern flair!

    Sincerely,

    Rose Courville

    Rose M. Courville
    Curator of Exhibitions
    Events Coordinator

    101 West Vermilion Street
    Lafayette, LA 70501
    337.233.7060
    rose@acadianaartscouncil.org